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B Resort Orlando brings minimalist modern comfort to Walt Disney World, revamping former Royal Plaza Hotel by Ricky Brigante Posted on June 12, 2014 Get the latest: Follow us on Twitter & Facebook ! Topics: Disney , Disney Springs , Downtown cheap european airline tickets Disney , Food , Hotel , Walt Disney World Tags: B Resort
Strikingly white with splashes of bright blue, the new B Resort Orlando stands out among its Walt Disney World neighbor hotels. Formerly the Royal Plaza Hotel, B Resort will soft open as a newly renovated Downtown Disney area hotel on Monday, June 16, 2014 with an official grand opening to follow later this summer.
Upon approaching B Resort cheap european airline tickets Orlando and stepping inside its lobby, it becomes immediately clear this hotel prides itself on simplicity, even down to its one-letter name. Its bright white walls, floors, and ceilings make a rotating collection of colorful local art stand out throughout its halls.
The lobby features comfortable seating areas along with convenient touch screens that allow guests to check in for flights and even retrieve maps to any local destination. Though B allows this information to be printed, it also offers emails and text messages direct from these displays, part of their attention cheap european airline tickets to helping the environment.
B Resort cheap european airline tickets Orlando has nine different kinds of guest rooms, from the standard all the way up to massive master suites, all completely renovated from former occupants throughout the 17-story cheap european airline tickets tower and connecting Lanai building.
Spacious showers with modern shower heads, retro style rotary-inspired phones, and in-room refrigerators are among the best touches in B Resort s hotel rooms. And it s hard to miss the hotel s new mascot, Benson B Frog, recently named via their Facebook cheap european airline tickets page.
The hotel s zero entry pool features a small water play area for kids. Don t expect anything too fancy around the pool and outdoor areas, clearly the least renovated of the hotel. While the rooms and indoor cheap european airline tickets public areas look brand new, the pool area still feels a bit dated.
B Resort Orlando also has more than 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor flexible function space for meetings, events and weddings across multiple ballrooms, continuing the modern theme with sparkling crystal chandeliers overhead for an elegant twist.
Though the hotel welcomes its first guests on Monday, a few of its signature amenities won t be open until later this month. The B Indulged Spa will debut with four treatment rooms, including one for couple therapies, a hair salon, nail boutique, relaxation lounge, men’s and women’s locker rooms, and fitness center. A sampling of their aromatherapy scents offered a sense of the luxuriousness that guests will enjoy while being pampered there soon.
Also opening soon is American Q, an on-site BBQ restaurant created cheap european airline tickets by Jeffrey cheap european airline tickets Chodorow of China Grill Management specifically for the hotel to feature smoked meats, fish and poultry. At today s preview, a deceivingly simple dish of a deviled egg, dressed veggies, and strips of bacon brought incredibly bold flavors that immediately brought excitement toward the upcoming restaurant. There s no doubt their chefs know how to cook well.
And although the design may be a minimalist style, the feel is very clean and comfortable. And there is nothing minimal about big flat screen HD TVs in every room, freeB WIFI and the service that comes from a smaller brand trying cheap european airline tickets to stand out from the sea of competitors in the area. If you want to stay at a hotel that looks just like the ones in every other city, then choose the Hilton or Hampton Inn. But if you want something different, give B a chance. I think you will be surprised how the little touches make the biggest impressions.
I can t be the only one that hears the name B Resort and instantly think it s an inferior hotel. Choice A was to expensive or all booked up so let s go to our plan B. They couldn t think of anything better?
We ve spent many 3 and 4 week holidays at the Royal Plaza and to be honest I m not impressed with the new look hotel..it all looks very sparse to me and I doubt we ll go back now,a shame as we really loved staying there and it felt like home. I wish the B Resort well though and will pop in for a look in December.
I think it looks wonderful! My family will love the mascot, especially what he stands for. The family cheap european airline tickets guest rooms look great. No pull out sofa our roll away bed,I love the bunks!! I can t wait to see the spa, and finishing touches around the pool. I get the feel of staying at a Disney resort (although not owned by Disney) and not being on a family roadtrip. Booking our stay soon!!
Try booking on hotel s website using promo code EXPERIENCE I got 2 nights in August for total of $265 ($99 a night plus tax/resort fee). Seems like a great deal. Plus you can cancel w no fee up to 3 days prior to reservation date.
Not impressed with the decor. Very simple in a resort area were simple simply won t do. You have the themed Disney Resorts and then you have B Simple. The pool area also looks dated and worn. I would also bet that they don t keep the white walls looking fresh after being open for 6 months.
The pictures don t do it justice people. It s a lot nicer in person. It s very W esque from the style features but definitely has a more resort feel. This property should do well in a very saturated market of major hotels.
I just stayed at this hotel last weekend. They DID offer a free breakfast to us and even though the Poolside Bar was not completed, cheap european airline tickets they still took our lunch order and delivered it to our lounge chair by the pool. AWESOME. The staff were the friendliest I have ever seen. The decor is not cold or dated, in my opinion. The lobby area is very white marble with touches of color, but come on, folks, how much time do you spend in the lobby?? The guest room was fabulous! Lot of space, beautiful decor, unique plushy purple ottomans for bedside gadgets (like my husbands CPAP machine!) or a place to set your room service tray. The bathrooms were phenomenal! The shower was roomy with plexiglas walls and door and a wonderful rain-style shower head! Plush towels and linens, the beds were one of the most comfortable I ve ever slept on. Although the pool had no flashy kiddie area, it was clean and the water felt wonderful. The lounge chairs are large and there are plenty of them with umbrellas for when the sun gets just too hot! There are rooms just off the pool area, for no increase in price, with private terraces and your own private gate to the pool. So, all the haters…go ahead and hate. Just leaves more room in the pool for me!! We will definitely be back!
I looked forward to staying at The Royal Plaza on every vist to WDW. This new resort certainly breaks away from tradition. The appearance is very much that of a spa, not a vaction home. I think it all rests on what people want to come back to after a long day at the parks. Just isn t my taste.
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