Thinking back to all the Gay Days Drama of 2009 we saw so many changes good and bad. 2010, seems to be no less a shocking set of new hotel rooms. First you have the original host hotel of Gay Days changing from their long time friend close to Disney moving all the way over to Sea World. Next you have no word at all from One Mighty Weekend and the Johnny Chisholm group so I suspect that there is one more announcement coming. This one came from Mark Bakers facebook page which said their hotel pic will be the Holiday Inn.
The Holiday Inn is known for some fun songs and all but will this go over with the Gay circuit crowd the same way the Buena Vista Palace did? Well this hotel is newly renovated with a $35 million dollar makeover. Rooms at this Holiday Inn include pool views but I see no suites which we were used to at the Buena Vista Palace.. Does this Hoooliday inn have such things?
The Doubletree hotel, a Hilton family hotel, is the host hotel for the Gay Days event where they have an expo center. They made a drastic move for 2010 to run from Disney over to SeaWorld area on International Drive. Not so sure this is the smartest move since it’s supposed to be Gay Disney. Why not just move things downtown orlando while your at it?
If you are contemplating which hotel to stay at the Doubletree offers smoking or non-smoking rooms and they start at $99 and they do have suites but they are mostly sold out of the best ones facing the “interior” of the “resort”. The Mark Baker events host hotel will start out at $159 with the highest room at $179, a bit steeper than the Doubletree rooms. Who knew a Holiday Inn costs more? Maybe the pool area is bigger?
There is also the Parliament House which the rooms are still available if you book them now. This resort has not-so-sleek rooms but they do the job. We spend most of the day out at the pool parties anyway don’t we? Until we want to take someone back to a motel, hotel, or a Holiday Inn…
The Mark Baker host hotel will be closer to the Arabian Nights events but if you are worried about that you can always get a hotel next door so you do not have to deal with buses or cabs. The Seaworld hotel is close to Wet N’ Wild which might be fun but Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon I am sure is much funner.
I have a feeling we will all be missing the Buena Vista Palace when this is all over, but I am willing to give the newly renovated hotel a try on Hotel Plaza Blvd. Hopefully, the crowds will still come to the event in 2010 and the music will be just as fierce as it was the past few years!
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