Walt Disney World has over 20 hotel options for a wide range of budgets, including vacation villas for those who like a little room to spread out during their stay. Staying at a Disney-owned resort property entitles you to special privileges, like free transportation to the parks, complimentary airport transportation and extended theme park hours. The villas at Walt Disney World are available to members and nonmembers of Disney's vacation ownership program, called the Disney Vacation Club.
Disney's Beach Club Villas are set on Crescent Lake directly between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios, with boat service and a walking path to both theme parks. Designed after turn-of-the-century seaside retreats in New England, the Beach Club Villas offer a family-friendly casual elegance. The resort is known for its pool area, which covers three acres and features a water slide, sand bottom area and an area with water jets to create a circular current. Studio, one bedroom and two bedroom villas are available, sleeping from four to eight adults, respectively.
Disney's Beach Club Villas
1800 Epcot Resorts Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7639
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If you step outside your hotel room to enjoy your morning coffee on your balcony and look down to see giraffes and zebras gathered around the water hole, it may be easy to forget that you are not on the African savanna but, in fact, still at Walt Disney World. Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge has two villa locations, the Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas located in Jambo House, the main building of the resort, and the newer Kidani Village, a separate complex made up entirely of villas. You will find studios, and one, two and three bedroom villas decorated in traditional African style. Most rooms overlook the resort's private savannas, where wildebeest, ankole cattle, reticulated giraffes and other African animals roam. The resort is located just five minutes from Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park. Two full service restaurants, a buffet and a quick service location all serve food with an African twist. At Jambo House, you can join cultural representatives for talks about their countries of origin or an art tour of the pieces decorating the lobby.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas
4701 Osceola Parkway
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7639
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Nestled on the shores of Bay Lake, just across the water from the Magic Kingdom, lies Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Villas. Inspired by the architecture of lodges in the national parks of the pacific northwest, the Villas at Wilderness Lodge consist of 136 studios, and one bedroom and two bedroom villas. Studios have a kitchenette with a microwave and mini refrigerator, while one and two bedroom units feature full kitchens. The adjacent Disney's Wilderness Lodge has two table service restaurants and a quick service dining location, as well as a lounge and pool bar.
Disney's Villas at Wilderness Lodge
901 Timberline Dr.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
407-934-7639
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