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OLD KEY WEST RESORT
Florida Keys
POLYNESIAN RESORT
Hawaii and South Seas islands
POP CENTURY
Popular-culture icons from various decades of the 20th century
PORT ORLEANS FRENCH QUARTER
Turn-of-the-19th-century New Orleans
PORT ORLEANS RIVERSIDE
Antebellum Louisiana plantation and bayou
SARATOGA SPRINGS
1880s Victorian lakeside resort
SWAN (WESTIN)
Modern Florida resort
TREEHOUSE VILLAS
Rustic vacation homes with modern amenities
WILDERNESS LODGE
Grand national-park lodge of the early 1900s
YACHT CLUB RESORT
New England seashore hotel of the 1880s
The
Polynesian Resort
conveys the feeling of the Pacific islands. It's great for
families.ManywaterfrontroomsofferaperfectviewofCinderellaCastleandtheMa-
gic Kingdom fireworks across Seven Seas Lagoon. Kids don't know Polynesia from
amnesia, but they like those cool “lodge” buildings and all the torches at night.
Grandeur, nostalgia, and privilege are central to the
Grand Floridian & Villas
,
the
Yacht & Beach Club Resorts
,the
Beach Club Villas, Saratoga Springs Resort
,
and
BoardWalk Inn & Villas
. Kids appreciate the creative swimming facilities of
these resorts but are relatively neutral toward their shared Eastern-seaboard theme.
The
Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort
opened in the
summerof2014.TheSpanishRevival architecture ismagnificent, andtheentire hotel
exudes luxury. With 443 spacious guest rooms (including 68 suites), four restaurants,
a golf course, a spa, and a children's play area, the resort provides the sophistication
and service expected by Four Seasons guests.
Port Orleans Resort
lacks the mystery and sultriness of New Orleans's French
Quarter, but it's hard to replicate the Big Easy in a sanitized Disney version. The
Riverside section of Port Orleans, however, hits the mark with its antebellum Missis-
sippi River theme, as does
Old Key West Resort
with its Florida Keys theme. Chil-
dren like each of these resorts, even though the themes are a bit removed from their
