What are the various Walt Disney World resorts in Orlando?  How many of them are there?  What kinds of rates do they offer?  Where are they on the Disney World property?

Lots of questions there; let’s see if I can help answer them.  First I’ll cover costs, then where they are located.  By the time I’m done, you’ll see how many there are!

Walt Disney Resort Pricing

There are four main categories of Walt Disney World resorts in Orlando.  They are:

  • Value:  Least expensive, can be under $100/night.
  • Moderate:  A little more money, generally between $130-$200/night.
  • Deluxe:  Luxury surroundings and prices, generally $250 and up a night.
  • Vacation Club:  Priced in the Deluxe category, these are timeshares with sizes from studio to three bedroom villas.

So those are the pricing categories; now let’s see where they are located around Disney World!

Animal Kingdom:

These are the resorts located in the Animal Kingdom area, and their pricing category:

  • All-Star Movies (Value)
  • All-Star Music (Value)
  • All-Star Sports (Value)
  • Animal Kingdom Lodge (Deluxe)
  • Coronado Springs (Moderate)
  • Pop Century (Value)

Downtown Disney

These are the Walt Disney World resorts in Orlando that are near to Downtown Disney

  • Old Key West (Vacation Club)
  • Port Orleans, French Quarter (Moderate)
  • Port Orleans, Riverside (Moderate)
  • Saratoga Springs (Vacation Club)

EPCOTWilderness Lodge, Walt Disney World

Here are the EPCOT-area resorts; some are so close you can actually walk to EPCOT!

  • Beach Club (Vacation Club)
  • Boardwalk Inn (Vacation Club)
  • Caribbean Beach (Moderate)
  • Yacht Club (Deluxe)

Hollywood Studios

Alas, there aren’t really any resorts close to Hollywood Studios.

Magic Kingdom

Lots of resorts in this area!  They are both some of the oldest and the newest, and they are:

  • Cabins at Fort Wilderness (Moderate)
  • Contemporary (Deluxe)
  • Grand Floridian (Deluxe)
  • Polynesian (Deluxe)
  • Wilderness Lodge (Deluxe)
  • Wilderness Lodge Villas (Vacation Club)

One neat thing is that the Contemporary, Polynesian and Grand Floridian are right on the monorail loop to the Magic Kingdom and with a transfer, to EPCOT.  Can you say “convenient”

And Finally…

…there are three other resorts that are not traditional or in two cases, even Disney!

  • Fort Wilderness Resort Campground (Magic Kingdom area, Value and below)
  • The Swan (EPCOT area, roughly Moderate)
  • The Dolphin (EPCOT area, roughly Moderate)

These final two, the Swan and Dolphin, are not actually owned by Disney World, although they are on Disney property.  But they do have the same resort benefits as do the “real” Disney resorts.

So there they are:  all the Walt Disney World resorts in Orlando!  To get more details on any or all of these resorts, check out the Walt DIsney World resort hotels page.

It’s tough to choose just one of these wonderful resorts for your Disney vacation.  Which one will you pick?