
MAGIC KINGDOM HOTELS
These hotels are the closest and most convenient to the
Magic Kingdom.
Disney's Contemporary Resort -- 655 rooms and
suites, a concierge floor in a 14-story deluxe resort.
Dining options include California Grill, Concourse
Steakhouse and Chef Mickey's, two lounges, two snack
bars and room service. Recreational amenities include
water skiing, boat rentals, six lighted tennis courts,
jogging, volleyball, parasailing, playground and two
swimming pools. Specialty shops, game room, laundry
service, beauty shop, child-care and health club.
Monorail, motor coaches and watercraft provide easy
access to the theme parks. The resort features 90,000
square feet of meeting space, including a
44,300-square-foot grand ballroom.
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa -- 867 rooms
and suites, including 169 concierge accommodations.
Dining at Cítricos, Victoria & Albert's, Gasparilla Grill,
Grand Floridian Cafe, 1900 Park Fare, Narcoossee's and
three lounges. Recreation and amenities include boat
rentals featuring the Grand 1 45-foot Sea Ray yacht,
swimming, playground, health club, game room,
shopping, child-care and laundry facilities. Meeting facility
with nearly 40,000 square feet of meeting and convention
space. Easy access to theme parks via watercraft, motor
coach and monorail.
Disney's Polynesian Resort -- 847 rooms, suites and
concierge service designed with South Pacific Island
theming along the beach of Seven Seas Lagoon. Dining
options include 'Ohana, Kona Café, Captain Cook's, the
"Spirit of Aloha" dinner show, snack bars, two lounges,
room service. Recreation and amenities include
swimming, boating, jogging, playground, game room,
shopping, child care, laundry facilities. Transportation by
monorail, watercraft and motor coach.
Disney's Wilderness Lodge -- 727 guestrooms reflect a
"woodsy" national park-like setting. Reminiscent of Old
Faithful Inn at Yellowstone Park -- with distinctive Disney
touches. A spectacular six-story lobby, replete with
teepee-topped chandeliers, totem poles and an
82-foot-tall stone fireplace, welcomes guests upon arrival.
A bubbling hot spring in the lobby expands outside the
building into a roaring waterfall flowing into the swimming
area (featuring hot and cold spas). A geothermal "geyser"
erupts hourly from a rocky outcrop at the edge of Bay
Lake. Recreation and amenities include bike and boat
rentals, swimming, playground, laundry, game room and
on-site child care. Two full-service restaurants, snack bar,
lounge, pool bar and room service. One
boardroom/meeting room - 750 square feet. Easy access
to theme parks via watercraft and motor coach.
The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge -- 136 units
including studio, one- and two-bedroom villas, located
next to Disney's Wilderness Lodge. This five-story Disney
Vacation Club ownership resort surrounds visitors with
the grandeur of the Old West and stories of the people
who settled there. Art and architecture tell the tales of
pioneers who built and stayed in late 19th century
railroad hotels in the national parks region of the
American West. Rooms include wet bar, microwave and
small refrigerator, or a full kitchen. A unique feature of the
resort is its themed living room area that features railroad
memorabilia, including a special exhibit on loan from the
Disney family of two of Walt Disney's personal
scale-model train cars and a piece of the original track.
Also found at the resort is a quiet pool and
state-of-the-art health club open to guests of both the
lodge and villa properties.
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground --
784 campsites, 409 Wilderness Cabins all set in a relaxed
700-acre wilderness setting. Campsites are level, paved
pads with electric, water and sewer hookups, charcoal
grills and picnic tables. All campsites have close access
to air-conditioned comfort stations with private showers,
coin laundry facility, vending machines and telephones.
Wilderness Cabins are air-conditioned accommodations
that sleep up to six guests and feature vaulted ceilings,
fully equipped kitchens, full bathrooms, television, VCR,
outdoor grills, picnic tables and a private patio deck.
Wilderness Cabins also come equipped with hairdryers,
foldaway cribs and ironing equipment, and daily
housekeeping is offered. Amenities include watercraft,
beach, fishing, tennis courts, two heated swimming pools,
arcade game room, laundry facilities and kennel.
Groceries and camping supplies at Meadow and
Settlement Trading Posts. Breakfast, lunch and dinner
available at Trail's End Restaurant. Nightly campfire and
marshmallow roast with Disney characters and a Disney
movie. Nightly dinner show available at Pioneer Hall's
"Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue." Motor coach and boat
transportation links campground with all Walt Disney
World Resort areas.
*Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort --
586 rooms in a relaxed, country atmosphere overlooking
golf courses, gardens or pools. Full-service dining
available, plus snack bars, lounge and room service.
Meeting space includes 1,000 square feet. Tennis,
swimming, fitness center and game room. Walt Disney
World continues maintenance of golf operations on the
two PGA championship 18-hole golf courses and
nine-hole walking course located adjacent to this
property, and golf is available to all Disney resort guests.
Shades of Green is operated as an Armed Forces
Recreation Center for the exclusive use of military
members and their families. For reservations:
407/824-3600.
WALT DISNEY WORLD VACATIONS