Some pictures of our room at the Magic Circus hotel last week -
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I loved this hotel
. Lots of space in the public areas, we arrived at around 9.30pm on Sunday evening, and there was no-one else at check-in.
Our room was right at the end of a wing on the 2nd floor, lovely and quiet, and overlooked the side front of the hotel, where we could look over and see the top of the Santa Fe and Newport Bay hotels, and the Tower of Terror
. Our room had a HUGE king size bed, wardrobe with plenty of storage and hanging space, safe, 2 chairs, 2 bedside tables, suitcase rack, and corner dresser unit with large mirror, plug sockets right underneath it, and tv and drinks making facilities. The bathroom was lovely and clean, with a good hairdryer, and well stocked with handwash, shower cream, and tissues. Hand towels and bath towels too, which can be used in the swimming pool area of the hotel.
I really couldn't fault this hotel at all. The swimming pool is much larger and much nicer than the official photos show, it has sunloungers around it, jets in the main pool and along one side, and its shallow enough for quite a way for children to be able to splash about too. There is also a completely separate shallow paddling area with mini-slide, which also gets the jet treatment
. There are signs up saying that towels can be hired for 2 euros each, and that the pool is open from 7am to 9pm, but I think thats only when the pool and fitness room area is manned by staff, as we were in the pool until around 10pm, and there were still guests coming down to use it when we left.
We didn't eat in the hotel in the evening, but breakfast in the morning was a very civilised affair, with no more than about 20 or 30 tables being occupied in the restaurant. However, the hotel did appear to be quiet. The breakfast here is comparable with the onsite hotels, you can have veal sausages, scrambled eggs and bacon also though, at no extra charge.
I paid less for the Magic Circus this year, than I paid for the Explorers this time last year. For me, the Magic Circus is a better hotel, it just feels more substantial somehow.
Big thumbs up from me for the Magic Circus hotel