While I initially settled on the Swan for logistical causes, it ended up altering how I take into consideration staying at Disney completely. For years, I’d ended park days going through the identical not possible alternative: keep for the fireworks, or go away early sufficient to really discover dinner someplace. At the Swan, that dilemma disappears. Here, I can get room service, pizza on the way in which to the elevator, or a late-night sushi roll at Kimonos, the lodge’s Japanese restaurant, which additionally occurs to double as a karaoke bar. I’d booked the lodge for sensible causes, but it surely was the second I noticed I might have each the fireworks and the hen parm that I knew I’d be again.
What you possibly can count on from a keep:
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The Swan is a 758-room Marriott Bonvoy property on Crescent Lake. Its sister accommodations, the Dolphin and the Swan Reserve, are situated simply throughout the road. The Swan’s structure is difficult to overlook: designed by Michael Graves and opened in 1990, the constructing is topped by two 47-foot swan sculptures, has a number of ornate swan fountains each inside and outside, and is clad in a wave sample that has develop into probably the most recognizable silhouettes on Disney property.
Inside, the vibe lands someplace between grown-up resort and Disney-adjacent magic, shut sufficient to the parks to really feel like a part of the expertise however providing down-to-earth hospitality. The newly renovated rooms are snug, with complimentary water bottles and the sort of beds you really wish to come again to after a 10-hour day in your toes. There are a number of room varieties out there, however I like to recommend asking for one with a balcony going through EPCOT for excellent views of the nightly fireworks.
The eating lineup at the Swan is genuinely spectacular by any measure, not simply by Disney requirements. Head to Il Mulino for traditional Italian, Rosa Mexicano for margaritas and tableside guacamole, Kimonos for sushi and karaoke, and the newly opened Bourbon Steak for Basque cheesecake price planning an evening round.
Multiple swimming pools imply you are by no means preventing for a lounger, and poolside service ensures you do not have to go away your seat as soon as you’ve got discovered it. When you are recovering from a slew of 20,000-step days, the Mandara Spa can be precisely the place you wish to be.
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What’s close by:
The Swan’s location is arguably certainly one of its biggest property. EPCOT and Hollywood Studios are each walkable, which suggests you will be again in your room inside minutes of the fireworks ending quite than queuing for a bus with a number of thousand of your closest pals. If you’d quite not stroll, the Friendship boats supply a scenic journey throughout Crescent Lake to each parks, and the Skyliner gondola connects EPCOT with Hollywood Studios. Buses cowl Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Disney Springs.