Orlando World Center Marriott is a hotel and convention center near Orlando, Florida. The resort, which is close to Walt Disney World, is located off of World Center Drive, which was renamed from International Drive to the resort's namesake after the southern extension of International Drive was built.
Resort property
Marriott's Orlando World Center opened on March 24, 1986. At the time it was the largest hotel in Florida, and it is now the largest Marriott in the world.[2] The 2,008-room, 28-story building contains a nine-story lobby atrium, 38000 sqft and also has the largest pillar-free ballroom in the world featuring 105,000 sqft of meeting space. In total there is more than 450,000 sqft of meeting space, six swimming pools (the main lagoon pool is the largest in Orlando), and ten restaurants and lounges.[3] The 200 acre resort property is also home to the 18-hole Hawk's Landing Golf Course, and the Marriott Vacation Club resorts of Marriott's Sabal Palms, Marriott's Royal Palms and Marriott's Imperial Palm Villas.
In 2002, the hotel completed building a brand new 500-room tower, making the hotel the world's largest Marriott.
In 2007, the hotel added 104,000 sqft of meeting space called the Cypress Ballroom which now connects with the Convention Center.