Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Favorite hotel

Second stay here this year. Highly recommend Yacht Club Waterview to see either the Quiet Pool and/or peaceful Crescent Lake where you can view the EPCOT fireworks and boats from your balcony. Beautiful, Quiet property. Walking or Boat/Skyliner access to other resorts on lake, EPCOT, and HS. Ale & Compass Lounge nice, but the star of the show is the breakfast at Ale & Compass! Awesome staff (Heu, Michelle, Slim, etc). Then at lunch also offered over the top wedge salad entree. Perfect stay at this property for 8 days (moved rooms as we actually extended stay so got benefit of both quiet pool view, then awesome Crescent Lake view.) Took private car service from MCO, so very easy trip (family took Mears bus and it was a over 2 hour+ process!) but our drive was about half hour. Yacht is a Hotel Resort vs Motel style so once inside, rooms are off hallways. Looked like top floors where we were already renovated with new hall carpeting etc, but bottom floors still works in progress. Busses to AK, MK, and DS very nice....sometimes we were literally the ONLY people on the bus! A+++++++ Next time will try Regatta Club level.

Upon entering our room we were very impressed with how clean and the condition of the furnishings. The only negative was that we happened to be in the area where there were at least 4 dogs in rooms. The poor dogs barked all day until st least 11:30 pm. I brought a sound machine so it really helped tune them out! I just felt that it was sad for the long days the pets were left alone. The market side where food was available was not very good. The selections were more like a cheap diner. The regular restaurants were fantastic ! Service was excellent and quality was great. Loved the entire resort

We’ve stayed at a lot of Disney deluxe properties but the Yacht Club is our favorite. It’s a short walk to EPCOT and a direct boat ride to Hollywood Studios. The staff was friendly and accommodating. We had a water view room which gave us a terrific view of the EPCOT fireworks. It’s also a short car ride to the other parks and Disney Springs.

This really is a beautiful resort, with stunning views and nice rooms. You can walk straight onto the Boardwalk from the hotel and catch a boat to Epcot, Hollywood Studios. Lots of places to eat and drink in the hotel. You can walk to the Beach Resort Hotel side and have a buffet breakfast that cost $49 and have breakfast with the Disney gang, that walk round. You have resort buses that can take you around all the different places.

Have stayed all levels Value, Mod, Delx. (Edited Review) Pros of Deluxe: 1. Yacht is great location for Epcot (via walking or boat) and HS (via boat). Buses not busy (only AK, DS, MK) since most guests going to other parks. With Early Entry this was GREAT and allowed us early entry where we rode Mill Falcon, Toy Story 3x in a row, etc with no more than 10 minute wait for all those rides and then also Remy with no wait since back entry before front entry guests could get there. 2. YC is a hotel not a motel, so once inside, rooms accessed via interior halls. 3. Front of House staff very nice and helpful 4. Had "end of hall room" which meant no guest on one side so VERY quiet. 5. Bath room larger than Moderate, and enough cubbies with doors to "put away" all items and luggage for a clean room. Cons: 1. Had a balcony but it was unusable as it looked out at "swampy" area with mosquitos. 2. MAIN reason we booked Deluxe was for a couch, but got a chair instead? Travel agent said "not guaranteed" and reserved for parties of 4 or 5 (so couples don't matter?) 3. Food choices were awful for us. We don't eat beef nor chicken and eat breakfast and then one afternoon meal only. This is a place for steak eaters and those who eat late (many lounges or restaurants do not open until 5 or require reservations or mainly serve meat dishes). Even the Marketplace sandwiches were "pre-made" so no substitutions. We literally ate a child's grill cheese in room, steak fries (not on menu but requested) and a wedge salad at a lounge, and then PB crackers we brought from home). We could have walked back to Epcot, but due to the extreme heat and humidity by the time we got back to room, just couldn't fathom that so maybe during different time of year that would be a difference. No idea what family's with kids would eat here--as even the Ice Cream Shoppe required a reservation. This review is just our personal evaluation for informational purposes and may not be the experience of everyone.