Orlando Vista Hotel - Orlando, USA 

The hotel itself was ok. It's a place to sleep and shower after spending all day out at the parks. Location was right outside entrance to Disney so it was also convenient. It’s also, surrounded by a lot of places to eat. I just got back from a week long stay there and I have one major complaint. I left some souvenirs from Discovery Cove on a chair in the room. We spent the whole day out at Disney the next day and went to bed. The next morning I notice that my souvenirs were gone! I went to the front desk and reported it and talked to the housekeeping manager. She said she would get back to me after an investigation. After a couple days of checking back I got several messages. The first message was the manager saying that I had left the items next to the garbage can so it was my fault that the items were missing. They even admitted that this has happened in the past!! I left an angry note stating the exact location of my items and that I did not appreciate being accused of this. After that note their entire tone changed and the office manager called and left a message apologizing for the incident and that they would replace my items. I just received the items in the mail today but one of the items was the wrong color. Wrong color is fine; at least they made the effort to replace the items. They also included a letter apologizing about the incident and concluded that the bag was thrown away on accident and they are now having their workers check with management before discarding bags that looked like gifts. I feel that this is a huge excuse. There were other things on the chair that looked a lot more like trash than the souvenirs still in the discovery cove bag. I still stand by my suspicion that my items were stolen. The incident definitely dampened the mood of my vacation. I’m glad my items were replaced but I recommend spending a little more money and staying inside Disneyworld if that is why you are vacationing there. I will be doing this in the future out of convenience and piece of mind.

My boyfriend and I went to Orlando for Memorial Day weekend and stayed at the Orlando Vista for three nights. We got a great rate of $75/night through hotels.com so we figured why not. We read reviews on a couple of site and everything looked okay. I have to say that I was very impressed with this hotel, especially for the price we paid. Sure, the hotel is older and shows it's age a bit but the friendly staff, comfortable bed, and clean room more than make up for that. I really haven't been to a hotel (and I travel A LOT) recently where the staff were as friendly as they were here. Even the bartendars were great! (Look for Lucy... she's been with the hotel for 34 years!) I was also very happy with the location. We took the shuttle every morning to Disney which was really convenient. There is an Au Bon Pain in the hotel (not as nice as the traditional Au Bon Pain's but good enough to get my oj and bagel each morning). Also, if you aren't spending every minute at Disney there are a lot of restaurants within walking distance to the hotel and both a mall and outlet mall are a short drive away. I would definitely stay here again if I were coming to Orlando for Disney and wanted to stay on the cheap (while having a nice experience!)