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Oh wow, there’s plenty here to keep you busy for a week or more without leaving the magic of the magic kingdom itself. Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney-MGM Studios, Animal Kingdom. If you do want to escape – go shopping perhaps, or check out Sea World, you can easily do so with nought but a short drive between you and reality.
There’s the Mall at Millenia, where for the first time in Florida you can shop at Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, and Macy's. And when everyone has had enough of theme parks, there are also fabulous museums, parks, and gardens to enjoy as well!
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Disney's All Star Sports Resort
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Within a mile of Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, this sports-themed resort offers energetic fun. Sports-inspired rooms have bedspreads with images of athletes. There are TVs and star-shaped lights above each bed – just the star shaped lights above the beds of course, not the TVs.
Stay here and you’re eligible for Disney’s Magical Express Se... More details
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Disney's Pop Century Resort
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Travel back in time to enjoy larger-than-life icons from the 1950s to the 1990s. From yo-yos to the Sony Walkman, from Play-Doh to the Rubik's Cube, celebrate the fashions, catch phrases (not all of them we hope), toys and dances that captivated the world through the decades.
Disney’s designers, ooops, we meant Disney’s Imagineers, worked with ... More details
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Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
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This casual, 200 acre resort, with five brightly coloured island villages inspired by the Caribbean, is but a mile from Epcot and transport to all Disney theme parks is free.
The colourful villages are themed in five Caribbean styles named after the Caribbean islands of Trinidad, Martinique, Barbados, Aruba, and Jamaica. Each of the villages is... More details
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Disney's Contemporary Resort
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Located on Bay Lake, the Resort has its own marina, where you can rent sailboats and motor boats, or enjoy fishing excursions, parasailing, waterskiing and more. There are also two outdoor pools on site - including one in the shape of Mickey’s ears - as well as spa tubs, a playground, and an arcade.
Six miles from Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios, D... More details
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Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
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Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is themed to regions of Mexico and the American Southwest. Set around a lake, it features a Mayan pyramid in the centre of a fun pool area. This Moderate Resort offers one full-service restaurant, plus other dining options.
Most rooms comfortably accommodate four people. There’s babysitting and child services Lim... More details
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Disney’s Port Orleans Resort
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There are more than 2,000 rooms here and they fall into two themed areas: Magnolia Bend, a stately, antebellum mansion (we had to look that up – antebellum means ‘before the war’) or Alligator Bayou (we looked that up too: ‘the outlet of a lake or one of the delta streams of a river’) with clusters of charmingly rustic lodges.
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Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts
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Sailors and landlubbers alike can take advantage of this waterfront resort, with its large pool, water slide, tennis courts, croquet lawn, and marina with boats for rent.
The resort’s 621 rooms include seafaring details such as yacht-covered bedspreads and headboards in the shape of a ship’s wheel. Rooms also have minibars and balconies or pati... More details
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Walt Disney World Swan
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Feel your senses come alive at this award-winning resort in the heart of Walt Disney World®. Become immersed in an environment featuring enchanting architecture, inspiring artwork and spectacular views. Whether you lounge on the white-sand beach or splash around in the grotto pool, you'll be refreshed and invigorated.
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Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
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This unique resort is reminiscent of a wildlife-reserve lodge on the African savannah. Arriving guests are greeted in a three-story lobby with a crackling fireplace, hand-carved wood furniture. As the sun sets, two outdoor patios flanking the lobby provide close-up views of exotic animals, including giraffes, ostriches, impalas, and zebras.
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Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground
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Make yourself at home in an air-conditioned cabin, or stay in secluded campsites for tents and – should you be stopping off here on a longer trip - all types of RVs. Now we call RVs ‘camper vans’, which seems to make much more sense.
There’s Bay Lake Beach, where you can soak up the sun on a typically Floridian white sand beach. Or there’s a cho... More details
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Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
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Take a holiday in a world mixing gentility and exuberance, a turn-of-the-century experience characterized by care, consideration and high-buttoned style.
Outside, hire a yacht, relax at two glorious pools or on the sand of a calm lagoon. Inside, enjoy shady verandas, magnificent stained glass domes and the glittering chandeliers of this timeles... More details
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Disney's Polynesian Resort
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A monorail outside the lobby of this South Seas-inspired resort zips guests to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom Park, which is just across the water. Lush landscaping surrounds you.
Polynesian-style guestrooms, many with patios or balconies, are located in 11 colourful buildings, each named after a Pacific island. Furnishings are wicker and bamboo; ... More details
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Disney's Wilderness Lodge
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There’s a dramatic soaring reception (yes, ‘lobby’ to our cousins overseas), heated pool, and marina. There are nightly campfires and sing-a-longs. But don’t worry, if the thought of a nightly sing-a-long fills you with horror, you can retreat to your room, its patio or balcony, and décor reminiscent of historic National Park lodges (nope, we don’t... More details
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