67 Days of Smiles

When you walk into your hotel room, wash your hands and just the towels alone make you feel like you’re being pampered, you know you’re in for a world class experience.  With a name like Waldorf Astoria that’s what you expect, and we’re happy to report that the only Waldorf outside of NYC offers just that here in sunny Orlando.  This hotel is brand spankin new… as in we were the first people to ever stay in our room new.  The hotel has a lot classic touches (the famous clock, crown mouldings in every room, marble floors) but this ain’t your grandma’s Waldorf.  This one has splashes modern art, technology and amenities thrown in.

Let’s talk about some of those amenities… and let’s start where we started our day… the pool!  First of all there are two large pools and one yummy hot tub here.  The Waldorf is connected to the brand new Hilton Bonnet Creek which boasts another swimming area complete with a lazy river.  Both areas are accessible for both hotel guests.  We were lucky enough to get a private cabana.  Gotta say probably the best part of this hotel is the service.  We literally tried to push the limits to see how much we could get the pool attendants to do for us… but they pretty much beat us to the punch before we could even ask!  They were refilling our drinks and bringing them to us in the hot tub before we could even jokingly snap our fingers. I mean come on.

After a dip we got a delicious taste of home with a knockout reuben from the poolside grille Aquamarine. Then it was off to the Geurlain Spa for Waldorf’s signature “Imperiale” massage. This is a lighter pressure massage that’s meant to stimulate the lymph nodes and cleanse toxins.  I was on the edge of being awake and dreaming the whole time, but from what I remember… it was awesome!  The spa here is 24,000 square feet and in true Waldorf fashion, decked to the nines.

We finished our night by taking a short sunset stroll to the Hilton’s La Luce for dinner.  Here we were treated to fresh Italian food cooked to perfection.  The service here, again was wonderful and we loved the huge chalk artwork created by local artists surrounding us.  They actually plan to change this art monthly… just erase and start over!

Of course we couldn’t leave you hanging without showing you our suite.  It was all about the details for us here.  The monograms on the towels, the complementary turn down service and the beds that I think were made by angels.  We finished our incredible day by watching the fireworks shows from Epcot, Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios all at once from our balcony. (Oh, did I mention the Waldorf is on Disney property?  Yeah, it just keeps getting better.)

Jealous? Don’t be! Just head over to Waldorf Astoria Orlando’s website and book yourself some time in heaven!  (the rates are actually pretty reasonable).

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