Thursday, March 28, 2013

Marriott Cypress Harbour Resort, Orlando

Cheryl and I met up with her cousin, Dorie in Orlando.

Florida 2013 me dorie cheryl in Orlando at resort3

We stayed at the Marriott Cypress Harbour Resort in a time share suite. Oh my, what a beautiful place. The grounds were well maintained and the place was huge. The resort had all the amenities..something for everyone and for it's large size it was very quiet.

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour front of clubhouse

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour koi1on both sides of the walkway entering the main check in building there are koi ponds ...I love koi.

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour koi2Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour koi3

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour just part of complex

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour clubhouse bar piano areain the clubhouse..a bar and piano in one area of the large room. There are also restaurants and a marketplace.

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour clubhouse1another part of the lounge in the clubhouse. There is also a huge salt water aquarium in this large room.

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour golf areagolfing

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour clubhouse pool areapool near clubhouse

Florida Marriott pool w water falls one of the pools with waterfalls

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour pool areapool near clubhouse

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour BBQ area near room1BBQ area near are room and thruout the resort

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour air plant on tree air plants growing on trees thruout the property

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour berries on palm treepalm trees were loaded were berries

You can take a free boat ride to the opposite side of the resort and there are boats and paddleboats to rent. Basketball court, shuffleboard, game rooms for kids, ice cream social area, movies were all in this area.

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour boating area   Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour paddle boats

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour pool area w chairs2areas with chairs and umbrellas along the water

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour clubhouse with tv kids area clubhouse with kids playroom

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour dining area game room social area with serving counter

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour game room   game room..sorry this photo is dark..the room was dark with lights flashing from all of the games

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour kids race car area race track for small cars

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour kitchen area game house activity roomFlorida Marriott Cypress Harbour outdoor chess game large outdoor chess set. This is the area that I found the feral kittens that were living under the boardwalk that went around the grounds.

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour playground areagym sets around the property

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour pool area w chairs  one of many lounge/deck areas

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour shuffleboard area shuffleboard area

Florida 2013 Dorie playing shuffleboard

Florida Marriott outdoor firepit fire pit near water

Florida Marriott outdoor shower near one of the kiddie pools..a huge fun shaped sprinkler/shower

 Florida Marriott picnic areapicnic area

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour basketball court  basketball courtFlorida Marriott Cypress Harbour bikes to rent bikes with canopy's to rent

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour cypress tree sign boardwalk for nature walks thru Cypress trees. The trees were covered in Spanish Moss.

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour cypress trees w spanish moss Cypress treesFlorida Marriott Cypress Harbour outside wall mural1 photos I took of just 5 of the beautiful painted murals of Florida wildlife along walkways. The paintings looked real.

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour outside wall mural2 Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour outside wall mural3 Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour outside wall mural4 Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour outside wall mural5  Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour pink azaleas some of the lovely flowers that were blooming on the property

Florida Marriott Cypress Harbour pink flowers   

Florida 2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour egret and little blue heron

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour view near room2near our room looking out into a large pond

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour view near room1taken at dusk

Florida Marriott turtle turtle sunning itself in the water near our room

Below..photos from our suite which was just lovely.

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour Kitchen in room full kitchen with bar and stools

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour Kitchen in room2   

  Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour 2nd bedroom 2nd bedroom with double bed

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour 2nd bedroom2  Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour BBQ living room  living roomFlorida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour dining area living room1 dining area and living room. This area was large, but the photo doesn't really show that.

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour dining area living room2 

Below..master bedroom..king size bed

Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour master bath and bed Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour master bath hot tub huge whirlpool bath, bathroom and shower.

 Florida 3.2013 Marriott Cypress Harbour master bedroomking size bed and chaise lounge chair

One afternoon went to Universal Studio.

Florida 2013 Universal world3 

Florida 2013 Universal gateway to park 

Florida 2013 Universal Hard Rock lgst HRCafe sign

Florida 2013 Universal Hard Rock Cafe building Florida 2013 Universal Hard Rock Cafe ceiling cymbals, drumsticks, guitars hanging from the ceiling in the Hard Rock Cafe lobby

Florida 2013 Universal Hard Rock Cafe doors door pulls at the HRC Florida 2013 Universal me catching a wave catching a waveFlorida 2013 Universal park directory  

Florida 2013 Universal beingetsdelicious hot New Orleans beignets

Florida 2013 me dorie cheryl in Orlando at resort2

 Elaine

2 comments:

Joanne Huffman said...

What a cool place to stay!

Susan said...

Looks like a fun vacation!