The Nick Hotel

We just got back from an excursion to the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando. That place is a kids paradise. Adults, not so much. It has the potential to be awesome for adults AND kids but they really need to work on a few things.

First of all, the pools always have this cloudy, the chemicals are not quite right super dirty appearance. There has got to be a way to fix it. I know many many people are in their pools everyday, but Disney has just as many people if not more and their pools are always crystal clear. I just know I am gonna get some kind of rash from being in that pool!

Also, their staff is not the friendliest. Especially being that this place caters to kids, you would think they would just be acting slap happy and super excited all the time. That is not the case. I know that ignorant, disrespectful, loud mouthed tourists are annoying(I grew up in a tourist town after all) but this is your job so plaster that fake smile on your face and pretend like you love your job! Having repeat customers depends on it people.

Finally, their lobby lacks a certain punch! Its brightly light and has great colors but it is small, the people are not overly excited to see you when you walk through the door and the area where kids can play and wait while parents check in is small and looks like an after thought. They could take a lesson or two from Disney. When you walk in a Disney resort they have an enthusiastic greater who gives kids stickers, they have a large nicely decorated kids area with crayons, coloring pages, and a flat screen TV showing old Disney cartoons. It also has a nice seating area for kids and adults. The whole lobby is spacious and there is a lot going on. Checking in is an event in itself that helps to get people pumped up for their visit to Disney.

Now on to the Good stuff. the rooms are large with 2 bedrooms and a very nice bath. The pools both have a water park area with slides and all the bells and whistles. they have shows going on at different times all day at the main lagoon pool. They have a central "mall" area with sit down and quick service restaurants. They have a coffee shop, and sundries store and a souvenir shop. Then to top it off Nickelodeon has a 4D movie theater and a stage show with nightly shows and movies going on all day.

the food was decent, the characters running around were very nice with kids and the decor was really fun to look at, not to mention the location in Orland was convenient for everything you might want to do while there.

All in all it was a fun experience for our daughter but not one we need to do more than once a year.