Located just outside
of Orlando, Florida, the Walt Disney World resort stretches across 47 square
miles and welcomes millions of guests each year. Disney offers a wide range of
hotels just minutes from the parks, with benefits such as free transportation and
extra hours in the parks. You can book a resort in the value, moderate, deluxe
or home away from home category, depending on your budget. All Disney resorts
are nonsmoking and have rooms equipped for guests with special needs.
Polynesian Resort
All Star Music
As a value resort, All
Star Music is one of the least expensive options for staying at Disney World.
Rooms have either two double beds or one king bed, and some rooms offer family
suites that sleep up to six people and include a small kitchenette and two
bathrooms. The resort is decorated with larger-than-life icons, with each of
the 10 buildings featuring one of five different themes: Calypso, Jazz,
Country, Rock and Broadway. Movies are shown nightly on a giant inflatable
screen by the main pool, and other activities such as dance parties and games
take place poolside throughout the day.
Disney's All Star
Music Resort
1701 W Buena Vista
Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL
32830
407-939-6000
Port Orleans Riverside
Southern mansions
stretched along a swampy river may have you thinking you're in Louisiana, but
you're still at Disney World---at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside Resort. You
can choose from a room in the mansion-style buildings of Magnolia Bend or from
cottages in the more rustic Cajun style of Alligator Bayou. This resort falls
into Disney's moderate category and is the only moderate resort to offer rooms
with a trundle bed to accommodate a fifth person. Dining options include the
sit-down Boatwright's restaurant, the Riverside Mill food court, pizza
delivery, a pool bar and a lounge.
Disney's Port Orleans
Riverside Resort
1251 Riverside Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL
32830
407-934-6000
Animal Kingdom Lodge
Imagine waking up and
stepping out to your balcony with your morning cup of coffee to watch giraffes
and zebras down at the water hole. Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge puts you right
in the heart of Africa, with many of their rooms overlooking a savannah filled
with animals. This deluxe resort is decorated with art and artifacts from
African tribes, and has activities such as nightly storytelling around the fire
pit. You can dine on African cuisine at Jiko or Boma, the resort's two
restaurants, order room service or grab something from the Mara food court. If
your room does not overlook the savannah, you can still enjoy the public
viewing areas.
Disney's Animal
Kingdom Lodge
2901 Osceola Parkway
Bay Lake, FL 32830
407-938-3000
Polynesian Resort
Disney's Polynesian
Resort opened on the same day as Walt Disney World. Tiki statues, torches, palm
trees, and bamboo surround you here, in the spirit of the resort's island
theme. You can lay in a hammock to soak up the sun on the white sand beach,
which looks across the Seven Seas Lagoon toward the Magic Kingdom, or come out
at night for a view of the fireworks or Spirit of Aloha Luau dinner show. While
most rooms have two queen beds and a daybed, suites as elaborate as the
two-story King Kamehameha Suite, which has a kitchen and two bathrooms, are
also available. Monorail, bus, and boat transportation to Magic Kingdom are
available.
Disney's Polynesian
Resort
1600 Seven Seas Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL
32830
407-824-2000
