One of the biggest perks from being a healthy member in the frequent flyer community has become the friendships I have made along the route. As luck would own it, many of those will be are with other vacationing families. After having hung released (sans kids) at several MegaDos and similar incidents with a core crowd, a few of us decided that it was time to plan some joint family trip. As the possible lack of luck would have that, a wedding that quite a few were attending got planned in the weekend the trip is scheduled for, so in fact it was just my children and one other that made it possible to hang out this time period. However, we decided that two families was an event, and we were travelling to continue on with our planned vacation to Disney World for this weekend.
Disney in a weekend with in the younger years may sound crazy to some, but to us the idea sounded perfect. We thought i would stay at the Hyatt Regency Wonderful Cypress in Orlandosince My partner and i won a couple free nights there in a charity auction a while back, and the nights were going to expire. It also would give me a chance to put my Hyatt Diamond benefits to good work with. I am a massive fan of staying at Disney property with young kids who still need naps in the afternoon, but I'm also not opposed to using a good deal to stay close, but not overly close, to all that Disney action.
The Hyatt Grand Cypress is very on the Disney parks – never walking distance, but inexpensive driving distance. Depending on the park you are on the way to, I would say it is typically about a ten minute drive to find there, most of which can be spent driving on Disney asset. Of course traffic and/or parking delays could amplify that a bit, but it did not take long at all to get to the parks at dawn. However, driving does mean that you now have some sort of parking fee at Disney daily, and naturally you need a rental car as well.
The hotel is extremely large and feels more secluded than it can be. It has 800+ bedrooms, a kind of mixed atrium style design, a good lake, a golf lessons, several pools, a water slide, a Regency Membership, Camp Hyatt, and more. It does charge a $12 daily self-parking fee and a resort fee up to $25 per day. Those are relatively substantial costs that need be factored into the overall value. We had two your three nights covered by means of the charity auction qualification, but the additional night that any of us paid out of pants pocket was about $225 + taxes/fees. The hotel did tell us when we checked in the they were waiving your resort fee "since it was eventually our first time for the property". I'm not sure if that had been the real reason, if it was subsequently related to our Precious stone status, the substantial renovations going on, or something else, but who was our experience. Our friends there the exact same weekend did not enjoy the fee waived, but they did have some other fairly generous compensation in the end for some issues they had with their stay (more concerning that later).
Other than sending yourself, you can please take a complimentary shuttle from that hotel to Disney. While I still find it great that the hotel offers a shuttle, it is definately not flawless. We didn't make use of as we had a car or truck, but our friends did use it some when their schedule didn't line up with ours. The taxi left at set instances around 9: 30AM and 11AM that morning to go to this parks, and then have return times of close to 4: ooPM, 6: 00PM, 8: 00PM, in addition to 10: 00PM. This means you can't turn up for when the theme parks open, and you can't have tried it to return to this hotel after lunch for any nap. This service would be a lot more useful it it have been continuously running every sixty or 90 minutes in both directions in daytime. However, with such a tiny schedule it isn't definitely practical for families with young ones who can't stay for the park all day.
We didn't make use of a cab, but our friends investigated it and said to help you estimate about $25 – $30 for each trip, again not a superb option either. I think most families with small children who stay here need their own car to visit to and from the parks.
When we added some paid third night (which we actually used as the first night of our stay) to the two night certificate, I used a validated Diamond suite upgrade with this first night. The hotel graciously allowed us to remain the suite all some nights. By looking with the website, our suite has been the Executive Suite. Contact us spoiled, but we do more desirable when we have ample space for us and our kiddo. Cures lost by not increasingly being on Disney property, we invented for with additional space inside the room. As you possibly know, when you travel with a young kid you can actually spend a fair period of time in the room using naps, downtime, etc. so the room matters more than while you are on an "adults only" trip that helps you spend the bulk of energy out and about.
The suite had the complete sized king bedroom, extensive bathroom, and balcony on one side, and then had one other full sized room and bathroom about the living area in opposition. The sofa did convert to your bed.
We had two issues with the suite. The earliest was that both loos only had showers. It can be clear to me that the was designed more to a conference hotel than a household hotel, but given the proximity to countless theme parks (and presumably families with children), it becomes super helpful to have a bath tub instead associated with a shower.
The other issue was that your rooms of the suite were in touch with two doors that only opened in one side. At one point our daughter shut the doorway to the living component to the room with nobody in it, and the keys for the rooms were all with the living room. This meant we couldn't get there without calling safety measures. Had she shut herself in the different room than us together with the keys it could have been a very scary condition. Since these rooms aren't true connecting rooms, but instead one suite, I would much prefer if it were not possible for that situation to transpire. A normal door amongst the rooms that opens from both sides would be a better option in your view.
Despite that trouble, the suite was ideal for hosting an impromptu "kids party", that comes with an explosion of games!
We did enjoy the balcony, both to overlook the beautiful resort, and to work out the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom during the nighttime. That said, balconies and young kids do make me nervous so we didn't use it very substantially.
As is usually the case for us on trips using kiddo, we ended up just having dinner in the room most nights. By that point in the day most people were totally pooped, and even staying awake to nibble on room service was a challenge. This hotel, just like most/all Hyatts, has put an emphasis on healthy dining options designed for kiddos. This is an awesome thing in my guide, but can make it a little harder to order for any kid that is already wiped out and fussy. Sometimes a chicken finger receives consumed whereas a good veggie and noodle dish or salad will be passed on by a good cranky kiddo. So, I love the healthy options, but they are often a double edged sword if your main kiddo is not inside the best of moods first off. I think they will be even better for us as C gets rather older, but again I really do like the effort Hyatt has put into this initiative.
The first night she fell asleep before your ex sunflower-butter and jelly sandwich with edamame could get delivered (though she dined it for breakfast happily the other day), and the second night she ate several her noodle dish, but I may have eaten more of it than she did.
In line with the hotel's website, there are a great deal of restaurant and dining options inside hotel, but many of them are not operational during our visit due to the renovations. This didn't impact us completely, but the other household we traveled with had this to say, "the lunch solution was to utilise what would charitably certainly be a 1980s cafeteria with horrendous food and service. " Eek – ecstatic we didn't eat lunch there! Do note though that this is a primarily a temporary issue that needs to be much better when that renovations are complete.
Simply two of this review For certain i will cover the Regency Membership, the awesome pools, getting Disney tickets through the hotel, and other pretty cool amenities they furnish. Have you stayed at this point before? If so, what did you consider of your stay?
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