Seralago Hotel & Suites
| Seralago Hotel & Suites | |
|---|---|
 Current logo | |
  Location within Florida | |
| General information | |
| Location | 5678 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28°19′52″N 81°30′41″W / 28.331015°N 81.511302°W |
| Opening | March 1973 |
| Owner | Seralago Investments LLC |
| Management | Seralago Investments LLC |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 614[1][2] |
| Number of suites | 113[2] |
| Number of restaurants | 2 |
| Website | |
| Seralago Hotel & Suites | |
The Seralago Hotel & Suites is a family resort located in Kissimmee, Florida, U.S.A.
Summary
This resort is located within 3 miles or 4.8 kilometres of the Walt Disney World Resort and is near Old Town, which provides shopping and entertainment for the tourists.[1][2] Each room features a refrigerator, a microwave oven unit, free television service with cable channels, and the ability to use high-speed Internet for free through their Wi-Fi service.[1][2]
There are two Olympic-size swimming pools, free movies at their on-site movie theater, a shopping mall-style food court, and a dungeon-themed video arcade.[2] Free shuttles are provided to and from the following theme parks: Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.[2]
History
This hotel opened on March 1973 with a modest 228 rooms located on four detached buildings.[3] For the first 32 years of its existence, this hotel was a franchise hotel of Holiday Inn.[3]
One of the original owners of the hotel was Henri Landwirth, founder of the Give Kids The World Village, a nonprofit resort where terminally ill children would enjoy a week-long vacation with their families for no charge.[3][4] Another owner of this hotel was legendary astronaut John Glenn, the first to circle the Earth as a part of the Project Mercury rocket program.[3][4] He would go on to serve in the United States Senate and to return to an outer space mission at the age of 77.[3][4] Massive expansions of the resort took place in 1975, 1979, and 1989 with the opening of 445 additional rooms.[3] This hotel was the original pioneer to the concept of "kids' suites;" where the kids have their gaming consoles and their own private area for relaxation.[3] Each kid suites can accommodate up to five people (two parents/adult guardians and three children). Child-friendly themes along with the latest mainstream video games (for the Microsoft Xbox) are implemented in every child-oriented area of the suite.
On January 1, 2005, the employees jointly took over ownership of the hotel from the Holiday Inn corporation and became an independent hotel.[3] The current owner of the resort property is Seralago Investments LLC.[3]