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Disney's Wilderness Lodge
The design of this Walt Disney World deluxe resort was inspired by National Park Service lodges like the Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone and the Ahwahnee in Yosemite. Beyond the Lodge's soaring lobby, the hotel's 727 guestrooms feature Mission-style furnishings with quilted bedspreads. | 9 |
Disney's Old Key West Resort
The Key West-themed resort offers 761 villas within 50 pastel-colored buildings. Studio rooms have kitchenettes, while multi-room villas contain full kitchens.
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Disney's Polynesian Resort
One of the three Walt Disney World hotels connected to the parks via monorail, the Polynesian stands across the Seven Seas Lagoon from the Magic Kingdom, with wicker- and bamboo-furnished guestrooms in 11 longhouses, each named for a Pacific island. | 9 |
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
The Lodge offers deluxe guestrooms with African-inspired decor and modern amenities, such as high-speed Internet access, coupled with views of exotic animals roaming the Animal's Kingdom's savannahs. Spa services and recreational activities are also available at this full-service resort, a multiple winner of Theme Park Insider's Award for World's Best Theme Park Hotel. | 9 |
Disney's Yacht Club Resort
This nautical-themed resort is a short walk from Epcot's back entrance and offers 621 deluxe-quality rooms with details such as yacht-themed bedspreads and ship’s wheel headboards. | 9 |
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's take on circa-1900 New England beach clubs offers deluxe-style rooms and an elaborate water play area within walking distance of Epcot's back entrance. | 9 |
Disney's Boardwalk Villas Resort
Located next to the BoardWalk Inn in the Epcot resort area, the 524 units include both studio rooms with kitchenettes, as well as complete villas with full kitchens. | 9 |
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Disney's famous '60s-mod "A-frame" hotel, where the monorail whizzes through the middle of the main building. | 9 |
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort
Considered Disney World's top hotel, this Victorian-themed hotel's look was inspired by the historic Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. The Grand Floridian offers a white-sand beach, a four-star restaurant (Victoria & Albert's) and monorail access to the Magic Kingdom. | 9 |
Shades of Green
Shades of Green is for U.S. Department of Defense employees only, and room rate is based on your rank. For reservations, visit www.shadesofgreen.org. | 8 |
Disney's Boardwalk Inn Resort
Located on the Boardwalk, a short walk from Epcot, the Inn offers 372 nautically-themed guestrooms, with French doors and wrought-iron headboards. Guests can also enjoy a water play area with 200-foot-long water slide, a marina with boat rentals and a full-service spa. | 8 |
Disney's Port Orleans - Riverside Resort
Formerly known as "Dixie Landings,", this resort offers more than 2,000 moderate rooms in two themed areas, Magnolia Bend and Alligator Bayou. | 8 |
Disney's Port Orleans - French Quarter Resort
Walt Disney World's Port Orleans is a popular moderate resort, featuring guestrooms with antique-style wood furnishings and Mardi Gras-inspired decor.
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Walt Disney World Dolphin
The companion to the Swan, the Walt Disney World Dolphin dominates the Epcot-area skyline. Its more than 1500 Michael Graves-designed guestrooms offers beds with pillowtop mattresses and high-speed Internet access. | 8 |
Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
It's a campground, but the campsites do offer a paved drive, grill, picnic table, electricity and city water. Almost all have sewer hookups, too. A few even offer cable TV! Private showers, restrooms and laundry facilities are available in communal comfort stations throughout the campground. Fort Wilderness is also home to the popular Hoop-Dee-Doo Review musical dinner show. | 8 |
Gaylord Palms Orlando Resort
Built by the owners of the famed Opryland Hotel in Nashville, the Gaylord Palms offers a 4-1/2 acre grand atrium with gardens, retail and themed dining areas. A full-service spa, fitness area and pools are also available. | 8 |
Celebration Hotel
The Celebration Hotel, located in downtown Celebration, offers 115 deluxe-style guestrooms, with nods to Florida's Seminole heritage. A fine-dining room and cozy lobby enhance the ambiance. | 8 |
Nickelodeon Family Suites
A week at Orlando's Nickelodeon Hotel is like Spring Break at Padre Island for nine-year-olds. Massive Nick toon cutouts keep watch over the arrays of water slides, pools and playgrounds that fill the hotel's two courtyards. Many parents will appreciate the three-room suite layout, which puts the grown-ups behind their own door in their own bedroom. Up to five kids could stay in each suite, with two beds plus a rollaway in the kids' room and a fold-out couch in the living area.
Note that as of January 5, 2009, the Nick Suites hotel is no longer affiliated with Holiday Inn. | 7 |
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
This casual, 200-acre resort offers moderate guest rooms within five Caribbean-themed villages surrounding Old Port Royale, where guests will find shops, restaurants, beaches and a water play area with waterfall and slide. | 7 |
Walt Disney World Swan
The Swan, which is operated by Westin, overlooks Epcot and offers guestrooms have a contemporary look. | 7 |
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Pop Century celebrates popular culture of the 20th century with fanciful oversized icons placed throughout this motel-style resort. | 7 |
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Centered around a 15-acre lake with marina, this Mexican-themed resort includes a pool with waterfalls and a five-story faux Mayan temple. | 7 |
Marriott Orlando World Center Resort
The Orlando Marriott World Center Resort is located on 200 acres surrounded by an 18-hole golf course just two miles from the Disney theme parks. This newly expanded resort offers 2000 rooms and suites and over 217,000 square feet of meeting space. | 7 |
Radisson Resort Parkway
Located at 2900 Parkway Blvd. in Kissimmee, one and a half miles from the Disney World main gate. The Radisson features more than 700 rooms, on 20 landscaped acres, with three pools, including a water slide. | 6 |
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
Larger-than-life sports-themed icons, including baseballs and footballs, decorate the motel-style accommodations at this Disney World value resort. | 6 |
Disney's All-Star Music Resort
Larger-than-life music-themed icons decorate the motel-style accommodations at this Disney World value resort. | 6 |
Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
Larger-than-life movie-themed icons decorate the motel-style accommodations at this Disney World value resort. | 6 |
