Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Moving up to first place as my favorite Walt Disney World resort is the Yacht Club. Pure perfection from the coastal preppy vibe when you enter the lobby, to great location, to the best Disney pool experience and friendly service. We splurged on the concierge level and it exceeded all of our expectations. That cold filter water and the Parker house shrimp rolls and the crudites of my dreams. We had an amazing view, quiet floor. Loved it all. Barn sliding doors not my favorite for the bathroom only small complaint. Rooms refreshed very lovely. Read less

Our family of 4 spent 7 nights here over July 4 week. We booked a standard view room. The size of the room was more than ample for your family. The hotel did provide housekeeping daily. Since so, many hotels have stopped doing this post Covid, this was a really nice and appreciated feature. Important note for those that have not been here before, yacht club and beach club are connected and essentially one larger resort. The location is absolutely fantastic. First off, there is only one bus stop for the yacht club and it is directly in front of the main lobby. This is extremely nice and very convenient. It’s a short five minute walk to Epcot and a little less than 1 mile walk on the sidewalk to Hollywood Studios. There is boat service to both of these parks, but we chose to walk to save a little bit of time. This allowed us to get to the parks on our own schedule and a little bit earlier. The buses to Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom were very easy and consistent. The water park, Stormalong Bay with its pools and lazy river were incredibly nice feature. We were slated to go to Typhoon Lagoon for two full days and ended up only going once because we wanted to spend more time at the waterpark at our hotel. The pool area opens promptly at 10 o’clock and if you want a good chair with umbrella space you need to be down there by 9:40 or 945. There is ample towels available to guess. You are required to wear a wristband to prove that you are a guest. Servers do come and check on guests throughout the day offering food and beverage service to anyone in the pool area. They will serve food from hurricane Hannah‘s, which is a nearby pool bar. The food and drinks selection were very solid. It was very nice to have this feature. My only critique of this hotel is Beach Club/Yacht Club do not have very many quick service dining options. Lots of table service options and they are all very good. We did eat at Beaches and Cream and love the food. Hurricane Hanna’s was also okay. We did walk to the Boardwalk and eat at the Deli one day for lunch. It was excellent. The only downside to this trip was the housekeeping stole my daughters, Anna doll. Its possible, it was accidentally picked up with the bedding change but the staff never checked-in with us and they seemed to forget about it despite 3 different conversations about it. My daughter has had this doll for 6 years and of-course you cant replace it due to it not being made any longer. This was not the Disney response we expected. Read less

This resort has the best pool hands down of all the Disney resorts in property. We stayed here for one night just so my son could enjoy the pool. We rented the cabana and it was great. We had a standard room, but still had a view of the water and pool which was amazing. You can walk to Epcot, swan and dolphin, and board walk from here. They have a boat or bus to take you to Epcot. The gift shop was cute. Our room was spacious and clean. Read less