Disney’s Beach Club Resort is one of the most popular Walt Disney World hotels, just steps away from EPCOT and a stroll or Friendship boat ride away from Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Beach Club is also closely situated by the Disney Skyliner and has direct bus service to Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney Springs. Alongside Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, these sister properties share the most popular pool at Walt Disney World (Stormalong Bay) and offer a wide range of quick-service and table service dining options. In this episode, we share the reasons we love Disney’s Beach Club and offer advice for those looking to stay here on a future vacation.
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What’s it like to stay at a hotel that’s walking distance to Epcot? In this episode, we discuss the fan favorite Walt Disney World Hotel, Disney’s Beach Club Resort. Welcome aboard Imagination Skyway, your guided tour through the worlds of Disney and Imagineering. I’m your host, Matthew Krul, and it’s my job to explore the stories and places we love and the people who bring them to life. Before we get started, remember that you can unlock ad free episodes and bonus content at patreon dot com slash Imagination Skyway, and get complimentary trip support from our sponsors at KMV travel dot com slash Skyway. Plus, be sure to follow Imagination Skyway on social media for even more content and ways to connect with the show. In today’s episode, we discuss Disney’s Beach Club Resort, located along Crescent Lake Beach Club is the closest hotel to a Walt Disney World theme park. Just a short walk to Epcot. Themed after the stick style seaside resorts of Cape May, new Jersey. Disney’s Beach Club includes a wide range of dining, amenities and room options, plus the most popular pool at Walt Disney World. In this episode, we discuss why you should stay here and how to make the most of your visit as we begin our journey. Please remain seated. Keep your hands and arms inside the podcast at all times and enjoy your journey aboard Imagination Skyway. Easily one of the most popular resorts at Walt Disney World. For very good reason. I’m sitting here just wishing as much as I love where I’m staying, that I was staying here again, maybe expanding my trip, extending it. Um, is Disney’s Beach Club Resort’s Kelly, would you agree? This is like, I don’t know, you talk to so many families. I feel like this must be up there with Polynesian. Yes. It’s funny because you started, you know, your intro, one of the, you know, most and I’m like, yep, hundred percent. And you just, you know, it is kind of like the Polynesian of Crescent Lake. It is. It’s a good way to put it. Yeah, well, it’s the closest hotel on Disney property to a Disney theme park. It’s a it’s a smidge closer to Epcot than contemporary is to Magic Kingdom. So if you’re an Epcot fan, which I think, hey, everybody listening to this show, I just know most of you are Epcot fans, if not all of you. It’s the dream place to stay. And we’re gonna definitely geek out about this hotel. I’ll start with my rapid fire questions. Um, Stormalong Bay or the quiet pool Stormalong Bay. I am in a quiet corner of Stormalong Bay. That’s a good answer. Yeah. Because every time I. I’ll be honest, I don’t do many pool days at Disney, but every time I pass by Stormalong Bay, it is packed because it’s so popular. It’s easily one of the most coveted pools at Walt Disney World. Well, we’ll talk a lot about Stormalong Bay, but I’m with you there. Two second question Cape May cafe or beaches and cream? You know, I’m gonna say Cape May cafe, even though I love beaches and cream, but I think it’s the same thing as Stormalong Bay, where it can feel very chaotic in there. Yeah. So maybe beaches and cream to go window. That’s a good answer. Cape May for dinner. I like that, definitely. For breakfast I’m at Cape May cafe. It’s my favorite in the area for breakfast when we definitely go to whenever we’re in the area, um, between the characters, the, the food that’s there. It’s just wonderful. For dinner, I’ll probably be at Beaches and cream though. I think that’s a again, maybe, or just maybe beaches and cream to go, like you said, um, beach club villas or beach club proper. I’m gonna say beach club proper even though I do love the villas. But you can only get resort view with the villas here. That’s true. So if you do want a different view. I like the options in proper in the hotel set. That’s fair. I’m over at Beach Club Villas, probably in a one bedroom villa with my family. And that walk is just super close. I mean, you could get a closer room over in the Beach club, standard rooms, but it’s still. I love the beach club villas and it’s quieter over there, but it’s still really well connected. So, um. Okay. Last question. Would you rather splurge on club level or cabana at Stormalong Bay club level? For sure. I knew I knew the answer before I asked it, and I’m in the same boat. I would rather splurge on club level too. So not every episode we discuss together do I have Imagineering and history to go through, but this one I do. It’s not as long as our Port Orleans Riverside discussion, which was surprising that it was the most in-depth backstory of any Disney resort we’ve covered so far, but Beach Club opens on November nineteenth, nineteen ninety. It is a few days older than its twin sister yacht club that opened November fifth. So Yacht Club is the older, more serious sibling of the two of them. Yacht and Beach Club were designed by award winning architect Robert a m stern. He also designed the. At Disneyland Paris, the Hotel Cheyenne and the Newport Bay club, and I believe boardwalk as well. So if you love Crescent Lake, you got to thank Robert a m stern for all the work on the architecture here in partnership, of course, with Walt Disney Imagineering. Both yacht club and Beach Club. You can’t talk about Beach Club without also talking about Yacht Club. They’re both modeled after turn of the century coastal escapes, but they have different personalities where they think people realize when they book them or they walk into them. Even the lighting is different between the two of them. So Beach Club is a bit more relaxed and its aesthetic and architecturally it was conceived as an idealized version of the late nineteenth century stick style seaside resorts of Cape May, new Jersey. Your home yacht club, on the other hand, was based on the rambling, shingle covered late nineteenth century resorts of places such as Newport, Marblehead and Bar Harbor. So a little think, uh, Beach Club, Mid-Atlantic Yacht Club, New England. And you really get that impression as you walk through both resorts. And the personalities also come through with the use of colors. So Yacht Club has darker, more grounded tones. It’s reminiscent of a grand resort hotel or a private club you might be going into. While Beach Club has a lighter color palette, it’s meant to feel more playful and casual, very laid back. And in Disney’s words, Yacht Club is Beach Club’s quote, more formal sister, as I said. And then the Beach Club villas were added in two thousand and two. Um, so that’s the main background of this resort. There’s not an in depth backstory of the formation of the resort. I’m sure it maybe exists somewhere. I just haven’t been able to come across it. But Beach Club is again, that laid back, um, you know, late nineteenth century beachside resort in Cape May, new Jersey, or somewhere along the Mid-Atlantic. So we mentioned that this is a very highly coveted place to stay. What do you personally love most about Beach Club? I think the first thing I have to say is location because you just, you know, like you said, you can’t beat this. Yeah. And I even though, you know, I’ll have families that will talk about, well, you know, we have young kids, we’re going to spend a lot of time at Magic Kingdom and it’s true. But if you’re in that stage with your kids where you’re doing nap time in the middle of the day, being able to not have to get on any transportation and literally walk right into a park, able to grab dinner or, you know, get on one other ride or whatever it may be, or watch fireworks literally from outside the park right there. Yeah. Is just you cannot beat it. So it’s always, you know, it’s it, it’s just the greatest location you can have for a resort. Um, but then everything that’s here too. So it is a higher priced resort. Of course it’s a deluxe resort. Um, but I think the thing that’s so nice about Beach Club is the value that’s in it. You have, you don’t have to do you know, you could come for five days and only go to the parks for three and you would never feel like you’re missing out because you do have Stormalong Bay, but you also have everything that’s on the boardwalk around you. So you could have, you know, be doing mini golf over by Swan Reserve or going to, you know, one of the, we have our new bar that’s going to open the new area over there and boardwalk. There’s just so much to do here that I think families really do see that value and this truly feeling like a vacation destination versus just a place to lay my head at night. Yeah, I agree with the location being a very big reason to stay at Beach Club. The aesthetic being here, every time I come in here, it’s just your shoulders drop. You just feel a lot more relaxed between the the gentle acoustic music that plays in the background, that really relaxed feeling as you walk through here, the color palette, like I mentioned in the beginning, that the soft blues, the light pinks and the rocks, like, like we said, the proximity to Epcot. The other thing I appreciate about this resort is whenever I’m planning a resort, stay on property, I’m often coming in the summer. It’s when I spend the longest stretch of my time at Disney is in the summer, and the Beach Club is one of the few properties that. Except for the villas, everything is connected inside. So if you were staying at a. I know I talk about this a lot on the show, but like if you’re staying in a room at Beach Club, and let’s say it’s super hot outside or it’s pouring rain, or there’s even like a tropical storm passing through and you just don’t want to spend the day outside. You can easily go from your room to the lobby, to the gift shop, to Cape May cafe, to the Beach Club marketplace to grab something to eat. So everything you need is enclosed in one space with still a lot of room to wander and walk around and enjoy. Um, and then even if you did want to head out to beaches and cream, it’s all a covered patio to get over to beaches and cream. Even one of the subtlest things is, um, walking to a bus stop. Right. And one of the things that the deluxe resorts tend to do is have a covered walkway that brings you to the bus stops. It’s like these little extras that you’re paying for those little, you know, bougie splurges. Um, Yacht club actually doesn’t have that. It’s only beach club that has the covered walkway to the bus stop. That is true. Um, and in terms of price, yes, beach club is certainly more than you’re going to pay staying at most or all the valley resorts. Um, and even a large number of moderate resort rooms. Um, but I’ve always found this to be a little bit less than the seven Seas lagoon resorts. Like those are sort of the, the tier one between Grand Floridian, Polynesian and contemporary and then the Epcot resort area, which I prefer. Um, unless we’re really doing a heavy Magic Kingdom trip with the girls. Um, just the ability to walk into Epcot, come back for resort break, like you said, and whether it’s a nap or air conditioning or something just to break up the day. So many reasons to love this resort. It’s also one of the area music loops that I love to listen to the most. It’s just such like, I think it’s like two and a half hours long and it’s just such a relaxing musically, it’s one of my favorites. It’s funny, this is not one that I normally listen to. And you’re saying that I’m wondering why I haven’t. It’s very I’ll have to send it to you. It’s very super mellow. Um, room options. There are like most deluxe resorts, more than a couple of room options. And then we have briefly talked about the, you know, difference between beach Club and Beach Club villas. This goes along with our other conversations about other deluxe resort properties that second as a Disney Vacation Club resort. So it’s going to be similar answers here. What are the different room types on the Beach club side and on the beach club villas side? Yeah, so exactly like you said, lots of different options. But what’s interesting with Beach Club is we don’t have as many of the, okay, we’re going to have, you know, a traditional room and then here’s all the different views. There’s actually a lot of different options depending on the number of people that are staying here. So, um, there is a resort view, which would be five people. And then you’re going to have a view of the beach club gardens, um, rooftop or parking lot. So, um, just a note on that Always if you see this and you say, okay, great, I’m going to have the the resort gardens, that would be wonderful. Right. So make sure you put that request on there. It’s not guaranteed, but Disney will always try their best. Um, deluxe rooms, which is really nice. It’s one of their hotel room standards, but um, going to have views of Stormalong Bay, Crescent Lake, the quiet pool or parking area. But this room actually sleeps up to six people. So if you have, you know, Grandma and grandpa are coming and you’re trying to do a deluxe and kind of be all together, it’s a really great option. Um, you do have the water view, which of course you’re going to have the pool or um, Crescent Lake. Um, and then we’d have all the club level options. So the same type of options resort view, water view. Um, but then there’s also some suite options. So you do have a one bedroom suite, which is just going to give you four people a lot more room. Um, you do have the Nantucket, uh, VIP suite, the presidential suite, and then a two bedroom suite. So of course, with the club level, that means you’re getting all the, you know, wonderful locations of that room, plus you’re getting access to the club level, um, which is, I believe, the Harbor club here. Let me see the Stone Harbor Club. Um, so you’ll have access to the concierge lounge plus the team, which is just incredible to have, um, being able to have a cast member that you’re not waiting in line for when you have a question is one of the best things. That’s my bougie side. It is. But, um, you also over in the villas. So interesting. This is one of the smaller DVC properties, very small. That’s also why it’s really hard to get. Yes. Yeah, yeah. Um, you’re going to have your deluxe studio resort view. You have your one bedroom villa resort view, um, which sleeps four. The deluxe studio can sleep five. And then you have the two bedroom villa resort view. So like we said, they are going to all be resort views because of the location of where they are. Um, but they really are still a beautiful area. Majority of them are actually not going to be looking out onto the parking lot either so it’s pool courtyard or the woods area. So even though it is resort View, it’s not the parking lot view. So it is a really nice option too. Yeah. I’ve stayed in Beach Club Villas twice, once in a one bedroom villa and we were facing the woods and then another time was in a deluxe studio on the top floor and we were facing Epcot. It’s not, I wouldn’t call it an Epcot view, but you could see the top of the land pavilion, Spaceship Earth in the background. So you might get a little bit of that if you’re facing the right direction. Um, but there are really a lot of options for room types and it’s, uh, it’s just a great to have so many choices here. So, uh, let’s talk about Stormalong Bay. I feel like the whole conversation should be about Stormalong Bay, but what makes this pool so highly, highly desirable? I think that it has that reputation and it’s, it’s become its own. It’s its reputation precedes it, right? Like every time people think, even if you’ve never been too strong in long Bay, if you’re a Disney fan, you know about Stormalong Bay and you want to one day go to Stormalong Bay. So let’s actually put some some facts behind it. What is it about Stormalong Bay that makes it so popular? It is. I mean, it’s a water park that’s in the middle of yacht club and beach club. It’s a good description. Yeah. It’s, you know, it’s really crazy because it’s three acres of what they call aquatic fun. So there is a two hundred and thirty foot long water slide, which is one of the highest at Walt Disney World. Now they want to make me want to know what is the highest, which I it’s got to be summit plummet. Right? I suppose so, or if it’s just talking about resorts, then maybe I don’t know which resort slide would be taller than that. I put you on the spot here. Yeah, I have no idea. It’s a really good question. Yeah, I’m gonna have to research this. I’m gonna be thinking about it as we’re talking. Um, the pool is a sand bottom pool, which is really nice because it’s the main pool area is going to basically gently slope. They don’t say it’s like a, you know, this the zero entry. Um, but it is really nice if you have little ones that you know, aren’t really super comfortable being in too much water just yet. Um, it’s a really nice option for them. There’s a lazy river, which is my favorite part. And then there’s also three whirlpools. So it is truly a full water park in the middle. And you can spend a full day there. Beaches and cream is right on the other side there. So you have lots of options while you’re spending your time there too. I predicted in a previous episode that the wetlands at Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge will become the most popular pool at Walt Disney World. I’m just putting that prediction out there. We’re a year away from opening. I think that’s going to take the spot of Stormalong Bay. I would not bet against you on that one. Yeah. And at least a year from now, we’ll have to do a review of yes of Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge. So I’d love to get to stay there. Um, so outside of Stormalong Bay, what recreation is available at this hotel? So a lot of what we normally talk about the campfire activities, movies under the stars. Um, one thing here that we mentioned in the beginning, um, the cabana rentals. So you can do that at the pool, which this is one of the places where I do think that actually would be, you’d probably get your money’s worth out of it because you would spend a full day at this school easily and, you know, really get to enjoy it. Um, motorized boat rentals are right here. So you can do the fireworks cruises from, um, the, uh, dock here. Um, fishing excursions. You have tennis, volleyball, um, jogging. Then you of course have an arcade. Um, you do have a fitness center. And then on top of everything that’s here, you have all the offerings that are around the boardwalk as well. Um, obviously anything that’s specific to a property amenities, you can’t use that, but you can be, you know, going to abracadabra or watching any of the, you know, performances that are on the boardwalk. Yeah. It’s nice to be connected to the boardwalk resort area. We talked about that with the Boardwalk Resort episode that we’re going to talk about dining. There are so many choices that you can enjoy without needing to board a bus or a monorail or a boat. You can easily walk to so many places, and both of us love walking. Any place that is walking distance is preferential to many other of the options. Maybe we should talk first about transportation, because I think that’s the simpler one you’re really going to get. I mean, you I wouldn’t even I always joke with people like it takes almost the same amount of time to walk to the boat for Epcot as it does to actually walk to Epcot. So if you’re staying at Beach Club, you are probably walking to Epcot, but you can take the boat. But again, it is equidistant from the lobby to go to International Gateway, so you might as well just head there. But when you are talking about the other destinations around property, what transportation is available? So you’ll have the friendship boats, of course, to Epcot if you want that. Yeah. Um, but also to Hollywood studios where that’s probably worthwhile as long as you build in a little bit of time, because it does make additional stops. Um, but really nice to have when you’re coming back at the end of the day to have the, the, um, boat that you’re able to take from Hollywood studios back over to beach club. Um, you can also walk to Epcot, of course, but then also to Hollywood Studios. Um, it is a little bit of a trek, but if you’re about a mile. Yeah. And if you’re, if you’re, you know, you want to get your steps in and it’s a nice day out, it actually is a really nice walk to do. Um, you can also Skyliner to Hollywood studios. I never recommend it because it’s always going to be a little bit of a jump around. Um, but it is an option for families if it’s something and, you know, half the time the kids love the Skyliner more than they love the rides that the Merritts are paying for. I have to do. Um, and then you do have the bus to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Disney Springs, as well as the water parks. Um, just a note on water parks. You do have a stop. So just know you will transfer. If you’re going to, um, Typhoon Lagoon, you transfer at Disney Springs. And if you’re going to Blizzard Beach, you transfer at Animal Kingdom. So yeah, it’s nice that you have both Skyliner walking and bus here. The only thing you’re missing is monorail. Yeah, that’s the only mode of transportation that’s not directly portable at Beach Club, but you theoretically can. PA copper could walk through Epcot to get to the monorail, so you still can take advantage of that, which is nice. The Epcot Resort area really is where it’s at with all for all those reasons. Dining. I know that there are so many options when you add in the Skyliner and walking over to boardwalk and to Swan and Dolphin and Swan Reserve and Yacht Club, all those within walking distance. And then you’re also able to walk to Epcot. So you have really a lot of dining at your disposal. But what are the dining options specifically at Beach Club? So Beach Club, I feel like has a lot of options that are so good for families with picky eaters. It’s true. It’s, it’s like the place to go if you do have that, because Cape May Cafe breakfast is character dining, which I agree with you. I think this is one of the best character dining locations. It’s always a little bit quieter. Oh, I always feel like the characters get a little bit more time to spend with you, um, during breakfast. So that’s a great one to do. You do have dinner there as well, which is a buffet, um, beaches and cream soda shop, lunch and dinner. Uh, you have the beach club marketplace. So that’s going to be like your quick service breakfast, lunch and dinner that you can grab something at Martha’s Vineyard. Um, does lunch is also bar services, bar service, excuse me. And then also does some late night bites, which is nice. Um, and then of course you have the pool bar, Hurricane Hanna’s waterside bar and grill. So there’s really a lot of options that again, are just very easy options here. It does feel like a beach vacation where, you know, you’re grabbing something on the boardwalk or something like that. Yeah. And on the dining side, the most popular item here is the kitchen sink. Yes. Over at Beach Club. Have you ever gotten that? No, I haven’t either. I don’t think I could do it. I haven’t either. It’s hard. It’s meant for four people. I think it’s I need to look up how many scoops of ice cream is in it. But it’s literally like, well, first of all, it’s served in a kitchen sink. And second of all, it’s like, you know, it’s, it’s giving you the kitchen sink of ice cream. It’s just like all the, all the, all the scoops, all the toppings. And then they set off an alarm when you order it to where, when it comes to your table. So you get all the attention to when the kitchen sink comes to your table. Um, but it is definitely a shareable, not once again, for sure. And, uh, I just never, I never have, I haven’t gone with enough people who are super ice cream fans. And to be honest, I love ice cream. I don’t know if I’m that much of an ice cream fan that I’m gonna be like, just digging into this giant sink with friends and family. Um, you’ll probably more likely see me walking over to the gelato stands at the Italy Pavilion in Epcot. That’s more my speed. Just a little scoop of gelato. But hey, you’ve got the kitchen sink here if you want it, which is a nice benefit. Um, what’s your perfect what does your perfect resort day look like here? I probably would do breakfast at Cape May cafe. Um, like I said, I just think that’s such a great option for families. I also really do love that the character dining starts at like seven a m, so you’re able to get up early and do that. And I’m an early riser, so for me, that’s perfect. Um, probably go back to the room, relax a little bit before I get ready to go to Stormalong Bay. Of course, um, if it’s my perfect day, I’m probably gonna do a cabana. If there’s, you know, money is no option at that point, right? Um, spend the whole day there, maybe do lunch at beaches and creamed because calories don’t matter on my perfect day either. So, um, maybe you can come and we can do the kitchen sink then. Um, and then I think probably I’m, I might have to go over to yacht Club for dinner though, because it’s just a quick walk away and I can do ale and compass. Yeah. Or if I’m not completely full from the entire day, this yacht, the steakhouse, we’ll do yacht club on another I, I was jabbing at it a little bit. It is my, it is very high on the list for deluxe resorts days. Um, But yeah, between Yachtsman Steakhouse and Ale and Compass, I find to be a very underrated and always available place to eat. Yes, if food is great, the. It’s casual. It’s not part of Beach Club directly, but I agree. Um, on my perfect resort day, we’re most likely at the four of us in a one bedroom villa at Beach Club Villas. If we’re staying here, that’s the most likely reason we are here. And similarly, starting out breakfast Cape May cafe with the girls. I agree, it is definitely the most underrated character. Breakfast on property and it’s also one of the most affordable, which is great. It’s you know, the food is very, like I said, like for any picky eater, it’s, it’s all your staples. There’s nothing really to exotic that’s available for breakfast. Um, so breakfast definitely in a cafe, probably some pool time. We’ll probably end up doing Stormalong Bay because we’ve got the girls maybe do the quiet pool if they’re feeling a little overwhelmed with just having so much, you know, so much available at such a young age, because that does happen to you if there’s just like too much going on, they’re like, let’s go somewhere quieter. Um, that’s also just me saying let’s go somewhere quieter. I know I was like, I can relate to that actually. Yeah. Um, maybe do some shopping over in the gift shop over here. Definitely spend some time in the hotel room watching either a movie or, uh, just like chilling out with a family, playing games, maybe enjoying the community center that’s over at Beach Club Villas, which is also nice. Another benefit of staying over there, but I’m going to cheat a little bit because even though it’s a resort day, World Showcase is basically part of the resort. So walking over to World Showcase, enjoying some time over there, um, and then popping back back for dinner, dinner though I will probably be taking the girls over to Trattoria Al Forno at Boardwalk for another casual, easygoing dinner. Also really great prices and excellent food. So that’s one. Yeah. And then getting them to bed early with those, those in-room bedtime stories, which I have to say I haven’t said on the podcast before, but I am dreading the day that they outgrow them because I love watching those bedtime stories with them. Get to be a kid myself. Um, but one day it won’t be cool for them anymore. And, uh, that’ll be a sad day. Uh, you and Joanna will have to. Well, yeah, we’ll watch it when they go to sleep. Um, so I think we have listed out many reasons why someone should stay here. But when you’re thinking about the options at Walt Disney World, there are dozens of them for places to stay. What is the perfect family profile for a beach club stay? Like who should decide to stay at this resort over all others? You know, of course, the easy answer is you want to be close to Epcot. The Epcot. So yeah, so we’ll take that one away because I think that’s, you know, but it’s important. I think if you’re an Epcot fan, this is the place to stay. Totally. I think a lot of the families that I do see staying here are families that are really looking for this to be a true vacation. Mhm. Um, rather than, you know, there’s a, there’s a place for every single resort and there’s a family for every single resort. Um, and, you know, the values are so great because you can have a place to lay down, get the benefits, and then you’re up and going to, you know, the parks and you’re putting your money into that. But I think the families that normally wind up gravitating to Beach Club are looking to build in resort stays, um, they’re staying for maybe an extended period of time. They, um, really are excited about the food options that they can easily get to. Um, and they may not really be as focused on as many of the attractions or, you know, it may be more we want to do that, but there’s a lot of other aspects that we really are enjoying about being at beach Club. Um, and I just, I do think having character dining Here is a selling point to a lot of families. When we start to talk about, well, why would I pick, you know, Boardwalk or Beach Club, which option I’m going to go to? Um, a lot of families really do like that because you walk downstairs from your room and you’re meeting Minnie Mouse in the next fifteen minutes. So it’s just convenience is utmost here. Yeah. For me, this is a small deluxe resort and some of the deluxe resorts are tremendous. So especially ones like Old Key West and Saratoga Springs. But if you’re looking for that really small, intimate, quiet, calm resort, then this is really the perfect pick. Definitely. If you’re an Epcot fan or if you’re here for the festivals at Epcot, this is Prime Pick. You can just walk to your room and walk back at the end of the day. And it’s also a place, I think if you’re really looking for that pool based vacation, this is high on the list. I will say don’t feel pressured to into beach club or yacht club for the pool because there are a lot of really underrated ones. The one at Kidani Village, for instance, is probably the most underrated, and everyone’s like Kidani Village, definitely one of the best pools on property and at the Magic Kingdom resort area. Obviously Polynesian has an incredible pool as well, very iconic pool, but all of them are places you can go and enjoy a stay with great pool days. It doesn’t have to be Stormalong Bay. Stormalong Bay has the reputation and has a water park feel to it, but it’s not the the only one. So I typically will pick again. Summertime is a prime time to pick Beach club because of the convenience of everything. Everything. Having everything in one building. But I always think that whenever we are on a, what I call more park based vacation, where we are aggressively going into the parks, maybe rope drop to close or spending over half the day in the parks. We are probably positioning ourselves on Seven Seas Lagoon because you have the easy monorail access to Magic Kingdom, easy monorail, access to Epcot, then buses to Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. But on a more casual, to your point, resort stay that’s more laid back and relaxed. Beach Club is extremely high on the list because we also, again, I’ve said this ten times being able to walk into Epcot by extension of the hotel makes it feel still a lot more relaxed because especially with the girls at the end of the day after we’re. You know, I always feel like we we should leave before the fireworks in order to get ahead of the influx of crowds rushing to all the Disney transportation. Whereas here I feel super comfortable watching luminous walking back to our hotel, and I still know those girls are going to be in bed. Nine thirty nine thirty five so it’s just really convenient if you are looking for more, a more relaxed day. To your point, you really can’t beat that. No other. Um, man. Now I want to come back and stay at Beach Club really soon. So for someone who’s staying here for the first time, um, what advice would you offer or is there anything that we’ve missed that you feel like we should discuss? You know, it’s the same things I think that I offer or I recommend for most families when they’re coming to a resort for the first time. Make sure you’re building in time to actually spend at the resort. Mhm. Um, this resort, of course, just has so much to do. But you have so much around you here, too. So if you booked a vacation package, you get the four vouchers for a mini golf. Take advantage of it. You’re literally within walking distance of it. Yeah. Um, there’s just so many extra things that you can do here and, you know, think about that as you’re planning out your trip to is, you know, maybe you’re a family that normally would do a base ticket if you were staying at contemporary or another resort, but maybe here that part copper is really going to make sense because you can do exactly like you’re saying, go see luminous and be back in bed by nine thirty. So there’s, you know, I think always look at what do you visualize your trip really being as you’re starting to make those decisions of those things that maybe you’re just used to doing, maybe it’ll change a little bit with the resort that you are selecting. Yeah. And for people who are looking to stay here, as I’m sure anyone listening is probably like, I want to go back to beach club or maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. Um, how can they get in touch with you and, uh, work with you? Yes. So of course, if you are interested in booking a vacation or just chatting about some options, uh, reach out to camp travel. Co slash Uh, or oh my goodness, I’m gonna give you the website first. Yeah. Jeez, Kelly. So I made you do this so many times. K v travel dot com slash skyway. That would be the best place to reach out to start the whole process. Um, but on social media, you can visit up there at K and V Travel Co. And then also my personal is Kelly’s magical vacations. Um, but we are all over, so definitely reach out. Yeah. Well, fun to talk about beach club. Um, quick rapid fire question at the end. If you’re not staying at Beach Club between. I’m just going to throw out yacht club and boardwalk. What’s your next pick? I’m gonna stay at Yacht Club because I can bring my dog. I knew you were gonna say that, too. I’m like, Kelly’s gonna go with the dog. We know each other pretty well. Yeah, I’m probably with you, though. Um, you can’t go wrong with either option. We’ve done boardwalk. We’ll have to finish out. Yeah, we’ll be finishing out Crescent Lake with Yacht Club. Yeah. So, uh, I’ll have to get back down here soon, and we’ll do yacht club soon. Welcome back to Imagination Central. Before you exit this episode, remember to follow Imagination Skyway on social media and share the show with anyone who might enjoy listening to our program. 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