We booked a budget-friendly hotel that would accommodate a family of 5 at the TraveLodge Orange Maingate or something like that.
The hotel is as simple as I expected, but despite mixed reviews on tripadvisor, I found it to be clean, the staff friendly, helpful (and prompt with extra towels, etc) and very calm and quiet.
We stayed here for one night before our vacation started last year and we were happy with it.
The room is a 'suite' (which means it has a fold-out couch making it sleep 6), a mini fridge and micro. We had a pool-side room by request.
There are no thrills, but if you're looking for something inexpensive, clean, near Disney and can sleep a large family, this hotel IS a good choice.
Here are some pictures of our room, etc. for those interested.
The small alcove behind Sissy holds the fold out couch that Mikie inhabited during our stay.
This is the Kiddie Pool. The grounds are extremely well kept. Very clean.
This is the Laundry Facility, which closes promptly at 10 with no exceptions.
A playground that we never played on. It looked like it might give splinters.
The pool.
