Overview
Sonesta ES Suites Orlando-International Drive offers a convenient location across from the ICON Park Wheel and close to all of central Florida’s attractions. With a fresh modern appeal, all guest suites, public spaces, and dining options have been completely updated. The hotel offers apartment-style one and two bedroom suites (sleeping up to 6-8 guests), a quick service eatery featuring fresh breakfast items and select Starbucks products for purchase, WiFi access in all suites and public areas, onsite fitness room, heated swimming pool, business services, a shuttle to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando, and an adjacent I-Ride Trolley Stop which provides transportation to Sea World, Aquatica, and the Orlando Premium Outlets. Guests appreciate this contemporary hotel near restaurants, shops and attractions easily within walking distance.
Resort fees include
- Self-parking.
- Wi-fi.
- Scheduled shuttle service to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando
Check in
4 p.m.
Check out
11 a.m.
Rooms
146
Inclusions
Rooms
- 1 king bed, and 1 queen sofa bed
- Garden view or Pool view
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, and 1 queen sofa bed
- Garden view or Pool view
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- Climate control
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Living room
- Microwave
- Smoke-free
- A/C
- Alarm clock
- Coffee maker
- Crib (on request)
- Hair dryer
- Iron/Ironing board
- Safe
- TV
- Weekly housekeeping
*Housekeeping service weekly. Towel exchange available
- 1 king bed, 1 queen bed, and 1 queen sofa bed
- Garden view
- No more than 6 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, 1 queen bed, and 1 queen sofa bed
- Garden view
- No more than 6 guests in the room
- Climate control
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Living room
- Microwave
- Smoke-free
- Two bathrooms
- A/C
- Alarm clock
- Coffee maker
- Crib (on request)
- Hair dryer
- Iron/Ironing board
- Safe
- TV
- Weekly housekeeping
*Housekeeping service weekly. Towel exchange available
- 1 king bed, 2 double beds, and 1 queen sofa bed
- Garden view
- No more than 8 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, 2 double beds, and 1 queen sofa bed
- Garden view
- No more than 8 guests in the room
- Climate control
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Living room
- Microwave
- Smoke-free
- DVD/CD player
- A/C
- Alarm clock
- Coffee maker
- Crib (on request)
- Hair dryer
- Iron/Ironing board
- Safe
- TV
- Weekly housekeeping
*Housekeeping service weekly. Towel exchange available
Amenities
Pool
Front desk
Lobby
Location
Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Positives and negatives
Jistal (South West UK) on Jun 11, 2025
It’s only fair to start with the positives because there certainly are a few. This hotel is well positioned for a family Florida holiday particularly if Universal is the destination and fairly close to the... Disneyland Paris also. This hotel also is also situated near many options to eat, drink and shop and is opposite Icon Park. Staff were great, really friendly and helpful, pool was warm and allowed to bring your own drinks (and food) poolside which was a nice touch, hot-tub was super warm and both pools were open long hours with free towels. Air-con very good but a little loud. The main gripe I had with the rooms was they weren’t very clean and certainly weren’t cleaned often enough, we had an anti-slip shower mat in the bath/shower that was filthy underneath, I don’t know how this had been missed. There is no bar at this hotel which also led to a lack of general atmosphere and gathering areas. Really depends on your budget, if it’s is cheap and cheerful you are looking for and only used as a base then I would possibly recommend, do check out alternatives though.
Good location
Darrelldebb (Ipswich, United Kingdom) on May 27, 2025
This was our second stay at this hotel, the last being back in 2018. We decided to return as it is ideally located on i drive for both Disney and Universal and its close to numerous restaurants. Check in ...was straight forward, they take a $100 deposit on your card which is returned upon checkout assuming you haven't charged anything to your room. The room was pretty much the same as the once we stayed in 7 years previously. Good amount of storage space, bed was comfortable and the bathroom had shower gel and shampoo in case you didn't bring your own. They no longer provide breakfast with your stay, there is a Starbucks in the hotel which provides a number of items from the menu ranging from $4 - $7. The local grocery store is now closed, there are 2 Walgreens within walking distance about 6 minutes away, although the prices are high, although not as high as the prices charged in the small hotel shop. Hotel has an ATM in case you need to draw out cash, I believe the charge was about $3 per transaction. We didn't use any hotel shuttles but the price of a lyft to the parks varied, about $8 to Universal and up to $25 to Disney depending on the park. Aside from the breakfast not being part of the accommodation price the only other downside was the cleanliness of the rooms, if you walk about in white socks you'll notice how dirty the floors are. During our 10 night trip our room was only serviced once. The toilet roll holder fell off the wall and although we reported it on our second day, it was never fixed whilst we were there. We would probably return as it's a good location and you don't spend any considerable time at the hotel during a stay in Orlando anyway but the rooms could be cleaner and it's a shame the hotel no longer provides the complimentary breakfast.
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