This hotel does meetings well.....they juggle many groups at a time with ease. It is large enough that it never feels crowded. Comfortable rooms, good meeting space, nice lounge, and great buffet breakfast -albeit pricey.

I stayed here for a national event with my company. The grounds of this hotel are immaculate and I certainly enjoyed the beautiful weather (I avoided superstorm Nemo in the northeast). Upon checking in, I was notified that my king-bed room had a balcony that wouldn't unlock due to exterior construction. I inquired about moving to a room with an accessible balcony, and was pleased that the check-in attendant was able to not only accommodate my request, but gave me a room with a great view of the nearby Disney nightly fireworks (9pm and 10pm).

I was disappointing with 2 of the 3 hotel restaurants we tried. The first, a "tapas" restaurant (which is new, can't remember the name and it's not listed on their website), we waited for about 10 minutes at the table without being approached by a server. As we perused the menu, we realized that nothing really sounded all that great and the prices were sky-high. We decided to leave, and as luck would have it our server approached us as we were standing to walk away. She was very polite and, when asked, kindly recommended another restaurant/sportsbar. When we got to the sports bar, called High Velocity, we were pleasantly suprised at the attentiveness of all 3 hostesses as well as our waitress. The service was good, the food was decent. For breakfast, we had the buffet at Solaris, which was very well-kept and offers just about every option you can think of. Service there was exceptional.

All in all, I would recommend this hotel!

We stayed at this property 1/15-1/19 while we made the rounds of the typical Orlando parks. We chose this hotel because we had accumulated enough reward points to nearly pay for the entire hotel stay. We reserved one king room with an adjoining double room for the kiddos.

The hotel is HUGE. Very nicely appointed, on par with other Marriott properties. Staff is efficient and courteous. Our needs were met, but not exceeded. This really isn't a hotel for casual vacationers with families - it's geared for business conference attendees. At the time of our stay, there were 3 separate conferences going on, with all the attendant hustle and bustle. Not too many families to be seen.

The lobby is your basic, mid-scale large convention hotel standard. There is a gift shop (didn't go in - appeared to mainly have expensive tchotchkes for tourists), a Starbucks and a restaurant under construction. A lot about this hotel is under construction, unfortunately.

The main restaurant is around the corner from the lobby - nothing fancy, but there is a nice breakfast buffet. On all three mornings we visited, we had to remind them of the "kids eat free" package attached to our reservation. Not that it was a problem to resolve, it was just an annoyance that shouldn't have had to be dealt with. Food was good, service was outstanding. Average on the whole - the service was the saving grace of this restaurant.

Rooms were clean and adequately sized. Connecting rooms are definitely the way to go! Bathrooms spotless, lots of towels and the little toiletries are actually something I'd buy in full size (they smell fantastic!). Each room has a small balcony with a table and chairs. As ours overlooked a parking area, we weren't too interested in using it. We were told we had a "Disney view room". I suppose we did, since, if you squinted your eyes and looked really hard, you could make out the Epcot sphere. I think maybe we could also see the castle at Magic Kingdom, but I was never sure. We honestly didn't care about our view, but if a room is described (and priced!) as a room with a park view, then I kind of expect to get one, you know? We only paid for 1 night out of 4, so I really can't complain, I guess.

Valet services are expensive, slow and indifferent. We had moderately long waits for our car every morning despite having called ahead - 30 minutes, in most cases. When my husband asked whether our car was on the way, he was met with a very curt "it'll be here soon. We are very busy, as you can see". They were somewhat busy, but with the number of valet attendants on duty they shouldn't have been. I may be wrong, but it seemed that the conference attendees were serviced before other guests. On our last day, we had enough of this, and told the head valet that. Our car was brought around in the same slow manner as before, but we were given a couple bottles of water. Wow. What a gesture.

The main pool is closed for renovation and upgrading. From the drawings, the final product looks to be pretty awesome. The smaller pool is open, however. It's a basic hotel outdoor pool, clean and has adequate seating. The weather was a bit cool for me to swim, but my husband and kids had a nice time.

The hotel is very convenient to the area attractions. Five minutes to the Disney parks, 30 minutes to Legoland - not too shabby.

Overall, I'd stay here again with my family if we had another boatload of points for a free stay. Otherwise, I'd only stay here again if I was attending a conference - this place is first rate for a conference.

Stayed here last week while attending my company's annual kick-off meeting (my first time) and I found the property to be very well staffed, clean, and comfortable. The people behind the desks were friendly and courteous and there was ample staff in the convention center to point you to the correct meeting rooms (of which there are many). The food, beverages, and snacks during breaks at the meeting were above average, tasty and well-prepared. The room was clean, with more than enough towels and toiletry items. You can enter the convention area from the main part of the hotel, or from corridors on the bottom floor, which was convenient. I didn't find those corridors, or the retail shops until the day before I left (darn). The pool renovation looks like it's going to be beautiful when done. Between meetings and dinners, there was no time to miss out on it.