Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Disney hotels

Disney Resort Hotels 
and Prices 

This may help you decide with Disney Resort hotel you want to enjoy your stay with. 

Our personal favorites:

Disney's Wilderness Lodge is our number one favorite resort.




With  the atmosphere of The Yellowstone lodge, but infused with Disney Magic on a grander scale. Its also on bay lake with easy boat transportation to magic kingdom.



Boats also take you to the Contemporary Resort or Fort Wilderness Campground. At the Contemporary you can take the monorail, which will take you to the Polynesian or the Grand Floridian. At the ticket and Transportation Center (monorail transfer) you can pick up the Epcot monorail. Of course convenient buses always leave from the front of the resort taking you to all the Parks and and Disney Springs.
All in all a very relaxing stay, the atmosphere, plus two nice restaurants, and a cafe.

2nd choice... Port Orleans Riverside. Styled after Southern plantations with a relaxed atmosphere, a very beautiful Resort. Bus transportation to all the parks, and you can take a nice relaxing boat ride down to Disney Springs. 

Notable: 
Port Orleans French Quarter
Animal Kingdom Lodge.
Polynesian Resort Hotel
The Epcot Resort Hotels


All the resorts are nice depending on personal preferences. Our least popular resorts are Pop Century and the All Star Resorts. 

The following is shared from a Fb site... Mickey Travels...

My comments in blue.

Relaxing resort... Island style
Bus stops at each town


Nice New Orleans atmosphere 

Southern Plantation Atmosphere
One of our favorites


Just across for Disney springs

Right on Bay Lake

Campground Luxury

African with wildlife
right outside your room.



An Original-Modern Casual

Beach front atmosphere.
Easy walking access to Epcot

Epcot Resort 
On the Boardwalk

Contemporary Sister
Casual modern.

Epcot Resort
Easy walk to Epcot
Relaxed beach atmosphere 

Great Island casual atmosphere
Monorail or boat to Magic Kingdom 
Right on Seven Seas Lagoon 
O'Hanas family style dinner.



Fun with Animation characters
Families with kids. 

Upper crust pretentious 
but luxurious

Carribean island atmosphere 

Spanish atmosphere 

Fun for kids
Popular & busy (price)

Popular for price
Fun for kids

Personal  Thoughts... 
Pop Century and the All Star Resorts
are the cheapest,  therefore most crowded.
Longer wait times for busses, to and from the parks. Especially at park closings. 

Bus wait lines for the more premium resorts 
are generally shorter. 

We always liked staying at the wilderness lodge.
Bus wait are less crowded.
Boat rides is the best option...
Nice ride back to the lodge.
(usually minimum waits)