Over by the Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary, Polynesian, and Grand Floridian Resorts seem to get a lot of attention, but there are plenty of other Deluxe Resorts to discuss! It’s time to let another resort get a little recognition.
If you’re looking for a resort with lots of fun transportation options, an incredible-smelling lobby, and a unique pool, you might want to consider staying at Disney’s Beach Club Resort!
Resort Atmosphere
There are two “sister” resorts right next to each other called Disney’s Yacht Club Resort and Disney’s Beach Club Resort. Both fall under the Deluxe Resort category, meaning these rooms can get pretty expensive!
One of the most popular features of the Beach Club hotel is its large sand-bottom pool. This pool is so big that it even has a lazy river and a water slide!
There are tons of different seating areas, but on a busy day the pool deck could still fill up! If you want good seats, we recommend hitting the pool early.
Another one of the big perks of staying at the Beach Club is that it is within walking distance of EPCOT! Guests can follow a pathway that leads straight to the EPCOT International Gateway, and the Skyliner!
If you don’t feel like walking, you can also hop on a boat! The boats in this area take guests to Disney’s Hollywood Studios and EPCOT!
Now that you’ve got an idea of the atmosphere, let’s check out our room!
Room Tour
We stayed in a standard-view room in the main building — room 4966, to be exact!
Right when you enter, you’ll find a standard-sized closet to your left. It comes with several hangers, and some extra pillows and blankets. You know, all the typical closet necessities!
There’s also a small electronic safe in the closet.
Right next to the closet you will find the coffee station/mini-fridge. This is the perfect area to keep all your water bottles, leftovers, and snacks!
The coffee station has a Keurig machine and some complimentary coffee, creamer, and sugar.
The mini-fridge has two main shelves and plenty of room for drinks.
There’s also a drawer you can use for extra storage.
Moving on from the entryway, you’ve got a straight path to the room! Our room had two queen-size beds.
The room is pretty plain, but it’s nice and bright! Each bed has two personal lights that have their own light switches.
Unfortunately, these beds don’t have any space underneath for storage, but there’s plenty of space elsewhere to keep your luggage.
Of course, there’s a large TV across from the beds, plus a small desk.
For four people, there’s still plenty of breathing room!
We have to give a little shout-out to Disney Housekeeping! Who doesn’t love a little Disney-inspired towel art?
The headboards feature some pretty mother of pearl trim around the edge of the bed that is very chic — and on-theme!
Between the beds, there is one small table with two drawers. Note that there is no outlet on the table, so you’ll have to plug in your electronics somewhere else.
The drawers aren’t especially large, but you can still fit some clothing in there if you want!
To the left of the bed, there is a little extra space that’s perfect for luggage!
There is also a small desk across from the beds with two one outlet.
For a little late-night snack or a quick breakfast, you can roll out a little table from under the desk.
The main TV console has lots of drawers and cabinets, as well as some extra outlets. Think of this as the handy catch-all space for your essentials!
The remote comes in a sealed bag for extra sanitation! If you’d like to learn more, there’s a sign that explains the enhanced cleaning procedures.
Over by the bathroom, you’ll find two sinks outside the shower area.
The sink space is quite large, and you even have a little extra space for toiletries and makeup on the small ledge above the sinks.
The room comes with a makeup mirror; you know, the kind that enhances your pores so much you sometimes feel a little icky?
As this is a Deluxe room, you will get an assortment of free soap!
The bathroom itself has a nice-sized shower with additional soap.
You’ll start out with four towels in the bathroom, but you can always ask for more!
The tub has an extra shelf, which is great if you bring your own shampoo and conditioner.
Our room also came with a little balcony area!
The balcony is very small (we’re talking one person max), but it’s a balcony nonetheless!
Although we had a Standard View room, we could see the pool!
That about concludes our room tour! What did you think?
Overall impression
Our room at the Beach Club Resort was very nice! We thought the room was clean, bright, and comfortable. Like most other Deluxe Resorts, this room had more subtle theming, but it was still very pretty! These rooms are pretty expensive, but if you’re looking for a hotel that’s close to EPCOT, you can’t beat the Beach Club.
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Have you ever stayed at a Deluxe Resort? Let us know in the comments!
My favorite resort! Shhhh…keep it quiet. If it’s underrated that means less people. Less people means more rooms for me. ha! In all serious yacht and beach club vibe is amazing. My first choice always.
Love this resort probably my favourite . I am Dvc member so have stayed at all dvc and several others
The Beach Club may be my favorite resort. We brought along my parents for my kids first WDW trip and stayed in a 2 bdrm villa. Room was spacious and the location can’t be beat with access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. It’s not cheap, but definitely worth checking out if you want to stay on property.
The Beach Club is in no way underrated! It’s very expensive to stay there, though worth it, IMO. It’s always busy. Great resort
This is our home resort we stay here often. Being close to Epcot and Hollywood Studios is a huge plus.
The one thing that rarely gets mentioned is that it is also within short walking distance to Hollywood stuidios.
“Short Distance” is a relative term. It’s about a mile, depending on where you stay at the resort. After a long hot day of touring the park, that’s a serious trek. The addition of the skyliner, however, has made these resorts a better location than any of the monorail resorts, IMO. Closer to AK, skyliner to DHS, separate entrance to EPCOT. Only a Bus to MK (not a fan of busses, but they have gotten better over the last few years), but at least you get dropped off at the front door without having to choose the ferry or monorail.
Fav resort on property. LOVE the smell of the lobby. True that there is not a quick-service restaurant, but the marjetplace has souvenirs and hot meals. We ate breakfast their almost every morning (Capr May was closed for Covid). Better breakfast than the surrounding hotels (yacht and boardwalk).
Who said it’s underrated? It’s a deluxe resort that is part of DVC. It literally cannot be rated any higher.
Hi, yes to beach club. I know the prices vary hugely, but it would be helpful to say off peak e.g feb to may you may pay $ , peak season
, More likely $. It helps us to put what we are looking at into perspective.
I am looking forward to a split stay between the Yacht Club next door and the Dolphin for my next trip. Looking forward to it!
Sounds like fun! I am curious about the Dolphin. Have you stayed there before?
No, but I have stayed at the Swan this past November. Dolphin is cheaper than the Swan so that’s why I chose it for next time. Great location. My only issue was that our bathroom fan didn’t work the entire week, I texted their maintenance twice, and at check-out they refused to compensate me anything. But for the location I’ll stay there again. Plus it’s cheaper than Yacht, Beach, and Boardwalk. You can’t use magicbands to open the hotel door because it’s not Disney, but they give you a room card.
Love the Beach Club, my favorite
We stayed at the Beach Club once and liked it (DVC room). Being so close to Epcot and easy walking distance to Hollywood Studios made this a great location. Yes, the lobby does smell great! Of course the sand bottom pool is very nice.
The only downside was the quick serve–or lack there of. But, being so close to Epcot, heck, we would walk France for a treat.
I am not sure why this is an underrated resort, however. When I read the title I thought this was going to be about the Boardwalk resort.