Renaissance Orlando Resort - Disney Springs Area

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Clean and smelled nice when you walked in the lobby

Not a luxury hotel, indeed, it didn’t feel like it deserved four-star designation – I’d say it was more three-star. One day, the housekeeper didn’t close my hotel room door – I found it open after a day out; anyone could have just walked in and stolen my stuff. However, the hotel adequately served my needs. Good breakfast buffet for a reasonable charge. Helpful staff. Fast, stable wi-fi. Free shuttles to Disney parks (you need to book in advance via a website and input a hotel code; the hotel explains how to do this).

However, I did not rest easy in this hotel, I didn’t trust it and it didn’t trust me.

Like many other North American hotels, the Renaissance Orlando Disney Springs charges daily resort fees, $39 per night in this case. I’m amazed that this despicable practice is legal in any civilised country. And does it still fool anyone anyway? Infuriating and baffling. Front desk hotel staff must hate resort fees: I suspect they need to be constantly tense, ready to be confronted by furious hotel guests at check-out. Handing the final invoice to the customer must a constant source of stress.

Fortunately, my booking for a week at the Renaissance Hotel was through a travel company, Virgin Atlantic Holidays, and part of that deal was ‘resort fees waived’ (I wouldn’t have stayed at the Renaissance Orlando otherwise). This is worth thinking about and shopping around for – a resort fees waived deal could save you hundreds of dollars in hidden charges. Other travel company packages may offer it too.

However, even if you get a deal with resort fees waived, Renaissance Hotel Orlando may try to impose them anyway; they did with me and only removed them after three days and when I reported the matter to the holiday company resort team and got them to intervene on my behalf. I recommend you keep paperwork handy with ‘resort fees waived’ highlighted. Keep checking every day that the hotel is not imposing resort fees.

Compounding my mistrust was a Renaissance Hotel payment regime whose aggressiveness is unprecedented in my experience. The hotel asks for a credit card when you check in and takes an initial $100 hold - nothing new there. However, the hotel then makes further $100 credit card charges every day to cover resort fees and other ‘incidentals’; the hotel wants to always have a credit card hold on at least $100 more than your current bill, including resort fees. The hotel doesn’t tell you it is doing this. I get a strong impression that the hotel has frequent check-out day disputes over its hidden resort fees, so it wants to have control of more than enough of your money to pay its bill before you get to see it. Either that or the hotel assumes that every customer is a crook. All in all, I didn’t trust this hotel, and it looks like the feeling was mutual.

I recommend that if you have a banking app that allows you to monitor your credit card transactions, you keep checking it to see what the Renaissance Hotel is charging to your credit card. That’s what alerted me to the daily $100 charge it was making to my Visa card, which led to the revelation that it was charging me resort fees when it shouldn’t.

I also recommend paying for hotel incidentals such as restaurant meals directly rather than putting them on the room. This makes it easier to monitor what the hotel is charging you for.

I further recommend that you settle the bill the day before you check out, especially if you need to catch a train or plane on departure day. Get an invoice marked ‘paid in full’. Check your credit card transactions for several days after you check out and dispute any unexplained transactions with your credit card company.

I stayed at this property for one night and came away feeling a bit mixed. There is a lot here that works well. Check-in was seamless, and the staff made a strong first impression. They were friendly, welcoming, and informative about the hotel and its amenities, which immediately set a positive tone for the stay.

The room itself was visually appealing. It felt aesthetic, tidy, and well put together at first glance, which always matters. A room can be simple, but if it feels clean, calm, and intentional, that goes a long way.

Where the stay fell short was in maintenance and functionality.

The most noticeable issue was the shower. It appeared to need a much deeper cleaning, with visible dirt and mold buildup that detracted from the otherwise polished look of the room. Beyond cleanliness, the glass shower door was a real concern. It swung outward too loosely, making hard contact with the bathroom vanity, and when closing, it also hit the adjacent glass panel with force. That kind of repeated impact does not inspire confidence. The door also failed to seal properly, allowing water to spill onto the bathroom floor and creating an avoidable slip hazard.

There were also issues with the room entry itself. The key reader was inconsistent, making it more frustrating to enter the room than it should have been. On top of that, the main entrance door to the room was heavy and shut with enough force to rattle the frame and surrounding walls. This was consistent with neighboring units on my floor, as I could hear guests coming and going from my room based on the door slamming, which caused the door frame and walls in my room to rattle loudly.

The elevator was also very slow, which is a smaller complaint, but still part of the overall experience. I reduced my time by taking the stairs down to the main floor. Thank God I was on the second floor.

What stood out most to me, though, was the property’s access setup. Guest room floors required key access via the elevator, suggesting an effort toward controlled entry. However, the stairwells did not appear to have the same security measures, suggesting it was possible for non-guests to reach guest-room levels. Whether intentional or not, that undercuts the sense of security a hotel should provide.

Overall, this is a property with a strong visual impression, pleasant staff, and a smooth arrival experience. But for the price to truly feel justified, the basics need to hold up too, especially cleanliness, safety, noise control, and secure guest access.

One of the best holidays ever, Hotel was excellent as were all the staff.
A special thank you to Colby and the staff of the American Kitchen who went the extra mile to make sure that we had a great time.
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Hotel was very clean. Staff was very friendly especially Imane from the restaurant. Imane went above and beyond for us. She knew we had an early flight to catch so she offered to have our breakfast ready to go for us.

Room location shuttle service to parks

Despite the reviews from this hotel I’m gonna 10000000% disagree with the majority of them -from the checkin staff to the rooms ,the staff ,the service,the location,the atmosphere and vibe the everything it is all absolutely amazing here on a 12 night stay and it’s brilliant so to the haters and there views please don’t post untrue comments-as I’m one of the biggest critics there is and I can’t fault it if I could give 10 stars I would -britintheusa

We arrived on the 28th February 2026 after an 11-hour trip, and we were all exhausted! We came to check in to be told the room was ready as the hotel didn't have our booking on the system. So we waited around 30-45 minutes we kept asking how long it would take, my little boy was having a major meltdown in the lobby and he just needed to go to bed but the room still wasn't ready, I tried to explain to a staff member that my little one was adopted and struggles with certain circumstances to which she just walked off. When we finally got out rooms it was lovely, modern.
The hotel has great facilities, my little one loved the pool and its only around a 10-15 minute walk from Disney springs which is perfect for the evenings.
The shower wasnt the best, it took the water time to heat up and then would go cold again.
Beds were uncomfortable
There was a party of teenagers who were there for a conference, they were very noisy! we had to phone reception several times as they all had rooms close to us, at one point I had to knock on their door as it was midnight and we could hear laughing, banging, music (I could go on!) And had to ask them to be quite.
The hotel has transportation to the Disney parks but non to universal so we had to book an uber to universal (something to bare in mind)
A few days after check in the hotel delivered us some champagne and a selection of treats along with a card apologising regarding check in and also said congratulations on our adoption.
Overall we had a very pleasant and positive experience. The noise from the teenagers spoilt it slightly and we struggled to sleep during the 2nd week. But would stay here again!

L’emplacement est parfait pour aller au parcs!! Le gym juste à côté de la piscine, ça était très pratique pour quand on fini le training.

We had Easter brunch at American Kitchen bar and grill. Imane and Nick to excellent care of us. They made it a truly special experience. Can’t wait to come back!! Great service!

Another great stay at the Renaissance. They did a great job with this property as it is a pretty old building. I got a fireworks view room which was a nice perk. The breakfast was excellent and the food service for the meetings was also excellent. Everything was clean and worked well. The short walk over to Disney Springs allowed for many choices for dinner and shopping. It is one of the advantages over most Disney owned properties as no bus needed to get to Disney Springs. They have recently reduced the elite Bonvoy perks - so that was missed this trip. The Disney affiliation allows the use of Mears Connect to and from the airport.
If you are looking for a Disney trip, this hotel is a great choice.

The hotel was beautiful and we had breakfast in the buffet and it was amazing, our server Imane was so sweet and took great care of us, overall a ten out of ten experience