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Disney's Contemporary Resort -- 1,030 rooms and suites, a concierge floor in a 15-story deluxe resort. Dining options include California Grill, Concourse Steak House 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. Photo

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa -- 867 rooms and suites, including 74 concierge accommodations in an elegant Victorian style. Concierge service has expanded to one of the resort's five lodge buildings, adding 95 deluxe-service rooms and suites. Dining at Victoria & Albert's, Cítricos, Gasparilla Grill, Grand Floridian Cafe, 1900 Park Fare, Narcoossee's and three lounges. Recreation and amenities include boat rentals featuring Grand 1, a 44-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.  Photo

Disney's Polynesian Resort -- 853 rooms, suites and concierge service newly designed with South Pacific Island theming along the beach of Seven Seas Lagoon. Recreation includes boating, swimming and playground. Three full-service restaurants, two cafes including the Kona Cafe, Polynesian Luau dinner show, snack bars, two lounges and room service. Swimming, boating, jogging, playground, game room, shopping, child care and laundry facility. Transportation by monorail, watercraft and motor coach.  Photo

Disney's Wilderness Lodge -- 728 guest rooms including 27 suites reflect a "woodsy" National Park-like setting. Reminiscent of the "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. Next to the lodge is the 5-story, 136-unit Wilderness Lodge Villas (part of Disney Vacation Club).  Photo

The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge -- 136 rooms, including studio units and 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 found tells 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, 406 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. The Wilderness Cabins 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. Wilderness Cabins offer daily housekeeping. 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.  Photo

*Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort -- Formerly known as The Disney Inn. 288 rooms in a relaxed, country atmosphere overlooking golf courses, gardens or pools. Full-service dining available, plus two 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. Golf is still available to all Disney resort guests. Operated as an Armed Forces Recreation Center for the exclusive use of military members and their families. For reservations: 407/824-3600.


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