Deluxe Resorts Archive

Beach Club Resort at Christmas

The next Walt Disney World hotel stop on our stroll around Crescent Lake is Beach Club. This follows our visit to Yacht Club, and continues as we attempt to expand upon our Free Self-Guided Walt Disney World Yuletide Resort Tour with a series of individual resort posts because why not?! If you don’t have Annual

Photos: Inside New Rooms at Yacht Club

Following its latest refurbishment, Disney’s Yacht Club Resort has redesigned rooms, which are one component of a resort-wide re-imagining of this Walt Disney World hotel. In this post, we’ll review the new rooms, share some photos, and thoughts on the changes at Yacht Club. While other changes are still underway throughout the resort, it’s worth

Newport Bay Club Review

Newport Bay Club is a deluxe hotel at Disneyland Paris, with a nautical theme very reminiscent of Disney’s Yacht & Club Resorts. This review features room photos, thoughts on its quality, and our experience of staying at the hotel. Recently, the resort underwent a massive, top to bottom refurbishment that lasted multiple years and renovated

1900 Park Fare Breakfast Review

1900 Park Fare is a character meal at Walt Disney World’s flagship hotel, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, which is located on the Magic Kingdom monorail loop. This review covers breakfast and features food photos, a look inside the restaurant, anecdotes about character interactions, and our thoughts on whether it’s worth your money or Disney

Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto Review

Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto is a bar & lounge at Walt Disney World’s Polynesian Village Resort. This review features photos from the new tiki bar, my thoughts on the experience, and how it stacks up to the original Trader Sam’s at Disneyland. In terms of some basic background info, since Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto is

Photos & Thoughts: Beach Club’s New Rooms

Disney’s Beach Club Resort has redesigned rooms, which are one component of a significant multi-year improvements to make this Walt Disney World hotel (and its sister resort, Yacht Club) more appealing to convention guests. In this post, we’ll discuss the new rooms, share some photos, and offer thoughts on the changes at Beach Club. These

Yacht Club v. Beach Club

Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts are two Crescent Lake hotels at Walt Disney World, both within walking distance of Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios and across the water from Disney’s BoardWalk Inn. In this post, we’re going to continue our ongoing Walt Disney World hotel comparison series with an entry featuring these two so

Beach Club Villas Review

Beach Club Villas are a Deluxe Villa Resort and one of the earlier Disney Vacation Club additions at Walt Disney World. In this review, we’ll share photos from a newly-refurbished Studio Villa, which is quite similar to a standard hotel room inside the Beach Club. In addition to room pictures and thoughts on the amenities

Boardwalk Pizza Window Review

If you’ve ever been wandering around near Epcot, wondering where you could get a slice of Walt Disney World’s best pizza, your first thought has probably been Via Napoli. But have you ever considered making a pit stop at Boardwalk Pizza Window, thinking it might be a hidden gem–one of Disney’s best kept secrets? Of

Todd English’s Bluezoo Review

Todd English’s Bluezoo is a celebrity chef seafood restaurant at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in the Epcot Resort Area. In this review, we’ll share food photos from our meal here, thoughts on the atmosphere, and whether we recommend this as a fine-dining meal is worthwhile, particularly as an alternative to Flying Fish. We