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Disney's Yacht Club Resort
Guest review by Terri Bettin, visited April 2004

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From Terri: Description: Family of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids: 16, 13, 10), first visit to Yacht Club, Spring Break, 4/1-8/04. I researched a long time before choosing this resort for our third family visit to Disney World. We stayed on the fifth floor, room 5232.

Although the concierge helped set up some meals which saved lots of phone time and the lounge area was great for a quick breakfast before heading out for the day, we will not be back nor would I recommend this resort.

We chose it because we knew our teens could use the 5th floor lounge to calm their constant hunger, and the close proximity to Epcot and I thought our teens would like the pool, that was supposed to be so great.

Wrong. The pool is not conducive for adult swimming and had way too many little kids for our teens to enjoy it. The deep section isn't well marked and is hard to find, the pool is so big is comes across as unorganized. Too difficult to obtain lounge chairs.

Expect long lines at Beaches and Cream, which is too small to handle the large number of guests from these two huge resorts.

Our room view was of the roofs, parking lots, and the giant air conditioners, complete with their noise. We asked to be moved after the first night but the resort was booked up and they were unable to accommodate us.

Upon returning to our cleaned room our second day, I grabbed one of the turn-over glasses (signaling a clean glass) near the sink, and discovered a extremely dirty, finger printed glass. I took it to one of the concierge the next morning, and although she was very apologetic, I never felt comfortable about the cleanliness the rest of our stay. Don't get me wrong, the cleaning staff are unsung heroes.

I found the resort atmosphere and staff cold and missing that Disney Magic feeling. We might as well have been at a Sheraton.

Transportation can be dicey. We walked to Epcot rather than taking the boat to save time. Busing to and from the Magic Kingdom is time consuming. The Yacht Club doesn't have its own buses; there are always stops at the Beach Club, the Swan and Dolphin, the Boardwalk. The boat to MGM makes stops, too.

We were paying top dollar and could have stayed at a cheaper Disney resort to deal with this type of shared transportation. Next time, we'll go back to a monorail resort. Sincerely, Terri

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