This is part of The Comfortable Guide to Walt Disney World
OVERVIEW: THE MOST COMFORTABLE PLACE TO STAY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD: THE OPTIONS
This site provides precise instructions elsewhere on where to stay at Walt Disney World. These instructions are designed for typical first time family visitors who are not sure whether or not they will ever return.
This page is one of several on where to stay at Walt Disney World for a subset of first time visitors: those seeking the most comfortable visit.
It is part of the most comfortable way to visit Walt Disney World. Its companion series is about the most inexpensive way to visit Walt Disney World,
I am publishing both series at the same time so that they also help those who are looking for bargains and deals on some things, so that they can spend more on others!! Links to everything in these two series are at the bottom of the page.
There are two options for the most comfortable place to stay at Walt Disney World:
- Suites, which are available at all of the Walt Disney World deluxe resorts, and
- One-bedroom and larger villas at the Disney Vacation Club (“DVC”) resorts. These villas are currently reservable at all Walt Disney World deluxe resorts except for the Polynesian, Grand Floridian, and Yacht Club resorts.
DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN WALT DISNEY WORLD DELUXE RESORTS SUITES AND DISNEY VACATION CLUB VILLAS
The basic differences between suites and Disney Vacation Club villas are as follows:
- There are many, many more villas than suites, making villas much easier to reserve
- All suites provide concierge level services, but essentially no villas do. (A few of the villas at the Animal Kingdom Lodge provide concierge level services, but these are usually snapped up by Disney Vacation Club members, making them unavailable to the general public.)
- All one-bedroom and larger villas provide full kitchens; no suite (that I am aware of) has stoves or ovens, though many suites have all other kitchen gear (fridges, sinks, and microwaves).
- Many one and two bedroom suites provide a larger and more livable non-bedroom area than the one and two-bedroom DVC villas do.
- While there are different types of DVC villas (One bedroom, Two bedroom, Treehouses, and Grand Villas) they essentially vary by number of sleeping spaces. There are, however, two very different kinds of suites.
- What you might call “standard suites” provide more rooms, and more square feet, than standard rooms.
- “Top-level” suites provide a lot more room, and sometimes additional spaces (such as offices, or separate sitting rooms separate from the parlor) as well.
- These top level suites include spaces like the King Kamehameha Suite at the Polynesian, and the Royal Asante Presidential Suite at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, and others, all suitable for heads of state, potential investors in this website, and other nabobs and potentates
As I have provided elsewhere details on the accommodations of the Disney Vacation Club resorts (start here), the rest of this material focuses on suites at Walt Disney World deluxe resorts.
SUITES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
This material continues here.
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31 Comments on "The Most Comfortable Place to Stay at Walt Disney World: 1. The Options"
Nikia, there’s no good lower-cost option that sleeps 7 people older than 3. Your cheapest option is probably going to be to try for two connecting rooms in one of the lower-cost hotels–but Disney won’t guarantee connecting rooms… See this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/12/15/lower-priced-options-for-large-families-at-walt-disney-world/
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I am hoping to take the kids back to disneyworld (2nd visit) in January of 2014. We have a large family 2 adults and children (at time of travel) ages 12, 10, 9, 7, 6 and almost 3. I want to stay on site because I do not want to rent a van and deal with driving and I am hoping that they offer room only discounts or free dingin plans during the time that we go (historically they have). What do you suggest as the most economical solution to our room situation?
Hi April! It’s very hard to find reasonably priced rooms on Disney with a gang that large, and Disney won’t guarantee that your rooms are either connected or even near each other–they will of course try, but they won’t guarantee it. See this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/12/15/lower-priced-options-for-large-families-at-walt-disney-world/ and also this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/01/27/the-tightwads-guide-to-staying-off-site-at-walt-disney-world/
HELLO..WE ARE TRYING TO DESIDE IF STAY IN DISNEY IN 2 VALUE RESORT ROOMS OR OUT OF DISNEY IN A 2 BEDROOM SUITE. WE HAVE MYSELF AND HUSBAND AND 11 & 10 & 8 & 7 &7 & 4 & 1 YRS OLDS…WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST…THANKS FOR ANY HELP.
Hi Bonnie–some of the options that fit precisely six have some shorter beds–how tall are the three young adults?
Of the 4 WDW parks, MK and HS have the most overlap with DLR, and Epcot and AK the least. I would aim for at least a day in each of the four parks, with an extra day to return to your favorite.
Late August is typically very hot, very humid, and is also in the peak of the hurricane season. See this for more on August–it’s 2012, but the basics will be the same in 2013: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2012/01/22/august-2012-at-walt-disney-world/