Thought the Doc Bales restaurant was very good; the pool area was clean and the room was spacious, clean and well appointed. Loved the boardwalk and the plaza will be lovely when renovations are complete.

Liked: Thought the hotel was good value.

For the amount of money I paid for this hotel, I should have gone to The Plaza Resort & Spa. The lobby's were very nice and updated. However, once I went up and the elevator doors open I knew what it was going to be bad. No fridge, no microwave, out-dated everything, had to pay $21 per night to even park, toilet didn't work properly, no hot water, they even charged quite a bit for wi-fi. I'll never go back there again.

Liked: I liked the pillows. Period.
Disliked: A BIG waste of money.

only location was okay but...

Liked: location
Disliked: rooms were dirty and wasn?t cleaned.

Exceptional

I?m horribly disappointed in this...

Liked: nothing
Disliked: when we checked in they didn?t give us directions to our room, they watched us (with all our luggage) go to wrong elevator. not until we took that elevator to the 10th floor and ran into an employee to ask did we find we have to go back down the elevator, across the entire resort to the north tower and up again to find our room. the desk clerk didn?t apologize for the mistake, he simply gave the directions the second time. I noticed the garbage containers in the hall on the way up were dirty and some were broken. When we got in the room, it?s very run down and dated?.no USB ports, the dresser that the tv sits on shows lifting of the finish, wallpaper is peeling from the wall in the bathroom, the tub drain is very slow resulting in back ups while showering, the tub was clean but stained,3 lamps in the room have have rust on them and 1 wooden one has the finish scraped off at the bottom, the mini fridge is just sitting on the floor and the air conditioner isn?t cool.

The Holiday Inn Express down...

Liked: it was conveniently located to Daytona International Speedway. The Valet crew were nice and helpful.
Disliked: For $550 a night, you would expect daily housekeeping. The TV signal came and went. It was spotty at best. Like most Daytona properties, it?s tired and needs to be updated.

Exceptional

just ok

Liked: location
Disliked: dated no Wi-Fi terrible customer service

Look elsewhere

Liked: Old outdated rooms that were exactly the same as when I stayed there 10 years ago. Beat up furniture, snagged rugs and old bathroom fixtures. They don't clean your room while you are there if you stay multiple nights and be prepared to pay an extra $30-40 a night for parking.

Exceptional

Exceptional