Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

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Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
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Location Animal Kingdom Resort Area
Resort typeModerate
OpenedAugust 1, 1997 (1997-08-01)
ThemeColonial and Ancient Mexico
AreasCasitas, Ranchos, Cabanas
Rooms1,951
Green lodge Yes
Address1000 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is a resort hotel at the Walt Disney World Resort that opened on August 1, 1997. The resort is located in the Animal Kingdom Resort Area. Its theme is American colonial Spanish and southwestern American. This hotel is categorized as a 'moderate' resort. This was Walt Disney World's first attempt at a 'moderate' resort with a convention center. It is the only moderate level Disney resort with suites, a cafeteria-style restaurant, a formal dinner restaurant (Maya Grill), a gift shop, an arcade, one large pool, three quiet pools, a salon, fitness center, and a dance club. The resort is owned and operated by Disney Experiences.

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In February 2017, a large expansion was announced, with the centerpiece being a 15-story tower located near the entrance and convention center. Other things added are "floating gardens and an oasis which connects to the rest of the resort via a series of bridges".

Accommodation descriptions

There are 1,951 rooms at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort located in four sections across the property. Gran Destino Tower is the main building with rooms on the 3rd through 15th floors. The Casitas are made up of 5 buildings that have 4 floors and are close to the Convention Center. The Ranchos are made up of 4 pueblo-style buildings that have 3 floors. The Cabanas are made up of 3 buildings that have 2 floors. All rooms were renovated in 2018 with new beds, a new flat screen TV, and other new furnishings.[ citation needed ]

Pools and recreation

Expansion

Convention Center

The Coronado Springs Resort Convention Center is the largest convention center on Walt Disney World property featuring 220,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) of meeting space. The Convention Center includes the 60,214-square-foot (5,594.1 m2)Coronado Ballroom which is the largest ballroom in the southeastern United States, the 21,160-square-foot (1,966 m2)Fiesta Ballroom, as well as the 86,000-square-foot (8,000 m2)Veracruz Exhibition Hall with 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) of pre-function space in addition to 45 breakout rooms. There is a business center located on site.

References

  1. "Gran Destino Tower Opens at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort". TravelPulse. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Disney resort expansion centers on friendship of Dalí and Walt Disney". Tampa Bay Times. July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

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