B Resort & Spa is a 394-room non-Disney resort on the property of
Walt Disney World Resort
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in
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Places Canada
*Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, with the name being originally derived from “Buena Vista”
*Buena Vista, Saskatchewan
* Buena Vista, Saskatoon, a neighborhood in ...
,
Florida
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. It is located near the
Disney Springs
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area
on Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Information
The resort originally opened as The Royal Inn on October 1, 1972. In the mid or late 1970s, the hotel's name was changed to the Hotel Royal Plaza
and after a 2012-2014 rebranding, is now known as B Resort & Spa. The hotel has one restaurant, American Kitchen, a poolside bar and lounge, in-room dining, and The Pickup for lighter fare. It also features the B Indulged Spa, which offers a wide array of various spa treatments, and has six different meeting or wedding venues.
The resort was forced to close in August 2004 after sustaining major damage from
Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was the first of four separate hurricanes to impact or strike Florida during 2004, along with Hurricane Frances, Frances, Hurricane Ivan, Ivan and Hurricane Jeanne, Jeanne, as well as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to ...
. It reopened in 2006 after receiving a major multimillion-dollar renovation.
On June 4, 2012, B Hotels & Resorts bought the property with plans to renovate and rebrand. The B Resort & Spa opened June 16, 2014.
References
External links
Hotel's websiteHotel page on disneyworld.com
Hotels in Walt Disney World Resort
Hotels established in 1972
Hotel buildings completed in 1972
1972 establishments in Florida
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