Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

There are more than 25 Walt Disney World resort hotels to choose from ranging from budget friendly options and resorts with luxury amenities. Walt Disney World splits their resort hotels into three categories: value, moderate, and deluxe.

All of the Walt Disney World resort hotels include standard amenities, recreation options, and benefits exclusive to those staying on-site. Our averages on nightly cost is before any applicable Walt Disney World resort hotel discounts which rotate throughout the year.

See our top rated Mickey Visit best Walt Disney World resort hotels in our ranking of all the hotels across the three categories.

Walt Disney World Value Resorts

The Walt Disney World value hotel resorts are the most affordable out of the three categories. The average cost of a value resort starts around $180 per night and can go up to $550 per night for the family suites at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.

Value hotels do not have hot tubs, water slides or table service (sit down) restaurants. All of the Walt Disney World value resorts are motel style with access to the hotel rooms facing outside. The rooms are in separate buildings with a main building housing the check-in desk, quick service dining, resort gift shop, arcade, etc.

The resort hotels in this category include:

• Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
• Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
• Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
• Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
• Disney’s Pop Century Resort

Walt Disney World Moderate Resorts

The Walt Disney World moderate hotel resorts are in the midrange of price with the average cost of a moderate resort starting around $285 per night and going up to $540 per night. Many of the moderate resorts are extremely large in size so you may want to pay for a preferred room over a standard room in order to be close to the main building, amenities, and transportation.

Resort hotels in the moderate category will have a larger range of amenities like more impressive pools with slides and hot tubs, sit down dining options, and more variety of recreation options.

The resort hotels in this category include:

• Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
• Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
• Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
• Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
• The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
• The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort

Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts

The Walt Disney World deluxe resorts fall in the highest range of cost when comparing the three different hotel categories. The average cost for a standard room at a deluxe resort starts around $509 per night and can go up to $729 per night. Club Level service is available at the deluxe resort hotels for guests looking to enhance their vacation even further.

Deluxe resorts include a step up from the moderate-level Disney World resorts as they will all have hot tubs, water slides, and table service restaurants but also some more luxurious options like spa services, signature dining, character dining, and monorail access depending on the resort. Deluxe resort hotel guests also have an additional perk of visiting the parks after close with Extended Evening Hours.

The resort hotels in this category include:

• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
• Disney’s Beach Club Resort
• Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
• Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
• Disney’s Old Key West Resort
• Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
• Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
• Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
• Disney’s Riviera Resort

Walt Disney World Villas

Many of the best Disney World deluxe resorts on this list also include the option of deluxe villas. Villas at Walt Disney World offer spacious multi-room options with fully-equipped kitchens. For some locations, villas can go up to three rooms. A common misconception is that only Disney Vacation Club members can stay at the villas and most can be booked by all guests.

You can also save a considerable amount of money by renting Disney Vacation Club points to stay at one of these villas rather than paying full price.

• Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
• Disney’s Beach Club Villas
• Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
• Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
• The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Vacation Club Resort
• The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

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