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Stay away from the Buffet

Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista

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2 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Santa Fe, NM
Dec 10, 2004
3/4 found this review helpful

I have mixed feelings about this hotel. Since it only cost $50.00 a night, I didn't expect much. Thus I was pleasantly suprised by a very clean room, with decent furnishings. The room was a bit noisy, since it faced I-4, but otherwise exceeded my expectations.

What very much did not meet my expectations was the breakfast buffet. For a small additional fee (about five bucks), they let you "upgrade" from a very crowded continental buffet with 3 oz orange juice cups and prepackaged mini-donuts and muffins to their "full hot buffet". Don't take this option!! Except for make-it-yourself waffles, nothing on the buffet is remotely edible. The "french toast" and "pancakes" are mass produced frozen french toat sticks and rubbery pancakes. The eggs are mush. The bacon is 100% greesy fat. Quite simply, nothing is remotely right.

Also, there is no service. After I had been there about fifteen minutes, a server came by, asked me what room I was in, gave me a chit to take to the cashier, and asked if I wanted more orange juice (I didn't, I just wanted out). This lake of servce wouldn't normally be a problem for me, since this is, of course, a buffet. However, I was astounded to notice that the amount of money the cashier asked me for was more than it should have been (including tax). The reason is that the restaurant adds an automotic service charge (gratuity) to every bill, which you probably won't notice unless you look at the cash register receipt after you've paid. This, at a place with no service to speak of. And, they would even add this on if you had already left a tip on the table. When I asked to have the service charge taken off of the bill, the cashier gave me quite a bit of attitude, but eventually relented. This hidden charge definitely tipped the iceburg for me, and made me wonder about what else this hotel might try.

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Nice & Reasonably Priced

Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista

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4 of 5 stars
Hawk69 3 contributions
Medicine Hat, Canada
Nov 11, 2004
4/4 found this review helpful

The first night when we arrived I was concerned. We walked on the 4th floor looking for our room and there was beer bottle cases outside every door and some interesting looking people. We finally found our room and the card key didn't work, I looked at my wife and she was in tears. I thought to my self, I can't keep my family here. We went back to the lobby, told them my concerns and I asked them if they had a room close to the lobby and in a family oriented area. They had us on the main floor around the corner from the lobby in 5 minutes. That was my only complaint about this place. We had an incredible time. Pool was clean met a lot of nice people from all over the world. The rooms were cleaned every day, restauants near by. Cici's was incredible, manager's and staff made you feel like they've known you forever. My son loved going there, however I havn't had pizza since we got back home. Thanx to travel zoo I got the room for $39/ night. Thanx to travel zoo I got a rental vehicle (Trailblazer SUV) for $229/week. We're going back to Orlando next year.

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Good value - Our kids loved the fun suite

Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista

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4 of 5 stars
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sao paulo,brazil
Nov 2, 2004
4/5 found this review helpful

We stayed at the Comfort Inn in October 2004 and it was nice. The location is great, very near Disney and very easy to get to the other parks. Our kids loved to have their own space and the room is clean, not moldy at all, and the right size for a family of 4, as we stayed at the parks all day. Breakfast was terrible, but with a microwave and a refrigerator in the room, we could make our own and leave earlier for the parks.
The pool was nice and clean. For light sleepers I would recommend the rooms with view to the parking lot due to the traffic of I4, although it did not bothered us. If you want a budget hotel with great location this is a good choice.

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay October 2004
  • Member since August 09, 2004
  • I recommend this hotel for Families with young children, Tourists
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Gives new meaning to the term 'suite'

Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista

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2 of 5 stars
ICTTNI 14 contributions
Wichita, KS
Oct 26, 2004
2/2 found this review helpful

This is without question a "budget" hotel. The family "suite" is a conventional hotel room with a plywood half wall in the middle and three bunks with no boxsprings. The suite bed wasn't long enough for our teenager. Our rooms were clean, but towels were paper thin, there is no extractor fan in the bathroom, and all rooms have outside entrances. Very, very small for a family, but if you are at the parks all day, it is okay. Lots of highway noise too.

Three rooms were booked 4 months in advance. They were not ready when we arrived, and then we could not be placed together. Check-in took over 1 hour.

The free breakfast buffet had minimal, poor quality offerings. For $5, you can purchase a "hot buffet". As my teenage son said, "do you can want your poor quality food (or something like that) hot or cold today?" I'd stick with the free offerings or go to a nearby McDonalds for less than $5

Elevators and walkways and exteriors were not particulary well maintained (and not because of the recent hurricane).

Nice feature is the on-site convenience grocery. Pool was well maintained.

In short, you get what you pay for, and for the price, our rooms were clean and the parks are a short drive away. We probably will choose a newer, suite hotel the next time we are in Orlando.

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2 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Powder Springs, GA
Oct 18, 2004
3/4 found this review helpful

The hotel wasn't what I expected. The "Family Fun Suite" was very small and dark. It also seemed quite musty. There was a lot of noise from the Interstate and I guess, in order to compensate, they kept loud music playing by the pool until 11:30 at night. ( The pool closes at 10PM)
The restaraunt was convenient but the food was below average. The kids ate for free however.
In general the place was a lot bigger and more noisy than we prefer. It was conveniently located to the parks and dining areas but we never tried the free shuttles.
Keep in mind that I'm rating this hotel as only being OK and I didn't have to pay. (Choice Priveleges Reward Points)

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay October 2004
  • Member since March 08, 2005
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, Families with teenagers
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