My wife and I stayed here last night for a concert a UCF. Upon entering the room we were hit with a very pungent mold or mildew smell and the room felt damp. We set our stuff down and proceeded to get ready for our show. I then find a lizard on the desk with a very heavy lamp on one of his poor feet. My guess is the previous hotel guest found him in the room and thought it would be funny to set the lamp on his foot. Anyway.... the poor thing was very weak with a badly smashed foot stuck to the desk. My wife and I rescued him and took him back outside. It seems if housekeeping had done a thorough job cleaning the room they would have found the poor guy. This morning we were woke by housekeeping at 8:15 knocking on the door like the place was on fire. And then again at 8:15 when we both had fallen back asleep after we specifically told her not to come back. Not a pleasant way to start your day. Overall the place seemed kinda dirty and not well kept. The front desk staff was friendly and the hotel bartender was very accommodating. Im however glad we only stayed here one night.

If you need a place near UCF for business or pleasure, I would recommend giving the Holiday inn a shot. This particular property is a bit old but the lobby/restaurant area has been updated. Some, if not all, of the rooms have been updated as well.

The furniture is typical Florida modern but the decor is tollerable. The hotel has wired high speed internet and is adding wireless. The TVs are slowly being upadted to HD. The bed was the typical slighty hard matress with the small pillows. The A/C is very loud when on which covers up hall noise but then deathly quiet when off allowing noise pollution to some degree. The elevators are aged and the fitness room could use newer equipment. The pool looked nice but I did not partake. The sauna was out of order as was the top floor/executive floor. The "business" center is exposed in the lobby and is just a small workstation area.

I found the breakfast buffet a pleasant suprise with decent quality. The grits and orange juice were particularly good. The service in the morning was just ok.

Parking is easy and the drive to UCF is literally one stop light away. Restaurants of varying quality are within a short drive. This hotel is NOT near any of the major attractions of Orlando.

We live in Clermont but take night classes at UCF so we stay here every week instead of driving home. Always been a nice hotel but now they are making improvements and upgrades throughout. Best place to stay for the money. If you stay, go to the bar and say Hi to Mary, the best and friendliest bartender in Orlando!

I stayed here after Christmas 2011 for a few days because I was in town for a wedding. The room was neat but not "white glove inspection" clean. The bathroom counter, tray with cups and ice bucket were dusty. When we turned on the tv, we got "white noise". I waited a bit to see if it would clear on its own and then I called the front desk. They promptly sent a maintenance guy up to fix the cable cord in the back of the tv. It had a shortage in it, so he left the room to get a replacement cord and "fixed" the tv. Well, he meant well, but it wasn't fixed by any means. Throughtout our stay, my husband and I would have to get up from the bed, adjust the cord in the back of the tv and hope it remained in place throughout the program we were watching. In addition to things being dusty, I discovered that my sheets were stained! And it was a HUGE stain, something you wouldn't miss even at your own home. Alas, I discovered this a few nights into my trip, but I did place the card on the bed for the linen to be changed. At least I had clean, unstained sheets for the last night of my visit. My biggest disdain came from the noise level in the hotel. There were several high school sports teams visiting, so the lobby was always crowded and cluttered and the hallways were super noisy! You would think that the staff would pre-block the teams on separate floors and near the elevators, so that they don't wake guests like me. Trust me, I know. I work in the hotel industry. The "business center" consisted of 1 computer, which didn't work at any time during my stay. I booked my room through Hotwire. Of course the drawback to Hotwire is that you don't get the property name until after you book your room. I was hoping for another property, but I got this one. My stay wasn't bad - but it could have been better.