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These are large, well-appointed rooms. Even the sleeper sofa is comfortable, which says a lot about the thought that went into the room.

Room with Queen Bed(s) and en-suite bathroom
Pull-down twin bed for children
Balcony or patio
Dresser with drawers
Full-length mirror
Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi)
Flat-panel TV
Mini-fridge
Coffee maker and starter supply of coffee pods
Starter supply of disposable kitchenware: paper plates, bowls, and cups; plastic forks, knives, and spoons
Ironing board and iron
Hair dryer
Digital thermostat
In-room safe
Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and bar soap

Studio bathrooms have a separate toilet and shower area, allowing several people to get ready at the same time.

These are some of the nicest rooms on property. Most have vaulted living room ceilings and faux-wood balconies or porches. Those balconies stretch the entire width of the room, giving everyone enough space for a good view.

Room with Queen Bed(s) and en-suite bathroom
Room with King Bed and en-suite bathroom
Double-Size Sleeper Sofa
Pull-down twin bed for children
Balcony or patio
Four chairs
Dresser with drawers
Full-length mirror
Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi)
Flat-panel TV
Mini-fridge
Full-size refrigerator
In-room washer and dryer
Coffee maker and starter supply of coffee pods
Full set of kitchen and cooking utensils, including flatware, pots, pans, plates and bowls.
Ironing board and iron
Hair dryer
Digital thermostat
In-room safe
Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and bar soap

The tiled shower in the master bath of these rooms looks like it could comfortably hold eight people, should the need arise. It haso has a rain showerhead mounted in the ceiling in addition to a wall-mounted faucet.

Grand Floridian Villas Studio

Grand Floridian Villas Studio Fridge, Microwave, and Coffee Maker

Grand Floridian Villas Studio

Grand Floridian Villas Studio Bathroom

Grand Floridian Villas Studio 9524 View

Grand Floridian Villas 1- and 2-Bedroom Master Bedroom

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Bedroom

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Master Bedroom

Grand Floridian Villas 1- and 2-Bedroom Villa Kitchen

Grand Floridian Villas 1- and 2-Bedroom Villa Living Room

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Living Room

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa TV and Couch

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Couch

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Balcony

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Dining Area

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Kitchen

Grand Floridian Villas 1- and 2-Bedroom Master Bedroom

Grand Floridian Villas 1- and 2-Bedroom Villa Bathroom

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa Bathroom

Grand Floridian Villas 1-Bedroom 1116 View

Grand Floridian Villas 2-Bedroom 1606 View

Grand Floridian Villas Grand Villa 1401 View

Dining

There's no on-site restaurant at the Villas, and excellent dining options are a short walk away in the main building. Room service is available.

1900 Park Fare A good choice for character dining, but too bright and loud for adults without children.

Cítricos Citricos's fanciful garden setting is inspired by the 2018 film Mary Poppins Returns. Disney describes the menu as "Mediterranean-inspired." Cítricos is one of the few restaurants where our rating differs significantly from readers. Our rating is much higher, and the difference might be whether the kitchen is able to deliver consistent quality night after night. Expect the menu to change often, and ask your server for their recommendations. If you can’t get a reservation at Victoria & Albert’s next door, this is the next best thing we’ve eaten.

Grand Floridian Cafe A quick place to grab a tasty bite in a pleasantly themed room.

Narcoossee's Narcoossee’s, an oft-forgotten Signature restaurant, outpaces its upscale competitors around Walt Disney World in delivering both impeccable service and outstanding food. You’ll certainly pay a hefty price for a meal here, but the fresh ingredients shine every time.

Victoria & Albert's Hunnel (a James Beard Award nominee) and his team prepare modern American cuisine with the best of the best from around the world. The main dining room and Queen Victoria’s Room are whisper-quiet, but the Chef’s Table is convivial and relaxed.

Gasparilla Island Grill The Grand Floridian's quick-service eatery serves up a variety of foods throughout the day. Hot feed is available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and grab-and-go items are available until midnight.

Beaches Pool Bar & Grill Beaches Pool Bar and Grill is near the pool at the south end of the resort (the one with the water slide) and, yes, it is next to the beach. In a large, octagonal, pagoda-topped structure that blends in exactly with the rest of the Grand Floridian architecture, the bar is an appropriately formal, yet basically standard pool bar. What makes this a nice place for a drink is sitting either at one of the available tables or in one of the many pool or beach chairs. From these you can look out over Seven Seas Lagoon. The dozen or so tables located behind the bar on the lagoon side are the real prizes. From there, the resort and the new Disney Vacation Club Villa bookend a 180 degree view that includes the lagoon, the tops of Cinderella Castle and Space Mountain, the Contemporary Resort, and the Polynesian. The area around the pool bar is beautiful and peaceful despite the often rambunctious children in the pool. It also makes a great place to catch Happily Ever After or the Electrical Water Pageant.

Courtyard Pool Bar The Grand Floridian Resort is a classy place in every way. Unsurprisingly that classiness extends to its central pool area, where an elegant pool is bordered by lovely bar. The Courtyard pool bar is located in the main courtyard (hence the name), next to the largest, and quietest, pool at the Grand Floridian. While the view is not quite as nice as the Beaches Pool Bar (Grand Floridian buildings versus the beach and lagoon), there are generally far fewer children around this pool. If relative peace and quiet is more important to you, the Courtyard bar is the one for you.

Enchanted Rose

Sandy Cove

Grand Floridian Gingerbread House Seasonal holiday cart in the Grand Floridian lobby selling gingerbread shingles and other sweets during the Christmas season.

Grand Floridian Private Dining

Refillable Mugs Allows guest self-service soft drink refills from quick-service locations in hotels (NOT in theme parks) for $22.99 for the length of stay.

Amenities

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2 Pools

The Grand Floridian Villas have excellent pool areas. The Beach Pool is large enough that ducks often mistake it for the nearby lagoon. It's also got a 181-foot water slide, waterfalls, and a zero-entry side for kids. The Courtyard Pool is a more quiet bathing experience. A nearby, Alice In Wonderland-themed play area for kids, is excellent.

Arcade

Arcadia Games arcade is in the Grand Floridian main building and features relatively recent video games of all kinds.

Outdoor Movies

Free Disney Movies Under the Stars are shown on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, weather-permitting, at the Sommerhouse

Fitness

The Grand Floridian Health Club has weights, treadmills, and other equipment for your workout. Hours are typically 6 AM to 9 PM.

Spa

The Grand Floridian Spa is a full-service spa and salon. We think it's the best on property. Services include massages, body treatments, mani/pedi. and more.

Campfire Activities

Roast marshmallow around a campfire starting at 5:30 PM on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday on the Grand Floridian beach.

Boat Rentals

Motorized boats, and pontoon boats that seat up to 10 adults can be rented at the marina. Check with the marina for cost and operating hours.

Early Theme Park Entry

Disney resort guests get into each theme park 30 minutes earlier than off-site guests, every day.

Buy Individual Lightning Lane Early

Those staying at Disney's Deluxe and Deluxe Villa hotels can buy Lightning Lane via Individual Purchase at 7:00 a.m. each day. Others cannot make that purchase until the official park opening time.

Extended Evening Theme Park Hours

Disney's Deluxe and DVC resort guests get two extra hours in select theme parks on certain days of the week. The schedule changes, so check with the front desk.

Monorail

Board the Walt Disney World Monorail on Floor 2 of the Grand Floridian's Main Building for convenient access to Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and the Contemporary and Polynesian hotels.

Electrical Water Pageant

Performed at nightfall on the Seven Seas Lagoon, this show is a stunning electric-light show aboard small barges and set to nifty electronic music.

2 Pools

Arcade

Arcadia Games arcade is in the Grand Floridian main building and features relatively recent video games of all kinds.

Outdoor Movies

Free Disney Movies Under the Stars are shown on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, weather-permitting, at the Sommerhouse

Fitness

The Grand Floridian Health Club has weights, treadmills, and other equipment for your workout. Hours are typically 6 AM to 9 PM.

Spa

The Grand Floridian Spa is a full-service spa and salon. We think it's the best on property. Services include massages, body treatments, mani/pedi. and more.

Campfire Activities

Roast marshmallow around a campfire starting at 5:30 PM on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday on the Grand Floridian beach.

Boat Rentals

Motorized boats, and pontoon boats that seat up to 10 adults can be rented at the marina. Check with the marina for cost and operating hours.

Early Theme Park Entry

Disney resort guests get into each theme park 30 minutes earlier than off-site guests, every day.

Buy Individual Lightning Lane Early

Those staying at Disney's Deluxe and Deluxe Villa hotels can buy Lightning Lane via Individual Purchase at 7:00 a.m. each day. Others cannot make that purchase until the official park opening time.

Extended Evening Theme Park Hours

Disney's Deluxe and DVC resort guests get two extra hours in select theme parks on certain days of the week. The schedule changes, so check with the front desk.

Monorail

Board the Walt Disney World Monorail on Floor 2 of the Grand Floridian's Main Building for convenient access to Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and the Contemporary and Polynesian hotels.

Electrical Water Pageant

Performed at nightfall on the Seven Seas Lagoon, this show is a stunning electric-light show aboard small barges and set to nifty electronic music.

Practical Matters

Check In/Out Time

Check-in is 4:00pm
Check-out is 11:00am

Online Check-In

All Disney resorts participate in Disney’s Online Check-In program. If you’ve checked-in online and provided a mobile phone number or email address, you will receive your room number electronically. Then you can go straight to the room and use your smart phone or MagicBand to open the door, skipping the lobby altogether.

MagicBand

These rubber and plastic wrist bands can function as your room key, park admission, charge card, and more! MagicBands cost money, but if you'd like a free option you can use the official Disney World app on your phone or request an RFID-embedded card at the front desk.

Theme Park Tickets

Park tickets are best purchased online in advance either directly through Disney or via our Least Expensive Ticket Calculator. However, if you arrive without park tickets, head to the concierge desk in the hotel lobby.

Dining Reservations

Dining reservation are best made online in advance or on your phone or tablet during your visit. You can also use our Disney World Reservation Finder.

Laundry

Washers and dryers are availabile in laundry facilities at each Disney World hotel. Cost is $3 per wash, and another $3 per dry cycle. A small selection of soap, fabric softener, and dryer sheets are also sold, for around $1 each. Only credit/debit cards can be used for payment. For more information, see our Disney World Laundry Facilities page.

Lost and Found

If you lose something in a theme park or during your stay at a Disney-operated hotel, visit Disney's Lost and Found website or call (407) 824-4245.

Shopping

Disney hotels have gifts shops near their lobbies with a decent collection of Disney-branded souvenirs. You will also find basic pharmacy items such as sunscreen, aspirin, allergy and cold medicine, baby diapers and formula, shampoo, and the like. Resort hotels with Deluxe Villa rooms offer an assortment of groceries, as well.

Child Care

Disney recommends a third party company, Kid's Nite Out, to provide babysitting services at the resort hotels. See our Disney World Child Care page for more information.

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Getting to the Parks
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Destination	Boat	Bus	Monorail	Car	Walk
Magic Kingdom	20 min	–	8 min	–	17 min
EPCOT	–	–	29 min	18 min	–
Hollywood Studios	–	28 min	–	20 min	–
Animal Kingdom	–	28 min	–	18 min	–
Disney Springs	–	29 min	–	16 min	–

Disney provides free bus service to all destinations except the Magic Kingdom. Buses run about every 20 minutes. Disney's bus transportation system is the fastest option to get to EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios. For all other destinations, it's faster to drive your car if you have one.

If you have your own car, it's faster to drive yourself to Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach water parks, and Disney Springs. Disney's transportation system is faster to EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

The Magic Kingdom is accessible via walking path.

Boat service is available to the Magic Kingdom. Boat service might not be available during thunderstorms.

The Magic Kingdom is accessible via the resort's monorail station in the main building; walking is faster. For EPCOT, take the monorail to the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) and transfer to the EPCOT monorail.

Getting to Another Hotel from Grand Floridian Villas

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Driving to the Resort

Getting to the Parks
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Getting to Universal Orlando

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort is in the Magic Kingdom Resort Area. All modern GPS apps, and Google Maps, will have clear driving directions to it. As a backup, look for Disney road signs directing you toward the Magic Kingdom once you're on property.

Destination	Boat	Bus	Monorail	Car	Walk
Magic Kingdom	20 min	–	8 min	–	17 min
EPCOT	–	–	29 min	18 min	–
Hollywood Studios	–	28 min	–	20 min	–
Animal Kingdom	–	28 min	–	18 min	–
Disney Springs	–	29 min	–	16 min	–

The Magic Kingdom is accessible via walking path.

Boat service is available to the Magic Kingdom. Boat service might not be available during thunderstorms.

The Polynesian is a short walk from the Grand Floridian, but hot during the summer and wet when it rains. An alternate way to get to the Contemporary, Bay Lake Tower, and Polynesian is by taking the resort monorail. For all other hotels, it's faster to drive or use Uber/Lyft/taxis than to rely on Disney's bus service. If you must use Disney's bus service and the Magic Kingdom is open, it's probably fastest to walk to the Magic Kingdom bus station and take the bus going to the resort you're headed.

if you have a car, the easiest way to get to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and other tourist destinations is to drive. Alternatively, Mears Transportation operates shuttle services between the Disney hotels and other theme parks.

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