Inside The Magic: Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Disney’s Contemporary Resort is an ultra-modern Disney Deluxe Resort, made up of a towering A-frame high-rise building. This lakeside Resort is the only hotel in Walt Disney World Resort to have the Walt Disney World Monorail System pass through the main lobby.
Details:
- Opening Date: October 10, 1971
- Resort Area: Magic Kingdom
- Resort Category: Deluxe
- Address: 4600 North World Drive Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
- Phone: (407) 824-1000
- Fax: (407) 824-3539
Inside The Magic: Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
Caribbean Beach Resort is designed with a Caribbean theme. Guests stay in one of the small apartment buildings that encircle Barefoot Bay, a 45-acre (180,000 m2) lake. Buildings are grouped into one of six villages, with shared resources, each named after an island in the Caribbean: Martinique, Barbados, Jamaica, Aruba, Trinidad North, and Trinidad South.
Details:
- Opening Date: October 1, 1988
- Construction Began: June 1987
- Acreage: 200 acres
- Resort Area: Epcot
- Resort Category: Moderate
- Address: Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, 900 Cayman Way, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
- Phone: (407) 934-3400
- Fax: (407) 934-3288
Inside The Magic: Disney’s Polynesian Resort
Disney’s Polynesian Resort is situated on the southern shore of the man-made Seven Seas Lagoon, south of the Magic Kingdom and adjacent to other Walt Disney World complexes, with the Transportation and Ticket Center to the east and Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa to the west. The resort is on the Magic Kingdom monorail loop, providing transportation to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot (via transfer), and is part of the route for Disney’s Magic Kingdom Resorts Water Launch service. Other Walt Disney World Resort theme parks and attractions are served by Disney Transport buses.
Details:
- Opening Date: October 1, 1971
- Resort Area: Magic Kingdom
- Resort Category: Deluxe
- Address: 1600 Seven Seas Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830-1000
- Phone: (407) 824-2000
- Fax: (407) 824-3174
New Disney Resort – Art of Animation
Walt Disney World is about to begin building its first new hotel in seven years, a 2,000-room resort that will open in 2012.
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will feature 1,120 suites with room for as many as six people each and another 864 traditional hotel rooms, with a design theme based on four of the company’s most popular animated movies.
Inside The Magic: Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort is a resort that is part of the Walt Disney World Resort. It is one of four resorts in the Value Resort category, along with Disney’s All-Star Music Resort, Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort, and Disney’s Pop Century Resort.
Details:
- Opening Date: April 29 1994 with Surf’s Up, May 13 1994 with Hoops Hotel, June 26 1994 with Touchdown, July 22 1994 with Home Run Hotel, and August 11 1994 with Center Court.
- Construction Began: November 1992
- Resort Area: Animal Kingdom
- Resort Category: Value
- Address: 1701 W. Buena Vista Dr., Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
- Phone: (407) 939-5000
- Fax: (407)939-7333









