As I write this review Im sitting poolside in a cabana with a Kiwi daiquiri by my side. Reviewing Hotels is not my thing, anyone who follows me on twitter or checks out the blogs I write for already knows that. But I can’t pass up the chance to brag about how fantastic this Hotel is – plus they are packing lots of tech.
From the moment you walk in the front door and see the iMac with chrome on it you know you’re in for an amazing stay. I’ve consulted for Hotels that wanted more of a techie presence but the Waldorf caught me off guard with some of the goodies inside the hotel rooms.
The first thing I noticed when walking in to the suite was the clean and open living room. But then I walked by the massive LG LCD TV(popular with 90% of the resorts in the disney/orlando area) and took note of the Blu-ray player. Nice touch if you ask me. But then under the TV the Waldorf is packing some heat with a Yamaha Sound Projector. The bedroom has an equally nice LG TV but no Sound Projector or DVD player.
Walking around the suite a little more I discovered a nespresso machine with six nespresso coffee cups, iHome ipod/phone friendly radio, and telephone in the bathroom – you know for those important I have to tell someone about this before I forget moments.
Now it gets better. For an extra $200 a day you can rent out a poolside cabana with a Fridge stacked with drinks, TV, WiFi, Fruit and great staff who take care of anything you need. All the pool staff are great but Jason took care of keeping me buzzed with all these Kiwi type drinks as well as my family well fed.
The Waldorf is paradise for any Internet Entrepreneur and thats going to be my excuse for staying here over and over again.
Not all is perfect. Like any Hotel the Waldorf had a few let downs. First our room was dusty as all hell, we kept asking for more coffee creamer and they only gave us one or two(remember six cups of coffee) and now the internet a little better then most by bandwidth caping at 2MB rather then 1MB or Less BUT and this is a big but according to our bill and guest services they charge you per computer/device. So we did the 3 day internet for $19.95 but got billed for every computer or iPad or iPhone we used. Next time I’ll just fire up our mobile wifi and push out a connection to all our devices.
With all that said, once again I don’t review Hotels, just felt like putting my two cents in. Check out the Flickr photoset for more pics.
MN
