This was an excellent choice . We stayed for two weeks in June 2010 and enjoyed every minute.Could not fault rooms or location. Our only problem was why do they not offer cheaper Wifi for laptop pc`s. They charge $50 a week which is a total rip off. Others offer it free or you can get it at Macdonalds just down Int Drive for free. Even a small charge would have been acceptable. All in all a great place to stay though if computers are not your thing.

I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful and courteous the staff was during our stay. We were able to travel to all the Disney theme parks in 20 minutes or less. The facilities are well kept and the pool area accommodated all of our needs. We were even able to get a couple workouts in during our stay!

We chose this resort because we were going to Universal Studio's and this Westgate is the closest to Universal. We do actually own a timeshare week at Westgate Vacation Villa's but we needed a place for just a few days so I bought this off of Westgate's website. We checked in right @ 4:00pm and just had a little wait at the counter. The staff was friendly and explained everything pretty well. We were asked if we had a preference in our room. I said I wanted to be able to see Universal's fireworks so she said she would put us in Building #1 on the 17th floor because the view from there was wonderful. We found a close parking spot so we grabbed our luggage and we made our way to our room. We had a 2 bedroom unit -non smoking. From what I understood Building #1 is the oldest building but it did not look old. Our room had everything you would expect from a condo... dishes, towels, soap, pots, pans, etc. Though, no laundry soap, even though we had a washer/dryer. That was Ok though, we were just there for a few days! The King size bedroom was nice. We just had a regular bathtub but that was OK. Also a separate shower. The other bedroom had 2 twin beds that also had really nice sheets and blankets. Another bathroom. In the kitchen we found everything we would need had we been cooking in our unit.
The resort has a couple of pools, our room overlooked the lake which we enjoyed looking at. The lake had a couple of alligators and it was funny watching other people try to catch them and feed them. There was fishing available, paddle boats, etc Only downside is that we learned that Universal does not have nightly fireworks! We were told that they did by several people so our "room with a wonderful view" was not good for the fireworks show! We enjoyed the room even so.... I would recommend this place to anyone. It is a timeshare and the sales people were taking people of tours all day long so it really slowed down the elevators. Westgate Palace was clean, friendly and in a great location to everything... Disney, Universal, Restaurants, Wet and Wild, etc. We enjoyed our stay even though we were not in the room much. Hopefully this will help someone else in their decision. I read reviews on here all of the time and really was scared by some of the reviews I read about this place. We are used to some nice condos and stay in Vegas at the Marriott Grand all of the time and Westgate Palace, though not as fancy; was just as clean and friendly.

Westgate palace is great! We travel to Orlando once a year with our extended family for an annual trip to Orlando. There are about 40 of us that travel and this is a special request to stay here every year. The kids love it because of the pool...and the adults love it as well. It's conveniently located close to International Dr. where we can walk from the hotel to access other activities along International. Our last stay was in early June and once again Westgate was a hit. We will definitely be returning next year for our 6th year in a row. The rooms are not huge, but they are large enough. For the price, the rooms are great and have everything you could ask for especially staying with kids.