Doubletree Universal Orlando

Hotel Information: Doubletree Hotel at the Entrance to Universal Orlando features two mirrored towers, l8 and l9 stories high. The lobby creates a cool welcome, as does a bank of windows from floor to ceiling overlooking a patio with cascading outdoor fountain. Busy registration and activities desks and on-site shops add to the bustling atmosphere.

Amenity highlights: This 742-room Orlando hotel offers a heated outdoor pool, spa tub, children’s pool, game room, and a fitness room. The hotel also has various on-site dining options, shopping, and a Universal Orlando ticket center. The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and Wet 'n Wild.

Insider tip: Many guests enjoy walking to Universal Orlando’s CityWalk, where day and night shopping and entertainment venues include Hard Rock Live, CityJazz, and Pat O’Brien’s, as well as themed restaurants such as Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Emeril’s Restaurant, Motown Cafe, and Hard Rock Cafe.

This Florida hotel has 742 guestrooms in two mirrored towers. Floor-to-ceiling windows brighten rooms that feature Sweet Dreams® by Doubletree Sleep Experience beds which include plush-top mattresses that are triple-sheeted with high-thread-count linens; down comforters; and a supply of jumbo pillows.

Also provided are desks and chairs, armchairs, wireless Internet access (surcharge), 32-inch flat-screen TVs with cable, in-room safes (surcharge), and compact refrigerators.

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Walt Disney World & Orlando For Dummies 2008

Price: $18.99*
(eBooks)

Walt Disney World includes four theme parks and a dozen lesser attractions, two entertainment districts, tens of thousands of hotel rooms, and scores of restaurants.

Merchant: eBooks

Orvis Fly Fishing School at Grande Lakes

Price: $470*
(Orvis)

Located at Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida, on over five hundred acres of the Headwaters of the Florida Everglades, this resort is also the home of Grande Lakes Outfitters, which offers both pond and

Merchant: Orvis