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Hotel Impossible · Season 3, Episode 9 · Aired October 7, 2013

Sevilla Inn

Kissimmee, Florida

OPEN

This one survived. It remains in business.

What happened after

Family owned budget hotel; live booking via sevillainn.bookonline.com plus Booking.com/TripAdvisor/Yelp listings.

What happened on the show

In the heart of Kissimmee's tourist corridor near Orlando's theme parks, the Sevilla was a family-owned budget hotel competing in one of the most saturated lodging markets in the country. The episode, Don't Bug Me, pointed squarely at the pest and cleanliness problems that can sink a value property whose entire promise is a clean, cheap, reliable room. On the busy Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, a budget hotel survives on standards and reviews, and the show's aim was to tighten an operation that could not afford a single bad night. Melchiorri looked closely at the rooms and the welcome, pushing the owners to run their affordable offer with discipline and to give theme-park families a clean, honest stay that would hold up online. His counsel tracked the value-hotel lesson: at this price point, consistency is the whole business.

After the cameras left

The Sevilla Inn is still open on the Kissimmee strip. As of our 2026 verification the family-owned budget hotel at 4640 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway is bookable through its own reservation page and the major platforms, with a three-and-a-half-star review average across a couple hundred entries. In a market as crowded as the Orlando tourist corridor, an independent budget hotel still trading more than a decade after the show is a real result. Confirmed operating as of 2026.

Sources

Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.

What is there now

Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.

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