My husband, son and I stayed at the Lake Buena Vista Hotel in DisneyWorld a month ago and we were not overly impressed. Many things did not work (i.e. in-room safe, bed lamps, etc.). The pool was nice, but the staff were always behind in cleaning up the area. The room was adequate, but could really use some updating or renovating. It was not an expensive hotel so I guess you get what you pay for, but I have been to hotels of equal price that were much better. The location was great, but eat out. The breakfast buffet was the worst breakfast I have ever had! I would advise to stay elsewhere unless you really will not be at the hotel much.

We stayed spring break 2005. We were on the 3rd floor and had free internet in our room. Was clean and nice no complaints here.

We had a great experience. The hotel was a lot better than we expected after reading some reviews.
We had a nice room on the 17th floor.Our daughter loved the pool, and Luis at the front desk treated us very good.
And the best thing is the location, it´s close to everythig(the parks, downtown Disney,,,,,,,).
I don´t understand why people complaints.

Excellent bang for the buck, but with some caveats. Stayed there during spring break (Mar 14 - 19, 2005) and had an extremely good rate of $70/day via Priceline. Distance to Downtown Disney is a bit far compared to other, more expensive hotels in the area (e.g., Hilton, Grosvenor), but still walkable. The restaurant (Trader's Bay) was surprisingly good, with some interesting dinner entrees and a decent breakfast buffet. However, in some aspects the hotel is showing it's age: The rooms, though clean, had peeling wallpaper in some spots. "Free" wireless internet access is available only in the lobby and above the 16th Floor, so I had to bring my laptop to the lobby a few times. To compensate, the internet via the room TV is free, but the resolution of the TV was poor and the interface was a bit sluggish. "Free" newspaper was not delivered to the room, but rather in a first-come-first-serve at the hotel restaurant. Finally, the air conditioning units were so noisy that we turned them off after the first night. Thank the heavens it was spring and not the middle of summer! All in all, it was a good experience with some bad aspects, but given the relatively low price, the entire stay was above average (4 out of 5).