Staybridge Suites Orlando Royale Parc Suites by IHG
Separate kids' pool, suites with kitchenette, six minutes from Disney
About this hotel
The pool split is the standout feature here: a children's pool and play area sit apart from the main heated outdoor pool, useful for a family with both a toddler wanting shallow, supervised water and older kids or teens wanting to actually swim laps without navigating around little ones. One- and two-bedroom suites come with kitchenettes and laundry facilities, and a free gourmet coffee bar in the lobby covers the mornings before a short six-minute drive to the Walt Disney World entrance. With an 8.0 rating from 2,486 reviews, it is built deliberately for a longer, more comfortable stay rather than a quick overnight, and both the kids-splash-zone and heated-pools tags apply here alongside family-suites and spa-wellness, reflecting a property genuinely set up for families spanning a wide age range on a Typhoon Lagoon trip.
- Separate children's pool and play area
- One- and two-bedroom suites with kitchenette
- Laundry facilities and free coffee bar
- Six minutes' drive from Walt Disney World
Our take
We would recommend this one specifically to a family with a real age gap between kids, since the separate children's pool solves a problem that a single shared pool never quite does. The six-minute drive to the Walt Disney World entrance keeps it close without being inside the resort footprint itself, and the kitchenette plus laundry facilities suit a stay long enough to actually settle in. It will not suit a family chasing a big resort pool complex with slides, since the pool setup here favours separation over spectacle, but for solving the toddler-versus-teenager water problem, it does the job well.
- ✓Confirm which suite size you need before booking; a two-bedroom suite gives real separation for a family with a wide age range sharing one unit.
- ✓Use the free gourmet coffee bar in the lobby before an early Typhoon Lagoon start rather than waiting on a full breakfast to get moving.
- ✓Pack laundry detergent or buy some locally, since the in-suite or shared laundry facilities are one of the more useful amenities for a multi-day water park trip.
Why we love it
- A children's pool and play area genuinely separate from the main heated pool.
- One- and two-bedroom suites with kitchenettes and laundry facilities.
- A free gourmet coffee bar in the lobby every morning.
- About six minutes' drive from the Walt Disney World entrance.
Why guests love itWe had a two-year-old and a twelve-year-old on the same trip, and the separate children's pool at Staybridge Suites solved the exact problem we always run into at hotels with one shared pool. Our toddler played safely in the shallow area while our older daughter actually swam laps in the main heated pool without weaving around little kids. The kitchenette let us throw together breakfast before the six-minute drive to the Walt Disney World entrance, and the laundry facilities meant we could keep swimsuits in rotation through a full week built around Typhoon Lagoon. It is not flashy, but for a family spanning that many years between kids, it made mornings noticeably calmer.