Holiday Inn Club Vacations At Orange Lake Resort, An Ihg Hotel

“Ignore any negative comments”

After reading some of the recent negative reviews before we travelled, I was a bit apprehensive about staying here, but after spending two weeks at Orange Lake Resort (13th–27th July 2026), I honestly don’t recognise many of the complaints. The whole resort was spotless throughout our stay. The gr… more

After reading some of the recent negative reviews before we travelled, I was a bit apprehensive about staying here, but after spending two weeks at Orange Lake Resort (13th–27th July 2026), I honestly don’t recognise many of the complaints. The whole resort was spotless throughout our stay. The grounds were beautifully maintained, and everywhere we went was clean and tidy. Every member of staff we dealt with was friendly and helpful. We stayed in a two-bedroom apartment, which was excellent – spacious, immaculately clean, smelled fresh when we arrived, and equipped with everything we needed. The beds were incredibly comfortable (almost too comfortable!) and the air conditioning worked brilliantly in the Florida heat. Being able to park our hire car directly outside our apartment was another big plus. It wasn’t perfect, though. The resort is enormous, so expect to drive or use the shuttle buses to get around. We also found the lazy river a little underwhelming. It looks great in the photos, but it’s only around knee deep, so you really need an inflatable, which you have to hire. We visited once and didn’t feel the need to go back. The location is good rather than amazing. A car is definitely essential. Most of the major attractions took us around 30–40 minutes to reach, but Orlando traffic is relentless. We sat in queues every single day regardless of the time. There are roadworks nearby at the moment, but from what we experienced, the sheer volume of traffic was the bigger issue. Overall, we’d happily stay here again. Orange Lake offers the space and comfort of a villa, while giving you access to resort-style facilities if you want them. Despite the traffic, I also think it’s better located than many of the independent villas further out. We’d certainly recommend it.

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“A good base, and that is it”

All in all it wasn’t too bad. Check in was fair quick. In the 12 days we stayed nobody approached me about a timeshare, which was great. We stayed in a two bed apartment. It had everything we needed, with a nice view of the golf course. This is an ideal place to stay, and use as a base to explore … more

All in all it wasn’t too bad. Check in was fair quick. In the 12 days we stayed nobody approached me about a timeshare, which was great. We stayed in a two bed apartment. It had everything we needed, with a nice view of the golf course. This is an ideal place to stay, and use as a base to explore Florida. The reason I say this place is ok. 1.) the constant smell of people smoking cannabis in the evenings often left the balcony unusable 2.) the entire site would only take cash, which would have been helpful to have known before I changed up thousands of pounds into dollars. In reality this meant we didn’t eat on site once. 3.) the pools were overly busy and full of people behaving like idiots. Fortunately we had unlimited passes to the Disney water parks so we spent our pool days of site 3.) the sunbeds are in need of replacement, they’re mostly a bit mouldy, and worn out. 4.) make sure you have a car, this site is huge.

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