Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center

Review of the Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel in Orlando, Florida

Orlando -- From a distance it looks almost too large and its roof too round to be a resort; more like some sort of domed sports stadium. As you get closer, and the features become more defined, you realize this is unlike any athletic venue you've seen before.

Once you are upon it, and you can see the detail that had been lost when viewing it from a distance, you understand this is a resort. Welcome to Orlando's Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center! The same parent company that brought you Nashville's incomparable Opryland Hotel brings you the Gaylord Palms.

Gaylord Palms boasts 1,406 rooms on 63 acres and is adjacent (and very visible) to I-4, just three minutes from Walt Disney World. Its overall size is massive - 2.1 million square feet, making it one of the biggest resorts and convention facilities in all of Florida.

The most striking feature of the resort is its dome. Instead of a standard roof, nearly 5 acres of its roof is a glass-topped atrium. With the warm glow of natural sunlight inside the resort, you can take a stroll throughout Florida (without ever leaving the building) by visiting its three different themed atriums.