Inside The Magic: All-Star Movies

June 10, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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Disney’s All-Star Movies is located on the southern portion of the Walt Disney World property, and has a Disney Movie theme. Like all Disney Value resorts, the property is decorated with giant Disney film icons such as the Fantasia Pool; a “Mighty Ducks” themed Duck Pond Pool; Herbie, The Love Bug, puppies from “Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians” and some of the residents of Andy’s Room from Disney’s Toy Story. Like the other value resorts, the All-Star Movies has a large food court and poolside bar. Most rooms are available with two double beds. A limited number of rooms with king-size beds are also available. Disabled accessible rooms are available. Irons, ironing boards, cribs and hair dryers, and in-room safes are in each room.

Details:

  • Opening Date: January 15, 1999 with the Mighty Ducks and 101 Dalmations buildings, March 1 1999 with Fantasia and The Love Bug buildings, and finally April 15 1999 with the Toy Story buildings.
  • Construction Began: November 1992
  • Acreage: 62 acres
  • Resort Area: Animal Kingdom
  • Resort Category: Value
  • Address: 1991 W. Buena Vista Dr., Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
  • Phone: (407) 939-7000
  • Fax: (407) 939-7111

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Inside The Magic: Disney’s All-Star Music Resort

April 29, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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Disney’s All-Star Music 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 Sports Resort, Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort, and Disney’s Pop Century Resort.

Details:

  • Opening Date: November 1 1994 with Calypso, December 18 1994 with Jazz, January 20 1995 with Rock Inn, February 12 1995 with Country Fair and February 17 1995 with Broadway.
  • Construction Began: November 1992.
  • Acreage: 55 acres
  • Resort Area: Animal Kingdom
  • Resort Category: Value
  • Address: 1801 West Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
  • Phone: (407) 939-6000
  • Fax: (407) 939-7222
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Inside The Magic: Coronado Springs Resort

April 8, 2010 by · 4 Comments
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Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort is a Southwest-themed Disney Moderate Resort hotel encircling Lago Dorado—a beautiful 22-acre lake.

Details:

  • Opening Date: August 1, 1997 for the first phase of 830 rooms, phase 2 of 300 rooms opened August 6 1997, and phase 3 of 837 rooms opened November 14 1997
  • Acreage: 125 acres
  • Resort Area: Animal Kingdom
  • Resort Category: Moderate
  • Address: 1000 West Buena Vista Drive; Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830-1000
  • Phone: (407) 939-1000
  • Fax: (407) 939-1001
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Inside The Magic: Pop Century Resort

March 25, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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Disney’s Pop Century Resort is a Disney Value Resort hotel featuring giant icons that salute many of the 20th-century popular culture crazes—including toys, gadgets, music, movies, fads and catch phrases.

Details:

  • Opening Date: December 14th, 2003 (phase I, The Classic Years- 1950’s-90’s), completion date phase II (The Legendary Years- 1900-1950) TBA
  • Acreage: 177
  • Resort Area: Wide World of Sports area
  • Resort Category: Value
  • Address: 1050 Century Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
  • Phone: 407-938-4000
  • Fax: 407-938-4040

Pop Century Resort

The resort has 2,880 rooms in ten separate buildings, three pool areas, and one central area that houses the front desk, gift shop, arcade and food court. The buildings are four story versions of the three story All-Star Resort buildings. Read more