Rodeway Inn Maingate

Not a bad price good location but the Wifi in the room is the worst no connection at all unless your in the motels lobby I sat in the lobby listening to the clerks give everyone who complained a different story funny I stayed here in August and November and I still had no wifi in my room

How can this sheet place reviewed with 3 stars. Are all your noses not functional. I changed the room once. However, the poison shampoo used kill me even i keep the door open whole night.
Never punish your health with this place. I’d rather sleep on the ground anywhere in Orlando than in this sheet hole.

I was in bed about to turn of the lights after a long day at Universal Studios when all of a sudden A HUGE COCKROACH LANDED ON MY FACE! After freaking out and killing it, I called the front desk and they could care less about what had happened. All I got was «Well it’s Florida, did you kill it?” I live in Florida and I know cockroaches are everywhere but for the love of God please hire a pest control company to come at least once a week because this is NOT ok.
Next day when I went to checkout I asked the front desk guy to get me a manager but he insisted he could help me out, so I told him what had happened and he just said «Well it’s Florida, they live in the trees and get in the rooms. There’s nothing we can do. We can give you back the $ 8.30 resort fee we charged you.» Oh YES this cheap disgusting motel has a resort fee so beware of that! Overall, I will NOT be returning to this motel ever again.

Don’t get this location mixed up with the one that’s 5 miles southeast with the one digit difference in the street number and one digit difference in the zip code.
Not bad for $ 35 a day. You definitely get what you pay for so don’t expect much. Front desk staff was pleasant. The lobby is connected to an Enterprise car rental and a good size gift shop.
There was an ice machine around the corner from my room and an in-​room safe and coffee maker but no fridge or microwave (in my room at least). Now that I’m looking through the business photos after the fact, I do see a fridge and microwave in a photo plus one of those luggage tray table things that my room did not have.
I didn’t have any problems with the a/​c. I was comfortable sleeping with it off in early November weather. The first night I took a shower, the towel I grabbed was super thin and thought they were all like that. The second night I learned the other towels were thicker.
Key cards should stay away from other credit cards and cell phone as that could wipe out the code.
The room may not include a «do not disturb» sign so you will have to get one from front desk for the days you don’t need house keeping. I stepped out one early afternoon thinking house keeping already came by so I didn’t bother putting up the sign. They had came by in that short amount of time to replenish the towels and empty out the trash.
In the 6 nights I stayed, only once did I see one tiny roach near the tub but never saw any critters again. Wear some flip flops in the room because the carpets are questionable.
Breakfast is pretty disappointing. It consisted of individually packaged mini bagels, oranges, coffee, and juice from a machine. No big deal because there’s a Waffle House next door while on the other side is an IHOP and another gift shop. Both restaurants are open 24 hrs.
Line 56 of the Lynx bus travels 192 (Irlo Bronson Hwy) for $ 2 but only comes every 30 minutes. You will get to the Disney World (WDW) Transportation Center in 30 minutes. The bus stop is in front of the gas station next door but I choose to wait at the stop down the street and around the corner on Celebration Ave because it’s shaded.
I didn’t get a chance to dip in the pool to confirm if it was heated, as advertised.
It might have been because it wasn’t a busy time of year but I was lucky to not have any loud neighbors.

This is the least expensive hotel/​motel I have ever stayed at and the lowest rated one, so I had my reservations, pun intended. I arrived and noticed it was definitely no frills. I got into my room and I noticed it to be totally dated for one thing. However, with that said, was totally OK for a single person who was coming to Disney for the weekend.
The rooms were clean, the staff was actually very friendly and I got my choice rewards points. They even have a pool that looked clean but when I went in, too cold for evening swims.
Even though I drove and had a car, they actually provide complementary shuttle transportation to and from Epcot. It is very limited but if you are staying here, it is a nice complementary amenity.
For the rate I paid, it was safe, clean and did the job I needed. I would highly recommend this joint again and I will stay here in December again.

Rooms were clean, beds were not so great as far as the box springs and bed frame went. Pool was great, free ice was a perk. Definitely walking distance to restaurants and very close (less than 10 mins to Disney).
The room we had was 5112, faced the pool. For the price you can’t beat a week stay for $ 197.

Extremely unhappy. As soon as I walked into the room and switched on the lights I see two tiny roaches scampering along the table. I killed them with my room key since it’s the only thing in my hand at the moment.
The floor in the room was really dirty looking and I wasn’t sure about walking barefoot. When I opened one of the towels to use after my shower it had a long hair in it. Mind you it was a new folded towel and neither myself nor my companion had hair even close to that long.
The rooms amenities aren’t much. A small TV. A small table (with roaches). And the beds. A blow dryer and of course coffee maker nobody I think ever uses.
The shower had this slip resistant mat on the floor and in the middle of it it felt like there was a hole. Like they placed he may over it to cover the hole. We didn’t want to touch the mat to see what was underneath. And the room had a few flies in it. I posted pictures of that cause I had already smashed the roaches and cleared the table.
We only stayed here cause we had the 24hr day at Disney and checked in at 4am. We were tired and my companion didn’t want me to deal with it. I should have known for such a cheap price I would receive a bad room when I reserved. The people at the front desk are alright. Nothing special. Just helpful. At night they don’t let you in the lobby and you have to use a small window to communicate with the front desk person.
The place is old and outdated. Breakfast is bagels and a few packets of oatmeal. A machine also that has juices or coffee. We won’t be staying again or recommending this place to anyone.

la réceptionniste nous a demandé notre passeport au check in et a check out alors que celui ci avait déjà été photocopié. La chambre avait une odeur de produit détergent comme pour cacher la misère de la propreté. J’ai déclaré une allergie en touchant le couvre lit. Né parlons pas non plus du soit disant petit déjeuner insipide. Et pour clôturer le tout ayant fait une réservation avec une carte bleu et payé en cash sur place, l’hotel m’a prélevé puis remboursée la somme sauf qu’entre temps le taux de change avait fluctué et que ma banque m’a pris des frais de change !!!
Point positif: rien. Si ce n’est l’emplacement proche des parcs disney pour ceux qui y vont.

We stopped here last minute on our way to Sanford to catch the auto train. The woman at the front desk was awesome — very helpful and friendly. She gave us a nice room towards the back but on the 1^st floor so we could watch our motorcycles for safety.
The room was a bit dated but clean. The bed was hard as a rock and you could feel every spring if you moved. It made for an uncomfortable sleep but for $ 37 it was passable. The hotel was just about booked and it looked like they offered park passes and transportation. There were a lot of places to eat within walking distance so it was convenient.
Room was good for a last minute reservation but I don’t know if I would choose to stay here if I was planning in advance. Not bad for the price — it’s all what you are looking for at the moment!!!

For a one-​night stay, for a total of $ 38, this was a great choice. If I was planning a vacation in the Orlando area (full disclosure: NOT likely to happen), this would be a good choice for a very budget-​friendly hotel option.
Pluses: location. Very close to all sorts of shopping/​eating/​Orlando-​visitor stuff. Massive place, so plenty of room. Nice pool.
Minuses: not luxury, very bare bones. Mildew is inevitable in FL, and this place had plenty of evidence of that, although not to «allergy trigger» level.

This place was clean and well stocked in a nice tourist area with plenty of stores around. I got a great rate of $ 42 with my AARP card and that included everything for a king room. I believe the whole hotel is non-​smoking. That is a good thing because I don’t smoke anymore. The personnel were friendly with the exception of the guy that checker me in. I am a Choice rewards member and I asked for late checkout at 2 PM and he said I could not do that. I would have to check out at noon. Well he did not work the overnight shift, and I called the more friendly clerk that was working overnight and he said that was fine to check out at 2 PM. I checked in around 11 PM so that was a pretty good deal. There is a nice heated pool I didn’t use and room comes with breakfast but it’s Continental and that was okay with me as there were bagels, jelly, cream cheese, cereal, oatmeal and oranges, yogurt, apple juice and orange juice and coffee. So you can’t beat it for the price and for the location. I can stayed here because I didn’t want to pay $ 200 to stay in Cape Canaveral as I was here for a rocket launch which was scrubbed. I would highly recommend this place.

The rooms were reasonable for the price with a fridge and microwave. The service was exceptional. We stayed late into the night at Disney, and the staff let us sleep in after check out time. We were very hapy with the service.

Not what it might be. They add on charges to the room that you need to ferret out, like fee for use of the hand gun safe. There was an error in the reservation and the response was to be angry, critical and threaten to charge more… After multiple adjustments the room was $ 69.72. fortunately they were ‘SOLD OUT”… it was easy to cut the stay short and make other arrangements.
The room and place was OK, poor value and unpleasant.
This place is not about the guest experience, but rather skimming money off of the Disney overflow… In the lobby were leaflets, prominently was a place that apparently did not exits! The concierge arranged some tickets, which cost more than the gate price or any online price… and were wrong! We ended up paying for everything and spending precious time with guest services, making corrections.
At 5:00 AM there was a fellow wandering about with a laptop. He needed access to the WI-​FI, which was not functional. The locked office was of little assistance. I took pity on him and found that there was a place outside his room where the internet signal as strong.
Cheap, deficient, uninformed and unkind…

Horrible!!! First, the place is a dump and smells bad. The bathroom was not clean. The TV set is ancient, the colors on it were completely messed up and only half the channels worked. When I asked to have this fixed, they sent a maintenance man in who informed me the entire hotel was like that. When I spoke to the manager about it, she offered to switch my room, I asked her if that would fix the problem and if the TV cable stations would all work, she was rude and tried to side-​step the issue by saying they only got 20 stations. I said to her, «do they all work?» She admitted they would not. I decided that after this exchange I would get my money back and leave. Stay somewhere else, you’ll regret it if you go there.

My husband and I just stayed here last week for 5 days and 4 nights. We generally stay at one of the resorts and pay $ 100+ per night, but since we always spend the majority of our time in the Disney Parks, I just couldn’t see spending that money if we didn’t have to. We simply needed a place to shower and sleep. So, at $ 28 a night, I went ahead and booked our stay here based on some previous Unilocal reviews. I will admit I was skeptical and kinda scared, but everything worked out very well!
I called in the morning to let them know we were heading down from Jacksonville because I wanted to see if we could check in early and I also wanted to request a room on the ground floor. I spoke with Kevin and he was very nice. He said he would make sure we had a ground floor room and told me to call when we hit Orlando and he’d let us know if he had a room ready. I called when we got into the city limits, but Kevin was already gone for the day (he worked the night shift), so I spoke with Megan. She was just as nice as Kevin. She let me know they’d have a room ready in about an hour and we’d be able to check in early. So, hubby and I stopped at Downtown Disney and had some lunch while we waited.
When we arrived, Megan was at the front desk and she greeted us warmly. The reception area looks nice and is quite clean. Check in was swift, fast, and completed in under 5 minutes. Megan let us know they did have a complimentary continental breakfast every morning and she mentioned cereal, oatmeal, bagels, coffee, and juice. We never went to the breakfast room, so if there are other items available, I’m not sure. I also can’t speak about the quality of the items or the cleanliness of the area. We chose to eat at a restaurant each morning before we hit the Parks.
We opened the door to our room and I breathed a sigh of relief. It appeared as if it was going to meet our needs perfectly and it did. I got a room with two double beds rather than a king bed because I was being cheap and didn’t want to pay the extra $ 7 per night. LOL This worked out perfectly because we had the extra bed to put our suitcase and other items on. The room was sparse with furniture. There was no desk or table of any kind. There were only the beds, the nightstand, a television stand that had 3 drawers under it, and 2 very, very worn chairs. We also didn’t have a fridge in our room because I would have had to pay that extra $ 7.
I took a look around and everything was clean. There was a stain on a couple of the tiles in the bathroom, but everything was nice and clean. The carpet actually looked like it was brand new. The bedding looked nice, but since I knew we were staying in a motel that was so cheap, I brought a couple of small blankets with me and our own pillows. Just because of my OCDness, I stripped both the beds of the blankets and comforters, leaving just the sheets. Like I said, I used the one bed for our suitcase and other items. I also used it to lay out our clothes each night for the next day. We used just the sheets on the bed we slept on with our blankets and pillows.
The first night we didn’t sleep well at all. We have a very soft pillow-​top mattress at home and the bed was very hard. We could also hear the springs squeaking with every little movement. After the first night though, we slept every night thereafter very deeply. The Disney Parks will wear you out! We came in every night around 2am. We were up every morning between 7−8am. So yes, after the first night we slept well indeed!
The towels were very small, but they sufficed. The water pressure in the shower wasn’t all that great, but again, it sufficed. The bathroom is also pretty small. If you’re in there with the door closed, it can be pretty claustrophobic. We’ve been married for almost 10 years, so we just left the bathroom door open the entire time.
The maid did an excellent job at cleaning the room each day. Not that we made a mess other than dirty towels and the bed needing to be made. She made the bed we slept on each day, which I appreciated, but each night I’d remove the blanket and comforter. Each morning I would fold our personal blankets and put them and our pillows on the other bed. She never once touched our items on that particular bed or attempted to make it. I appreciate that she respected our privacy and understood we were using it as «storage.»
The actual parking lot needs some work. There are potholes everywhere. If you are coming in late when it’s dark and you are tired, be very careful not to trip. Make sure to look where you are walking. Also, if you come in late, it may be challenging to find a parking space.
They do have a swimming pool, but we didn’t use it and we never went to look at it. They have free Wifi, but we didn’t use it either.
If you are looking for a clean place to sleep and shower, you can’t beat this place. $ 28 a night was amazing! We will definitely stay here again!

Very inexpensive. Not for families or high maintenance types. We basically spent most of our time at Disney 2 miles away from the parking lot. The only problem we had was the maid accidentally throw away some clothes.

My husband and I planned to go to Universal Studios for a long weekend and just wanted a clean place to lay our heads at night. For $ 100 for three nights, Rodeway Inn Maingate delivered.
Location: We flew into the Sanford Orlando airport and drove 40 minutes in our rental car to the motel. It took about 17 minutes to get to Universal Studios from there. There are many restaurants within walking distance as the hotel is off of a main strip but is situated in such a way so that none of the rooms face the road.
Room: I did extensive research on Trip Advisor
and other sites to see what my $ 100 bucks would get. I did not see any complaints about bugs but I did see complaints about the rooms being dated and in slight disrepair. I don’t mind old or slightly broken as long as everything is clean and there are no bugs. During our stay, we saw no bugs and the room was clean, and everything worked. The bathroom tub had some weird sinking issues and brown caulk in some parts but it was clean with good water pressure and no drainage issues. I did bring my own shower curtain from the Dollar Tree (I have a phobia about hotel shower curtains, lol).
There’s free wifi and we got a really strong signal. We were able to stream a Netflix movie.
Be aware: This is a motel with outside access. Unfortunately, our room was on the ground level directly in front of where we parked our car. While this was convenient, we could hear people coming and going to their cars at all hours. I had ear plugs so it wasn’t as much of a problem for me and my husband is not a light sleeper.
Breakfast: Consists of instant oatmeal packets, plain individually wrapped bagels, cream cheese, and oranges. There is a machine that you can get orange juice, hot water, or coffee from. I read the reviews and was prepared — I brought Trader Joe’s instant coffee packets and their maple sugar instant oatmeal which worked out well for my tastes.
Reception: We were greeted warmly and checked in quickly. When I called to request and iron, it was immediately delivered — but without the board (they were out of ironing boards). No problem — we improvised.
Pool area: The pool was great and the water was so warm! There were a couple tables with umbrellas that didn’t work but plenty of room to find a comfy area to lounge around.
All in all: Staying here allowed us to splurge on other parts of our vacation weekend… like spending over a hundred bucks in a day at Universal Studios on meals and merchandise. If we had a larger budget to stay in a nicer place — sure that would be nice, but for a three night stay where we were mostly out of the room, I would come back again. If I was staying for a week or longer, I would do a vacation rental as those have previously worked out really well for us.

After an incredibly disappointing stay at Wyndham Lake Buena Vista at Downtown Disney, we decided to bite the bullet and stay at the Rodeway Inn Maingate. Our server at dinner actually recommended it and declared it, «a champion of value.» So we stayed here for two nights.
I like nice hotels but many fail to live up to their namesakes or price points. This is very true around Disney. At some point, it’s a go when they are clean, have fresh towels and hot water. We wanted to spend our money on the vacation experience and not the hotel. Yeah, I’m a snob but I can deal when I see the bigger picture.
The Rodeway Inn Maingate doesn’t promise you more than a decent night stay at a reasonable price. I respect that and they delivered. Our room was clean, towels were fresh and the water was hot. Beyond the basic amenities, there wasn’t much more but that’s what we needed after the previous night’s debacle. The desk clerk was professional and fast. Yes, they had a room, here is the price, how are we paying and here is your key. Five minutes tops.
They offered a basic breakfast in the morning and a shuttle to Disney. There was a also a clean swimming pool that could easily facilitate 100 guests. It’s removed from Disney but only by a matter of minutes and close to the action on International Drive.
The Rodeway Inn Maingate keeps it simple and very affordable. This leaves you with more money to spend on your vacation. Thank you RIM!

Very nice place! Nice staff! We stay here for 9 days… The Continental Breakfast is a bagel :(

I reserved a room here for my girlfriend and I for two nights in early October. We had a pretty rough stay. I’m usually just fine in any kind of motel/​hotel room, as long as it’s clean — but even I had issues with this property. Guess I should’ve known when the rate was $ 27/​night!
The room we stayed in the first night had a ton of ants or termites or similar crawly-​things all around the bathroom area. They were running around the sink and the bathroom door. The bathtub felt like it was sinking down when you stood in it. The beds were highly uncomfortable and the pillows were flat. The floors were very «yucky» looking and feeling. Also, there wasn’t an iron in the room (never found out if they offered them at the desk — thankfully my clothes were alright). We toughed it out for that first night, though.
The next morning I went down to the free continental breakfast. They had it set up in a giant meeting room. There was a juice machine, coffee, and oatmeal packets. There was a toaster and butter/​jelly packets set out, but they had no bread or bagels.
We asked for a new room on our last night. It was late on a weeknight and the hotel was mostly empty, but we were given a room at the very end of the farthest away building on the property. When we walked in, the toilet was running and it took forever to get it to stop. There were also more ants (or whatever they were) running around on the bathroom counter, but it wasn’t as bad as it was in the last room. The bed situation was the same (one of the beds didn’t even have a fitted sheet on it — just a flat one!) and the carpet was even more nasty. We were leaving early in the morning, though, so we once again toughed it out instead of attempting to find another place to stay so late at night.
So — great location, great price, but everything else is just plain bad.

I like to think I’m pretty tough when it comes to accommodations. I guess I can be, but when I have my kids in tow… I become a lot wimpier. We’d spent 10 days at the Vista Cay condos prior to this… for our last few days in Orlando we banged out a few extra days at DWorld, and decided to save money and have an adventure staying at the Rodeway. ha. ha.
The reason people stay here… and give it good ratings on priceline, etc., is because it’s friggin’ cheap and literally a 10 minute drive max into the DWorld. I think I paid just about $ 50 for a double double per night during high season.
Several contentions:
I was given a smoking room without being told or asked.
The rug was so dirty that I felt I couldn’t go barefoot in our room.
The sink was damaged, so that if you turned the faucet a certain way it would shoot water across the counter 3 feet or so. FYI: This is a perk to a 9 year old boy.
IF you’re not spending any time in your room… like, you’re living at Disney World during every open hour, then this is okay for the knowledgeable econo traveler. However, if you have kids that want to sit in the room and hang out and are used to different digs… maybe this isn’t the best adventure.
Side story: they made my teen sign a waiver when she didn’t let them in to clean the room and they asked to inspect it to make sure there wasn’t anything funny going on. I can’t imagine the stories the staff here has…