The Guide to Walt Disney World Value Resorts
Disney Travel || Tags: Disney ||When you are going to Walt Disney World you have lots of options for hotels. The Disney World Value Resorts are fun, clean and a great value for your money.
When you are going to Walt Disney World in Florida you have lots of options for places to stay. The two main choices are if you will stay ON Disney property or off. I prefer to stay on property; to me the benefits outweigh the cost savings.
Benefits To Staying On Disney World Property
When you stay on property you have transportation to and from the airport and from your resort to the parks all included, there are “extra magic hours” where the parks are open only to resort guests, you can get the dining plan and book your dining reservations 60 days in advance.
To me staying on property is all part of the Disney experience!
There are 23 resorts in 4 categories of hotels at Disney; value, moderate, deluxe and deluxe villas, there is also a campground. I have only stayed at the value resorts because I can’t justify paying so much for a room that I don’t spend much time in. There are 5 value resorts: All Star Music, All Star Movies, All Star Sports, Pop Century and Art of Animation. The All Star resorts are in the Animal Kingdom area and Pop Century and Art of Animation are in the ESPN Wide World of Sports area.
Are Value Resorts Right For You?
Value resorts are great because they are exactly what they sound like: an economical way to stay on Disney property. In my opinion the Value resorts are right for you if:
- You want to save money
- You don’t want to spend too much time at your resort or in your room
- You don’t need a table service restaurant at your hotel
- You don’t care about waterslides at your hotel pool
- You’re okay with waiting for transportation to the parks
Overview Of Disney’s Value Resorts
In general most of the value resorts are similar and have similar amenities. Most of them are arranged motel style, so that you enter your room from outside hallways, with the exception of Art of Animation which you enter your room from an inside hallway.
Room Types:
All Star Movies, All Star Sports and Pop Century have standard and preferred rooms that sleep up to 4 adults. Preferred rooms are closer to the main building and pool. In addition to rooms that sleep 4 adults, All Star Music and Art of Animation have family suites that sleep up to 6 adults and have 2 bathrooms and a kitchenette with microwave, and coffee maker. All rooms have a hairdryer, free Wi-Fi, a safe, a telephone, a mini fridge and an iron with ironing board.
As you can see, the rooms at Pop Century have been recently renovated. The rooms at the All Star Resorts will look similar after renovations over the next 2 years.
Food Options:
All of the value resorts have in room pizza delivery, a quick service food court and a pool bar. None have table service restaurants.
Pools:
Art of Animation has 3 pools one of which is the largest resort pool on property and it has underwater speakers! Pop Century also has 3 pools; the main one has fun water jets! The All Star resorts all have 2 pools with different themes. None of the value resort pools have water slides, however waterslides are found at moderate, deluxe and deluxe villas.
Transportation to Parks:
All of the value resorts have complimentary bus transportation to all the theme parks, water parks, Disney Springs, and ESPN Wide World of Sports.
The Disney Skyliner connecst Pop Century, Art of Animation and Caribbean Beach (a moderate resort) to Hollywood Studios and Epcot with a gondola system. It’s an amazing way to get to those parks quickly!
Shopping and Recreation:
All of the value resorts have a gift shop, a short jogging trail, a playground, and an arcade.
Final Thoughts
All in all I think the Value Resorts are a great way to stay in the Disney experience and save some money.We have stayed at them again and again! Have you ever been to Disney World and stayed on property? Which hotel?
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Great post Jennifer! We stayed at Art of Animation, 10 mins from every park. We loved it. We chose this one because, as you said above, it accommodated our large family of 6 (Lorraine came with us). We would do it again in a heartbeat!
Thats awesome Chelsea! I loved staying on property too. Hope you get to go again!