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In and Around Walt Disney World

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Discounts Swan/Dolphin
Extra Magic Hour
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On Site vs Off Site
Overlooked Attractions
  --Deluxe Resorts I
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  --Value/Moderate

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Owners Locker
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Refillable Mugs
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Resort Fact Sheets
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Resort Photo Gallery
Resort Reader Reviews
Resort Restaurant
    Photo Gallery

Searchable TIPS database
Telephone Tips
Television Channels
Vacation Homes
Valet Parking

ON-SITE ACCOMMODATIONS

Value Resorts
All Star Movies
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show
Reader Reviews

All Star Music
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

All Star Sports
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

Pop Century
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Reader Reviews

Moderate Resorts
Caribbean Beach
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Reader Reviews

Coronado Springs
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Reader Reviews

Fort Wilderness
Resort &
Campground

Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

AllEars Review
Reader Reviews
Archive - Ft. Wilderness Railroad

Port Orleans - French Quarter
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show
AllEars Review 11/08
Reader Reviews

Port Orleans - Riverside
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Reader Reviews

Deluxe Resorts
Animal Kingdom Lodge
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Reader Reviews
Concierge Reviews
Sunrise Safari
Wanyama Sunset Safari

Beach Club
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Concierge Reviews
Reader Reviews

Boardwalk Inn
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Concierge Reviews
Reader Reviews

Contemporary
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

AllEars® Review
Concierge Reviews
Reader Reviews

Dolphin
Discounts Swan/Dolphin
Fact Sheet

Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show
Accessible Room Photos
Mandara Spa Photos

Reader Reviews
A Kid's View

Grand Floridian
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
AllEars® Review
Concierge Reviews
Reader Reviews

Polynesian
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
AllEars® Review
Concierge Reviews
Reader Reviews

Shades of Green
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

Swan
Discounts Swan/Dolphin
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

Wilderness Lodge
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Background Music List
Concierge Reviews
Flag Family Scrapbook
Reader Reviews

Yacht Club
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Concierge Reviews
Reader Reviews

Disney Vacation Club Resorts
Disney Vacation Club
Studio Villa Kitchen List

Animal Kingdom Villas
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show
Photo Gallery - Models
Wanyama Sunset Safari

Kidani Village at Animal Kingdom Lodge
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery

Bay Lake Tower
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery
Photo Blog 1
Photo Blog 2
Photo Blog 3
Pre-Opening Blog

Beach Club Villas
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

Boardwalk Villas
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Accessible Room Photos
Reader Reviews

Old Key West
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show

Reader Reviews

Treehouse Villas at
Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa
Fact Sheet
Photos
AllEars® Review 6/09

Villas at Wilderness Lodge
Fact Sheet
Photos - Text Links
Photos - Slide Show
Background Music List
Flag Family Scrapbook
Reader Reviews

FEATURED
OFF-SITE ACCOMMODATIONS

All Star Vacation Homes
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery
Reader Reviews

DoubleTree Guest Suites
Downtown Disney Resort Hotel!
Fact Sheet
Photos

Gaylord Palms Resort
Photo Gallery

Reader Reviews

Lighthouse Key Resort
and Spa
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery

Sheraton's Vistana Resort
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery

Sheraton Vistana Villages
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery

OTHER LOCATIONS

Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort
AllEars® Review
Photos
Reader Comments

Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Reader Reports
Photos

Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Resort and Spa
Fact Sheet
Photo Gallery
Villa Photos

Aulani - Disney's Resort and Spa
w/DVC Villas - Hawaii
Fact Sheet


Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Suite
A Walt Disney World resort hotel can almost be as much fun to visit as one of the theme parks! Each resort has its own theme and the details are carried out to near perfection. But with nearly 20 WDW resorts to choose from, not to mention all the off-site hotels and vacation homes, which resort is the best one for you?

Disney resorts are divided into price categories with amenity levels to match. Each of the WDW resorts is examined in more detail in its own fact sheet, as well as in a selection of interior and exterior photos, but the resorts are broken into:

Value Resorts | Moderate Resorts | Deluxe Resorts| Disney Vacation Club Resorts
Off-Site Accommodations
| Vacation Homes

SPECIAL-- Summer Looks Suite for AllEars® readers! Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort - These are limited time offers. Both offers must be booked by February 14, 2010. Call 888-828-8850 and reserve your room or suite now!

Book a one bedroom executive suite starting at only $275 for May 1 - September 30, 2010. That's 50% off the regular rate! (Ask for rate code: EARSTE).

Or, book the guest room of your choice with rates starting as low as $159 per night and receive a one category room upgrade for free! (Ask for rate code: EARSD1) for May 1 - September 30, 2010.



Fact Sheets for each of the hotels are presented here as a guide to help you decide where to stay during your Walt Disney World vacation. Information includes types of accommodations, current room rates, amenities included, and contact information. The column on the left of this page lists each of the Walt Disney World resorts, plus a few that are on Disney property but operated by other companies. To see the Fact Sheet for a resort, just click on the appropriate link. We have also compiled guest comments on some resorts -- you'll find the link to these under the resort names as well.

The Resort Photo Gallery offers both interior and exterior photographs of each of the resorts. We've tried to include pictures of rooms in every category, as well as the pool areas and the grounds of each location. To see the photos for a resort, just click on the appropriate link.

Value Resorts: Amenities at value-priced resorts include food courts, pizza delivery, luggage service (hourly), swimming pools, bus transportation. All-Star Movies, All-Star Music, All-Star Sports, and Pop Century.

Moderate Resorts: Amenities at moderate-priced resorts include full-service restaurants, food courts, room service (limited), luggage service, swimming pools with a slide and hot tub, on-site recreation, bus or boat transportation. Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans Riverside, Port Orleans French Quarter and Ft. Wilderness Cabins.

Deluxe Resorts: Amenities include full-service restaurants, room service, luggage service, valet parking, swimming pools, beach access, on-site recreation, on-site childcare, monorail, boat or bus transportation. Animal Kingdom Lodge, BoardWalk Inn, Contemporary, Grand Floridian, Polynesian, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club and Beach Club, and the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin.

Disney Vacation Club Resorts: Amenities at these resorts offer full-service restaurants, kitchen facilities, pizza delivery, luggage service, swimming pools, on-site recreation, front-door parking, flexible room arrangements, bus or boat transportation. Old Key West, BoardWalk Villas, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa, Beach Club Villas, and Animal Kingdom Villas. New in 2009 - Kidani Village at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, Tree House Villas at Saratoga Springs and Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary Resort!

Fort Wilderness Campground.

AllEarsNet.com offers Reader Reviews on all Disney Resorts (and restaurants and tours, etc). Here are the favorite resorts of our readers in each category:

POP Century - Value
Port Orleans French Quarter - Moderate
Yacht Club /Polynesian Resort Deluxe
Beach Club Villas/ Kidani Village Home Away from Home
Boardwalk Club Level / Wilderness Lodge Old Faithful Club - Concierge "Club" Service

Featured Off-Site Accommodations: AllEars.net presents sponsored information on a number of other off-site accomodations, many of which often offer special rates (see below) to readers.

Our featured off-site resorts are:All Star Vacation Homes, Gaylord Palms Resort, DoubleTree Guest Suites, the Sheraton's Vistana Resort Villas and the Sheraton Vistana Villages.


SPECIAL AllEars.Net Reader Rates

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort -- Additional Special Rates for AllEarsNet.com® Readers Visit our Swan and Dolphin Discount page. Visit the Swan and Dolphin website for details! To make reservations for the Swan or Dolphin call: 800-227-1500

SPECIAL Gaylord Palms: Readers of All Ears® receive a special rate as low as $169 for select February dates. -- Some restrictions apply, does not include parking, tax or $15 daily resort fee. 2/4-2/7, 2/10-2/22, 2/25-2/28. Must book online using this link!
https://reservations.gaylordpalms.gaylordhotels.com/cgi-bin/LANSAWEB?procfun+rn+resnet+orl+funcparms+UP(A2560):;ears;?

Stay a minimum of 2 nights on the select February dates and get upgraded at no cost to an Atrium View Room. This is a $40 per night value! Free Atrium upgrade offer must be booked by February 11, 2010 Must book using:
https://reservations.gaylordpalms.gaylordhotels.com/cgi-bin/LANSAWEB?procfun+rn+resnet+orl+funcparms+UP%28A2560%29:;dears2;?

Some restrictions apply. Based on availability of Rate Code. Does not include parking, tax or $15 daily resort fee.

Sheraton Vistana Resort Villas SPECIAL OFFER - Great deal on a 2-bedroom villa for a 3 night stay PLUS a Vacation Booklet valued at $300 containing: $50 Resort Credit (same as cash), free root beer, buy 1 get 1 free Starbucks coffee and more! Rate does not include daily housekeeping, however, it may be purchased at the front desk for nominal fee. January 23 - February 11 - 3 night stay for $349 ($116.33 per night plus Vacation Booklet); February 12 - March 25 - 3 night stay for $479 ($159.66 per night plus Vacation Booklet); April 11 - May 26 - 3 night stay for $349 ($116.33 per night plus Vacation Booklet) To Reserve, please call 866-208-0003 and ask for Discount Code “AENSPKG”.

Sheraton Vistana Villages - One and Two Bedroom Fully Furnished Villas cater to all your needs. Centrally located to all the fun in Orlando and nearby Disney World. 3 pools (one awarded top 10 in the US by Tripadvisor), restaurant, tennis, and much more! Free scheduled transportation to all the Disney theme parks.

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All Star Vacation Homes - Hospitality has a new home -Any AllEars.net® reader will receive savings of $175 off 5 Star Homes or $125 off any other vacation home, with any 7 night reservation (not valid during peak/holiday seasons or with any other discount or special). Be sure to tell the ALL STAR Team member that takes your reservation that Deb says "Hello!" Or redeem this special online by entering the following promotional code when prompted: allears Visit our All Star Vacation Home pages for further details!

Gaylord Palms: Readers of All Ears® receive a special rate as low as $169 for select dates. -- Some restrictions apply, does not include parking, tax or $15 daily resort fee. Must book online using this link!
https://reservations.gaylordpalms.gaylordhotels.com/cgi-bin/LANSAWEB?procfun+rn+resnet+orl+funcparms+UP(A2560):;ears;?

DoubleTree Guest Suites - Special Rates for AllEars Readers! Come and enjoy the magic while staying in the only ALL-SUITE hotel in the Downtown Disney area. Book today!! Visit our DoubleTree Guest Suites Fact Sheet for more information.


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