Motel 8 Lake Wales Motel - Page 1

Language barrier! I don't think the crack-ridden Indian woman understood one word of English! Advertises for both Florida and military discount but do neither one. Roaches had the run of the place. Water wouldnt shut off and when I tried, the handle literally disintegrated in my hand (not kidding). There were bugs all over from the HUGE gashes in the window screens (like 6" long). Id say the walls were made of paper but THAT would be thicker and more sound-proof, I think, than what the walls really were. The other residents (live there) were RUDE and loud ALL night. There were prostitutes, drug dealers/users, drunks galore and ALL NIGHT LONG there were beepings, yellings, fights. We couldn't even SLEEP because of the noise, not that we would have, with fear of having our car stolen, vandalized or stripped (not a lie). We finally left around 4:30 am and there was a drunk bum outside beating on the doors and yelling, asking "does that skinny black girl still live here?"...AT 4 AM, for the love of God!! It was filthy and DISGUSTING! It was a 5 min battle just to get the key to turn in the lock. I would have to REEEALLY hate someone to recommend this place!! We are a military family so not really intimidated by much but I was TERRIFIED and my husband piled furniture in front of the door, it was THAT BAD!! We literally kept a vigil, watcing out the window, to make sure our car was safe. Left dirty, exhausted, disgusted and very, VERY pissed off.

The rooms were a lot bigger and they had more furniture than we thought.