Port Everglades Cruise Hotel Review
GalleryOne — DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Fort Lauderdale Photo Review
After disembarkation day from our Southern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean‘s Symphony of the Seas, we checked in to GalleryOne a Double Tree Suites by Hilton in Fort Lauderdale for a few days.
If you’re looking for a hotel near Ft. Lauderdale’s Port Everglades for an overnight stay before or after your cruise, hopefully this photo review will help you decide if GalleryOne DoubleTree is the right fit for you!
Water Taxi Stop 7
Gallery One is located conveniently on the Water Taxi line at stop 7.
You can purchase a water taxi ticket for $38 that gives you unlimited rides. They also offer multi-day passes and annual passes.
Outdoor Space
One fun thing outside of the hotel was the placement of outdoor games to pass the time along the water.
Would you be playing corn hole or jenga?!
Outdoor Bar
There is a nice outdoor bar if you would like to enjoy a drink along the waterway with plenty of palm trees in view!
This area gets lively in the evenings and when the hotel holds events.
GalleryOne Double Tree Ft Lauderdale has a handicapped accessible outdoor pool.
Lobby Cafe
There is a small cafe counter in the lobby of the Double Tree where you can order a latte if the in-room coffee isn’t cutting it for you.
Cafe Menu with Prices
Below you can see the menu with prices for some non-coffee beverage options including Julius Meinl teas.
You can also grab a quick breakfast yogurt parfait, fruit cup, piece of fruit or croissant/bagel.
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Vue on the Water Restaurant Menu with Prices
Inside the Ft Lauderdale Gallery One Hotel there is a restaurant called Vue on the Water.
If you’re wondering what the prices are like at the restaurant and what kind of foods they offer, here is the menu for Vue on the Water.
How much are cocktails at Vue on the Water Ft Lauderdale?
Cocktails at Vue on the Water range from $12-16.
Smoothies for $10 and beers are $7.50/8.50.
Lobby Bar
If you’d like to enjoy pre-dinner drinks with your friends, there is a bar in the lobby.
Second Floor Views
With some time to kill before check in, we explored the public spaces of the hotel. On the second floor you can enjoy some nice views from these floor-to-ceiling windows!
Checking in at GalleryOne Double Tree Ft Lauderdale
It was finally time to check in and if you have allergies you will be happy to know that Double Tree now carries allergy friendly cookies for their guests!
More on the cookies later.. 😉
Room Tour
The GalleryOne Double Tree in Fort Lauderdale offers suites, meaning the rooms are very spacious as you will see!
Kitchen
Upon entering the suite, the kitchen was located to the left. It is well equipped with a dishwasher, microwave, and small refrigerator.
Coffee Station
The in-room coffee setup was a cuisinart double brewer. There were coffee pouches, sugar and sweeteners, creamers and some tea bags.
Dining & Living Areas
A dining table that seats four makes eating a meal or working on a laptop very convenient at this hotel.
Of course there is also a couch to lounge upon as well as an oversized chair in the opposite corner.
A pocket door separates the living/dining space from the bedroom.
Bedroom
The spacious bedroom includes a large king size bed, 2 night stands and a dresser, Tv, recliner and closet space.
If you have hanging clothes, you will appreciate that there is a closet.
The hanging height is a bit short as there is an upper shelf in the closet which houses the in-room safe and iron. There is also an ironing board.
The closet doors offer full sized mirrors which is a great and often overlooked detail in accommodations.
Bathroom
A tiled walk-in shower with rainfall shower head await. The DoubleTree also provides shampoo, conditioner, and body wash in the shower.
There is a spacious countertop surrounding the sink and a large mirror.
The View
Being on an upper floor, our suite had nice views!
In one direction you could see the Fort Lauderdale Skyline as a backdrop to the Galleria Mall.
In the other direction you could see the intercostal waterway and the ocean!
Looking straight down you could see the pool area along the waterway.
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The Double Tree Cookie
One of the highlights of staying at a DoubleTree are the cookies!
And this is definitely one of the best backdrops you can get for your Double Tree Cookie!
We opted for the original cookie as we don’t have any relevant allergies and my is she a beaut!
Not only is this cookie a looker, but it’s actually an absolutely delicious cookie.
As a big chocolate chip cookie girl, I was actually shocked how good this cookie was!
And I don’t mean it was “good for a free cookie”.
I mean it was legitimately one of the better chocolate chip cookies I’ve had ever.
Hands down better than the one from this French Boulangerie.
PF Changs Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Irrespective of how delicious the double tree cookie was, we were starving and needed to get some real food.
It had been a long day after disembarkation and waiting around for check-in time so we just wanted to get take out and call it a night.
If you’re looking for somewhere within walking distance from GalleryOne Doubletree Fort Lauderdale, try PF Changs!
PF Changs Lettuce Wraps
We went for the cult favorite chicken lettuce wraps.
PF Changs Spicy Chicken
PF Changs Spicy Chicken bowl.
PF Changs Mongolian Beef
PF Changs Mongolian Beef
The only disappointment was that we could not eat our meal outside as we were shooed away by the restaurant management.
We assumed the outdoor tables and chairs were available for hotel guests.
The sign was promptly pointed out to us.
GalleryOne Fort Lauderdale Cruise Port Hotel Review
The GalleryOne by Hilton near Port Everglades can be a great choice before or after a cruise. It’s conveniently located, the rooms are spacious, and the access to a kitchen is convenient.
And we can’t forget the cookies! 😉
If you have time to kill you can take the water taxi all over creation as a DIY excursion, visit the mall next door, or walk to the beach.
There are also plenty of great restaurants to try near by!
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