Holiday Inn and Suites Across from Universal Orlando

Hannah Ellicott

Please do not waste your money staying here. Our room had a super strong smell of chlorine, so much so that our eyes were burning after only a few minutes in the room. It was also damp with the ceiling literally dripping wet. When asked to change rooms we were refused on the basis that the hotel was fully booked - only to receive a new room shortly after. Pushy sales people will try and talk you in to spending a day of your holiday visiting a brand new Holiday Inn in return for $100. The carpets in the room were sticky, housekeeping would take used towels but not replenish them and they even took a towel that I had brought myself which was never to be seen again. The parking cost is pretty pricey at around $25 per day, so just add up the cost of this and use it towards a better hotel. The only positive for this hotel is that you can walk to Universal. That’s it.

Brock Hardesty

Makes you pay $60 for two days of parking on top of the room cost. Booked two queen beds and it ended up being double beds. Room is very humid and smells musty and stale. Bathroom is very run down; the shower will not drain and the door won’t close. There’s also brown steaks on the bathroom floor that we could not figure out what it was but we have some ideas. Definitely won’t be staying here again.

Iluvpickes

I stayed 10/25/2024, and check out was 10/27/2025 11:00 pm. With a total of 4 people. Immediately upon entering the room it REEKED of the stench of dogs. An extremely unpleasant smell when you’re here trying to enjoy a vacation. We had to spray the entire room with Lysol TWICE, to rid the stench. Beside the awful smell, the counters, bathroom wall, toilets were absolutely disgusting. It’s the kind of bathroom that makes you want to scrunch up and not touch anything, and then on top of that they have the audacity to give you paper thin toilet paper and that’s being generous. Now the next problem; towels, and wash cloths. You wouldn’t believe that for 4! People we were only allowed to have 2 towels and 2 wash cloths ?! For 4 PEOPLE how in the world does a hotel that charges 175$ a night that’s quite the audacity. And it wasn’t till a day later did they privileged us with, guess what… only 2 more towels ! 😂 the only good thing I can say about the place is the location. Oh also don’t be fooled by the pictures they post , the rooms aren’t that big.

Walterssrq

We stayed here for one night to take the kids to Halloween Horror Nights and can't believe how convenient the location is. It is literally across the street from Universal Studios. We had 6 people in our party so we rented the 4 queen bed, 2 bedroom suite, with 2 full bathrooms. It was HUGE! It was clean and so nice to have with all the kids. The 2 bathrooms/showers was amazing, and super helpful with our large group. Beds were comfortable, front desk was accommodating with the extra supplies we requested, and being able to go to TGI Fridays for dinner was yummy and so convenient. For the extremely low cost for this room, it was a wonderful bargain for our family. I highly recommend to anyone going to Universal studios.

Mikayla Grant

I am very disappointed in this hotel. I didn't see anywhere that you had to pay 27.00/night for parking. There is also no hot tub. But those are my bad for not checking. The rooms are in terrible shape. The bathrooms were gross. There's rust and idk what else all over. The main door is super hard to shut. The hallway still has the remnant smell of being a smoking wing. The only things we found enjoyable about this hotel were the comfy beds and the proximity to Universal. But even that, their shuttles only run a few times in the morning and a few times at night. So for us,being here for an event that starts at 3pm, no shuttle service for us. Very disappointed. A motel 6 would have been cleaner. I'd say save your money and book at the Hampton in down the street. Free parking and clean rooms with friendly staff. I won't be staying at this holiday inn ever again. They also try to sell you on their timeshare. How could I trust a timeshare that can't even keep their current rooms up to par?! Ok rant over. My opinion: choose somewhere else.