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Sheraton Suites Orlando Airport
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Orlando, FL, USA |
Sheraton/Starwood
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Exterior
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High-Speed Internet Access |
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Available: Yes
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Cost: $1 - $10
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Hotel Comments |
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- On Oct. 07, 2004, HotelDork posted:
The Sheraton Suites Orlando Airport is located off Augusta National Drive in front of a small lake near the Main Entrance of Orlando International Airport at Semoran Blvd. The hotel is a low-rise building surrounding a central courtyard. The Sheraton Suites was formerly the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel before that chain was acquired by Doubletree and rebranded as a Sheraton. Parking is complimentary, as well as a 24-hour Airport Shuttle. The shuttle was convenient and we left the hotel promptly at 5AM, as I requested. Leah at the front desk suggested I turn in the rental car the night before, and that turned out to be a great idea.
The Main Entrance opens into a small atrium that goes way, way up to the top of the hotel. I know, I’m being dramatic, as the Sheraton Suites is only 3 stories tall. The lobby is comfortable with muted rose colored marble floors and traditional contemporary furnishings. Lighting is slightly dim. To the back of the lobby is a restaurant, lounge and gift shop. The front desk is to the right. I noticed a small podium with a sign reading “Concierge Services available here”, yet I never saw a person there during our stay.
Arriving at the front desk I awaited my turn to check-in behind someone else. After a few seconds I realized the desk clerk and guest were arguing, and I started to get concerned. I was thinking…”oh great, the staff in this hotel stinks”. But as I eavesdropped I realized the guest was just a jerk and the clerk was totally justified in all her comments. Once this dweeb vaporized, I found her to be very polite and helpful. Check-in was a breeze.
I elected to not use the bell staff, so I wielded our luggage down the long corridors to our room, umm, I mean suite. Excuse me. Our suite was on the first floor and faced out into the parking lot and an exit ramp off the Beeline Expressway. Not a fine view. I think in the future I will request a courtyard view suite.
The entry door opened up into a pleasant and clean little parlor. The suite parlor was nicely decorated in dark wood furnishings and attractive plaid and paisley fabrics in what I would call a Traditional Contemporary décor. Our suite looked recently renovated. There was a large work desk sporting a telephone with voicemail and broadband internet access for laptops (fee). Behind the desk was a nice little galley with a beautiful granite counter, coffeemaker, microwave and refrigerator with a wood panel insert to match the cabinets (nice touch). The sitting area was compact with a pull-out sofa, sitting chair and coffee table. There was an average size built-in TV with AV jacks to hook up video cameras, DVD players or a Play Station. That’s rare in a hotel! Off the parlor was a pair of tall paneled doors that lead into the Bedroom. Our Suite’s Bedroom held a large King Size Bed with an attractive dark red duvet stuffed with down, contrasting gold bed skirt and piled high with fluffy white pillows. This is another fine example of Sheraton’s Sweet Sleeper Bed. They are extremely comfortable and another reason why I like to stay at Starwood brand properties. The linens were very clean and soft. The Bedroom had it’s own built-in TV without the AV hookups. On the night stand was an AM/FM alarm clock radio and the second of the suite’s telephones.
The bathroom was a two-part deal. A vanity area and a separate water closet. The vanity area was large and carpeted, immediately adjacent to the bedroom. It had a nice golden granite slab countertop, vanity chair, large mirror and a closet (housing a luggage stand, iron, board and real hairdryer). The water closet had a limestone style ceramic tile floor and the tub had a light marble tile surround with an accent ceramic tile in-lay (quite attractive). The shower head was a nice multi-setting type. Bath care products were incognito with Sheraton written on them. I have no idea who makes them, but they were very pleasant. All bath areas were well lit.
The air conditioning was controlled by a residential style thermostat on the wall in the parlor. It worked well, which is imperative in Florida during the summer months.
We swam in the Indoor/Outdoor Pool. That has always been an odd concept for me, but I guess is the best of both worlds. It was refreshing, to say the least. That’s a nice way to say the heater was not working. However, being Florida in summer, it wasn’t that big of a deal, we were able to handle it, even our young kids. However, this left the spa closed. There was a large table stacked full of clean towels. Additionally, there is a large fitness center off the first floor corridor, but it was quite busy when I went by it.
I did not eat in the hotel’s restaurants. We ended up eating in a Super Target for dinner because I needed to buy a second portable DVD player so my kids wouldn’t argue in the plane on the way back to Nevada. And we checked out too early to eat breakfast to catch our flight home. United Airlines is fortunate I’m not writing a review on their breakfast.
In final summation, the Sheraton Suites Orlando Airport is a very good option when needing to stay near OIA. The rates are fairly good and equivalent to other hotels in the area. Given this hotel’s good staff and getting a suite over a room, this is our hotel of choice at Orlando International. Although the suites are a little smaller than the average suite, they are larger than hotel rooms and are nicely appointed, and the Sweet Sleeper Bed is mighty fine. And it would even do OK for visiting the Orlando/Disney Area at large…that is if you don’t mind the drive and the toll booths!
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