Here's the review I just wrote of the motel I stayed in during the Orlando leg of my vacation:
Step back in time...
...to the 70s, when this motel was built and furnished. Do not let the bright, cheery rooms in the advertising fool you - those are the rooms in the part of the complex near the entrance and lobby that have been renovated.
I stayed in one of the older, more distant areas of the complex, where the central amenity was a massive garbage dumpster rather than the pools shown in the promotional photos, the door to the room showed evidence of past (thankfully unsuccessful, I guess?) break-in attempts, the living room coffee table was coated in sticky grunge that I hope and pray came from spilled food, the bedroom ottoman had a burn from an iron in the upholstery, and the bathroom had one half-functional flourescent bulb for the full walked-into-a-Saw-movie experience. Internet access was not free, and I ended up paying roughly $5/day for the privilege of having intermittent dialup-speed wireless access that cut out on me several times a minute. In any other location, where I might have intended to spend time in my room doing things other than sleeping and showering, all the above would have been good cause to demand a refund and book a room elsewhere.
Now for the much shorter good points section: complimentary shuttle service to the theme parks, comfortable beds that were thankfully several decades more recent than everything else in the room, a spacious and clean if dated kitchen, no evidence of the swarms of vermin that the outside of the building led me to expect and dread, and a very friendly and helpful staff.
The latter did everything in their power to make my stay a pleasant one, and can't help it that they're not the team of contractors/construction workers who would be needed to make this a desirable place to stay. Ownership really needs to get on the ball and bring this motel into the 21st century so it's worthy of the staff that operates it.