I stayed in both rooms during my honeymoon. I had originally requested the room with a balcony. I didn't really care about the jacuzzi, I just wanted the balcony. I was also told that this floor was private - only honeymooners. Boy, was that WRONG! The room next door to me had some kind of party going on. We came back from Cirque du Soliel at about 11pm and began to walk down the hall to our room....halfway down the hall we could hear the laughing. We called the front desk to see if they could call and quiet them down. They apparently did because a few minutes later, the hallway was filled with people yelling how they were "going to (expeltive) 8-Trax." My husband and I went to sleep....until around 3am when they all came back. They were obviously drunk, giggling and yelling "shhh!!!!" to each other. I had enough. I was paying huge money for that room (granted I got a great discount for having my wedding there, but it was still a lot of money). I had just built a house and decided that I would rather spend my honeymoon in my new home and not pay what I was paying ($325.00/night). I went to the front desk and told the woman that I was checking out. I had planned to stay at one of the International Drive hotels and then catch the first flight home the next day. She went in the back room, looked me up and said "My dear, you're not going anywhere, you're on your honeymoon and you have over two weeks left to go." They put us in a temporary room for the night and the next day I was moved to one of the octagon rooms. At first, I was a little annoyed that I had to lose my balcony because of some fools, but I really grew to love the new room. So, if you don't get your request for the balcony room, don't be upset because I'm a big balcony person and I still loved the octagon room! You really can't go wrong with either type of room.