Disney Resorts

Disney World is much larger than Disney Land, and consists of 4 parks - Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Holywood Studios, and many resorts. Magic Kingdom is very similar to Disney Land, but one or two of the rides are at the other parks, for example Star Tours is at Holywood Studios.

There are three resorts linked by the monorail and boat to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. One of these, the Polynesian Resort, I was keen to stay at but the price was just silly. We did take a boat ride over and have a drink at the poolside bar though! By the way, for all you blokes out there, Graham says bikinis are alive and well in Florida - not that he was looking!


The resort we stayed in, the Carribean Beach Resort, has six different villages, each with its own theme, heated pool and beach. The theme for our village was pirates. This is the beach closest to us. You can see a row of loungers near the water and two hammocks on the right. In the centre of the resort are shops and food, which were great if you wanted souvenirs and junk food!

But as you can see the resort itself is a great place to be. There are free buses every 20 minutes to each of the parks that stop at each village, and even an internal shuttle if you can't be bothered walking to the shops or bar! We observed a little girl about 3 playing in the fountain one hot afternoon with her mum saying "don't you want to go on some rides?". Her response: "No, I want to go in the pool!". With the number of very tired small children we saw being dragged around parks late at night, often crying because they were scared of witches and dark places, you would have to think they should ban strollers and small children altogether!

;-) Ann-a-Gram