The Bottom Line
Pros
- Tropical, island-style theme is bright and colorful.
- Villages have their own swimming pools and beaches.
- Wide variety of resort dining opptunities from food court to table service.
- Lakeside recreation and beach provide additional recreation opportunities.
- Complimentary Disney transportation to theme parks.
Cons
- Due to the size of the resort, transportation buses can be crowded.
Description
- Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
- Island villages are themed in Caribbean styles: Trinidad, Martinique, Barbados, Aruba and Jamaica.
- Each village is made up of clusters of two-story buildings each with 64 guestrooms for 2,112 total.
- Each guestroom is typically larger than other moderate-priced Disney resorts at 340 sq. ft.
- Each village has its own swimming pools and white-sand beaches.
- Moderately priced guestrooms from $134 to $209 a night.
- 42-acre tropical lake provides additional recreational opportunities including sailboats.
- Footbridges over the lake connect the "mainland" with the Parrot Cay island play area for children.
- Old Port Royale includes shops, game room, lounge, food court, restuarants and entertainment.
- Book online, call 407-W-DISNEY or contact a local travel agent.
Guide Review - Resort Review: Caribbean Beach Resort
Located on 200 lushly landscaped acres near Epcot, the tropically themed resort is a collection of island-style "villages" that are a blend of cool pastel walls, white wood railings and vividly colored metal roofs.Guests check in at the islands-styled Custom House and follow palm-tree lined roadways to their village - Trinidad, Martinique, Barbados, Aruba or Jamaica. Within each village is a cluster of two-story buildings with guestrooms, a swimming pool, a guest laundry and a lakefront stretch of white-sand beach.
The decor and furnishings reflect the Caribbean theme. Guestrooms are decorated in softer tones than the colors found outside and both the guestrooms and bathrooms are ample in size. All rooms are identical in size and comfort — the only difference in price is the view.
Old Port Royale in the center of the resort has the feel of a Caribbean village, with stone walls, pirates' cannons and tropical birds and flowers. It is there guests find the resort's shops, game room, lounge, food court, restaurant and enjoy live entertainment in an islands streetscape setting.
Dining options include counter-service restaurants in the food court that serve up plenty of choices to satisfy the entire family, including soups, salads, sandwiches, pizza, pasta and even burgers. Shutters, a table-service restaurant features pan-seared snapper and jerk-roasted chicken.
Outdoor recreational opportunities include walking, biking, jogging, playgrounds and watercraft.
