Disney's Beach Club Resort

Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's Beach Club Resort
	Beach Club's main building
Location	Epcot Resort Area
Resort type	Deluxe
Opened	November 19, 1990
Theme	Newport Beach cottage
Rooms	583
Villas	282
Operator	Disney Experiences
Green lodge	Yes
Address	1800 Epcot Resorts Boulevard; Bay Lake, Florida
Website	Official website

Last updated May 16, 2024

Disney's Beach Club Resort is a beach-themed resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on November 19, 1990. The resort is owned and operated by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.

Disney's Beach Club Resort is in the Epcot Resort Area, next to a sister resort, Disney's Yacht Club Resort, and across Crescent Lake from Disney's BoardWalk Resort. Disney's Yacht Club Resort and Disney's Beach Club Resort and Villas share amenities and resources, including staff, management, and busses. Disney's Beach Club Resort is home to a 73,000 square feet (6,800 m²) convention center, which is shared with Disney's Yacht Club Resort. The villas on site are part of the Disney Vacation Club, sitting on 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land and comprising 282 units.

Resort

The hotel was designed by the firm of Robert A.M. Stern Architects ^[1] and themed after the seaside cottages of 19th century Newport. The resort's light blue color distinguishes it from the gray siding with red and white striped awnings of Disney's Yacht Club Resort.

Boat transportation from the resort runs to Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios, as well as Disney's Boardwalk Resort and the Walt Disney World Swan and Walt Disney World Dolphin resorts. The resort is approximately five minutes walking distance from Epcot, and roughly fifteen minutes walking distance to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Guests can use the International Gateway entrance to Epcot in World Showcase between the France and United Kingdom pavilions.

Disney's Beach Club Resort has received the designation in the Florida Green Lodging Program.^[2]

There are both standard rooms (two queen-size beds or one king-size bed) and suites. Some rooms also have a daybed besides 2 Queen beds or 1 King bed. The resort also offers a fifth floor Concierge Level, with private floor access, a concierge lounge, turndown service, and other amenities. The Concierge Level is home to the resort's Presidential Suite. All rooms were renovated in 2009. Rooms were also renovated from 2015 to 2016. Rooms still have a beach theme, but they are more modern, with shades of gray, brown, and light blue. The hallways were also re-painted and re-papered, along with new carpets and new colors on the doors of the rooms. In 2023, the rooms were updated with new carpet and furniture.^[3]

In addition, vacation homes at Disney's Beach Club Villas offer a range of accommodations, ranging from studios that sleep 4, one-bedroom villas that sleep 4, and two-bedroom villas that sleep 8.

Entertainment

Dining

Disney's Beach Club Resort shares facilities with Disney's Yacht Club Resort and together feature four full-service restaurants, a poolside counter-service restaurant, two marketplaces, and several bars and lounges.

Cape May Cafe is the primary table service restaurant at Beach Club Resort. It is open for breakfast and dinner and offers a New England style clambake buffet for dinner and a traditional buffet daily for breakfast. Disney characters stroll around the tables during breakfast and greet guests.

Beaches And Cream Soda Shop located near the Stormalong Bay pool and mini waterpark is also located at Beach Club Resort and consists of a 1950's style diner themed restaurant, serving burgers, sandwiches, and unique dessert concoctions.

Beach Club Marketplace Is the quick service location and gift shop at Beach Club Resort serving sandwiches, salads, wraps, pizza, macaroni and cheese, and breakfast items to go.

Martha's Vineyard This tiny lounge the only lounge at Beach Club Resort and is located next to the former Ariel's restaurant and event space, serving specialty cocktails, appetizers and small plates and is open for dinner.

Hurricane Hanna's is the pool bar and grill between the two resorts, located along the south side of the Stormalong Bay Pool and mini waterpark. This quick service spot serves, burgers, sandwiches, appetizers, alcohol and specialty cocktails.

Pools

Disney's Beach Club Resort at night DisneyBeachClub2.jpg — Disney's Beach Club Resort at night

Stormalong Bay is the main 3-acre pool complex at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club resorts that resembles a beach-side water park with its sand-bottom pools, a circular lazy river, waterfall, and a large replica of a shipwreck with one of the highest resort water slides at Walt Disney World. The Stormalong Bay pool complex offers a poolside counter service restaurant and bar, a shallow area for children called the Shipwreck Pool, and an elevated tanning deck. Stormalong Bay is centrally located between both the Beach Club Resort and the Yacht Club Resort, facing Crescent Lake.^[4]

Tidal Pool is the quiet pool for Beach Club resort and is found near the volleyball courts and the international gateway entrance to Epcot.

Dunes Cove Pool is a small pool with depths ranging up to about five feet, changing and bathroom facilities, a jacuzzi tub, and barbecue grills located in the Beach Club Villas, serving as the villas quiet pool.

Recreation

Ship Shape Health Club^[5] is a health and fitness center. The health club is centrally between both the Beach Club Resort and the Yacht Club Resort.

Lafferty Place Arcade is an indoor arcade near the Beaches & Cream Soda Shop.

Convention center

Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center is a convention center At the Yacht Club Resort and is over 73,000 square feet (6,800 m²) of meeting space.^[5]

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References

↑ "Robert A.M. Stern Architects – Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts". ramsa.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
↑ "Green Lodging Program Designated Properties". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.
↑ "Disney's Beach Club Villas Refurbishment Extended Through 'Late Fall'". WDW News Today. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
↑ "Pools at Disney's Beach Club Resort". Disney Go. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
1 2 "Disney's Yacht Club Resort Map". Archived from the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.

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[1] "Robert A.M. Stern Architects – Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts". ramsa.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[2] "Green Lodging Program Designated Properties". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.

[3] "Disney's Beach Club Villas Refurbishment Extended Through 'Late Fall'". WDW News Today. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[4] "Pools at Disney's Beach Club Resort". Disney Go. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[ResortMap-5] 1 2 "Disney's Yacht Club Resort Map". Archived from the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.

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