A Walt Disney World resort hotel can almost be as much fun to visit as one of the theme parks! Each resort has its own theme and the details are carried out to near perfection. But with nearly 20 WDW resorts to choose from, not to mention all the off-site hotels, which resort is the best one for you?

Disney resorts are divided into price categories with amenity levels to match. Each of the WDW resorts is examined in more detail in its own fact sheet, as well as in a selection of interior and exterior photos, but the resorts are broken into:

Value Resorts | Moderate Resorts | Deluxe Resorts| Disney Vacation Club Resorts |Off-Site Accommodations

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Fact Sheets for each of the hotels are presented here as a guide to help you decide where to stay during your Walt Disney World vacation. Information includes types of accommodations, current room rates, amenities included, and contact information. The column on the left of this page lists each of the Walt Disney World resorts, plus a few that are on Disney property but operated by other companies. To see the Fact Sheet for a resort, just click on the appropriate link. We have also compiled guest comments on some resorts -- you'll find the link to these under the resort names as well.

The Resort Photo Gallery offers both interior and exterior photographs of each of the resorts. We've tried to include pictures of rooms in every category, as well as the pool areas and the grounds of each location. To see the photos for a resort, just click on the appropriate link.

Value Resorts: Amenities at value-priced resorts include food courts, pizza delivery, luggage service (hourly), swimming pools, bus transportation. All-Star Movies, All-Star Music, All-Star Sports, and Pop Century.

Moderate Resorts: Amenities at moderate-priced resorts include full-service restaurants, food courts, room service (limited), luggage service, swimming pools with a slide and hot tub, on-site recreation, bus or boat transportation. Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans Riverside and Port Orleans French Quarter.

Deluxe Resorts: Amenities include full-service restaurants, room service, luggage service, valet parking, swimming pools, beach access, on-site recreation, on-site childcare, monorail, boat or bus transportation. Animal Kingdom Lodge, BoardWalk Inn, Contemporary, Grand Floridian, Polynesian, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club and Beach Club, and the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin.

Disney Vacation Club Resorts: Amenities at these resorts offer full-service restaurants, kitchen facilities, pizza delivery, luggage service, swimming pools, on-site recreation, front-door parking, flexible room arrangements, bus or boat transportation. Old Key West, BoardWalk Villas, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa, Beach Club Villas, and Animal Kingdom Villas.

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AllEarsNet.com offers Reader Reviews on all Disney Resorts (and restaurants and tours, etc). Here are the favorite resorts of our readers in each category:

POP Century / All Star Movies - Value
Port Orleans French Quarter - Moderate
Polynesian / Wilderness Lodge Deluxe
Villas at Wilderness Lodge - Home Away from Home

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Our featured off-site resorts are:All Star Vacation Homes, Gaylord Palms Resort, Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration, DoubleTree Guest Suites, the Sheraton's Vistana Resort Villas and the Sheraton Vistana Villages.

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