Clearly the staff is well chosen and well trained here. Nothing laid back about any of them. Very friendly and helpful people, at the front desk and in the dining room, were accompanied by a well-kept property. Reception was quick, the room was spotless (well, except for one minor problem), and everything was in place and working. Morning breakfast in the dining room was a nice buffet, plenty of fresh eggs, made-to-order omelets, fruits, meats and cereals. Overall, this was a very nice Marriott experience. The hotel is situated next to a small strip mall with several good dining choices, also.

I stayed at the Lake Mary Marriott for two nights while on business. This hotel was in a decent location and had rooms that were well-appointed and of adequate size. There was a good sized fitness center and a nice pool and jacuzzi.
However, the hotel by no means lived up to the what I consider to be Marriott standards. Upon arriving, I had to navigate through piles of dirty sheets/towels strewn all over the hallway. Apparently, housekeeping at this hotel is not in the habit of putting dirty laundry in a rolling hamper, which is what you usually see in other hotels. It was absolutely disgusting. This occurred again the next day, so I have to assume that this is the practice at this hotel.
The bathroom floor looked like it had not been washed in months, and obviously not even swept as there was hair all over the tiles. Again, disgusting.
The carpeting, too, looked like it had not been cleaned in a while. I made sure that my bare feet never touched the floor!
When my room was freshened the covers on the bed looked like they were just hastily pulled up and the bedspread was left wrinkled and askew.
I awoke to find that the maid had not left coffee and in fact had failed to remove yesterday's dirty coffee cup.
The bathroom near the conference facilities was strewn with litter and out of toilet paper.
I complained to the manager (he acted shocked, but I would think that he has to be aware of the shoddy housekeeping practices, especially the practice of putting dirty linens all over the hallway). Also, I wrote to Marriott, but to this date have had no response.
Also, there was no newspaper as promised on the Marriott website.
There are many hotels in the vicinity of this one and I would advise choosing another.

Just returned from a one night stay at this property and wish we could have stayed longer. Great amenities and the staff were wonderful.

We flew into the airport in Sanford, called the hotel and the bellman came and picked us up in short order. When we needed to return to the airport, we were again whisked away with a smile.

We ate a late dinner in the restaurant. We were treated very well and the food was very good.

The room was well appointed and quiet.

We will stay here again when in the area.

We had an end room which was wonderfully quiet with no foot traffic in the hallway outide our door. The room was very nice and had a comfortable easy chair. The afternoon front desk staff was exceptionally pleasant and addressed me by name when I passed by a couple of times. There is a mall and several restaurants within a half mile and the hotel is convenient to major highways yet quietly set away from them. The concierge lounge was reflective of recent trends as breakfast was fairly limited. In the evening they ran out of cookies but the concierge cheerfully went downstairs and got a pecan pie from the restaurant...we lucked out on that timing! The swimming pool was attractive but a thunderstorm precluded a dip this time.