This five-story Deluxe resort has clapboard facades with whitewashed-wood trim. The Yacht Club is painted a subdued gray and has a nautical theme with model ships and antique navigational instruments in public areas. The resort has a themed lobby, with a giant globe. The resort faces 25-acre Crescent Lake and has an elaborate swimming complex.

There are 621 guest rooms at the Yacht Club. Most of the hotel rooms are 381 square feet and have two queen-size beds, a daybed, and a desk and a chair. Like the Grand Floridian’s, rooms have a lot of drawer space. Yacht Club rooms are decorated in blue and white. Some rooms have balconies.

The Yacht Club Resort shares restaurants, pools, and other amenities with the Beach Club Resort and Beach Club Villas. A small business center serves guests’ work needs for both the Yacht and Beach Clubs and Beach Club Villas.

As Disney Deluxe resorts, the Yacht Club and Beach Club provide excellent service. They offer nine restaurants and lounges and are within walking distance of Epcot and the BoardWalk. Transportation to other destinations is by bus or boat. Walking time to the transportation loading areas from the most remote rooms is 7 minutes.

Although the Yacht & Beach Club Resorts are arrayed along Crescent Lake opposite the BoardWalk, a relatively small percentage of guest rooms actually overlook the lake. Many additional rooms have an oblique view of the lake but face a courtyard or garden. To complicate matters, the resorts don’t differentiate between a room with a lake view and one overlooking a swimming pool, pond, or canal. All are considered water views. We receive letters each year from readers complaining that their “water view” was a distant, sidelong peek at a swimming pool.

Blog Posts About Yacht Club:

November 3, 2010

October 27, 2010

Would you recommend this hotel to a friend?
Hotel Definitely (+/- since 2010)
Disney's Yacht Club Resort 82% + (12%)
Average for WDW hotels 74% (+3%)
Average for off-site hotels 79% (+10%)
Average for vacation homes & condos 95% (N/A)

Would you stay at this hotel again?
Hotel Definitely (+/- since 2010)
Disney's Yacht Club Resort 100% + (30%)
Average for WDW hotels 90% (+1%)
Average for off-site hotels 94% (+5%)
Average for vacation homes & condos 100% (N/A)

Hotel Photos

Good (and Not-So-Good) Rooms at Disney's Yacht Club Resort

When you look at the Yacht Club from Crescent Lake, the resort is connected to the Beach Club on the right and angles toward the Dolphin hotel on the left. All Yacht Club rooms offer full balconies or, on the ground floor, patios. Rooms with the best views are as follows (the higher the last three digits in the room number, the closer to lobby, main pool area, and restaurants):

Some other rooms face the BoardWalk or Epcot across Crescent Lake, but they’re inferior to the rooms listed above.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths Weaknesses
Nautical/New England theme No transportation to Epcot main entrance except by taxi
Attractive guest rooms No convenient counter-service food
Good on-site dining Poor room-to-hall soundproofing
Kids' programs, character meals
Excellent selection of nearby off-site dining
Boat service to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot
10-minute walk to rear entrance of Epcot
10-minute walk to Boardwalk
15-minute walk to Disney's Hollywood Studios
Best resort swimming complex at WDW
Health and fitness center
Convenient self-parking
View from waterside guest rooms
On-site child care

Disney's Yacht Club Resort Dining

Commuting Times to the Parks
Park Commuting Time
Magic Kingdom 7 minutes
Epcot 5 minutes
Animal Kingdom 7 minutes
Disney's Hollywood Studios 4 minutes