Orange Lake ResortRental Guest Reviews

Most Excellent 5th Anniversary of Girls "Group Therapy" Weekend!

Beautiful and comfortable accommodations right on the Lazy River. 2 bedrooms and pull out couch perfect for the 5 "princesses". Great food, fun shopping and great price! Highly recommended. We'll be back for sure!

Holiday Inn????

I'll start with the good point, the room was clean. From there the experience went downhill. I think the bed was new in 1970. I can't remember the last time I've slept on a mattress that bad. For the price I expected a lot more. I've stayed in many hotels around Orlando at this price point and all are 10 times better. I almost always stay in Holiday Inns when traveling and will continue to do so, but don't ever plan on staying at this property again.

Noisy and no help

We were up all night due to noise. We called numerous times and security came, but it still continued. I asked for one comped night as we have stayed there before many times and were staying four nights, but the woman was rude and said no way. We were there for our first anniversary. It was an awful taste in my mouth. The tenants left after the second night, but we didn't bother to call again. Nothing would be done. They had cases of beer outside. We didn't move because they ended up leaving and we were afraid that I think her name was Kathy, would charge us. Last two nights were fine.

Great Time at River Island location

We stayed in a two bedroom unit at River Island section of the resort. There are many other areas and units. We were on the 1st floor facing the pool area. Quick to the pool, that was a plus! Unit was great, no issues. There were a lot of activities, but most if not all had a charge attached to them. Maybe if you are an upper echelon H.I. member, some of the charges may have been waved, I don’t know. Needing to pay to use an inner tube for the pool not included in the room cost, seems to be pretty petty. Cons: After check in they will try to schedule you for a time share meeting. We said no. The free $20 to spend at the resort just to talk to the time share scheduler was misrepresented and basically useless. It wasn't even worth spending the two minutes to say “no”. Another Con could be the actual size of the resort, it’s huge. Depending on what you want to do, it’s basically a drive to get there or a very long walk. They do offer free shuttle service, but that could take you about the same amount of time as walking.

Marketing tactics

After checking in at Orange Lakes, we were "escorted" to another desk where we were told that we would be eligible for "discounts" at the resort if we paid $50 per person to have access to all the tube rentals - putt putt , etc. I explained that we were not interested. The lady then proceeded to offer some perks if we would do an update tour since we were owners ... I showed her on my phone that my husband has dementia and that we were all tired and would not be interested BUT that we were using a vacation package in February and would be taking a tour then ... a guy then came over and starting asking...well, why not take it now ... why wait until February? The lady backed down after I told her my husband's condition ... once the man knew .. he then proceeded to ask if they could come to our room and make it easier....by then I was pretty frustrated and tired after a 7 hour trip. When does No mean No. I love Orange Lakes but don't like any pressure tactics. We have been members for 20 years !

Weekend trip

My family and I have stayed at this resort numerous times. It is usually our favorite place to stay when we are going to Disney (passholders.) I've read reviews in the past about bugs, yet never experienced it until this trip. On the second night we had several cockroaches in our kitchen. And in the master bathroom shower. I wasn't aware until 3am when I got home from a Disney race that we had bugs. We were checking that morning- which is why I didn't call the front to get moved. I couldn't sleep well knowing our kitchen was infested. The rooms looked clean- and these weren't palmetto bugs (which are commonly seen here in Florida because our landscaping, trees ect) these were "roaches." The resort itself is beautiful and I'll come back- but I won't stay in the 9600 building because of this.

Love it here! But, this time it smelled!

I'm guessing that they fertilized the golf course the weekend we came. We have been at least 10 times and were so excited this time to finally have a first floor end unit, so we knew our kids could enjoy the out doors easier while the family enjoyed the patio, as we always do. but this time the smell of manure was so strong, we couldn't stand using the outdoor space. :( We Love the pools, atmosphere, staff, and rooms- we will definitely be back but will definitely check things out closer before we unpack and settle in.

Weekend Get Away

I would stay there again great place to stay !!!!!! loved it ........

Nice resort for price, issue with insects.

Millipedes were very bad in our villa. I am not kidding when I say we killed atleast 60 of them. They were coming in due to the front door being warped and not closing properly. My wife also was spooked by a huge cockroach in the bathroom. It took more than one call to have an exterminator spray. I was mislead and did not realize I had to pay for some extras...Lazy river, intertubes. The pools are quite nice as well as the golf coarses. Overall, we had a good stay. It would have been great if we did not have the insect issue.

good stay

We would love to stay again, my wife was pleased . No hassling for timeshare was a plus.