As a family of two adults and two teenagers, we have stayed twice now in this hotel, on two consecutive years. This year being our third on the trot holidaying in Orlando. We booked this hotel on our second trip and were so pleased with it we intend to go back again and again (if possible)!

The maids appeared to take pride in their jobs and the rooms were always cleaned to a high standard. The bedding was changed every 2 or 3 days.

It has a very clean tropical feel swimming pool that is fantastic for kids and adults and you can easily spend a relaxing day around the pool when the parks get too much! The pool has a waterfall and there is a shop poolside where you can hire inflatables, buy suntan lotion or even get your hair braided. A jacuzzi is situated at the end of the pool and a pool bar which does great smoothies!) You dont even have to worry about towels as there is a container for clean towels and one for wet towels, so you just help yourself and throw them in the wet one when you have finished. We have looked at a few other hotel swimming pools on International Drive and this has to be the best by far. It also has a small but well equipped gym, shop (bit expensive - preferred to go over the road to shop), hair and beauty salon, bar, small arcade for the kids, restaurant and internet access. In the foyer you can buy tickets to attractions and get some helpful advice on transport etc. Dollar car rental desk is also in foyer. The reception area is tastefully furnished has a calm, tranquil feel to it even though it can get quite busy. There is also an area with several public telephones, so there is no excuse to not ring home!

Getting on to the second time we stayed, we were allocated a room in the ground floor buildings around the pool. These rooms looked older than those in the tower and were slightly smaller, but weighing up the advantages of being around the pool with the great view when you got up in the morning we decided not to change. There was one problem with being on ground level though, we came across a couple of small creepy crawlies which we werent sure what they were, until we found their mother in the bath one night. Cockroaches! Thank god hubby found it first and promptly squashed it - I must admit we left it for the maid to deal with, probably used to that anyway! To be fair, though, as soon as we reported the problem it was swiftly dealt with and we never saw any more throughout our stay.

You are advised to check who is at the door before opening, as the hotel layout in Florida in such that anyone can access rooms from the street, ie you don't have to go through a reception area first. This can be a worry, but so long as you are aware, you just have to careful and check first. The maid always lets you know it is her when she knocks to clean the room.