Oh, I was in no way implying that op should **walk** to the Publix! I agree with you that that is both unsafe and near impossible. However, if OP is renting a car, or wishes to take rideshare, it is not far at all.
Gotcha. They said they will not have a car, looking for something close.
I wouldn't stay at any of these, and instead would stay closer to Universal. Cypress Harbour and Harbor Lake are across from each other, and an easy shot up Turkey Lake to get to Universal, avoiding potential congestion on I-4.
I second Harbour Lake for a Universal trip. If you really want to do the MWC properties however, I think it is definitely worth it to do one of the timeshare properties. The separate bedroom/sleeping area is worth it's weight in gold when you are there with kids.
Thank you! But I am using Free Night Awards and only these resorts have the availability for them when I’m looking.
I am here now at Sabal Palms, my fourth time here and have stayed Imperial 2 times.Hello all! Sorry for hijacking this thread but I’m debating on staying at MWC in the hotel itself, Royals Palms, or Imperial Palms for a long weekend trip (3 nights total) to do Universal for 2 days. Two adults and two kids. We were hoping to make day 1 a resort day where we use the pools and would like to have a place to store our carry ons if the room isn’t ready. Day 4 (check out day) we were hoping to use the pools again but hoping for a place to shower off and change before our nighttime flight.
We won’t be taking advantage of the kitchen, but having 2 bathrooms would be a nice bonus. I’m just not sure if the extra bathrooms justifies the walk to MWC to utilize all the resort pools and amenities. What are your thoughts?
Also, a few questions…
- are there shuttles to Universal at any of these resorts?
- how far is the walk from the MVC properties to the main pools at MWC?
- is there an advantage to any of the resorts over the other outside of the rooms?
Having analysis paralysis, so any input is welcome please
I can help a little with this as we recently stayed at Sabal Palms. I'm super picky regarding resorts/hotels but thankfully we loved it! We planned to walk to the the WMC pool (were told it is an 8-10 walk) but it rained that day and we didn't get to swim there sadly but we did use the Sabal Palms pool almost every night (and each time had the entire pool/hot tub to ourselves). On the rainy day we went to WMC for the buffet. Reception called the shuttle for us which was very quick arriving (and the driver was so sweet and she dropped us off right to our door!). We'll definitely be going back!Hello all! Sorry for hijacking this thread but I’m debating on staying at MWC in the hotel itself, Royals Palms, or Imperial Palms for a long weekend trip (3 nights total) to do Universal for 2 days. Two adults and two kids. We were hoping to make day 1 a resort day where we use the pools and would like to have a place to store our carry ons if the room isn’t ready. Day 4 (check out day) we were hoping to use the pools again but hoping for a place to shower off and change before our nighttime flight.
We won’t be taking advantage of the kitchen, but having 2 bathrooms would be a nice bonus. I’m just not sure if the extra bathrooms justifies the walk to MWC to utilize all the resort pools and amenities. What are your thoughts?
Also, a few questions…
- are there shuttles to Universal at any of these resorts?
- how far is the walk from the MVC properties to the main pools at MWC?
- is there an advantage to any of the resorts over the other outside of the rooms?
Having analysis paralysis, so any input is welcome please
We stayed at Imperial Palms in October. It was very nice, great having so much space (We were 4 adults and 2 kids, so the 3-bedrooms of Imperial were awesome). It was about a 10-15 minute walk over to MWC depending on your walking speed. We actually planned to use the pool there but just did the smaller pool at Imperial Palms - clean and very quiet (we were the only people there most of the morning/early afternoon, and when we weren’t it was just one other older couple there).Hello all! Sorry for hijacking this thread but I’m debating on staying at MWC in the hotel itself, Royals Palms, or Imperial Palms for a long weekend trip (3 nights total) to do Universal for 2 days. Two adults and two kids. We were hoping to make day 1 a resort day where we use the pools and would like to have a place to store our carry ons if the room isn’t ready. Day 4 (check out day) we were hoping to use the pools again but hoping for a place to shower off and change before our nighttime flight.
We won’t be taking advantage of the kitchen, but having 2 bathrooms would be a nice bonus. I’m just not sure if the extra bathrooms justifies the walk to MWC to utilize all the resort pools and amenities. What are your thoughts?
Also, a few questions…
- are there shuttles to Universal at any of these resorts?
- how far is the walk from the MVC properties to the main pools at MWC?
- is there an advantage to any of the resorts over the other outside of the rooms?
Having analysis paralysis, so any input is welcome please
Thank you! Do you mean the water park is closed for MVC guests? Or all of the guests, including the MWC guests?
Was closed to all, locked up tight. Hotel very empty so maybe it’s not worth paying the employees.
I wonder how often that happens. The water park was the big draw for these properties for us.
It isn't required. At Cypress Harbor they offered us $300 to listen to a 90 minute presentation. I would do it but we were at Disney all day and didn't have time. I figure I would just whip out the redweek site showing others are selling their weeks for about $2,000. Why would I pay them more to buy direct? I'm guessing the pressure would be pretty light at that point.
When we walked over for dinner Tues night most the restaurants were closed.
The talk wasn't at check-in for us, and was voluntary. I went and did it the Sunday morning of our trip because they offered us our third night free in exchange for going, and I figured that ~$300 would cover all our Genie+ and ILL bookings for the weekend
That conversation was a phone call ahead of the trip for us - though I can’t speak to whether or not they would have brought it up at check-in had we not already scheduled the meeting
