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Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Main Gate East
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Reviewer's Name:
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Ren and Flo MacNary |
Reviewer's Email Address:
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Renm@jump.net |
Date(s) of Stay:
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3/18-3/21/99 |
Location:
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Kissimmee (192) Area |
Ease of Disney Park Access:
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North to Osceola Parkway, West into parks.
Complimentary shuttle to the parks, but didn't use it, given the
fact that the bus went to all 4 parks. The car was very
convenient. |
Address:
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5678 W. Irlo Bronson, 34746 |
Phone Number:
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(407) 396-4488 |
Facility Type:
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Motel |
Accommodation Used:
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Suite |
Accommodations Review:
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Standard 2 story Motel arrangement, the
"suite" was a combination of a normal room with two
double beds and a Living Room/Kitchen combination with a Murphy
bed. This made for nice sleeping with the two young girls in the
living room and us in the bedroom. The rooms were clean and seemed
well maintained. Nothing spectacular, just good. |
Rate/Night (for your stay):
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Part of a package deal (Southwest Airlines) |
# of Restaurants/Lounges:
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2 |
Restaurant/Lounge Review:
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Kids eat free, made for VERY reasonable meals. The
suite came with free breakfast for two adults, this was nice. The
breakfast was fine: fresh fruit, grits, eggs, bacon, biscuits,
pancakes. The girls really like it. There is also an informal
store and grill area where pizza, hamburgers and again free kids
meals were available. The dinners were not as well done as the
breakfast. |
Amenities / Facilities / Activities Available:
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Sundries Shop, Pool, Hot Tub, Health Club/Spa,
Playground, Laundry, In-Room Safe, Babysitting/Kid Programs,
Cooking Facilities, Pets Permitted, Room Service, Non-Smoking
Rooms, Smoke Detectors, Fire Sprinklers. |
Pool Description/Comments:
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Two pools, two hot tubs, and a kiddie pool.
Standard, no themeing, fairly uncrowded for us. |
Other Comments:
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This was very convenient to WDW, since you don't
have to travel 192 at all to get to and from the parks. That made
things pretty easy, since 192 is under construction and was pretty
slow. It took us a while to figure out that "Turnpike"
equaled "Oceola Parkway", , but once we figured that out
we were able to get to the parks very easily. The breakfast was
great, but other meals we'd probably skip if we went again.
My wife's comments: "I'd stay somewhere with a little better
food for lunch and dinner." Other than that, very cheap,
serviceable, clean comfortable place to stay. |
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