Evermore Orlando Resort review – The Points Guy

There are the journeys taken to get away, however maybe even higher are the journeys taken to get collectively.

And there is not a lot I take pleasure in greater than the journeys I get to take with my prolonged group of mates, who would possibly higher be considered household at this level. One of many many issues we now have in widespread is Disney. So, it is common for numerous units of us to fulfill up in Orlando a couple of occasions a yr to take pleasure in the theme parks collectively. Whereas that is at all times a good time, what’s even larger is after we can all keep underneath the identical roof.

After I acquired the prospect to return to Evermore Orlando Resort after seeing it briefly once I stayed on the Conrad Orlando earlier within the yr — and this time check out one in all its humongous homes — I could not hearth up the group chat quick sufficient.

Fortunately, my mates have been as recreation as I used to be to shortly say sure, get organized and expertise what it was like to remain at a resort simply minutes from Disney World. We’d haven’t solely all of the actions and facilities at Evermore Resort at our disposal but in addition be capable to snicker, sleep, swim and play in an virtually 8,000-square-foot home full with Pac-Man video games, a personal pool and an indoor slide.

Spoiler alert: This might need been probably the most magical home on earth.

What’s Evermore Resort?

Earlier than we get into the main points about the home we stayed in, let’s discuss Evermore, as it’s much more than only a massive trip residence. The 1,100-acre Evermore Resort, situated simply minutes from Disney World, opened in early 2024 and has greater than 2,000 bedrooms unfold throughout 69 trip houses, 206 four-bedroom flats, and 41 two- and four-bedroom villas.

It is also the place you may discover the newly opened Conrado Orlando and the crystal-blue, 8-acre Evermore Bay lagoon. The lagoon is the point of interest of the resort, the place you may paddleboard, swim, kayak or simply loosen up by the water. There’s additionally a extra conventional pool, an enormous waterslide good for races, a rope swing, and actions like health courses, karaoke, trivia and dance events.

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Word that the property doesn’t supply day passes to entry all this on-site enjoyable — it is all only for company.

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Along with the handy location and the very lengthy listing of facilities (and particularly the beautiful bay), what I really like about Evermore is you may unfold out along with your crew in a big residence or villa and never have to fret about a number of the uncertainty that comes whenever you lease an individually owned trip residence. There is a 24-hour on-site desk, hotel-quality sheets, towels and soaps ready for you, on-site grocery ordering, ready meal supply service out there and a lot extra.

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In truth, Evermore has a saying across the property: “Straightforward on goal” — and after a three-night keep there, I can affirm that it is actually true.

How a lot it prices to remain on the Evermore Resort is dependent upon whenever you go to and which lodging you ebook. If you need a single resort room, then it is probably finest to simply keep on the neighboring Conrad Orlando (which is on the Evermore grounds). Charges there typically begin round $500 or 90,000 Hilton Honors points (or a free night certificate) per evening.

However if you need extra space than that, you have acquired loads of choices at Evermore, starting from four-bedroom flats to the beforehand talked about 11-bedroom homes that I simply cannot recover from.

Villas

First, Evermore has two- and four-bedroom villas that are situated on and close to the resort’s golf course. They’ve a decidedly conventional golf-clubhouse vibe. Costs begin round $499 per evening, and these villas can sleep from 4 to 16 company, relying on the bed room configuration you choose, making them the smallest and most economical of the Evermore lodging.

Flats

The newly constructed Evermore Resort has four-bedroom, four-bathroom flats that sleep as much as 11 company and are all simply steps from the seaside that surrounds the lagoon. Every one is 1,900 sq. toes and has three king bedrooms and one bed room with bunk beds and a queen-size mattress. These flats can be good for a smaller group or maybe two households to share.

The value for these begins at $699 per evening for these with a boardwalk view and a bit extra for these with a view of the bay.

Homes

However if you need extra space and extra folks to affix within the enjoyable, like we did, then that you must begin wanting on the Evermore homes. These vary in measurement from 5 bedrooms to the 11-bedroom home the place we stayed.

Right here, you may not solely have a ton of area but in addition your personal non-public heated pool, an out of doors kitchen, washers and dryers, and outsized widespread areas. And, relying on which home you select, you might even have arcade video games, desk tennis, a theater room and an amenity that my internal 7-year-old may solely dream of … a slide that takes you from one flooring to the subsequent.

Judging by the shrieks of enjoyment from each grownup who went down it, it is extra of a thrill than you would possibly suppose!

The 11-bedroom home we have been in was 7,818 sq. toes and had 19 beds that might sleep as much as 32 folks. There are seven rooms with king-size beds, two with two queen-size beds, and two bunk rooms that every have three single-size bunks and one queen mattress.

There are 13 bogs on this huge home — one for every bed room plus a pair extra for good measure.

In my searches, five-bedroom homes begin at $1,429 per evening, seven-bedroom homes begin at $1,605, after which costs leap as much as round $2,700-plus per evening for the 11-bedroom home. (In case you’re pondering, “Um, that is the quantity of my lease or mortgage every month,” then me, too.)

Nonetheless, these homes aren’t made for one household. Assuming that you’re sharing the home with a number of households as we did, it typically works out to about $245 per bed room per evening (earlier than taxes and charges) for that huge 11-bedroom trip palace, as I wish to name it.

That is about the price of a room at a Reasonable Disney resort like Caribbean Beach Resort or Port Orleans Resort. However bear in mind, for that common value, right here you may get not just a few customary room but in addition a ton of communal area, a kitchen, washer and dryer, your personal non-public pool and entry to the 8-acre lagoon.

If you need a very memorable evening whereas staying in one of many five- to 11-bedroom houses at Evermore, there’s one other, fancier eating possibility: an in-home private chef experience.

Evermore allow us to do that and I am unsure what I used to be anticipating — however this far exceeded these expectations.

This four-course meal was served by what regarded and felt like a well-orchestrated ballet {of professional} cooks and servers who have been dressed to the nines and got here armed with a printed menu, wonderful meals and even higher service.

It is a splurgy expertise, however for a particular meal, I may see how it’s value it.

That is very true as a result of if in case you have 20-30 folks in a house, which it’s best to within the bigger houses, it should be robust to discover a restaurant that may accommodate everybody in the identical approach that the eating tables on the residence will. Costs for the non-public chef expertise are $125 per particular person for the 4 programs plus taxes and gratuity (the primary two youngsters meals are free after which $24.95 per little one).

If you wish to eat within the residence (with out cooking your self) however aren’t on the lookout for one thing fairly as fancy because the non-public chef, Evermore additionally gives catered ready-to-eat meals which can be delivered to your door. A four-course meal reminiscent of roasted rooster breast with a blended greens salad, grilled seasonal greens, mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and fudge brownies prices $26-$48 per particular person.

The Evermore Resort is simply 3 miles from Walt Disney World and 10 miles from Universal Orlando. After all, since close by Disney World is the scale of San Francisco, you are not 3 miles from all over the place on that property, however listed here are a while estimates to get to numerous main components of Disney World from Evermore:

• Magic Kingdom parking on the Transportation and Ticket Heart: quarter-hour
• Epcot: 14 minutes
• Animal Kingdom: 20 minutes
• Hollywood Studios: quarter-hour
• Disney Springs: 10 minutes

Not like whenever you keep on the Conrad on the Evermore property, there’s not an included shuttle for the flats, villas and houses, so you may wish to both use a Lyft or Uber (which may pull proper as much as your home) or have a automotive rental you park proper in entrance of your house, as we did. Evermore does accomplice with Skyline Vacation spot Orlando if you wish to have it assist prepare transportation (for a payment). I am additionally personally an enormous fan of Orlando Magical Rides in case you are on the lookout for a automotive service possibility.

How renting an superior home at Evermore Resort can truly prevent cash

Evermore is certainly a high-end place to remain within the Orlando space, and it’ll by no means be probably the most budget-friendly possibility. Nonetheless, relying in your price range, staying right here can truly carry down the overall value of your journey to the realm whereas growing the enjoyable.

In case you can fill the house or flat you lease and share the fee with various different mates or households, you’ll typically spend about the price of a room at a Reasonable Disney resort per bed room every evening whereas getting a lot extra in return. As a result of this can be a fairly widespread follow, Evermore has a Cut up Fee instrument that makes sharing the price of the house simple.

It is also a lot simpler to maintain your meal prices decrease by getting some groceries and utilizing the full-size and totally stocked kitchen. We did not cook dinner something fancy ourselves, however we’d make breakfast every morning and one other simple meal or two, like sandwiches or a charcuterie board, most days.

You additionally do not want as many days of park tickets (and subsequent Lightning Lanes!) should you keep right here as a result of I promise you want days of your trip to truly loosen up right here and be … on trip.

My solely remorse about our keep at Evermore isn’t having put aside time to have extra waterslide races and Pac-Man tournaments and to take pleasure in all the massive complicated has to supply.

Evermore has a devoted accessibility webpage in order that company can decide if the resort’s lodging will go well with their wants. For particular questions, the resort recommends reaching out on to the reservation specialists at 855-341-9527.

The property has a number of Individuals with Disabilities Act-compliant lodging sorts, which have options like a roll-in bathe, lowered counter tops and wheelchair clearances in doorways. All homes at Evermore characteristic a barrier-free entry and wheelchair entry to a main bedroom on the home’s primary flooring.

As beautiful because the houses and flats at Evermore look when they’re clear and empty, as proven in a number of the earlier photographs on this article, what is going to stick to me is what it was like after they have been crammed with mates, laughter, tales and snacks.

The beautiful home, the lagoon, the big waterslide, the in-home non-public eating and different options have been clearly memorable facets of the holiday, however they only are what offered the backdrop to have enjoyable with a set of excellent mates that do not typically have the posh of having fun with the magical “in-between” moments of trip collectively. And if that is what you might be on the lookout for out of your subsequent journey to Florida, then I am unable to suggest Evermore extremely sufficient.

I hope we discover ourselves once more someday in a state of affairs to have an enormous group of mates to replenish a flat or home there, have waterslide races through the day, keep up too late laughing, and make an entire lot of recollections to take residence with us.

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