Marriott's Orlando World Center, High-rise hotel in Orlando, United States
Marriott's Orlando World Center is a tall hotel building in Orlando with 28 floors. The property holds multiple swimming pools, restaurants, and meeting spaces throughout its structure.
Marriott's Orlando World Center opened on March 24, 1986, when it was the largest hotel in Florida. A 500-room tower added in 2002 made it the largest Marriott in the world. The Cypress Ballroom, 104,000 square feet of meeting space, followed in 2007, and in 2008 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection granted the resort Green Lodging certification.
The resort's name comes from World Center Drive, the road off which it stands; that road was renamed from International Drive after the southern extension of International Drive was built. The Nickelodeon show Get the Picture sent winning contestants on trips to the resort, and photographs of it from around 1991–1993 appear on the show.
The resort sits off World Center Drive, a road renamed from International Drive after the resort itself. Its 200-acre grounds hold the 18-hole Hawk's Landing Golf Course and three Marriott Vacation Club properties: Sabal Palms, Royal Palms and Imperial Palm Villas. The main lagoon pool is the largest in Orlando, and the hotel has six pools in all.
The building's roof is lit up and changes colors based on the season and special occasions. This lighting makes the hotel visible from many locations around town at night.
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