I have just returned from a stay at the Radisson Hotel Celebration with my family and I must say I was very pleased with the whole thing. Sometime after we booked (with Virgin) one of our party decided to read some of the reviews on Tripadvisor and to our horror the majority of them were very poor with lots of negative statements. After reading these were very tempted to change our booking to another hotel, well I am glad that we didn’t. From the check in to the check out I was very pleased with the whole experience. We were in Orlando for two weeks over what was probably the busiest time of the year being Easter and Spring break in the US and the Hotel was very busy. Even though it was busy the staff was very helpful and we never had any issues with using the facilities. The check in took a matter of minutes and when we opened the doors of the rooms we were presented with a clean comfortable room with everything you could expect, I do agree however with one of the Tripadvisor reviews that the bathroom is a touch on the small side but if that’s the worst thing in a holiday experience then life is good. We had a nice view onto one of the lakes and fountains and the room was very clean. We had only one problem in the entire stay when the toilet became blocked (I blame the large Florida meals), I phoned guest services and literally within minutes the maintenance lady was knocking on the door and solved the problem with the whole thing from call to completion taking less than ten minutes (honestly). The pools were excellent with a small heated pool and a large unheated pool that was superb for cooling down and relaxing in the hot sunshine, there was also a good sized children’s pool and two red hot spa pools. To further show the friendliness of the resort, the staff take a projector down to the heated pool at night and play movies on a large screen so you can swim and watch a film while enjoying a drink from the pool bar (called dive in movies). We used the Deli bar on several occasions and the pizzas, burgers and chicken were all good and fairly priced and the staff were very friendly with the manager (I assume) being very and chatty. The hotel has a wide variety of facilities including a decent shop, ticket and attraction agents, and business suite including use of the internet. We never went into Mandolins restaurant so I could not comment, however it looked quite nice. All things considered the hotel was excellent and combined with its superb location I have to say that the Radisson was an excellent experience for our family. I have been to Orlando several times and must say the Radisson is a good choice.

















