The Animal Kingdom Lodge fuses African tribal architecture with the style of East African national park lodges. Thatched-roof guest-room wings fan out from the lobby. Savannah-facing rooms overlook animal grazing areas.

The BoardWalk is a detailed replica of an early-20th century East Coast beach boardwalk hotel, with facades of hotels, diners, and shops to create an interesting waterfront skyline.

Walt Disney World's flagship hotel, the Grand Floridian combines 19th-century, ocean-resort styled verandas, intricate latticework, dormers, and turrets under a distinctive red-shingle roof.

Inspired by the grand, rustic Arts and Crafts national park lodges of the early 20th century, the Wilderness Lodge lobby features exposed log-cabin timbers and an 82-foot tall stone fireplace.

Caribbean Beach has two dozen colorful, two-story model-style buildings separated into areas named for Caribbean Islands. It's got great landscaping and theming, with access to Disney's Skyliner.

Disney's French Quarter section is a sanitized version of New Orleans’s Vieux Carré. With shuttered windows, and old-fashioned iron lampposts, it's one of Disney's smallest and most charming resorts.

All-Star Movies is themed to Disney's classic film franchises. Each three-story motel-style building is fronted by 40-foot tall movie icons, from giant popcorn buckets to Disney film characters.

The All-Star Sports buildings feature huge sports equipment as icons: bright football helmets, giant tennis rackets, and baseball bats the size of buildings. The huge, lightly-themed pool is very popular.

Disney's best and most popular Value resort, Pop Century has well-designed rooms, a decent food court, and Skyliner access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. It's probably the best value-for-money option on site.

A unique, 15-story resort in the shape of a letter C, Bay Lake has excellent views of the Magic Kingdom on one side, and Bay Lake on the other. Its rooms are some of the quietest on property.

These pre-fab log cabins are warm and homey, with lots of wood paneling. All cabins have A/C, TVs, fully-equipped kitchens, and dining tables. Tons of recreation. Most who stay here love it.

Copper Creek rooms are spread out among the main Wilderness Lodge building and in two-bedrooms cabins along Bay Lake. Whatever the rooms might lack in theming, they more than make up for in comfort and space.

The Beach Club Villas have the same beach-centric decor as the Beach Club Resort, plus an extra quiet pool when you're ready to relax after Stormalong Bay.

Disney's first timeshare resort, Old Key West has two- and three-story buildings themed to the Caribbean and Florida Keys. The buildings sit around a golf course and lake in small, charming neighborhoods.

Some of the best rooms on property, the Riviera villas are bright, cheerful, and spacious. The pools are good, on-site dining is very good, and you've got Skyliner access to EPCOT and the Studios.

Unique among Disney villas are these eight-sided, two-bedroom villas on stilts. Well-decorated and comfortable, they're great if you plan to spend a lot of time relaxing, not great if you're mostly in the parks.