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MORE ON WHERE TO STAY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

This page brings together to one place key links to help decide what resort hotel to stay at on your Disney World trip on this site.

It includes links to material for typical families, but also for large families, military families, families on tight budgets, and families looking for a particularly comfortable trip.

It’s part of a series on navigating this site.

LINKS FOR WHERE TO STAY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

• For where to stay, see this
  • For your next best choices, in order, see this
  • For picking your resort based on appeal to kids, see this
  • For picking your resort based on convenience, see this
  • For where not to stay, see this

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• For what you get in each resort price category, see this
  • For Walt Disney World resort price seasons, see this
  • For resort reviews, see this
  • For the value resorts, see this
    1. Art of Animation
    2. Pop Century
    3. All-Star Movies
    4. All-Star Sports
    5. All-Star Music
  • For the moderate resorts, see this
    1. Caribbean Beach
    2. Coronado Springs
    3. Port Orleans Riverside
    4. Port Orleans French Quarter
    5. The Cabins at Fort Wilderness Resort.
  • For the deluxe resorts, see this
    1. Polynesian
    2. Wilderness Lodge
    3. Animal Kingdom Lodge
    4. Contemporary Resort
    5. Grand Floridian
    6. Beach Club
    7. Yacht Club
    8. BoardWalk Inn
  • For suites at the deluxe resorts, see this
  • For the Disney Vacation Club (“DVC”) Resorts, see this
    1. The Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
    2. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas–Jambo House
    3. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas–Kidani Village
    4. Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
    5. Disney’s Beach Club Villas
    6. Disney’s Boardwalk Villas
    7. Disney’s Old Key West Resort
    8. Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa, main resort
    9. Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort, Treehouse Villas area
  • The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort

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• For a (geeky) overview of comparative room size, see this

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• Large families should look at this, and also at
  • Large Families Looking for Value Pricing at Walt Disney World
  • Large Families Looking for Deluxe Accommodations at Disney World
  • Beds and Sleeping Spaces at the Walt Disney World Resorts
  • Renting Disney Vacation Club Points
  • Suites at Walt Disney World

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• Military/DOD families should look at this

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• Tightwads should look at this

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• Families seeking the most comfortable place to stay should see this

 

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13 comments

1 Lisa McGee { 04.15.11 at 5:27 pm }

We belong to Interval World timeshare exchange and are unable to stay at Disney. Do you have recommendations in the surrounding areas (family of 6).

2 Dave { 04.15.11 at 5:32 pm }

Hi Lisa!

I don’t–I don’t know enuf about the hundreds of off-site options to be helpful. Suggest you join disboards.com — a Disney discussion board — and post your question there!

3 Edmund { 10.18.11 at 10:04 pm }

Hi, this site is “Out Of Site!” Incredible guide! Here is my dilemma. My wife and I were married and spent our Honeymoon at Walt Disney World. She was thinking Island but she was mesmerized. She turns sixty on December 12th. We have twins, a boy and a girl. We brought them there when they were two and a half. I want to give my wife a “A Beautiful Christmas Birthday Memory!” vacation and our twins, “A Big Christmasy Thrill!” Is the Polynesian our perfect hotel choice? I have a wide spectum to cover. Thank You, so much, from a loving Husband and Dad, Edmund

4 Dave { 10.19.11 at 7:20 am }

Hi Edmund, what a sweet idea!

At this late date, you may have trouble getting into a specific resort. If you can get in and afford it, my advice would be a Magic Kingdom view one or two-bedroom villa at Bay Lake Tower:–see http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/09/13/review-bay-lake-tower-at-disneys-contemporary-resort/

But any of the monorail resorts (Contemporary/Bay Lake, Grand Floridian, Poly) or the WIiderness Lodge/Villas or Animal Kingdom Ldge/Jambo Villas would be special.

For links to reviews of all these but the Grand Floridian, see this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/04/26/walt-disney-world-resort-hotel-reviews/ (I’ll be posting a Grand Floridian review in November–but you need to pick before then. Short version: gorgeous but not very Disney)

5 Alex { 01.17.12 at 2:19 pm }

Hi Dave!
Great site, very informative and helpful! My question to you is what your recomendation for a resort hotel would be for me and my fiance for our honeymoon next January. We don’t have any children so kid appeal is not a concern of ours at this point in time.

6 Dave { 01.17.12 at 2:46 pm }

Hi Alex, any price constraints?

If not, I’d recommend the Grand Floridian or the BoardWalk Inn. See http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/11/07/review-disneys-grand-floridian-resort-spa/ and http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/12/16/review-disneys-boardwalk-inn/ For prices, see the links that begin on this page (take the January 2012 prices and add 5%) http://www.mousesavers.com/roomrates2012.html

If these are too pricey, let me know your target nightly rate and I’ll recommend alternatives…

7 Deepthi { 03.18.12 at 10:42 pm }

My wife and I talked about this very thing when we were at Walt Disney World eaelirr in October. I would love it if they added DVC units to all the Monorail resorts, but we’d definitely finance points if they became available for the PolynesianI thought it would be great if they built a DVC resort on the EPCOT monorail line. It would mean that there wouldn’t be a direct shot from the TTC to EPCOT, but I think they’d sell just as fervently as the Magic Kingdom DVC resort points

8 Stephanie { 05.21.12 at 4:03 pm }

Dave,amazing site! My husband & I have stayed at the Polynesian the past 3 times weKve visited. I’d like to try something different, but my husband LOVES easy access to the monrail & TTC. (I don’t care for the Contemporary & my husband dislikes the parking at Grand Floridian.) I was thinking of the Beach Club, but fear we will be disappointed after our stays at the Poly. We spend more days at MK (son is 5) , but big fans of dining options in Epcot. Is the beach club a good idea, or stick with our favorite, the poly? Thanks so much, Stephanie

9 Dave { 05.21.12 at 6:11 pm }

Hi Stephanie, and thanks!

I’m a big fan of doing something different. The pool at the Beach Club is so cool that the relative dullness of the rest of the place should not matter. And you’ll love the easy access to Epcot. See http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/10/11/review-disneys-beach-club-resort/

To spice it up, maybe try for a one-bedroom villa at Beach Club Villas if it’s in your price range?? See http://yourfirstvisit.net/2012/05/06/review-disneys-beach-club-villas/

10 Stephanie { 05.21.12 at 7:15 pm }

Thank you so much, this makes me feel much better!

11 Dave { 05.21.12 at 9:02 pm }

12 Camille { 03.28.13 at 12:01 am }

Hi Dave. Your site is fabulous. We are planning a trip to WDW Sept 11-22(flexible), and want to spend 5-6 days in Disney. Can you give me a detailed itinerary for this as your site assumes you are staying on site with early entry and we are renting a house. We will have 6 between the ages of 4-8, and 2 teens as well as 6 adults. I am overwhelmed with what to do when looking at the options. If this is not possible, could you point me to a site that does do personal itineraries? Keep up the great work!

13 Dave { 03.28.13 at 7:53 am }

Hi Camille and thanks! Your circumstances (age dispersion, lenght of stay, off-site) are so far off of what I do that I can’t be much direct help. But reach out to my friend John–he can do exactly what you need at a shockingly low price–he’s at http://www.leaveittogenie.com/

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