Readers’ Choice Awards: The Best Resorts in Orlando 2025


The Waldorf Astoria Orlando echos the class of its under-renovation New York counterpart, with informal class suited to its Central Florida setting. The black-and-white marble flooring and iconic clock tower in the middle of the foyer rotunda distinction with a brilliant blue mural. Guest rooms have plush bedding and darkish wooden furnishings with accents of yellow, teal, and tangerine, and bogs are spacious and well-designed, with separate walk-in showers and soaking tubs—a plus for households with younger youngsters—plush spa robes, and Ferragamo Tuscan Soul toiletries. Get outdoors to benefit from the 18-hole championship golf course, designed by acclaimed course architect Rees Jones, or the serene, cabana-lined pool, the place attendants are readily available with prosecco popsicles. Want an evening out with out the children? Astoria After Dark supplies dinner and actions on Friday and Saturday evenings.



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