Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
• Fun and nautical New England theme
• Attractive guest rooms
• Good on-site dining
• Children's programs, character meals
• Boat service to DHS
• Walking distance to Epcot's rear entrance
• Close to many BoardWalk and Epcot dining options
• Best pool complex of any WDW resort
• Convenient self-parking
• View from waterside guest rooms
• On-site child care
WEAKNESSES
• Bus service to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, water parks, and Downtown Disney
is shared with other Epcot resorts
• No convenient counter-service food
• Views and balcony size are hit-or-miss
SITUATED ON CRESCENT LAKE
across from Disney's BoardWalk, the Yacht
& Beach Club Resorts are connected and share a boardwalk, marina, and swimming
complex. The Yacht Club Resort has a breezy Nantucket and Cape Cod atmosphere
with its own lighthouse and boardwalks, lots of polished wood, and burnished brass
(and boxes of chess or checkers pieces available for your room on request). Its sibling
resort, the Beach Club, shares most of the facilities but is a little sportier and more
casual in atmosphere. The Disney Vacation Club Villas at the Beach Club are avail-
able for rent, have their own small pool, and may offer more privacy. The resorts offer
a shared mini-water park, Stormalong Bay, with a white-sand beach and marina, and
an unusual number of sports facilities, such as croquet, tennis, and volleyball, plus
fitness rooms, and so on. Many of the rooms have balconies with views looking out
across the lagoon toward the BoardWalk.
