Best Western Plus Universal Inn

“Orlando BW+”

The hotel is within 5-10 mins walk to Universal Studios which is handy, it also has a booking agent onsite for Disney World excursions which are further afield in Orlando. The hotel is quite reasonably priced and offer a good hot or cold breakfast, menu changed daily. My room was a little shabby… more

The hotel is within 5-10 mins walk to Universal Studios which is handy, it also has a booking agent onsite for Disney World excursions which are further afield in Orlando. The hotel is quite reasonably priced and offer a good hot or cold breakfast, menu changed daily. My room was a little shabby and needs some maintenance however, it had the essentials, and the bed was clean and comfortable. There is a number of bars and eating places within a few minutes' walk. Parking can get a little crowded

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“Inexpensive and close to Universal to be sure but with that you give up a bunch.”

I have to agree, it is close to Universal Studios and it's cheap and the staff are nice and helpful BUT....... Our shower had hair in it when we checked in, not just a strand or two but a bunch. Secondly, we had to go to the front desk for towels as there were only one hand towel and one washcloth… more

I have to agree, it is close to Universal Studios and it's cheap and the staff are nice and helpful BUT....... Our shower had hair in it when we checked in, not just a strand or two but a bunch. Secondly, we had to go to the front desk for towels as there were only one hand towel and one washcloth. The room is okay, a bit small though. The breakfast is nothing to write home about, very sparse and always the same. Almost every other BW we've stayed in has been much better. They at least need to stock 2% milk, not just 1% and it'd be real nice if they had more than plain off brand Cheerios that tasted like the box and off brand Fruit Loops! I even miss the waffles, they have that lame "pancake" machine, no thank you. Even the coffee is fake, what I mean by that is it's powdered coffee not brewed. I don't care what they think it does NOT taste the same as brewed, it's just cheep and easy for them. If you choose to stay I'd suggest going to Walgreens at the front of the parking lot and buying a half gallon of milk and a decent cereal if that's your breakfast choice. One other thing, there are cameras EVERYWHERE and tacky signs telling you to "smile you're being video recorded" along with a sign telling you not to take food back to your room. What the hell goes on in this place that they need very apparent cameras and signs all over the place. Creepy and big brother(ish) is what I've heard and think myself.

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“Nothing special — but clean and comfortable!”

This was the first of four hotels / resorts we stayed in during a 2-week visit to Orlando. The area appeared a bit rundown, but there was plenty to do and eat nearby and the hotel is within easy driving distance to Universal Studios (8-9 minutes). Free parking at the hotel is a bonus! Lovely staff… more

This was the first of four hotels / resorts we stayed in during a 2-week visit to Orlando. The area appeared a bit rundown, but there was plenty to do and eat nearby and the hotel is within easy driving distance to Universal Studios (8-9 minutes). Free parking at the hotel is a bonus! Lovely staff at the front desk, except for the morning check-in girl — she was always surly and never smiled :( Large clean room, albeit a tad rundown in the common areas — the hallway carpet, however, seems to be very new! We did have some small bugs (ants?) in our room (not sure where they came from), and I always love the BW toiletries! Super quiet overnight — I slept like a baby! However, the beds in our room were suuuuuper small — my hubby and I almost had to sleep in one each! Our shower drain was blocked (and the shower became a bath) — I told reception after our first night and it was fixed almost immediately … very impressed! The shower also had a tendency to flood the bathroom floor if the curtain wasn’t pulled across the entire way — heads up! Breakfast was average (as with most BWs), and can get very crowded due to a lack of space. I saw a lot of guests taking their breakfast up to the rooms to eat. Overall, a clean, comfortable stay.

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