I wanted to get some recommendations on where to stay for megacon. I really want to stay close this year. I am looking at the Double Tree (through the megacon website), but the homewood suites is tempting too. Is there a place you guys regularly stay at?
Any reviews/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
the double tree is not bad and if you can study the roads you can find some backways to the con. Thats what I did last year and avoided most of the traffic, until the group I went with decided to dine on i drive then it was like hours! But yeah its a nice hotel in a great spot for the con and if you dont want to drive they have free shuttles over there to get to the convention center.
Thanks for the tip about the shuttles! We walked a lot further last year.
well walking from the double tree to the con would be ridiculous but yeah thats how I got there last year on sunday was by the shuttle mainly because I had friends with big props the day before so I had to drive. But glad I could help!
A couple of us stayed pretty much right next to the Con last year at the Rosen Inn at Point Orlando (used to be the Quality Inn) It wasn’t bad and in walking distance of the con.. so you didnt have to worry about shuttles or parking.
Were staying there again this year.. only $112 a night for Florida Residents 
I forget the name of the place but there’s a hotel directly across the street from the twdouble tree that I stayed in for Star Wars Celebration V that was good and decently priced. And more importantly less than a block away from an AWESOME little dive bar that I went to every night. By the last night of the con (Which I went to bar in full Stormtrooper armor) the owner was coming out and giving us free drinks.
So yeah, if you like to party, that block is FTW.
Also that bar is apparently a hang out spot for employees of Sea World. So you single fellas can stand the chance to get some of that sweet sweet sea world ■■■■.
I dunno… Sea World ■■■■ always smells like fish…
I don’t know what a whale uses it’s blowhole for, but I can tell you what it isn’t for and then you’ll know why I can’t go to sea world again.
Is that hotel pretty clean/safe?
My daughter got a Seaworld trainer Barbie for Christmas. I will never be able to look at it without thinking of this thread again.
yeah, we were there last year too, its got private parking ( have to be staying at the hotel ) its walking distance from the convention center, pleanty of places to eat around, not loud, no problems with cleanliness.
I booked the Rosen inn, thanks for the recomendations!
If you are booking there, you might want to look into this: http://www.rosenhotels.com/bestRate.asp
check rates at Rosen website
find cheaper rates somewhere else (try Kayak.com)
book at the higher priced Rosen site
fill out the best rate guarantee form http://www.rosenhotels.com/bestRateForm.asp
I booked at Rosen for $108 a night, they matched to hotels.com for $85 and knocked off %10. Hotels.com rate has since gone up, but you can still find it cheaper than Rosen at a few places.
This works at any Hilton owned hotel as well (Hampton inn, Homewood suites, etc), except they will match the better price and mail you a $50 check. I have actually been paid to stay at a Hampton inn in Orlando!
Important safety tip: check the cancelation policy before you book just incase they wont price match!
My daughter’s Seaworld Barbie got mauled by a killer whale…
You’re talking about Orena Sports Bar…I used to go there when I worked at Sea World..and you are 100% right as always Chace…
I spit out my coffee when I read this…and people tell me when I joke about this, too soon…
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
Hotwire.com has some good deals going on for that weekend.
Just booked the Peabody Orlando which is right next door the Convention Center for $107/night. It’s the only 4.5 star on the list so it makes it easy to identify.
And it seems like the Rosen Centre Hotel which is close by is $59/night. If you compare the amenities to the list at betterbidding.com you can fairly easily figure out what hotel you are getting.
I’m at the Red Roof with some friends this year.