We just returned from Orlando this week and stayed one night at the Wingate prior to going to Port Canaveral the next day. All I can say is this place is perfect for late arrival or a transition stays for next day departures. The updating in the hotel suits the age of the place we found it to be very clean and we would definitely stay there again without hesitation. The best part is the breakfast!! Nothing fancy but everything you need to start the day (hot and cold) and extremely clean, there is a lady there constantly tidying up the food area. The breakfast is from 6-10 am. For a family of 4 you are talking a savings of around $30 alone for breakfast. Did I mention the free internet??

Anyway I can't say enough about the place most of the reviews were right on except for the negative ones, but I guess everybody cannot have the same experience and there are bound to be bad ones.

Go with the majority on this one you won't be disappointed!

I came to Orlando for the express purpose of seeing the Discovery Shuttle Launch. My plane was to arrive at midnight, and the bus to the launch site was due to pick me up at 5am, so I needed to find a place close to the airport, and closer to east Florida (as opposed to staying at a hotel, west or south west).
And because I was going to be paying for a room I only used for 3 hours, it had to be inexpensive.

I found this hotel on TripAdvisor and booked 2 weeks in advance for $99 p/n. (I discovered later there are places that were cheaper, but when you add on the incidentals such as the free shuttle to/from the airport, the breakfast and the convenience of the free wireless, it was a 'no-brainer')

I had recently stayed in the Hilton in Disneyworld, which is supposed to be in another range altogether. Apart from not having any restaurants onsite, and a less 'tropical' atmosphere by the pool, the room itself was better. It was quieter, much nicer and better decorated and the bathroom was much larger. The only fault (if you could call it that) that I could find in comparison to the Hilton was that the linen and pillows were of lesser quality, otherwise, inside the room there was no difference.

The public area is particularly good for conducting informal business meetings, although I found it a little difficult to locate power for my laptop (there was one there and I grabbed it!).

The airport shuttle service was excellent, the driver helpful and attentive and a good end to a great stay.

I stayed here one night prior to using Disney's Magical Express. The shuttle came quickly when I called and the driver was friendly and attentive. I checked in very late at night (almost midnight), so check in was a breeze and they had a crib set up and waiting in the room upon my arrival. I did notice that the hot tub seemed to be down, although we hadn't planned on using it. You sign up for a time to return to the airport in the morning and it seems like the shuttle left every hour on the half hour. The room was nice and roomy and breakfast was sufficient. The only complaint I had was that they put me in a smoking room, but by the time I got up to the room with my bags and my infant I was too tired to bother to change. Next time I'll need to make a point of requesting non-smoking.

This hotel is located just north of Orlando International Airport. It's a good location, in a business park with several restaurants you can walk to.

I arrived very late, after a long day of work. All I wanted to do was check in and go to bed.

Unfortunately, as I arrived, I discovered that the parking lot was being seal coated the next day, so 2/3 of it was blocked off and unusable. There were signs posted suggesting that guests park in the parking lots of the surrounding restaurants instead. Ordinarily, no big deal, but like I said, I was tired that day, and the last thing I wanted to do was schlep my luggage an extra 50 yards. (Incidentally, the parking lot looked fine. I don't know why they were coating it).

So, I got inside and went to the desk. The desk clerk was on a personal phone call and I had to wait for her to finish. This WAS annoying. Finally she got off the phone and gave me a room.

One of the reasons I stay at Wingates when traveling is that they are all 100% internet accessible, which I need. However, the first room had a problem with the internet. I came back to the desk, talked to the clerk about it, and called tech support. After a while, we concluded that the internet in this room was just not working and there was no way to fix it. So, I lugged my bag back down to the lobby again, got assigned to a different room, and moved.

This second room had working internet, but was dirty! There were hairs all over the bathroom and looked like someone had spilled something on the desk and it hadn't been cleaned up properly.

At this point, I was so tired I didn't care. I checked my email, and went back to the front desk to drop off the internet cable, with the intention of just going to bed.

The front desk clerk, who had been too busy and unfriendly before, actually became nice all of a sudden; when I came to return the cable, she asked how my new room was. I mentioned offhand that it wasn't clean, but that I didn't intend to make a stink about it because I was tired, I didn't want to move again, and I was just going to go to bed. She was apologetic, and I assumed this was the end of it.

All of these things were very annoying. I think I probably caught the property on an "off day" because it has a lot of positive reviews, and frankly if it were this bad all the time it could not stay in business.

When I went to check out the next morning, much to my surprise, the morning clerk mentioned that the night clerk had told her about the problem with my room, and she had gotten the manager to give me 50% off the room for that night. She tore up my bill and gave me a corrected one for half off. Because of this, and the fact that they were very apologetic and accommodating, I would consider staying here again and giving them a chance to do better next time.