Archive for August, 2010

August 6th, 2010

Orlando Holiday Inn Kidsuites

I get the same question almost everyday….”What is a Kidsuite?”  This is a trademarked room that Orlando Holiday Inn developed some 12 years ago. As the name applies it is a suite room designed more for kids than grown-ups.

The best way that I explain it…is for you to imagine a large hotel room. Now let’s imagine that our furniture movers came in and took all the furniture out. Now, all you have is this 20’ X 22’ empty box. We then will send the carpenters in the room. Their task is to build a ¾ wall diving the room in half.

The wall only goes up about six and a half feet. It can not go much higher. The reason being is that the air conditioning needs to cool the kid’s part of their suite.

Now, that we have the room divided. We bring back the furniture. For mom and dad they get the Queen bed and the night stands as well as lamps. The dresser and the television come next.  As you see nothing is missing excepting the other Queen bed.

In the kid’s portion of the room, the furniture movers bring in a set of bunk beds, a nightstand, and a small television and of course the TV game player.

Now, you have a kidsuite!

Quite frankly, this is one of the more popular room types of those visiting orlandovacationhotels.com and looking for kid friendly hotels especially close to Disney World.

As Mildred A of Lexington, KY stated: “My husband and I wanted to watch our two favorite shows: American Idol and Dancing with the Stars. The concern was what will Danny (our 7 year old) do during this time? The kidsuite was an ideal answer. He enjoyed playing his games in his own portion of the room. Quite frankly, we had a hard time putting him to bed.”

August 4th, 2010

Kid Friendly Orlando Hotels

There are many properties which claim they are a kid friendly Orlando hotel, but what does this really mean. Really, anyone can say that they are kid friendly and then when you show up all they offer is a small games room, that’s no fun for you or your children. Here is a list of the most popular amenities every kid friendly hotel must offer:

1. Kids Eat Free Program- Really how can a hotel call itself a kid friendly hotel if you do not feed your children. We all know kids love to eat and the more they eat the happier they are. Most of the Orlando Holiday Inns offer the kids eat free program at their hotels, under this program children 12 and under eat free with a paying adult.

2. Huge Swimming pools- Almost every hotel in Orlando offers a swimming pool, but to be a kid friendly hotel the property should offer multiple pools are something more than just a concrete box in the ground..

3. Activities- Most kid friendly hotels offer nightly activities such as movie night, an ice cream bar, T-shirt tie dyes, and many more activities. The hotels which take their kid friendly status seriously have a full time employee in charge of nightly activities for the children to do.

We offer many kid friendly hotels and we would love to assist you in finding the perfect hotel for you and your family. As you well know all Orlando hotels offer something a little different. Please give us a call if we ca