Category — d. Where to Stay at Walt Disney World

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MORE ON DISNEY’S WILDERNESS LODGE

There are currently 8 official Disney owned and operated deluxe resorts at Walt Disney World.

In their recommended order for first time family visitors, they are

1. Polynesian
2. Wilderness Lodge
3. Animal Kingdom Lodge
4. Contemporary
5. Grand Floridian
6. Beach Club
7. Yacht Club
8. BoardWalk Inn

(Many of these also offer Disney Vacation Club studios and villas, all for rent to the general public–see this for more on the Disney Vacation Club resorts.)

ROOMS AT DISNEY’S WILDERNESS LODGE

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OVERVIEW: DISNEY’S WILDERNESS LODGE

Our most recent stay confirms that Disney’s Wilderness Lodge is the second best place for first time family visitors to stay.

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Where to Stay    Resort Features by Price    Kid Appeal    Large Families

The Value Resorts   Pop Century    Movies   Sports    Music   Art of Animation

OVERVIEW: DISNEY’S VALUE RESORTS

I’ve stayed at Disney’s Value Resorts more than twenty times, and in all five over the last couple of years.

These stays confirm the order in which the value resorts are recommended.

•  Disney’s Art of Animation Resort is number one among the values.

• After Art of Animation, the rank is, in order, Pop Century,  All-Star Movies, All-Star Sports, and All-Star Music.

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MORE ON DISNEY’S ALL-STAR MUSIC RESORT

Disney’s All-Star Music Resort officially pays homage to “classic music genres—including Broadway show tunes, calypso, country, jazz and rock n’ roll…Guest rooms are divided into 5 pairs of 3-story buildings—each bright, whimsical pair is themed after one of the featured music genres and decorated with massive musical instruments.

For larger families, Disney’s All-Star Music Resort is one of only two Disney Value Resort to offer family suites, which sleep up to 6 guests each. (Art of Animation also offers family suites.)

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Where to Stay    Resort Features by Price    Kid Appeal    Large Families

The Value Resorts    Art of Animation  Pop Century    Movies    Sports    Music

OVERVIEW: DISNEY’S ALL-STAR MUSIC RESORT

I’ve stayed at Disney’s Value Resorts more than 15 times.

These stays confirm the order in which the value resorts are recommended.

 Art of Animation is number one among the values.

After Art of Animation, the rank is, in order, Disney’s Pop Century Resort , All-Star Movies, All-Star Sports, and All-Star Music.

These rankings of the three All-Star Resorts are very close. Of these three,

• All-Star Sports is the most convenient, but kid appealing only if your kids are into baseball, football, basketball, surfing, or tennis
• All-Star Movies is the most broadly kid-appealing, and the most comfortable of the three
• All-Star Music is the most compact, most lovely, and the only one with family suites

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MORE ON DISNEY’S ALL-STAR MOVIES RESORT

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort officially salutes “classic Disney films—including Disney·Pixar’s Toy Story, Fantasia, The Love Bug, The Mighty Ducks and One Hundred and One Dalmatians…the Toy Story section features a 27-foot-tall bucket of Green Army Men, a 30-foot-tall Woody icon and a 47-foot-tall Buzz Lightyear icon. The buildings are painted in bright colors and covered with playful details and hidden surprises.” [Read more →]