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Grosvenor Resort in WDW Resort - Hotel Reviews from across the web
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No title - expert review
This tan high-rise (the name is pronounced Grove-ner) across from Downtown Disney is nondescript on the outside but quite pleasant on the inside. Blond-wood furniture and rose carpeting make the rooms homey, and those in the tower have a great view of Downtown Disney. Public areas are decorated in a...
fodors.com
No title - expert review
Although it reflects the eclectic British Colonial character found on some Caribbean islands, this nine-story tower with a five-story wing on either side is unspectacular in style and appearance, but makes up for it by way of location, grounds and amenities. A strip of woodlands borders a vast recre...
gayot.com
A great stay! - user review
After reading some unfavorable reviews for this hotel the really favorable reviews persuaded me to choose this hotel to stay in while my husband and I celebrated our 5 yr. wedding anniversary at WDW. I was thrilled to find tha...
epinions.com
SAVE! Walt Disney World has a great reasonably price hotel onsite ~~ the Grosvenor! - user review
I have read the only other review on this hotel and am glad to say we had a much better experience than they did! In fact, we were going to split our vacation between two different hotels and were so happy he...
epinions.com
Location & Price - user review
I recently returned from a long weekend stay with my girlfriend at the Grosvenor Resort. To be honest, I had originally booked at another Downtown Disney hotel(Holiday Inn) only to have my reservation cancelled two days before...
epinions.com
Decent Hotel, but watch out for the red ants!! - user review
I recently went down to Walt Disney World this past August, hoping that I was going to have a great time in one of my favorite places:Walt Disney World, Florida. My boyfriend and I arrived in the Grosvenor H...
epinions.com
Don´t expect a good night´s sleep - user review
My family and I stayed at the Grosvenor during the weekend of October 23 25, 2004. We paid extra to have tower rooms facing Downtown Disney so that we might be able to watch the fireworks in the evenings. When we arrived, we were...
epinions.com
Had a very good stay here - user review
My family and I stayed at this hotel for one week in early July 2002. Before I made the reservation, I did a lot of research on this hotel, and most of the reviews I saw at various websites were negative. However, a friend w...
epinions.com
Grosvenor Never Again...... - user review
My husband and I took a short 5 day trip to Walt Disney World and we received this hotel on Priceline for $35.00 a night. This was our 13th trip to Walt Disney World and had never stayed at the Grosvenor but we had heard quit...
epinions.com
Grosvenor Resort - user review
Over the past 18 months I have chosen to stay at the Grosvenor Resort located on the Disney Hotel Plaza Blvd. five times. I go to the Central Florida Auto Auction quite often, and have stayed at a number of Disney and off si...
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GROSVENOR AT WALT DISNEY WORLD / LAKE BUENA VISTA - user review
This hotel/resort (a resort maybe some 30 years ago but just a hotel now) has a location second to none. It sits right across the street from Downtown Disney/Marketplace/Pleasure Island and the Disney Transportation ...
epinions.com
Location, Location Comparison with Disney Value Resorts - user review
We stayed at the Grosvenor Resort from November 25 through November 30th and had a delightful stay. Comparable to the Value Resorts at Disney based on price, This resort is basic in its design and rooms, but makes up for them i...
epinions.com
great hotel with a great view - user review
great hotel with a great view and good food. My husband and I really enjoyied the hotel and would stay t...
fodors.com
Dump - user review
This place is such a dump. It is SO outdated. I think the carpet is the same that was there when I stayed there in the 70's...no kidding. It is supposed to be getting a re do, so hopefully it will be reinvented soon. For now, you could not pay me to st...
fodors.com
beware the hidden resort fees - user review
We booked the Grosvenor strickly based on price for a last minute trip to Orlando. On arrival we received a small card stating the resort fee of $8 tax that would be added to our room each day the fee was for such things as the tv, refrigerator, coffee maker, access to the internet, etc. We went on ...
fodors.com
yurgh! - user review
We came from the Uk and spent 2 weeks at this hotel for our honeymoon, we were told it was a 4 star hotel, but we beg to differ the staff were abrupt, we were promised a safe and we never got one, the sheets were dirty there wasnt a decent picture on the TV, and toilet flooded the room, and they wou...
fodors.com
No title - user review
1 O.K. for one night, but wouldn't want to stay multiple nights. 2 Had to walk outside to get from lobby to the room. 3 Very loud with teen age tour groups wal...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
check in took a good 40 minutes. our room had no tag #. bathroom was missing bath cloth and it took about an hour for the staff to supply. the biggest con was they changed an $8 resort fee a day. which no other hotel or resort i've been to has ever charged. if on a budget book a two star hotel, you ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Do not come to this hotel. Many other couples staying at this hotel joked about it being the ghetto. We called it the ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Except for the location, I can not reccommend this hotel at all. The sink drain did not work. The sheets of the bed had stains, the room smelled, the matress was uncomfortable. We spent the day driving around, because of h...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Good location, Good Transportation, Rooms need to be upgraded and are to...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Good location, OLD rooms, dark, peeling paint, just this side of...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Good location. Low maintenance. Not more than 2.5 stars ( the room we got). There are better room s probably in the tower, which w...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Grovsenor was surprisingly light and lively. It was Disney without overdoing Disney. I enjoyed my stay and would consider going back again with...
mytravelguide.com
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hey gave us the ground floor near the pool. very noisy, couldn't sleep so after 2 nights, we asked them to transfer us to another floor ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
I arrived and when I checked in, the lady behind the counter had no excitement or personality at all. She acted as if she was just doing a job and not being happy about it. I had made my reservation through Orbitz and asked her a couple of questions regarding whether or not I was going to get charge...
mytravelguide.com
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I could have stayed at a sleep inn and gotten a nice room for the price I paid. I felt we have gotten the least of the least, did not feel like I was at a 4...
mytravelguide.com
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I left with a negitive feeling because of the Resort Fee told to us at check in.They said everyone is charged this fee. I consider it a b...
mytravelguide.com
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I think that the $8 resort fee per night should be disclosed prior to check in. Also, the desk staff was not at ...
mytravelguide.com
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I think the Grosvenor has the potential to be a great place to stay, but they need to do a massive renovation, if they aren't already, to compete in the Orlando market. There are many n...
mytravelguide.com
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It was ok... clean and friendly people but the outside rooms were a complete turnoff. I expected better than that with a resort attached to it. I cannot remember what star it was rated but it deser...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
It was very old, very dumpy, bedding was ripe and thread bare. We unfortunately needed a doctor to come to our room, and he even commented about the uncleanliness ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
loved the location and the lobby was nice. The front desk staff was not very friendly but everyone else was exceptionally nice. Did not like the hotel being in the back, it was like a roadside holiday inn from the 70's. It was in need of desperate renovation. Beds were VERY firm but after long days ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Our family found this hotel to be clean, comfortable and accomma...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Overall a terrible experience, the facilities were not even close to what I would expect for a 3 st...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Overall I would stay there again, It had everything I was looking for an...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Really bad! Waterlogged and stained outside hallways, a good part of parking blocked off because or painting and some other work. Hotel needs to get into the 21st century and certainly not suitable f...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Room cleaning and help was very uneven. Fitted bottom sheet on bed kept popping off, and had to be stretched over mattres again.Advertised in room internet service did not work. In room movies did not work. In room check out did not work.Room looked like it hadn't been updated in 20 yrs.Full length ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Should not have been rated a three star hotel. The accomodations were adequate but not great, should be a two ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The Governor Resort at Downtown Disney was a huge disappointment to my family. The entire resort property was dirty and nasty. We found a used, dirty tissue in the bed, at night, when the bedspread was rolled down. The manager apologized but told us he couldn't find good help. Not an excuse for a Di...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The hotel was in a perfect location, however for being a 3 star hotel it did not impress me. The hotel does not have complimentary breakfast, and they have located the trash dumpster near the main lobby entrance. So, when you arrive on the hotel you can smell the trash before you go in. And thats a ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The hotel was not at all what would be expected of a resort or 3 star hotel. should be considere...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The hotel's location was super. The lobby gave the impression of a 4 star hotel. Finding your room was extremely and unnecessarally difficult. The room we had was shabby and reminded me of a roadside motel. The television did not function. The vanity sink was cracked in half. I won't revisit the Gro...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The lobby is great, and the cafe was very conveninet, as it is open all day. I loved the pools and the location on the lake. It was very peaceful taking a swim in the ea...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The location of the hotel was great. Our room was in the back of the hotel in a separate and a bit of a hike. The maid staff was great and the products were nice. The hotel must have been pretty old because it lo...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The location of the hotel was great.The elevator was out of order and the soda machines didn't work.The refigerator was a nice amenity.A microwave would be a nice item to...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The place was dirty, staff was not friendly, black stuff coming out of faucets, TV didn't work, keys didn't even work and my husband had to go to desk 3 times to even get keys that worked. Reminded me of a place that would be rented out by the hour. We complained after these things happened and were...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The poor sound insulation made it difficult to sleep. I cound hear outside conversations clearly, TV from the next room, and footsteps from upstairs were as if someone was stomping. We had problems with hairdryer, TV reception, and dead batteries in Web TV keyboard. Engineering responded quickly and...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The quality and efficiency of the hotel and staff was outsta...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The room we were given was in the swimming pool courtyard area. It was difficult to sleep due to the noise coming from the pool area during the night. On the positive side, the hotel did give us another room the next day, whi...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The staff at the hotel were great, they were extremely helpful and understanding of our situation that cause us to arrive late for our reservations. They worked with us and made it work. The facilities were very nice. I would d...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
The staff was great they let us upgrade our room to a view of Disney world , we could see the fireworks fro...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
They were very cheerful at the desk in answering questions and couldn't do enough to help us. I forgot to check out and pay my bill. Called them from a Disney park and they said, no problem...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
This hotel is old. Upkeep is not happening. This Hotel is a very short walk to Downtown Disney. This hotel charges $8.95 per day resort fee not $8 like told at check in. Rooms are dirty and smell bad. Hotel staff is rude and could care less about your stay. This hotel has 2 pools and a kiddy pool th...
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No title - user review
This is a family hotel. Nice rooms , good service, clean. Internet and video games in the room available. Nice swimming pool area. The location is convenient. Close to Downtown Disney. Transportation available all the time. Disney shuttle buses run jus...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
this MOTEL was a fantastic value. The rooms were old but clean. You can walk to Downtown Disney and the drive to the main 4 Disney parks is 5 10 minutes and there is no traffic to deal with. We chose to drive our car and park for $8 a day, so i can't comment on the hotels shuttle service. As a place...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
This was a gift to my sister for her honeymoon it was more than sad and insulting. The Room that they were given was a handicap room and the bed was broken to begin with. The shower leaked and the front desk wanted us to wait until there were more rooms av...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
Very convenient Orlando hotel; close enough to walk to Downtown Disney; relaxing bath amenities; extremely firm beds; more of a motel feel than most Orla...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We asked to move hotel rooms twice as the beds in the first two rooms were awful. The main hotel building is much nicer than the garden rooms areas. As a 'Disney related' property, we were hoping for a better experience. The last room that we stayed in was clean and well kept. They really need to st...
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No title - user review
We enjoyed our stay. Our daughter especially liked the pool area. Major problem was the renovating on our floor.Constantly having to watch out for fresh paint on doors,railing,etc.Staff was always willin...
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No title - user review
We rented two adjoining rooms. One room had very good A/C, the other did not. We called the front desk and soon someone was at our room. We were told that the A/C was working correctly. It was not...We were able to leave the adjoinging door open to allow the cool air from one room to the other. We w...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We stayed at the motel rooms (not the tower). They were clean but old rooms at a very good price in a fantastic location (walk across the street to downtown disney, convenient no traffic 5 10 minute drive to main 4 disney parks they had a shuttle but we chose to drive and park for $8/ day). We didn'...
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No title - user review
We were given a room that was smoking (we are NON), wet carpet. Tiles kept becoming wet again after us drying. Wireless Internet did not work in our location, even though we made it clear it was needed at front desk. Tv Internet was a joke. Front desk didn't answer phone that rang nearly 30 minutes....
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We were pleased with the location...close to our activities. The lobby was elegant and the staff was helpful except that the hotel would not let us use the luggage cart without the bellman. The hotel was under roof reconstruction and noise was horrific and insulation from the roof was flying everywh...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We were so displeased that we spoke w/ the manager upon checkout to try and get some compensation for our miserable stay. There is NO way this was ...
mytravelguide.com
No title - user review
We were very disappointed in our stay at the Grosvenor. Check in took forever and we were informed that there was an additional $8.00 a day resort fee. This resort fee included some things that I would consider regular amenities in any hotel. ( iron and ironing board, pool just to name a few) On our...
mytravelguide.com
Grosvenor Resort in Walt Disney World Resort: In the Disney Village - user review
We stayed at the Grosvenor Resort in the Disney Village. The Village itself consisted of several hotels for tourists who are in Orlando to see Disney World. I remember there was a Howard Johnson, Royal Plaza, and a few others. The service was good, except since the hotel is so big it can seem like a...
virtualtourist.com
Alot of fun - user review
convenient, fun, lots to ...
travel.yahoo.com
A convenient place to stay for Disney attractions - user review
The room was clean and comfortable. The stairwells are in a remodeling phase. The outside corrider carpets need to be replaced, otherwi...
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Looks like nothing has changed - user review
I thought that this hotel sounded familiar from the description of its windmill shaped pool. I stayed here in 1972 when it was then known as the Dutch ...
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Prior Reviews Too Nice - user review
This was the worst hotel I've ever stayed at. The room was old and dingy, with poor lighting and a poor working TV with few channels. There was an odor in the hallways -...
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Undergoing renovations - user review
I didn't get the message that the hotel was under renovations until I arrived at check-in. The construction did not interfere and the service was very pleasant and informat...
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Overpriced for a mediocre hotel... - user review
First be aware- this is a resort hotel. You will be charged a daily resort fee. And honestly, there was no resort aspect to this hotel. Upon check-in they will try and get yo...
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Great Deal for a Good Stay - user review
Traveled to Orlando with wife and 2 kids for trip to Universal. Wanted to stay close to downtown Disney. We ran across the special for a room plus prime rib dinner buffet for ...
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Grosvenor Resort was great! - user review
We just returned from a company meeting at the Grosvenor--and it was great. My family of three had one of the wing rooms overlooking the pool and gardens. Even though the compan...
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hotel was in a good location - user review
the service at the hotel was wonderful. however the beds were not. they were very hard and uncomfortable. the location was wonderful also. it was great 2 have a shuttle 2 take u ...
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The Most Disgusting Roach Motel Ever - user review
Read all the reviews and understand that they do not even make an attempt to clean this hotel. It is a disgusting filthy roach motel with dirty sheets, pillowcases, sticky floors, an...
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A Nice Stay - user review
The room was comfortable and clean with nice amenities. The small refrigerator was a nice feature. In all interactions with the hotel staff, they were extremely pleasant and helpful...
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