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Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's Beach Club Resort (“BC”), an Epcot resort, is themed to recollect images of
Victorian seaside cottages and hotels from Stone Harbor and other Cape May, New Jersey,
settings. The exterior architecture is particularly charming, and of high appeal to adults.
Kids don't much get its theming until they see the Stormalong Bay pool and its associated
beaches and playgrounds. After that, that's all they see… The Beach Club occupies half
of an enormous, long-corridored building, with sister resort The Yacht Club taking up the
other half. Nearby you'll find the Disney Vacation Club Villas at the Beach Club Villas. In
the center of the enormous building are kitchens and other back-of the house areas, then
on either side the table service restaurants of the two resorts, then the guest service areas
(one for each) and shops. Near Crescent Lake you'll find Stormalong Bay pool, shared with
the Yacht Club—actually three separate pools, each with its own focus: a sand-bottomed
shallow pool delightful for little ones; a pool perfect for drifting or tubing; and a pool for
swimming. The larger of two fun water slides accessed from a shipwreck (!) on a beach
splashes down at one end of this pool. Some call Stormalong Bay a “mini water park”.
That's a stretch, yet does capture the difference between it and every other Disney World
pool except those at the Four Seasons. There's two smaller pools at BC—the better one
back by the Villas—and another at the very far end of the Yacht Club.
The Beach Club is near the back entrance to Epcot, the International Gateway. For Ep-
cot, walk or take a boat. For most BC rooms, the boats are a long walk away, so walking
is often the better choice. Hollywood Studios is best accessed by boat, and the other theme
parks, water parks, and Downtown Disney via shared buses that can take a while. The
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