Beach Hotels in Florida, United States

We were there during the Christmas holidays, and Miami hotels were ridiculously expensive. Orlando was a much better option, and this hotel was only a little over a hundred dollars, which was a really fair price. The location is quite convenient; right outside, there's a gas station, a convenience store, and even the world's largest McDonald's. Within a ten-minute walk, you'll find a large supermarket, a car rental pickup point, various restaurants, and a Chinese buffet. The facilities are also pretty comprehensive, including a free shuttle service to and from Universal Studios. The room itself was definitely a bit dated, but the front desk staff member who checked us in was super helpful. We got a second-floor room facing the inner courtyard, which was very quiet and had no musty smell. (However, I imagine rooms facing the road might be quite noisy, so it's probably best to avoid those if you can.)

I booked the Dolphin Hotel directly for my Disney trip. I hesitated for a long time between several Universal hotels, but before the limited-time cancellation period ended, I decisively cancelled several hotels including Stranova and kept this one. It turned out to be a wise decision. The receptionist was really nice; she upgraded our pool room to a water park view room. I watched the Epcot fireworks for four consecutive nights at Dolphin, and then watched them several more nights at Universal – I'm practically addicted to Disney fireworks! They don't allow them in Beijing, so I got to see them to my heart's content in Orlando, haha. There's a Universal Studios service counter in the lobby where you can buy tickets and express passes. Near the parking lot, there are shuttle buses to various parks, very frequently. There are many people going to Epic in the morning, so there might be a queue during rush hour, but there aren't many people on the shuttles to Florida Adventure and Universal Florida. There's a convenience store in the lobby; you can buy food and eat at the restaurant tables. You can keep your room key as a souvenir when you check out. A great hotel, very convenient. I recommend everyone try it.

This location is unbeatable, especially to access the beach or volleyball courts. I was impressed by how clean and well kept the showers, bathrooms, sinks were. I wish there were a few more linens (e.g. personal fitted sheet), but it was great to get towels included. EXTREMELY friendly and helpful staff—they made my trip much smoother and helped me avoid hassle. Overall, really happy with my experience. Downsides that the staff can’t help: you’re sharing a room with dozens of people, some of which will snore and disrupt your sleep. Make sure you have earplugs or properly prepare to sleep with loud snoring sounds or people talking at times.

This is one of our favourite hotels anywhere. We took our entire three generation family there from the UK a couple of years ago and this year we effectively added a two day stay onto a two week villa rental vacation just so that we could revisit the hotel and play the golf course. We did have a few complaints about two things. We visited the Italian restaurant’ Cala Bella’ and whilst we enjoyed most of our starters we didn’t really enjoy our main courses with the food feeling pre prepared and warmed up rather than fresh. We sent some back and there was no quibble about taking these off the bill but it was a disappointing dining experience. For that money in a top class hotel everything should be freshly prepared  We felt that some of the charges were excessive, a 20% service charge on a $30 self serve breakfast buffet is scandalous . Similarly $32/day for self parking felt excessive.  This was our third visit to this hotel- will there be a fourth ?

This hotel requires a boat ride to get to Hollywood Studios and Epcot, both ways, and the scenery is fantastic. For Magic Kingdom, you can just take the hotel's shuttle bus. As an official Disney-designated hotel, you get early park access, which means you can skip the lines and go straight to attractions, playing at least two rides without waiting – it's awesome! I highly recommend this place.

I want to bring my whole family again next time. It was the impression that the training of employees was good. Meals around the area are convenient.

The quilt and pillows are good, and the room is large. The furniture is complete and there is a microwave. The window is a whole piece of glass and cannot be opened. It may only rely on air conditioning for ventilation, but the air conditioning is a bit noisy. The windows and doors are facing the public corridor and cannot be opened for ventilation. Breakfast is ordinary with ham slices. Figure 3 is the next series of the same name + plus, which has a private balcony and is a bit more expensive.

I booked a three-bedroom suite, the kitchen is fully equipped, the hotel is comfortable, the room is well designed, and two cars are parked for free, which is very suitable for family travel. Highly recommended.