Guests get access to three nearby golf courses Receive special Disney benefits such as extended park hours, and ticketĬounters at both hotels.
A free shuttle service to area attractions isĪvailable to guests, as is a ferry ride across the lagoon to Epcot. Self-parking are offered at rather hefty rates, and the self-parking lot can mean a lengthy walk to the lobbies. Restaurants and lounges and a 24-hour cafeteria. The Swan and Dolphin share their amenities, including 17 Great views of Epcot and the grounds, but other rooms have very limited or no Room service andįree bottled water and Wi-Fi are standard as well. Standard amenities include 42-inch flat-screen TVs, mini-fridges,Ĭoffeemakers, magnifying mirrors, robes, slippers, and safes. The Swan’s Deluxe Family Room (500 square feet) and Grande Suite (680 squareįeet). Several room categories are offered, such as Some rooms have walk-in showers with clear glassĭoors, while others have shower/tub combos framed by white-tile but all have rainfall showerheads. The renovated bathrooms have distinctive white ceramic vanity tops facing large, backlit mirrors and glassīacksplashes of green and white. Tones in shades of blue, beige, and orange. Decor in the unrenovated rooms relies on earth
Package includes pillow-top mattresses and white down comforters.
Glass-top, chrome tables on rollers serve as desks, accompaniedīy wood-frame chairs with upholstered blue seats. King Rooms also include upholstered sleeper sofas. The Westin Heavenly Bedding Dressers and nightstands have white ceramic tops. Matching light-wood furniture includes nightstands, dressers, and padded tan White walls with greenish-blue accent walls. (360 in the Dolphin) and feature light-blue carpeting, gray drapes, and Traditional Double Rooms are 340 square feet Decor in the renovated rooms is bright and sleek, with a pleasingĬombination of blues, grays, and whites. The Swan’sħ58 rooms received the makeover first, with renovation of the Dolphin’s 1,509 rooms now Resort fee warning:$35/night.Īdded in 2021: The Walt Disney World Swan Reserve, a 500-unit, 14-story addition (sadly, no monumental creatures adorn its facade), that aims to furnish a more private, executive-level experience than at its sister hotels.Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resort began a $125 million renovation of all rooms in 2014, and it's scheduled for completion by the end of 2017. Rooms often make discounted appearances on hotel booking sites, resulting in a fab deal for a spot adjoining a theme park.
Staying here does, however, qualify you for Early Theme Park Entry (30 minutes per day). Everything lacks the tonal fantasy at Disney-run hotels, and there’s no access to the Dining Plan, no ability to make park purchases by room key or MagicBand. Rooms and common spaces just enjoyed a modernizing renovation (blues, grays, chrome, more outlets). Both specialize in conferences, with lobby bars, steakhouses, and sushi counters to suit, although they strive to welcome families, too (rooms fit five and there are tons of poolside activities). Staff is distracted, but the properties are stuffed with amenities and the location never quits-you can walk to Epcot’s side door in 15 minutes and Hollywood Studios in 20, avoiding the bus. Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner controversially allowed outside corporations to intrude on resort property, and the result was these dated 1989 exteriors-but given how boring Disney hotel construction has been since, we can’t regret those 56-foot-tall dolphin statues. Rewards points are a main appeal to the Starwood-run Swan and Dolphin, which are linked by a footbridge over the lake they share.