Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort

Overview

Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort is one of Disney's more affordable hotels, with rooms typically $50 to $130 less expensive than the rooms at the premium hotels.

The resort consists of 2,112 rooms located in five themed village areas each of which is named after a Caribbean Island, (Barbados, Martinique, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Aruba) making the Caribbean Beach Resort one of the largest hotels in the United States.

It is set on 200 acres of land to the south-east of Epcot, and quite close to the Disney MGM Studios.A 45-acre lake called Barefoot Bay bordered with sandy white beaches adds to the tropical Caribbean atmosphere.

NOTE: The exterior of the Caribbean Beach Resort was renovated during the 1999 season. For the 2000 / 2001 season the interior of the rooms are being renovated, starting in Fall 2000 with Barbados.

Rooms

Each village area consists of a cluster of two story buildings, a heated outdoor swimming pool, a guest laundry, and an area of white sandy beach bordering Barefoot Bay. Rooms are located within each 2-story building, with a typical 340 square foot room sleeping up to four guests.  The room size is slightly larger than those at other moderately priced resorts, and have large bathrooms to match.

Of the 2,112 rooms at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort , 1,936 have two double beds, with 176 rooms featuring a single King Size bed. There are 704 Non Smoking rooms (The Barbados island is now completely non smoking), and 22 rooms which have been designed specifically to provide access for the disabled.

The rooms are decorated in soft pastel colours, and feature white wood furniature, ceiling fans, stocked mini-bars, and coffee makers with coffee and tea. Refrigerators are available on request for a small daily fee.

There are three room views available at the Caribbean Beach. The Standard View, the Landscape View, and the Deluxe View, but all rooms are otherwise identical, so unless a view is particularly important to you, it may be as well to opt for a standard view room, and save the extra few dollars each night for use in the parks on souvenirs, or for a good meal in any of the excellent restaurants.

Food and Drink

Banana Cabana located close to the resort's main poolside area continues the tropical theme, and provides seasonal speciality poolside drinks and snacks.

Old Port Royale, the themed food and shopping area, is located on the eastern side of the lagoon. It includes a sit-down restaurant (The Captain's Tavern) a food court, a bar, several shops, a marina, and a swimming area that is themed like an old Spanish fort.   The food court area features six counter service restaurants offering a wide range of American and Italian cuisine, including The Bridgetown Broiler, providing spit-roast chicken and home-made style meals, The Cinnamon Bay Bakery serving freshly baked rolls, croissants and pastries in addition to ice-cream and other treats, The Kingston Pasta Shop, Montego's Deli with various soups, salads and cold sandwiches, The Port Royale Hamburger Shop, selling hot sandwiches and Burgers, and finally the Royale Pizza Shop, where pizza is available by the slice or whole, along with a variety of hot and cold pasta dishes.

The Captain's Tavern is a full service restaurant, which features a good view of Barefoot Bay, and provides a nice place for a family meal, with the menu including prime rib, baked chicken, and a catch of the day seafood dish.  Beers, Wines and Tropical drinks are also served to guests over 21 years of age.

Blue Runner provides in-room dining with Pizza, Chicken, Deserts etc.

Activities

Most activities at the Caribbean beach resort as centered aroundf Old Port Royale.   The main pool is themed as a spanish fortress with "smoking" cannon and a water slide for the kids. Barefoot Bay has a marina for sailboating, water sprites, and other water craft.

A small children's playground is located on Parrot Cay Island in the middle of the lagoon, and adds to the Caribbean Island flavor, while smaller playgrounds are scattered throughout the resort as well. A well equiped game room is also located at Old Port Royale.

Recreation

There are five championship golf courses accessible via free transportation to Caribbean Beach guests.

Bicycles are also available for rent from the Barefoot Bay Boatyard and Bike Works, and for those interested in running there is a 1.4 mile jogging track around the Barefoot Bay lake.

Shopping

Checkin/Checkout

Caribbean Beach Club guests book in to the resort at the Customs House, which is the closest resort building to the road, and immediately projects the themed image of a tropical resort, with the furnishings and overall decoration reflecting the Caribbean theme.

Guest Services

Disney Transportation

Buses travel direct from the Caribbean Beach resort to The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, The Disney MGM Studios and Blizzard Beach, whilst the Downtown Disney area, Pleasure Island and Typhoon Lagoon are also accessible by bus, though not on a direct route.

The Caribbean Beach Resort also has it's own internal bus system due to the size of the resort.

Directions to the Resort

Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort is located at 900 Cayman Way, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830-1000. Telephone: (407) 934-3400. Fax: (407) 934-3288.