The catch at The Alfond Inn

Every room pays a resort fee of $27 a night plus tax. It covers Wi-Fi, local and long-distance calls, the fitness centre, the concierge, still and sparkling water refills, access to the pool terrace and its bar, and 10% off at the spa. Parking is valet only, from $37 a day plus tax, with in-and-out privileges; the hotel has no self-parking, though there is street parking nearby. State and Orange County tax of 12.5% is charged on both the room and the resort fee, so a $290 room comes to about $355 a night before the car. At check-in the hotel also holds the unpaid stay plus $75 a day on your card, releasing what is left after check-out, which can take up to 30 days to clear, and it discourages debit cards.

The hotel runs no shuttle to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando or Epic Universe, and its free house cars go only around Winter Park. With the roads clear, which in Orlando means off-peak, the Universal Studios garages are 28 to 30 minutes away by car, Epic Universe 31, Disney Springs 34 and the Disney parks 42 to 47. For Magic Kingdom, that is to the car park at the Transportation and Ticket Center, with a monorail or ferry ride still to come. Rush hour adds to every one of these times. Valet asks you to allow 10 to 15 minutes for your car to be brought round, especially at busy times.

Winter Park's busy months are the cool ones. From January to March the entry room's lowest rate is mostly $425 to $485 a night from Monday to Wednesday, and about $535 on most Thursday to Saturday nights in January and February. In December, Sunday to Tuesday nights are mostly $280 to $290, the run-up to Christmas from 20 to 23 December included, while weekends reach $484. From May to August the room is mostly $314, and in September about $255. The lowest rate is prepaid and allows no changes or refunds. The flexible rate, $339 on Tuesday 1 December 2026, can be cancelled up to 72 hours before arrival; after that the hotel charges one night and tax.

The Spa has seven treatment rooms and a steam room and sauna in each of the men's and women's locker rooms, and every part of it, the Spa Pool included, is closed to anyone under 18. The Spa Pool, on the amenity deck of the 2023 wing, is for guests with a booked treatment, who can use it all day; private cabanas with an attendant are booked separately. A mandatory 22% surcharge is added to every treatment and day package, and any tip is on top of that. The spa is open from 9am to 5pm from Sunday to Thursday and to 6pm on Friday and Saturday. The pool for all ages is the terrace one floor above the street, with a bar and food served to the loungers, and no slides.

Rollins College broke ground in October 2025 on a new 32,000 sq ft museum at the corner of New England and Interlachen avenues, directly across Interlachen Avenue from the hotel's west end, the end with Hamilton's Kitchen and the pool terrace. The museum is due to open in early 2028, and until then that corner is a building site. The art inside the hotel carries on as before: the works in its public spaces belong to the Rollins Museum of Art, which rehangs them every year, and the museum's galleries on the Rollins campus, free and ten minutes away on foot, are open as usual.