If you're choosing between a Flamingo Crossings hotel and a Disney Springs hotel, breakfast is one of the biggest hidden cost differences between the two corridors.
Flamingo Crossings — free breakfast at all six hotels:
Every Flamingo Crossings hotel includes free hot breakfast in the nightly rate.
TownePlace Suites Flamingo Crossings, Fairfield Inn Flamingo Crossings, Residence Inn Flamingo Crossings, SpringHill Suites Flamingo Crossings, Home2 Suites Flamingo Crossings, and Homewood Suites Flamingo Crossings — all six.
Mickey waffles, eggs, hot buffet, covered every morning for every guest.
All six Flamingo Crossings hotels also charge a nightly parking fee — see the full Flamingo Crossings parking fees breakdown before you book.
Disney Springs hotels — almost all à la carte:
Most Disney Springs area hotels do not include free breakfast. At the Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista Disney Springs, breakfast runs $26 per person. For a family of four that's $104 for one morning. Over five nights that's $520 in breakfast costs on top of your room rate — not included, not mentioned at booking.
The Holiday Inn Orlando Disney Springs, Renaissance B Resort Disney Springs, Hilton Buena Vista Palace Disney Springs, and DoubleTree Suites Disney Springs are all cost. Full restaurant prices every morning for every person.
The one exception in the Disney Springs corridor is Drury Plaza Disney Springs. Drury includes breakfast in the rate. It is the only Disney Springs hotel where breakfast is covered.
What this means for your actual budget:
A Flamingo Crossings hotel listed at $20 more per night than a Disney Springs hotel may actually be $60-$80 cheaper per day once you factor breakfast for a family of four. That gap changes the entire cost comparison between the two corridors.
I've personally stayed at hotels in both corridors.
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