Animas River

I stayed there with my family while on a trip to Disney. I was a little worried bc it’s one of the cheapest hotels, but I would definitely stay there again. First off, it’s a Christian hotel and they have random inspirational Bible verses all over. Breakfast is free and there’s good choices, eggs, yogurt, waffles, coffee, oatmeal, sausage, fruits, rooms are clean. The only thing they don’t have a microwave in the room but they do have microwaves in a sitting area on the 2nd floor for customers to use. The lobby looks nice. There’s an outdoor pool, there’s a bathroom near the pool area and there are towels available by the pool. The hotel is by a lake, there’s hammocks and seats where you can just sit and watch the water. Do not even think about going in the water bc there’s alligators and snakes, but I didn’t see any. The hotel is in a good neighborhood, plenty of restaurants and stores around, lots of food options. It’s about 30 mn away from the Disney parks and 30 mn from Orlando airport. My kids love it. I think the Disney hotels are way too expensive. Free breakfast is a plus!!

For the price we paid to stay at the Rio I expected much better. Several times it well over 15 minutes to get hot water in our room. Several times the television had a blank screen and had to be unplugged and plugged back in several times. Finally the food options at the Rio were extremely overpriced.

Convenience to theme parks and restaurants, shopping also very safe. Resort has a gate keeper 24/7