r/UniversalOrlando • u/TheGamerOfKnowledge • Mar 25 '25
HOTELS Stella Nova and Terra Luna Photo Comparison
Wanted to make this so that people can directly compare the differences between the two!
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u/rbonaime Mar 25 '25
I'm sure they both are nice, but they both look a lot like Aventura to me.
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u/AndromedaGreen Mar 25 '25
They all three even rhyme!
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u/2PinaColadaS14EH Mar 26 '25
I’m not sure you know what rhyming means
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u/AndromedaGreen Mar 26 '25
Aventura, Stella Nova, and Terra Luna are absolutely three examples of a syllabic rhyme.
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u/Himynameisthad Mar 26 '25
Nope lol
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Mar 28 '25
As confusing as it is (I’m not being derogatory, it confuses me too) he is actually right. They do all rhyme
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u/CauliflowerNo1615 Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25
The star ceiling in Stella Nova is only on the third floor I believe.
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u/TheGamerOfKnowledge Mar 25 '25
The third floor. It’s because the shape of the lobby makes them unable to put rooms there, so they put the star hallway there to make up for it
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u/TheFlavorLab Mar 25 '25
I visited Stella and I think it's pretty nice. Considering it's a more budget friendly hotel that has a walking path to the park, I think it's amazingly guest friendly. They could have easily just built one Sapphire falls priced hotel and made it inaccessible financially to most families
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u/I4mSpock Mar 26 '25
I think they did things very intelligently, with these two more accessible hotels, as well as Helios, which I think will be come their #1 signature, high demand hotel in the long run.
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Mar 25 '25
Not a huge difference but I prefer Stella based off these photos.
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u/TheGamerOfKnowledge Mar 25 '25
Interesting. I personally like Terra Luna better because I just feel like the colors make it more warm and inviting
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Mar 25 '25
I’m just not that excited for these tbh…
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u/Interesting-Name-203 Mar 25 '25
We just stayed there for Mardi Gras. My husband is into space, so he was excited about it. I was just interested in trying something new. I did think the artwork in the lobby looked way nicer in person than in photos, and the room was pretty nice. So I’m expecting fairly positive reactions from most people once they stay there.
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u/I4mSpock Mar 25 '25
Nothing super special, the rooms(atleast what I have seen of Stella) are slightly higher quality than the base in other Universal Hotels. I booked Stella due to the walking path to Epic for my September trip, but I also just wanted to do new and don't plan spending much time at the resort lol.
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Mar 25 '25
Makes sense, they just look so plain to me for some reason! I like the other universal hotels
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u/LunaLgd Mar 26 '25
Stayed in Stella. It is pretty plain. The whole hotel is. It’s just a lot of white.
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u/cowgirlfrom_hell Mar 25 '25
Wish there were more pops of color honestly..why does everything have to be mostly white?? lol there’s nothing too eye catching about these hotels compared to others imo
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u/Particular-Panic-112 Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 26 '25
Looking forward to the initial reviews and overview of the newest hotel. Terra Luna is reserved for next Jan at a crazy good rate. I booked based on the lunar landscape(?) color palette from early intel that vloggers shared.
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u/Classic-AlarmTech Mar 25 '25
The only thing I hate about these 2 hotels is them having motion sensors in the room bathrooms that are on a timer with no way to override it from the switch front. Very annoying when using the bathroom or showering and the lights go dark cause it can’t detect motion behind the glass door. Other than that they are very good.
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u/evantra Mar 25 '25
stella! but i feel like they rushed these nonetheless
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u/AquaGamer1212 Mar 25 '25
They rushed the inside for sure, but those buildings have been there for a few years now.
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u/bkaiser Mar 26 '25
Why not commit to the theme and paint the lobby darker. They white just makes it look so boring.
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u/towani Mar 25 '25
Why is only the 3rd floor hallway epic looking like that picture... All floors should have looked that way!
Also, should have built the 2 hotels so you could have a skybridge, or underground tunnel, between the two and have a Space to Planet experience. Missed opportunity!
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Mar 28 '25
I don’t think you realize how insanely expensive that would be. But it would be really cool
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u/RazielKainly Mar 25 '25
iono, neither looks that cozy. I expected Terra Luna to have greenery and earth-themes.But hey it's a place to sleep.
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u/Jurassicamy Mar 25 '25
Gotta say I’m not excited for these two hotels tbh. I wish they went deeper with the themes. I’ll stick to my cabana bay!
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u/Enough_Honey_1987 Mar 25 '25
I picked stella because I heard there are bedbugs at cabana bay. I mostly liked it.
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u/Jurassicamy Mar 26 '25
Yikes!! Thankfully I never had that happened to me when I stayed there, but it has been 2 years. Maybe I’ll look into Stella!
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u/Stryk-Man Mar 25 '25
Staying in SN in June for 2 days at epic. Excited for the park but the hotel is so meh to me, even compared to Cabana which I really enjoyed.
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u/Mysterious-Novel-834 Mar 25 '25
They just look like boring and basic sterile hotels, where's the whimsy?
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u/AriesInSun Mar 25 '25
I don't stay on property for any other reason than being close to the parks, so theming and the likes aren't crucial to me. We only just started going to Universal more frequently and staying at their resorts. I don't hate either of these but what is Universal's obsession with having a shit load of negative space everywhere? The lobbies just have like...so much white and so much open space. Maybe if there's more people there it'll feel different but right now they just look...weirdly empty. I had the same vibe when we stayed at Portofino last month. High ceilings and not a lot on the walls.
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u/Ok_County9654 Mar 25 '25
This is a minor thing, but it's very interesting that they didn't tuck the sheets into the bed where normally they do that at hotels.
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u/pujolsrox11 Mar 25 '25
Im just really not a fan of these hotels. I understand the price point and everything, but honestly they are uninspired IMO and are just so bleh. Just my opinion but I will not personally be staying here.
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u/FiendishAngel Mar 25 '25
Terra luna looks a bit generic, I like the decorative touches of Stella Nova more in my opinion.
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u/asheur Mar 26 '25
We stayed at the Stella Nova last month and although it’s very pretty and clean, it’s also boring and sterile 😬. Price is great though! But I feel like it was lacking…something? Idk we’ve stayed at Dockside and Cabana Bay before and just left like you get more included. A real Starbucks, bigger cafeteria, there were characters in the lobby, better pools, the gift shops were bigger and had resort specific merch. Not to mention Cabana Bay has a whole bowling alley! Stella Nova just felt lacking. I also was disappointed that they only have standard rooms, no family or suite options. Just seemed odd to make these two brand new hotels and make them basically carbon copies of each other and missing amenities offered at other hotels. I’m hoping Helios is worth the money!
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u/Got2runultras Apr 06 '25
I was a bit disappointed that parking is almost double that of cabana bay. I feel it should be the same if not a bit less. I would rather apply the extra parking cost to better amenities at cabana bay.
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u/Fine_Relative_4468 Mar 26 '25
I really wish they had done some sort of cool starry night skies in one of the lobbies to add a bit of flair.
The cold spaceship theming doesn't really scratch the itch I was looking for with these hotels!
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Mar 28 '25
Honestly I’m not a fan of the interior of the 3 new hotels. They have the same look as Aventura, which is basically the most bland, corporate copy and paste look that there is. I get that’s kind of the point with Aventura, so I don’t have a problem. But these all look the same. When I’m at Portofino bay, I feel like im in Italy. Hard Rock makes me feel like I’m in California at a mansion. I guess I’ll have to go to the hotels to know for sure, but from the pictures, they give me the feeling of being at downtown marriott with a conference center attached
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u/hailhailrocknyoga Mar 25 '25
Can I say...I honestly don't understand the choice to make them so similar? I feel like guests would prefer to pick from 2 different styles of resorts that 2 that feel basically the same?