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HOME AWAY FROM HOME

  • April 25, 2025
  • Rated 5 of 5 by a traveler from Travelocity.com
Another reviewer said that staying at Bryan's Spanish Cove is like coming home. SO TRUE!!! It's hard to explain, but it's comfortable and quiet - you can come back from a hot, busy day and swim or relax in the hot tub or take a paddleboat out on the lake or just sit on the dock. They do have simple activities during the day, or you can go to LIKI-TIKI if you want a little more humanity and noise and things to do. My son, nephew and I stayed there last summer, and I loved it so much I bought a week! It's away from the hustle and bustle of Orlando, but it's really close to EVERYTHING! I love the 'theme' running throughout the resort (pirates); I love the smaller size (only 40-something villas); I love that it's right on a lake; the staff is friendly and helpful; the villas are just so comfortable and you want for NOTHING. The boys, both teenagers by the way, and I were really sad to leave! With everything there is to do in the area, we felt like we did not fully enjoy the resort itself so we're looking forward to just chillin' (as the boys would say) when we go back. I guess it depends on what you're into when you go on vacation, but BSC is warm and welcoming and well worth its weight in gold (pun intended)!
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Bryan's Spanish Cove

  • March 9, 2025
  • Rated 4 of 5 by nonniepazonnie from Keene, New Hampshire

Best Things Nearby:
Bryan's Spanish Cove has location, location, location. In this up-and-coming Lake Buena Vista neighborhood of Orlando, you are a few miles east of Disney World and a few miles west of Seaworld. No matter where you want to go, you are one exit away. And you don't even need to get on the highway to reach downtown Disney, it is just down the road. The setting is a quieter area than most. It's not on one of these commercial stretches overrun with neon blinking signs, fast food restaurants, and souvenir shops. Bryan's Spanish Cove is on a mile or two stretch that primarily hosts large lavish resorts, most notably Sheraton Vistana Resort. The resort nature of the area translates into less traffic, noise, and commotion. There are very few retail stores in the immediate area: a small grocery store, a restaurant, and a drugstore. This is a street where people actually jog on the sidewalk. There is open space on either side of Bryan's where I would expect to see more upscale resort development. Just around the corner, you'll find many exquisite, newly developed resorts on International Drive South, which offers an entirely different mood than the original International Drive. Given the dramatic turnaround underway at Bryan's, I think weeks at this relatively low-priced resort are a wise investment.

Best Things About the Resort:
Bryant's Spanish Cove is a small resort where you can actually escape from the crowds of Orlando to find some peace and quiet. With only two rows of villas and four units to each two-story building, I'd estimate there are only about 70 units in the entire resort. Each timeshare has its own private entrance with ample parking right at your own entrance. You come and go with ease and privacy. No elevators, revolving doors, crowded parking lots, or busy lobbies.

Resort Experience:
Bryan's Spanish Cove is more of a retreat than a resort; you go there to get away, not to find more attractions (or distractions). It's a place you where you can get away and find some peace and quiet. The pool is rather small. The resort is small, located on a short stretch of waterfront on Lake Bryant; the far end of this resort is just two rows of timeshares. But the timeshares are the largest you'll find anywhere. These are not condos; they are apartments, full size and then some, with all the conveniences, appliances, and luxuries of home.
The grounds are not overly impressive, but improvements are underway to turn around the outside, as they have turned around the inside of these units. At the time of my visit in February 2004, major landscaping work added hundreds and hundreds of plants during our visit alone. The pool is small and plain and the children’s playground is nothing spectacular. The boats and watercraft available for use are older and not terribly inviting. This is not a resort to come to if you are looking for on-site outdoor amenities and activity. However, they do have free access to sister resort Like Tiki, which has an on-site water park. It is a place to comfortably come home to and launch from for your demanding visit to Orlando.
The inside of these huge units have been completely rehabilitated in the last year. With a few units still under construction, I stuck my head in to see how they stripped these things bare to rebuild all-new fixtures, cabinets, floors, and more.
The villas (what they call each timeshare unit) are huge, more of an apartment than a timeshare. The total square footage of each unit is around 1200 square feet. The sheer space of these units adds to the leisurely solitude of this resort. A full-length deck or screened balcony comes with each unit. Only a few get a water view of Lake Bryant. Ours (and from what I could tell, most) balconies had tree cover to provide both shade and privacy.

  • Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
  • Activities: Good
  • Amenities: Very Good
  • Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
  • Family Friendliness: Good
  • Service: Excellent

From journal Orlando Without Going Broke

Bryan's Spanish Cove

  • January 19, 2026
  • Rated 1 of 5 by lvohra from Oakville, Ontario
Best Things Nearby:
Everything -- lots of restaurants, shops, grocery stores, and Disney!

Best Things About the Resort:
Close to everything.

Resort Experience:
The resort was quite old and run down. There were no activites except for the Christmas casino cruise the week we were there. The pool was dirty and cold, as was our room.

Our room had a full kitchen, dining area included, a living room with large TV, no stereo, a bathroom attached to the master suite, which also had a tv, and another small room, with two single beds and a washroom. There was also a laundry unit in this room.

The property was not well kept, so we didn't feel completey safe, but nothing happened while we were there. Since this was our first time to Orlando we were never really in the room for too long, but we would have been uncomfortable if we had to be in the room.

  • Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
  • Activities: Poor
  • Amenities: Poor
  • Unit Satisfaction: Poor
  • Family Friendliness: Fair
  • Service: Poor

From journal Christmas in Orlando

Bryan's Spanish Cove

  • July 27, 2025
  • Rated 3 of 5 by crltrp from Cincinnati, Ohio
Best Things Nearby:
Walt Disney World is very close, Sea World and Universal are somewhat close.

Best Things About the Resort:
You can have access to a small waterpark-like pool at an affiliated resort -- The Liki-Tiki. We went two days and the kids had a blast. It costs $5.33 for a family of six. If you have younger children, this is a great option instead of the larger waterparks. They had five slides and a mini wave pool.

Resort Experience:
The room was nice, although we were on the end and there was road noise. The resort is very small, but the condos are not.

The pool was fine, but nothing to write home about. It is on a lake and they have boats that you can take out on the lake.

  • Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
  • Activities: Fair
  • Amenities: Fair
  • Unit Satisfaction: Very Good
  • Family Friendliness: Good
  • Service: Very Good

From journal Orlando at Bryan's Spanish Cove

Bryans Spanish Cove

  • December 23, 2025
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Lisava from Cork, Ireland
Best Things Nearby:
Beuna Vistas Outlet Mall -- less than a mile, 7-11 -- less than 200 yards away, Bennigans -- across the road.

Best Things About the Resort:
The unit was a nice size, although the second bedroom was smaller and a little bit dark. There is a nice veranda to sit out and relax in the shade in the evenings. I liked the layout of the unit, which was a split level kitchen and living area.

The swimming pool was small, but so is the resort. There are free towels for use when at the pool. There's a fantastic view of Bryans Cove, the water looked surprisingly clear. You could avail of paddle boats of canoes.

Resort Experience:
I felt more at home in this resort. We recevied a warm welcome from the front desk, but after that they pretty much stayed out of the way. It was good to know there was someone there if we needed them. The pool was small, but it gave the place a personal feel. More than the previous resort we got to talk to fellow visitors which greatly enhanced the experience of staying at the resort. The unit itself was comfortable, spacious and cosy. There was a well-equiped kitchen, bathrooms were fine and cable TV in each of the bedrooms and the living area.

  • Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
  • Activities: Good
  • Amenities: Good
  • Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
  • Family Friendliness: Excellent
  • Service: Very Good

From journal Two Weeks in Orlando

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