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"
David, yes, it will be. Your least expensive option will be renting a house off property. On property your options vary by amenity level. See this for links to both lower cost and higher cost options for large families.
We are starting planning for a trip with 2 grandparents, 4 parents and 3 kids who will be about 7, 6 & 5. Will it be crazy expensive to try and stay on-property in some sort of 3 bedroom villa with a common area? What is the best thing to look at for this grouping?
James, a Grand Villa best fits what you are looking for. They typically have at least 6 and commonly 7 individual beds–a king in one room, four queens, two each in two rooms, and one or two sofa beds in common spaces. The lower half of this page discusses many of the Grand Villa options: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2014/09/11/review-disneys-animal-kingdom-villas-jambo-house-page-5/
Love your informative site!
We are a family of 7 with kids raining from 18-8. We want to “splurge” on a Disney World on site stay. We want a 10- 12 person suite so we have plenty of room and no kids sharing beds. What resort options do you suggest we consider?
Yvonne, all the resorts offer disabled-friendly rooms, focused on issues with mobility.
I am guessing you stayed in a one bedroom at Old Key West? A two bedroom villa is likely your best choice…Those with the best dining will be attached to one of the deluxe resorts.