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Discount hotels on Disney World property

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Thanks to the power to of the internet, finding travel discounts for Disney resorts is much easier than in years past.
Disney’s moderately priced resorts include the Pop Century Resort, Disney’s All Star Movies Resort, Disney’s All-Star Music Resort and Disney’s All Star Sports Resort, Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Port Orleans French Quarter and Port Orleans Riverside. Lodging at all the aforementioned resorts ranges anywhere from $150 to $225.
Disney’s ultimate value resorts are priced as low as $82. You may be curious if you’ll be sacrificing quality for such a low price, but the value resorts sleep up to four guests with two double beds, a pair of chairs with a small table, a TV, a bathroom with a separate sink and on-site laundry facilities.
Cribs, hair dryers and mini fridges are available for  an additional fee. Each of the bargain-priced resorts feature a central shopping location for dining and eating. The buildings are three stories, decorated with Disney themes. Family suites are available for groups of six, and they include a kitchenette.  Disney’s Pop Century Resort is priced from $84 to $141 and is situated on a lakeside view. Popular rooms include the rooms on hall B, which overlook the lake. Pop century resort is located near Epcot and decorated with pop culture art and themes from the 1910s to 1990s. A walking path around the lake is popular with joggers.
Disney’s All Star sports resort , located in the Animal Kingdom area, is known for its stunning decorations and low price, with rooms starting at $82 per night and up to $141 per night. Rooms at the All-Star Sports resort has a food court, a playground and an arcade with video games and pinball machines. There’s also an onsite 242,471-gallon beach-themed Surfboard Bay pool and a smaller 119,590-gallon Grand Slam Pool shaped like a baseball diamond.

Disney’s All-Star music resort has family suites available for $179-$285, and rooms as cheap as $82 for smaller packages. Smaller rooms feature two double beds, while the family suites include a double bed,two chairs that fold out to single beds and one couch that folds out into a queen-size sleeper sofa. A food court is available on site but no room service is available. The atmosphere is based on musical themes, with buildings designed with themes based on jazz,rock, country, Broadway and calypso.

Here at Orlandovacation.com we specialize in offering great deals on Disney World hotels. The only difference with our hotels which we offer is that they are not actually owned by Disney World corporation, but they are located on Disney World property. These hotels are typically 25% less per night, but they still offer the same great amenities.

Best Deals on Orlando Hotels near Disney World

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

If you are looking to visit the Orlando area then here are a couple of hotels which offer great deals: The Celebration Hotel and the Wonderland Inn. At Celebration hotel, students get a 30% discount at Celebration Hotel, which is only minutes from Disney’s best parks. The hotel is located on 700 Bloom street, and it is part of the Kessler collection properties. Celebration Hotel offers a traditional, intimate setting similar to a bed and breakfast. Celebration hotel features 115 rooms and suites, a bronze life sized alligator sculpture in the lobby and it’s only a few steps from Celebrations village center, with shops and restaurants. There’s also a heated pool that overlooks walking trails.

Wonderland Inn, located on 3601 South Orange Blossom trail is a former roadside motel from the 1950s which has been fully renovated and remodeled. As soon as you walk through the front doors, you’ll feel like you stepped through a time portal back to America’s golden days. The cozy, intimate setting features hand-painted garden murals and special personal touches, such as refrigerators that are restocked with orange juice and a staff that is always eager to accommodate your needs. Outside, you can walk through the lush landscape, which showcases over 30 different types of flowers and flowering trees. The reasonably priced fares run from $80-$160

The Lake Buena Vista Best Western Resort Hotel is actually located on Disney World property. A family of four can book a room for less than $80. The amenities include a heated pool, two queen size beds, a private, furnished balcony, Kid’s Pool, Sun Deck, Exercise Facility, Game Room, Room Service, Bell Service, an in-room safe large enough to fit most laptops, hairdryer, iron and ironing board come standard in all guest rooms.

We have quite a few great deals on Orlando hotels which are located near Disney World. Remember, here at Orlandovacation.com we have a 100% satisfaction and lowest price guarantee.

Top TV shows comes to Universal Studios

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

You don’t have to head to Hollywood to see live taping of your favorite shows. Two of the most popular television shows in the U.S. are coming to Orlando during the second week of April. NBC’s America’s Got Talent will be taping live performances at Hard Rock Live, from April 7-8. Talented singers from across the Sunshine State will showcase their skills to Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan, Nick Cannon and a public audience.Tickets are free, and the first taping begins Wednesday, April 7 at 1 p.m..  If you plan on going with a charitable group, you can register your organization at  http://www.ocatv.com/group/.
In its fifth season, America’s Got Talent is a spin off of a British reality show where live performers vie for a million-dollar prize. The format is similar to American Idol, but with a wider range of contestants. In addition to singers, America’s Got Talent also features dancers, magicians, and comedians.

One of America’s longest-running game shows, Family Feud, is hosting tryouts to any families who will be in the Orlando area from April 7 to April 11. If you think your family is worthy of an appearance with John O’Hurely on Family Feud,  sign-up your family for a tryout, you can email orlando@familytryouts.com or call, 323-762-8467.

Originally aired in 1976, Family Feud is a trivia game show where two families square-off in a challenge to guess the most popular answers to a variety of surveys. Other Universal Orlando events in April at include: Earth Week! April 19 – April 23, Mardi Gras concerts featuring Sheryl Crow on April 9, Flo Rida on April 10 and Chicago on April 17. Fans of live music will appreciate Harbor Nights Primavera on April 23 , a wine-tasting event with live jazz and complimentary cigars, hosted at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel.

If you want to come see any of these shows we have great deals on hotels near Universal Studios.