Marriott Royal Palms vs. Cypress Harbour

[Luckybee]

I was just coming on to ask a related question but saw this post. Right now dh and I are booked for a week at Oceana Palms, a week at Sabal, then a week at Lakeshore Reserve in Sept/Oct. . We have to cancel our OP week but we just realized that week has the earliest expiry which means we'd need to use it before March. Our lakeshore booking week could be stretched out until 2016 with retrades. In order to accomplish this Im thinking about using our OP week to book Royal (lakeshore isn't available and Cypress is undergoing pool renovations when we'd be there...and we didn't like GV at all) then booking a phantom for the future with our Lakeshore week(so that we avoid the 1 yr cancellation replacement week expiry. Royal looks nice....but after having Lakeshore booked will it be a complete let down ? Its just dh and I and we like no activities on property but also like having the hotel pool available.

 

[TSPam]

That's correct. Both units are listed as having a max occupancy of 6 but the configurations are different:

Sabal: 1 King, 2 twin/singles & 1 sleeper sofa

Royal Palms: 1 King, 1 Queen & 1 sleeper sofa

Actually Sabal has a twin and a double in the second bedroom and Royal has a queen and a fold out chair. Both have a fold out in the living room

 

[TSPam]

.....but after having Lakeshore booked will it be a complete let down ? Its just dh and I and we like no activities on property but also like having the hotel pool available.

Well, the pool at Lakeshore is wonderful with it's lazy river but we were also quite happy with the Royal pool and you can also use the huge Marriott world centre pool

I really liked my week at Royal last fall. It is a pretty resort and the rooms have been updated well. They have huge balconies and the balcony is screened in. I really don't like that the Lakeshore balconies are open. BUGS are not my friend and I like on a cool night in the fall to be able to keep my door open if I'm not using the Air conditioning.

So, yes Lakeshore is posh but the size of Royal units, its closeness to I-4 and disney, and the marriott world centre make it a lovely choice.

 

[Docklander]

Actually Sabal has a twin and a double in the second bedroom and Royal has a queen and a fold out chair. Both have a fold out in the living room

Are there rooms with different configurations at Sabal or am I misremembering b/c I don't remember a double in our second bedroom?

 

[TSPam]

Are there rooms with different configurations at Sabal or am I misremembering b/c I don't remember a double in our second bedroom?

Hi,
The marriott web site states that there is a single and double and that is what there was when we were there two years ago.
There are two configurations though. The second bedrooms have the furniture and the sliding door in a different place. The rooms in the very middle of the open "v" have I think the better configuration with easier access to the closet. In those rooms the sliding door is directly in front of you when you enter the room and the closet is at the end of the beds. In all of the other rooms the sliding door is to your left or right and the bed is very close to the closet door (beside the bed)

 

[Docklander]

Hi,
The marriott web site states that there is a single and double and that is what there was when we were there two years ago.
There are two configurations though. The second bedrooms have the furniture and the sliding door in a different place. The rooms in the very middle of the open "v" have I think the better configuration with easier access to the closet. In those rooms the sliding door is directly in front of you when you enter the room and the closet is at the end of the beds. In all of the other rooms the sliding door is to your left or right and the bed is very close to the closet door (beside the bed)

Great info, thanks!

 

[Michigan Czar]

Pool Tower - I wasn't charged

I was at the World Center during our school break and was never charged to use the pool tower. We were there 4 different days so maybe I was just lucky.