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The All-Stars are the noisiest Disney resorts, though guest rooms are well sound-
proofed and quiet.
All-Star Music has 192 Family Suites in the Jazz and Calypso Buildings. Suites
measure roughly 520 square feet, slightly larger than the cabins at Fort Wilderness.
Each suite, formed from the combination of two formerly separate rooms, includes a
kitchenettewithmini-refrigerator,microwave,andcoffeemaker.Sleepingaccommod-
ations include a queen bed in the bedroom, plus a pullout sleeper sofa, a chair bed,
and an ottoman bed. A hefty door separates the two rooms.
WereceivealotofletterscommentingontheAll-StarResorts.FromaMassachu-
setts family of four:
I would never recommend the All-Star for a family. It was like dormitory
living. Our room was about 1 mile from the bus stop, and the room was
tiny—you needed to step into the bathroom, shut the door, then step around
the toilet that blocked half the tub
.
But a Baltimore family had a very positive experience:
We were pleasantly surprised by All-Star Movies. Yes, the rooms are small,
but the overall magic there is amazing. The lobby played Disney movies,
which is perfect if you get up early and the buses aren't running yet. There
are great photo ops everywhere (Donald and Daisy were awesome). Cus-
tomer service was impeccable
.
INDEPENDENT HOTELS OF THE DOWNTOWN DISNEY
RESORT AREA
THE SEVEN HOTELS
of the Downtown Disney Resort Area (DDRA) were created in
the days when Disney had far fewer of its own resorts. The hotels—the
Best Western
Lake Buena Vista Resort Hotel, B Resort
, the
Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa,
DoubleTree Guest Suites
, the
Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort
, the
Holi-
day Inn in the Walt Disney World Resort
, and
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Re-
sort
—are chain properties with minimal or nonexistent theming, though the Buena
Vista Palace, especially, is pretty upscale. All were hit hard by the recession, and sev-
eral of the larger properties shifted their focus to convention and business travelers.
