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Topic: Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando<= /o:p>

A parent asked if anyone had been to the Nickelodeon Hotel and their review of the establishment for their child with autism.

Dawn replied,

Our family has been to the Nickelod= eon Hotel. They have this giant water

playground that kids like to run ar= ound in. My son doesn't like water splashing

on his face though so he wouldn't go through it. There's a lot of mist sprays and water spraying throughout. They have a little miniature golf area and basketball court.

If you stay on the side with this playground it can get loud. They have a lot

of activities and I think they might actually do a show there for Nickelodeon cable. You'll hear a lot of music = and talking on the loudspeaker. We stayed on this side but we were so busy at Disney World that we barely were at the hotel during these times. I think i= t's around 2-4 p.m. You can have your room on the other side of the hotel which= I think is quieter but then you have to walk further to get to the big pool.<= o:p>

The food area is a little chaotic. = They have a bunch of food courts with a group eating area. If your kid likes to = take off and run, you will not feel comfortable

here. There is a sit down restaurant area with character dining but you need to make reservations early to get i= n. The video arcade is there and some kind of theater where they do shows. They have a mini grocery store in = this area too. If you rent video games for your room you'll have into the video arcade to get it.

The day we checked in we waited ove= r an hour just to get up to the reception

desk. And this was during an off time wh= en most kids would have been in school. Their check in was really terrible. Th= ey had a TV with Nickelodeon on but that wasn't enough to engage my kids for t= hat length of time.

The one thing that bothered me was = that in all the walkway areas it smelled like

cigarettes. They had cigarette cans all over t= he place so everytime you left the pool area to go to your room, the walkways = just stunk.

The bottom line: The kids enjoyed it but mom and dad are finding a different

hotel next time. If you will not be using the pool that much (getting in late from Sea World, Disney, etc.) I w= ould go somewhere else. I think if we had taken advantage of all the kid activit= ies at the hotel we would have enjoyed it more, but we were too busy having fun= at Disney.

Jen added,

The last poster was correct on the Nickelodeon hotel. We stayed there with my 2 sons. If you get a room on the pool side it's very loud. The other side of us was the parking lot. All the rooms have an outside entrance and lots of corridors and hallways. We actua= lly lost our son. We were waiting at the elevator and he took off on us. We loo= ked everywhere and eventually had to call security. They were fantastic and I f= ound him up 2 levels from us trying to open up doors. As far as a situation like that, it was great, they were wonderful but I don't know if we would go bac= k. I did like the sleeping rooms. We had a 2 bedroom with one room had twin beds= and the other had a queen. A nice family room area with a mini kitchen and big bathroom. The pool area was ni= ce with the slides but you couldn't go down with your child so that didn't wor= k. We did do the character breakfast and dinner. It was just ok.