Amenities and Dining at the Wyndham and Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista, Disney Springs Resort Area
By Dave Shute
For the first page of this review of the Wyndham/Wyndham Garden, see this.
AMENITIES AND DINING AT THE WYNDHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA
The Wyndham Lake Buena Vista and Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista in the Disney Springs Resort Area except for their rooms are essentially the same resort, and share all the same amenities.
The name distinction comes from the two different room types you will find here, in the tower versus the wing buildings. For simplicity, I will refer to both in the rest of this post as the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista.
The Wyndham Lake Buena Vista in the Disney Springs Resort Area has both valet and self-parking.
If you are driving but self-parking, you may park in the port cochere until you have completed check-in, but if it is too crowded you’ll be given the code for the self parking and park there during check in.
This same front of the hotel area has the bus stop.
Details on transportation to the theme parks from the Disney Springs Resort Area hotels are here.
Most of the Wyndham’s amenities are on the floor that comes off the port cochere, around the main lobby.
Back at the left is the check in area.
To its left are guest services and a rental car desk…
…and beyond it, in an area most guests except those staying in the east Garden wing won’t see, is a kids waiting area and a library.
Back in the lobby proper, there are many groups of comfortable chairs. I noted several guests napping in them, but am too kind to post those photos here.
Beyond this area is a Disney gift shop.
Inside the gift shop.
Diagonally across from this gift shop, near the entrance, is this much larger coffee shop and grab and go spot.
It includes a seating area, and offers various warm, shelf stable, and…
…cold drinks and snacks.
On the opposite side of the lobby space is this bar, which also serves food from the menu of the upstairs Lakeview restaurant. There’s another large bar and grill at the pool. I cover the pool at the Wyndham in detail in this post.
Upstairs is the Lakeview restaurant…
…which also serves character meals at a buffet breakfast Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Other days of the week see a breakfast with both buffet and a la carte options.
I dined on Lakeview food, but in the bar.
My wedge salad was fine…
…and my steak disappointing.
Links to menus for the Lakeview restaurant are here.
Downstairs at the lowest level you’ll find this gym…
…and outside flanking the pool you’ll find on one side these tennis courts…
…and these sports courts on the other side.
Overall, including the pools, the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista in the Disney Springs Resort Area has a strong set of amenities. Table service dining is undistinguished except by convenience–but there’s a ton of great options in nearby Disney Springs.
The Wyndham positions itself as the closest of these hotels to Disney Springs. That may be true mathematically, but practically speaking, the Palace, Hilton, and Wyndham are all in easy walking distance. Disney Springs is also served by buses beginning in the late afternoon.
THE POOL COMPLEX AT THE WYNDHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA
This review continues here.
MORE ON THE WYNDHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA
- Overview and summary
- Photo tour of a standard tower room
- Photo tour of a Garden room
- Dining and amenities
- The pool
OTHER KEY PAGES FOR WHERE TO STAY AT DISNEY WORLD
- Where to stay–the Basics
- Where first-timers should stay
- Reviews of all the Disney World resorts, based on my 160+ stays in them
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