As I am preparing for our family vacation to Walt Disney World this year, I need to find a budget friendly hotel. I know the tickets to the park cost a lot and we will be spending more time there than the hotel. We just need a nice, friendly place to lay our heads at night. I also have a family of five, so I will have to spend a little more than a family of 4 or less.
These were the top 5 hotels I found to be budget friendly. Now, if you want something closer to certain park than you will need to spend a little more. But, if you are just wanting to stay on the WDW grounds and don’t care being to close to a certain park, than these 5 hotels will be great. Can’t have your cake and eat it too! Walt Disney World does category these hotels as Value Resort Hotels.
The following do have discounts: Florida Residents, Active and Retired Military, Passholders, and Disney Vacation Club Members
Disney’s All Star Music Resort
This resort is located in the Animal Kingdom resort area. It has the most popular music genres, including country, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, calypso and Broadway-style show tunes. It has a guitar shaped pool, food court on site, family suites available, and so much more.
The room styles that this resort offers are: Family suite (can sleep up to 6 adults), standard room (can sleep up to 4 adults), and preferred room (can sleep up to 4 adults). The price range for this resort, depending on the room style and time of year is, $148 – $430 per night.
The only transportation that is provided from this resort to the parks is the bus. This resort does have a food court and pool dining services. Some of the recreation things they provide here is, pools, running trail, a park for kids to play at, arcade games, and they play a movie at night time.
This resort only charges $15 a night to park your own vehicle. Other resorts do charge more. You also get free parking at the parks if you park at your resort as well. This is a nice perk!
To book your trip here, head over to https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/all-star-music-resort/
Disney’s All Star Sports Resort
If your a sports fan this is the perfect resort to stay at. There are footballs, basketballs, baseball, surfing, etc. all through out the grounds. It is fun and lively. Kids would love this place. This resort is on the Animal Kingdom resort area. You can sit down at the food courts, go swimming, and so much more here.
They offer two kinds of room styles here: standard (sleeps up to 4 adults) or a preferred (sleeps up to 4 adults). So, if you have a family of 4 or more you will need to book more than one room. Which can add up the nightly tab and overall budget. This resort ranges from $126-$250 an night. This depends on the day you reserve and the room style.
The recreations offered here are: Pools to swim in, movies under the stars at night, jogging trails, playground, arcade, food court and pool bar. Busing is the only transportation this resort offers. You can park your own vehicle for $15 a night and drive to the parks for free.
You can book your reservations here https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/all-star-sports-resort/
Disney’s All Star Movies Resort
If you love movies, this is the resort for you and your family. 101 Dalmatians and Toy Story is all over the grounds. Tall Statues of these characters is fun to take pictures with and make memories.
Just like the other two All Stars resorts you can dine here, get transportation to the parks, watch movies under the stars, etc. This resort is located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort Area.
This resort only offers room styles to fit up to 4 adults. If you have more than 4 family members, than you will need to book more than one hotel room. The two styles offered here are: preferred (fits up to 4 adults) and standard (fits up to 4 adults). The price ranges, depends on style and time of year you book your vacation is, $126-$262 a night.
Some of the fun recreation activities you can do here are: swim in the theme pools, jogging trails, watch movies under the stars each night, dine at the food court and pool bars, playground, and arcade.
Book your next family vacation here https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/all-star-movies-resort/
Disney’s Pop Century Resort
This resort is one of the very popular resorts that families book at. Not only is it budget friendly, but it has great transportation options to get you to and from the parks. This resort is set back in the 1950s through the 1990s. It offers the fun, new skyline transportation to the Epcot and Hollywood Studies.
This resort has 4 room styles to choose from. They do not offer rooms that have suites that fit more than 4 people. You will have to book two rooms. The four styles are: standard room, standard room pool view, preferred room, and preferred room with pool view. The price range is $168-$335 a night.
Some of the recreational activities this resort has to offer are: pools, movies under the stars, jogging trails, playground, arcade, quick service for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and also a pool bar. Transportation for this resort is the skyliner and a bus. I have always been told that this resort is nice because of the transportation option.
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Another popular resort at Walt Disney World is the AOA (Art of Animation) resort. Not only is one of the budget friendly resorts, but is so much fun and laid back. Be surrounded in the artistry, enchantment and magic of Disney and Pixar movies. Some of the special rooms you can reserve are: Finding Nemo, Cars, The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. It is also known for having the largest pools in all of the resorts.
This resort does offer family suites to fit up to 6 members. You have a few different options to pick from:
- Little Mermaid Standard Room
- Cars Family Suites
- The Lion King Family Suites
- Finding Nemo Family Suites
- Family Suites
These rooms range from $199 (the little mermaid standard room is the cheapest here) – $761 (Finding Nemo Family Suites is the most expensive).
The recreation activities offered here are: pools, movies under the stars, jogging trails, playground, arcade, quick service (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and pool bar. You also get the skyliner transportation and bus to get to and from the parks.
If this is a resort for you and your family, head over to book your vacation here https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/art-of-animation-resort/