Common Orlando has introduced particulars about its two latest inns: Common Stella Nova Resort and Common Terra Luna Resort. This shares opening dates, beginning costs (and a price comparability to Walt Disney World’s Worth Resorts), facilities, and different options, plus our commentary about these lodging additions to Central Florida.
Dropped at life by the award-winning Common Inventive workforce and co-owned and operated by Loews Motels & Co, the alluring inns place visitors within the middle of marvelous galaxies and numerous planetary parts for an expertise not like anyplace else within the universe based on Common Orlando. Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort provide tranquil sleeping lodging, entertaining facilities for the entire household to get pleasure from, numerous cosmic-inspired eating choices and extra.
Boasting a mixed whole of 1,500 luminous, ultramodern and surreal visitor rooms (all Common’s phrases, not mine), Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort present lodging choices for visitors to seamlessly expertise all of the jaw-dropping thrills of a Common Orlando trip at an reasonably priced worth level beginning at $147 (per night time, plus tax) primarily based on a keep of 4 nights or extra.
For reference, this $147 rack fee places Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort within the Prime Worth Lodge tier, proper alongside Common’s Aventura Lodge and Cabana Bay Seashore Resort. Each are above the lowest-tier Worth Motels, which is a slot occupied completely by Common’s Countless Summer season Resort – Dockside Inn & Suites and Surfside Inn & Suites.
As a comparability to Walt Disney World, this places Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort barely above the All Star Resorts, which have a beginning fee of $133 per night time. Nonetheless, it’s under Pop Century and its $183 per night time beginning fee. Similar goes for all the Reasonable Resorts, which have a beginning rack fee of $260 per night time.
In fact, charges could be decrease with reductions or larger throughout busier instances of the yr. However that’s true of all of those resorts, and isn’t distinctive to Walt Disney World or Common Orlando inns. The one wrinkle between these is that Common’s rack charges require a 4-night keep. Primarily based on my spot-checking searches, it seems to be like nightly charges are $20-$30 costlier for one night time stays through the low season at Common Orlando.
Friends can now make room reservations and ebook trip packages at Common Stella Nova Resort, opening January 21, 2025, and Common Terra Luna Resort, opening February 25, 2025. To be taught extra and to ebook a stellar getaway, go to the official Common Orlando web page for these sister inns or contact your journey agent.
Beneath is an outline of Common’s Stella Nova and Terra Luna Resorts by way of Common Orlando…
Common Stella Nova Resort is a spot the place visitors will take off for wonderful adventures on the theme parks and contact down for leisure and recharging in between the enjoyable. Designed to mirror the infinite vastness of the universe – the place galaxies spiral ever outward and unknown worlds revolve round unnamed stars – this resort is highlighted in serene teals and calming purples to immediately put visitors comfy.
Common Terra Luna Resort represents one other world inside Common Orlando – inviting visitors to discover the unknown and step onto planets which have but to be found. Right here, visitors will discover themselves within the midst of a rare touchdown zone inside an awe-inspiring photo voltaic system – accented with contemporary environment and terrestrial greens and golds.
Each properties provide 750 double-queen visitor rooms that comfortably sleep as much as 4 visitors and have spaceship-styled home windows – making this the last word escape for visitors trying to relaxation amongst stars and planets.
Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort provide quite a lot of distinctive eating choices for visitors trying to have a meal or seize a fast snack in between visits to the parks, together with:
• Cosmos Cafe and Market at Stella Nova Resort and Omega Cafe and Market at Terra Luna Resort – these fast service eating places function made-to-order American classics for breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus a choice of grab-and-go objects.
• Galaxy Bar and Galaxy Grill at Stella Nova Resort and Moonrise Bar and Moonrise Grill at Terra Luna Resort – visitors can get pleasure from burgers, quesadillas and salads at these walk-up service pool bars and grills. Plus, visitors 21 and older should buy cocktails, beer and wine.
• Nova Bar at Stella Nova Resort and Luna Bar at Terra Luna Resort – every resort’s foyer bar will provide specialty cocktails, together with the classics.
Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort are extra than simply locations to sleep; every resort affords quite a lot of facilities, together with:
• Resort-style Swimming pools – every resort includes a almost 10,000 sq. foot pool with a soothing sizzling tub, snug lounge and table-top seating within the pool space, a firepit and extra. Plus, the entire household can benefit from the resorts’ leisure actions like poolside motion pictures and out of doors video games.
• Health Facilities – visitors can make the most of complimentary, state-of-the-art health facilities that includes quite a lot of energy and cardio tools – and, locker rooms with showers obtainable to be used on arrival and departure days.
• Sport Rooms – visitors of all ages can get pleasure from quite a lot of customary arcade and video video games within the inns’ devoted sport rooms.
• Recreation Rooms – every resort options roughly 1,000 square-feet of multi-purpose area for small gatherings.
• Common Orlando Resort Shops – visitors should buy all the pieces from sundries and requirements to Common Orlando merchandise to commemorate their trip.
Staying at any Common Orlando Resort resort is one of the simplest ways to expertise all that the vacation spot has to supply with the inclusion of unique theme park advantages. Friends staying at Stella Nova Resort or Terra Luna Resort, or any of the opposite Common Orlando inns, can make the most of Early Park Admission to Common Volcano Bay and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Diagon Alley at Common Studios Florida or Hogsmeade at Common Islands of Journey) as much as one hour earlier than the park opens (legitimate theme park admission required), complimentary shuttle bus transportation to the theme parks and Common CityWalk, resort-wide charging privileges, complimentary merchandise supply and extra.
Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort are adjoining to Common Epic Universe and simply minutes away from the present Common Orlando theme parks. Regardless of this location close to Epic Universe, there’s completely no motive to imagine Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort will provide limitless Specific Move at Epic Universe. That will defy previous precedent with the Prime Worth Lodge tier, and given the associated fee, we can not fathom these inns having that perk.
Now, Common Helios Grand Lodge is a very completely different story. That’s the in-park luxurious resort with 500 visitor rooms, one-of-a-kind views of Epic Universe and its very personal devoted entrance into the theme park. I may see that providing limitless Specific Move or another type of perk as a substitute if Common desires to get away from that (and now not has the contractual requirement with Loews to supply it to new inns).
But in addition, Common Helios Grand Lodge is sort of actually going to be the most costly resort at Common Orlando, with worth factors beginning at over $400 per night time. (Portofino Bay Lodge is at the moment high canine, with beginning costs of $393 per night time.)
Turning to commentary, I don’t have any really robust opinions about this Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort. I see lots of sizzling takes about these sister resorts, particularly makes an attempt to dunk on Walt Disney World for not providing inns this low-cost. (Besides, they do–see above.) A lot of comparisons between Spring Break rack charges at Pop Century and the printed beginning costs for these two, which is disingenuous for causes that needs to be apparent.
My takes listed here are fairly lukewarm. Firstly, I believe Loews is a superb hotelier and I’d argue that inns are the factor Common Orlando does finest. Don’t get me fallacious–Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Halloween Horror Nights, and different issues at Common Orlando are glorious. However inns are persistently glorious. I actually can’t consider something within the parks that has this stellar of a monitor document–the resort aspect has just about no misses.
With that mentioned, I believe some individuals ought to in all probability alter their expectations with these inns. They appear to me like plussed-up variations of Countless Summer season, however with earth and outer area stylization as a substitute of ocean. Which is nice! The design language with the swooping traces and ultramodern look evokes the unique Tomorrowland with its House Age type. Nonetheless, I’d anticipate this to be restricted to areas of the foyer and pool, which might be why the idea artwork solely exhibits a number of areas.
The visitor rooms look completely superb (albeit small), and I believe a part of what’s impressing individuals about them is the star-filled sky exterior. On the threat of stating the apparent…this isn’t what you’re truly going to see when searching these home windows. So arguably, essentially the most spectacular a part of the artwork will not be actual. I’d nonetheless anticipate the rooms to ship on a substantive stage and make the most of the area successfully–identical to the choices at Common’s Aventura Lodge.
Personally, I believe the outside of the inns is hideous–however that’s purely subjective, and I can respect anybody who disagrees with me on that one. Nonetheless, I can respect Common Inventive making an attempt to do one thing completely different and masking the outside in these colourful, reflective tiles which have an virtually iridescent high quality.
It doesn’t work for me, however it’s arguably higher than Countless Summer season. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see the way it ages and what individuals consider this a decade from now. I’m additionally open to altering my thoughts after spending a while poolside and gazing up on the entrancing reflections!
Lastly, there’s how Common Terra Luna Resort and Stella Terra Resort slot in alongside the opposite inns at Common Orlando. This strikes me as a mixture between Aventura and the Countless Summer season Resorts, which occupy the final three spots on our Common Orlando Lodge Rankings & Opinions. That’s not essentially criticism–Common’s resort lineup is stacked, and each single choice has compelling promoting factors.
Personally, I’d in all probability reasonably pay the identical quantity and keep at Cabana Bay Seashore Resort (our #2 Common resort) or spend much less and keep at Countless Summer season. The previous has a terrific location, unimaginable theme, and glorious facilities. The latter are two price range inns that look lots like this, and are additionally positioned exterior of the legacy Common Orlando theme park ‘campus’ and thus require shuttles.
(Though adjoining to Epic Universe, there’s no phrase on whether or not Terra Luna and Stella Terra Resorts can be walkable. That’s a giant promoting level, from my perspective, if there’s a walkway.)
In the end, it’s nice to see the theme parks constructing extra price range lodging. Above all else, that’s actually the important thing right here–and it’s very troublesome to quibble with something about Common Terra Luna Resort and Stella Terra Resort given the value factors. I like that Common has constructed 4 large inns within the final a number of years that provide cheaper lodging. Whereas I don’t anticipate these beginning costs to carry agency in 2026 or past as soon as Epic Universe begins gaining momentum, they nonetheless gained’t be exorbitant.
We’ve talked about this elsewhere, however it actually can’t be overstated: when you’re visiting the theme parks and are a backside greenback traveler, it’s virtually unimaginable to justify off-site lodging at this level. That is true with the All Stars at Walt Disney World and with Countless Summer season and Terra Luna & Stella Terra at Common Orlando.
All of those choices provide great bang for buck and perks, to the purpose that it’s very troublesome for any third celebration choices to be priced low sufficient to bridge the hole after taking transportation and all the pieces else under consideration. Truthfully, you’re hard-pressed to seek out high quality, non-sketchy third celebration inns which can be this aggressive on pricing even if you’re not visiting the theme parks.
Lastly, simply as all of us win as theme park followers when Common and Disney should compete for our enterprise, so too can we win with the resort explosion at the moment occurring in Central Florida. Whereas Epic Universe is undoubtedly going to induce demand for journey, I’m skeptical that it’ll induce that a lot to offset the tens of hundreds of latest room stock that has been or can be added within the subsequent couple of years. (Can it even? MCO is sort of bursting on the seams as it’s.) In some unspecified time in the future, this could put downward strain on costs–we in all probability already noticed the beginning of that with 2025 Walt Disney World Resort Charges, most of which held flat or truly decreased yr over yr.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you consider Common’s Stella Nova and Terra Luna Resorts? Impressed by the type or substance? Or will you persist with Countless Summer season, Aventura, or Cabana Bay? Suppose Epic Universe can be a 3rd gate that’s a worthy addition to Common Orlando Resort…and doubtlessly on par with Disney’s finest lands? Anticipate Disney to “reply” with a giant announcement of its personal on the 2024 D23 Expo? Any questions? We love listening to from readers, so please share another ideas or questions you’ve got within the feedback under!