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#18 tallest hotel in Florida · Hilton
Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
Lake Buena Vista, United States · completed 1983
Highest room
290 ft
about 88 m above the street
Top room floor
26th
hotel floors 1–27
Building height
~300 ft
91 m · 27 floors
Typical rate
$250
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower
How high is Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace?
Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace is a Hilton hotel in Lake Buena Vista, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 26th floor, roughly 290 ft (88 m) above the street: about level with the Statue of Liberty's torch.
The hotel fills a 27-floor tower that rises 300 ft (91 m) (estimated) and was completed in 1983. Guest rooms stop at floor 26, one floor below the top of the building.
It ranks #18 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. It has the highest hotel rooms in Lake Buena Vista on our list, 45 ft above Walt Disney World Dolphin. Among the 7 Hilton hotels we track, it ranks #5.
A standard room typically costs around $250 a night, close to the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
Opened in March 1983 as the Buena Vista Palace, this resort hotel stands on 27 acres in the Walt Disney World area, directly across from Disney Springs, to which it is linked by pedestrian skybridges. It traded as the Wyndham Palace from 1998 to 2006 and became the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in October 2016 after a hotel-wide renovation. The 1,011-room hotel has a pool area with a lazy river and cabanas, the LetterPress restaurant and about 92,000 sq ft of meeting space.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
#15The Ritz-Carlton Bal HarbourBal Harbour
#16Tampa Marriott Water StreetTampa
#17Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral GablesCoral Gables
#18Hilton Orlando Buena Vista PalaceLake Buena Vista
#19The Boca RatonBoca Raton
#20Marenas Beach ResortSunny Isles Beach
#21JW Marriott Tampa Water StreetTampaMore tall hotels in Lake Buena Vista
Other Lake Buena Vista hotels on our list, by highest room.
Other tall Hilton hotels
Questions about Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
What floor are the highest rooms at Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace?
The highest guest rooms at Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace are on the 26th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–27 of the 27-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 290 ft (88 m) above street level, about level with the Statue of Liberty's torch. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace building?
The building is 300 ft (91 m) tall (estimated), with 27 floors, and was completed in 1983.
Is Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace the tallest hotel in Lake Buena Vista?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 2 Lake Buena Vista hotels on our list, ahead of Walt Disney World Dolphin (245 ft).
How much does a night at Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $250 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.