Swan Reserve is part of the Swan and Dolphin collection of hotels at Walt Disney World. In this episode, I review my hosted stay, sponsored by the Swan Reserve. Located steps from EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the Disney Resorts around Crescent Lake (plus the Disney Skyliner), Swan Reserve is a Marriott Autograph Collection property that shares amenities with Swan and Dolphin and offers the perks of a Disney Deluxe Resort. This episode includes what to expect at Swan Reserve and the reasons to stay there on your next Disney vacation.
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This episode is sponsored by the Swan Reserve and includes a review of a hosted two night stay at this boutique hotel. How does the Swan Reserve compare to The Swan and Dolphin at Walt Disney World? In this episode, we’ll discuss this Marriott Autograph Collection hotel located steps away from Epcot. 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 the Swan Reserve opening in November twenty twenty one as part of the Swan and Dolphin Collection at Walt Disney World. The Swan Reserve is a Marriott Autograph Collection property that enjoys all the perks of a Disney Deluxe resort. It’s located a short walk from Crescent Lake, where you’ll find Disney’s Boardwalk and Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club resorts. It’s also a quick walk to Epcot, the Disney Skyliner, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In this episode, we’ll discuss the reasons to stay at Swan Reserve and all the amenities, dining and recreation available 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. So about a year ago, I did an episode about the Swan hosted by The Swan and Dolphin. It’s a year later and the Swan and Dolphin team was generous to generous enough to host me for two nights at the Swan Reserve, which I have been really excited to stay in because it is gorgeous. It’s new and it’s in the Epcot Resort area, which everyone listening knows I love. And I can’t do a hotel resort episode without having Kelly. So Kelly, welcome back to the show. Thank you. I’m excited for this one. Me too. Um, have you stayed at Swan Reserve before? I have, and I actually stayed literally the first week it was open. Wow. So yeah, we, um, we, like snuck in. I feel like at when it was like very low cost compared to, you know, what we would expect. Um, and we were blown away. Yeah. Like, okay, well, this might be our new favorite, uh, Disney resort. That’s not a Disney resort, but it is a Disney resort. Um, it’s really just gorgeous. Yeah. We’ll talk about opening and, uh, all the reasons why it’s a great place to stay, but I am going to start with my typical rapid fire questions. Swan reserve is a uniquely positioned hotel because this first question is one that I feel doesn’t apply to the other Epcot area Resort hotels. Um, I’m really leading up to this. Way too much, but walked Epcot or Hollywood Studios here, probably Hollywood studios. Yeah, it’s a lot closer. And that’s the reason why, like when you’re staying at, um, Beach club or well, boardwalk’s similar somewhere in the middle too, but um, yeah, some reserve. It feels like they’re about a mile to each one. I didn’t, I actually did and we’ll talk about this. I did track the mileage walking from Swarm Reserve to Epcot because I was curious exactly how far it is. Because it looks, it looks farther than it is. I will say, when I was looking at I’m like, oh my goodness, like leaving Epcot, going back to Swarm Reserve, I’m like, oh, the hotel, can I do it? And I’m doing it. I’m like, you know what? This actually really wasn’t as far as I thought it was. So, um, yeah, I’m with you walking to Hollywood studios from there is great. Um, there’s not a lot of dining. It’s surprising how much dining is in the resorts compared to what it looks like from the outside. You’re like, how can they fit dining in here? Um, anyway, would you rather have coffee at grounds or a drink at stir? Ooh, I’m gonna say stir. And I feel like you probably knew what I was gonna say that, but it’s the bar there. The look is very my aesthetic overall. Honestly, this hotel is very my aesthetic, but it just. You feel like a little like you need to have a martini there. Yeah. And you know, my answer is gonna be coffee at grounds because that’s more my aesthetic. Um, and, uh, not that it’s incredibly, you know, it’s a nice setup and everything, but for me, it’s like getting that cup of coffee in the morning and, and maybe relaxing a little bit in the lobby and then heading out for a park. Um, last question, uh, Tangerine poolside bar or Amari. I loved Amari when we went, I thought it was a really different menu, but was still very approachable. So I would definitely say. Amari and had a really great wine list. If you’re someone who looks for something a little bit different. So it was really nice. I like Mediterranean, so I’m with you. Amari is a great place to dine. Um, so, uh, I’ll second that answer. Um, so you stayed there when it opened. That was November third twenty twenty one. This hotel is only or it’s less than five years old as the time that we’re recording this episode. Um, what do you love about it? I mean, it’s, I’ll tell you when I, when I walked in, I’ll tell you my thoughts, but I’m curious what you love about Swan Reserve. I love the boutique aesthetic of it. Yes. I feel like it’s something that we don’t have on property. Um, and I think it really fills a void there. Um, because obviously, you know, when we go to a Walt Disney World resort, there’s, you know, there’s ones that are different sizes, but we don’t really have a boutique hotel, of course, because it’s Disney World. They got to get a lot of families here. Um, but I think this really provided an option for families or couples or people that are just looking for something that’s very upscale feeling, but still really approachable. Um, you know, it’s not where you have to walk in wearing something certain or anything like that, but it’s just very nice to have those, um, really kind of one of a kind feeling, um, experiences there. Yeah. It’s, uh, we should talk about the type of hotel it is. So it is a Marriott property. We talked about Swan being a Marriott property. And in that episode, we mentioned the fact that between Swan Dolphin and Swan Reserve, dolphin is a Sheridan, Swan is a Westin, and Swan Reserve is autograph collection. And you also not only help book family vacations at Disney, but also at places all around the world, which include Marriott. So for those who might not be familiar, because I feel like a lot of people know what the Sheridan brand is. And perhaps the Western brand. But the autograph collection is lesser known, I think, in the Marriott space. So can you describe or explain what the autograph collection is and how the Westin satisfies that? Yes. So it’s really going to be something a little bit smaller normally in terms of the footprint, the size, um, it’s going to feel a little bit different. Like autograph is the perfect name for these collection of hotels because it does feel as if it’s signature. Yes. It’s really, you’re never going to find something else that’s going to match it. Exactly. Um, it’s a very intimate experience. Um, there is going to be things that are, uh, very signature to those specific hotels. And I think you see that when you walk into this hotel, if you’ve stayed in any other autograph collection, um, it does definitely stay true to that. And there’s, you know, those pieces that are truly Swan reserve specific, you won’t get them anywhere else. Yeah. When I walked in, I had honestly passed the hotel many times, but I didn’t step foot in there until this day, and I was blown away by how modern and sleek it was inside. It definitely has that pop, like when you walk into it, that freshness. And then when I went up to my room, it’s very similar. It’s it’s brand spanking new. It’s got a modern and eclectic look to it that doesn’t match the Swan and the dolphin. Still very similar and familiar setup, but we have as a two queen bed setup. So two queen beds and a, you know, a bathroom with a barn door, a barn, a sliding barn door. Um, very nice shower. Um, all the sort of like, uh, all the, the soaps and shampoos and conditioners. Um, like the, the soap has like a, um, like a citrus smell to it. It’s just very like fresh in there. but we were lucky enough to get an Epcot view. And now again, similar to what I said when we were when I was walking to it, I’m thinking it looks so far away, but it’s really not. And then going into the room, um, we’re on the twelfth floor and I, I could see it through the sheer curtains a little bit, and I just open them up and my jaw dropped and I just that I literally had to take a picture of my own face to see what I looked like because I was just blown away by the view. And, um, not that everyone will get that room type. We’ll talk about the different room types, but when you do get an Epcot resort view, um, first of all, it’s like I didn’t realize the positioning of it. Epcot is perfectly centered between Swan and Dolphin. For some reason. I thought the way it was angled like it would be behind Swan or behind dolphin, but it’s literally like, um, the, the ends of the frame that is the picture of Epcot when you look at Swan and Dolphin. So you have Spaceship Earth in there. You have World Showcase, all of that positioned in the middle. So when you’re watching luminous, you could watch it from your room. And it’s just such a great, great, incredible view to get to watch luminous. But then even the fact that if you then look to your right behind the swan on the other side of the swan, you can see Disney Springs in the distance, you can see Bonnet Creek, you can see Riviera, you can see Caribbean Beach, you see the skyline. You can see almost the entire skyline route from up there up through, you know, heads to Hollywood studios. And then similarly to the left, you can see straight up world Drive to Magic Kingdom and Space Mountain and Tron Lightcycle run and um, Bay Lake Tower and Contemporary, the peaks of Grand Floridian, the top of Island Tower. And you really have, I think it’s probably it rivals Gran Destino Tower for its view. I think it’s better than Grand Destino Towers view I was when I knew you were going to be doing this yesterday. I didn’t want to ruin anything because, you know, I didn’t know what view you were going to get. But I’m like, you love Gran Destino Tower. This is such a you hotel because it’s it is the tower and it has beautiful, beautiful views. I think this is one of the places where I do say to families, think about upgrading the view if you can. Yeah. Just because it is one of those experiences where you are in your room, you’re laying in bed and you’re watching the fireworks. Yes. Just gorgeous. And even if the fireworks aren’t going off when you’re there, you still, like you said, have this beautiful vista that you’re looking at. Yeah. And it feels connected and disconnected from Disney at the same time. I don’t know if it’s because you’re crossing the street. Like it’s just something about it that as soon as you go from Swan still feels very connected to the Epcot resort area to Crescent Lake, Swan Reserve was just a step away. But there’s something about crossing that street, and I don’t think as many people stay in Swan Reserve because it is a more boutique, smaller style hotel. So when you walk in there, it feels like almost like a private residence or something. It just doesn’t it’s nowhere near as crowded as the other hotels. Um, and it feels like it’s your home base at the end of the day. And that’s another thing I very much appreciate, appreciate about it. Um, so are there any other comparisons you can offer between the Swan Reserve and Swan and Dolphin? There’s a lot of things I think that there’s crossover for with these resorts. Um, which is nice. So like if you’re talking about where it does have this kind of, you know, exclusive, intimate feel. Um, but what I love about it is you still get access to everything at Swan and Dolphin. So you kind of get the best of both worlds because you do have that kind of separate set back. You know, your you have your home base, like you put it. And I think that’s perfect. And then you walk across the street and you have access to their Oasis pool, which is, you know, three acres, I think it is. Um, and there’s just all these different options that you have there. But it’s, it’s almost like, um, you know, these were like the legacy hotels and they’ve kind of taken everything that we love and has been so wonderful about the swan and dolphin and really use that to create something with the swan Reserve. Yeah, that’s a good way to put it. And it’s nice that even though it is the smallest of the three, you still get access to the other to the resort, sorry, the amenities at the other two hotels. So, um, even like the swan boats that you can go out on the swan boats, access the Mandara spa, um, go to the oasis pool like you mentioned, for kids, it’s one of the best playgrounds on property. Um, most people don’t even realize it’s there unless you’re staying at the hotels. And even then it’s a little bit, um, it’s a little bit hidden if you’re not looking for it. Um, but, uh, I almost have to try to have Maggie not see the playground so we can get to where we’re trying to go, but she would spend the whole day there. Emily, too. Um, what are the room options at Swan Reserve? This one mostly comes down to, uh, view, but there are also different room types as well. Yeah. So very, this is exactly like we were saying where you kind of take like some of those aspects of the swan and dolphin and you bring it into the Swan Reserve. So they do have that kind of nice continuity across there with the room type. So you have your traditional rooms that are going to be two queens or one king and a sofa bed. Um, which I love that, that you do have the one king and a sofa bed because there is many times where I have families that mom and dad want the king bed and you know, they want the sofa bed for the little one. So I love that they do have that, that option. Yeah. Um, There’s what they consider no view. But that’s really what you know, in the Disney World, we would say resort view. Um, and then you do have a pool view and you have the Epcot view. And like I said, Epcot view is really, if you can, it is the way to go. It is the one that sells out the quickest, of course, not surprising. Yes. And then you do have some sweet options. So you have the junior suite, which is going to be one king and then a sofa bed signature suite, two queens or two doubles, one king, and then sofa beds for each of those. Um, so you can see with those you’re getting so much space in these. Plus it’s basically like a living room area you’re having. So it’s really nice to have those options. And then you do have a chairman’s suite and a presidential suite. So of course with those, you’re getting lots and lots of different, um, options and or space. Excuse me. So definitely a nice place. If you do have a family that likes to spend some time in the resort, maybe you plan to do, you know, a couple meals or you just like to have some private time. I definitely have families that say at the end of the night, even when it’s two people, we need our separate time because I need to go watch my shows. And you know, you got to have your space. So this is really a great resort for that. Yeah, it’s nice that they have those different room options that are available. And it’s not just the the standard rooms. You really have a few different options for different families and different needs and then different views to, to your point, um, dining, I mean, we teed up a few examples between grounds stir tangerine and Amari very, um, like image evoking names when you think about these. And then I know we have access to the other restaurants. I mean, if you go to the Swan and Dolphin website, and if you just go to the Swan Reserve page, it lists the dining that’s available in the Swan and the dolphin as well, because you have access to that and it’s right across the street and it’s like one three hotel complex, much like we talk about with golf club, beach club and boardwalk. It’s just super accessible to get to all three of those. And even from Swan Reserve, you can easily get to Swan Dolphin. I’m sorry, I’m Yacht Club, Beach Club and and boardwalk or hop on the Skyliner and head to Riviera Caribbean Beach. Pop century art of animation. You’ve got just so much at your disposal. Um, but within the Swan Reserve itself, can you walk through what the dining options are? Yeah. So first one is going to be Amari the table service. Um, like we talked about Mediterranean style. Um, but what I really liked about it was it was very approachable. So, um, excuse me, there’s, you know, I think a lot of people will look at that menu and sometimes think, okay, I don’t know if that’s going to work, but when you really look at what these dishes are, they’re such a great kind of entryway into maybe food that, you know, might not be the normal go to for you. And it’s delicious. Oh, it’s oh my goodness, the flatbreads are amazing. Yeah. Um, grounds coffee. So of course that’s going to be more of like a grab and go. But you had mentioned, you know, sitting in the lobby area. I absolutely love the setup of this hotel because stir grounds, they kind of all come together in a lot of ways. And then you see the, um, the wine room where they have everything for Amari and that leads right into it. It’s very much that kind of like open concept. But things are, you know, all together but have their spot. Yes. Um, and then you go right out into tangerine, which is going to be really their bar, um, uh, outside for the pool. Um, but it’s really a nice area because you have all this seating there. So you, I very often will find people, you know, taking work calls or just a family that’s sitting there playing a card game or something. So, um, it’s really a beautiful setup on that side. You have stir of course, bar in the lobby. Um, and then like I mentioned, Tangerine right outside is the pool bar. Yeah. It’s definitely that open concept of the wine wall is very appealing. It makes you want to just head into Amari and enjoy the food there and the drink there. And I did enjoy like the seating there was great. And then there were, you know, USB ports. It’s really easy to work to your points. There were some setups of different tables where it was almost like, um, a, a booth that’s like enclosed and surrounded. So I felt like I didn’t do, I do work in the room, but like, if I wanted to work in the lobby, then I would have just sort of planted myself in one of those booths tables and, and enjoyed that. But it’s a really nice lobby setup and it’s small, but it still has enough in it that you can easily access different things. And then they have, um, one of it seems like whenever I passed it, it was just the wrong time, but they have a, um, a Mickey ear table or like a table that’s under Mickey ears, which I know is their, their desk for helping with the Disney side. If your Disney vacation, which is nice too, by the way, the staff is incredible. The Swan Reserve, Um, everyone I encountered incredibly friendly. Um, just like top notch service. It’s what you would hope for when you stay at a place like this. Definitely. And that’s the thing I think, you know, I’ll sometimes have families that they’re kind of trying to decide and it normally winds up that, you know, like dad doesn’t want to stay at Disney. He kind of wants to, you know, get his Marriott points or whatever it may be, mom or dad, whoever. And they’re, you know, kind of asking me and are they going to lose aspects staying at Swan Dolphin or Swan Reserve? And I’m always like, you’re really not going to use, you’re not going to lose the Disney level of service because that’s the Marriott level of service. And you definitely see that at Swan Reserve where, you know, you walk in and they constantly are greeting you. They’re always checking to make sure everything you need. Um, and I’ve had families that were staying there celebrating something special and they were so wonderful to help out to make that really special for them. So if you, I can say wholeheartedly, you are not going to lose out on that Disney service level there? Yeah. And you can have a wedding there too. They have ballrooms on the first floor and then they have the top floor. I didn’t go. I wasn’t going to a venue or an event. But they have. View. View. V u e which has quite a view. Which is why it’s called that. Um, I again didn’t walk up there, but I know it was a few floors above where I was staying, so I can only imagine it takes up the whole top floor. Um, so you can actually have a wedding there. I seen a maybe on Instagram or elsewhere, people posting pictures from an event that they went to there and it just looks spectacular. So beautiful. We got a chance to tour it one time, and it was right after I did get married and I was like, oh, if only a swan. But you know what? I really liked that. But you know, maybe a vow renewal up there. Yeah. Vow renewal, uh, anniversary celebration. It it really is a gorgeous spot. Big birthday, something special that you want to do. And to your point about the perks. I mean, it is a considered to be a deluxe level Disney resort. So all the perks that come along with staying at a deluxe level resort at the Walt Disney World Resort Collection is tagged on to Swan Reserve. So even like the extended evening hours, you can go to Epcot’s extended evening hours, walk right over there or something. Disney’s Hollywood Studios or, you know, Animal Kingdom or Magic Kingdom too. So it’s nice that you get the benefits of it. Um, you know, staying at a deluxe resort at Disney too. It is the, uh, we always say it’s like one of the best kept secrets is these benefits that you do have because you’re getting your early entry, you’re getting those deluxe extended evening hours. You can make your lightning lanes seven days, you know, in advance. Um, so all the things that you normally would only have at a Disney resort, you do also have there. Um, the only real difference is transportation is handled a little bit differently because it is handled by, um, their company. So um, only thing I always make sure that families know is if you do have Magic Kingdom, you’re heading over to Magic Kingdom, you will be dropped off at the ticket and transportation center. Excuse me. Um, and then you could just take the monorail. Or you can always take a minibus over a mini minibus minivan over as well and get right to Magic Kingdom. So yeah, that, um, for our family especially, we love the minivans. And I saw several, we didn’t do Magic Kingdom on our swan reserve portion of the stay, but I saw several minivans pulling up. I’m like, this is probably how we would end up getting there. But it’s nice that they do still have the bus transportation to, um, to Magic Kingdom. And fortunately you are again walking distance between two parks. I mentioned I was going to discuss the walking that I did. So it is again, it looks farther than it is. And I was walking at a moderate pace. I was not walking my fast, my typical fast walk. So it is less than a quarter of a mile. It was three minutes. It was exactly three minutes to get from Swan Reserve to the friendship boats. So that’s coming from the lobby. So if you think about the how far some blocks might be at even like Disney Resort’s three minute walk might get you from your room to the lobby at a Disney resort. But this is three minutes from the lobby of the Swan Reserve to the Friendship Boats. Um, it is exactly a quarter of a mile to the boardwalk sign that gets you onto the boardwalk. Um, half a mile to Yacht Club. Um, which is about a ten minute walk. Zero point six miles to Beach Club. And it was under a mile to Epcot. It was zero point nine miles. Took me eighteen minutes to get from, um, Swan Reserve to Epcot. And for living with the land fans, it took me exactly thirty minutes to walk all the way to the front of the park from Swan Reserve is one point four miles to the entrance of living with the land. And that’s the important part. So I kept it rolling. I’m like, you know what? Let me see, because I was heading there. So I thought, let me see how long the walk is. It’s one point four miles to, uh, from Swan Reserve’s lobby to living with the land. Most important question. Exactly. Um, so for a resort day, um, they have the pool. Um, Swan reserve is definitely the smallest pool. It’s more like a pool deck on the second floor, third floor, third floor. I always think it’s the second floor if you go up to the escalator, but it’s the third floor. Second floor has the fitness center. Yeah. Um, yeah, but the, the third floor, it’s you just walk outside from grounds and it’s right there. So, um, a very nice pool. Um, but what else could someone do on a resort day at Swan Reserve. So at Swan Reserve exactly like you said, you know, you do have your pool there and then you have the four different restaurants that we talked about, but just walking right across the street, you can go over to everything that’s at the Swan and Dolphin. And when we say right across the street, it is just a, you know, literally there’s a crosswalk there. So it’s a very quick three minute and three minutes. And the other important thing, especially having kids, the walkway I have found is more pedestrian first than car first, which when you think about crossing a street, usually anxious to especially a busy street, right? Like you’re thinking it’s gonna be, it’s gonna be, it’s not a busy street to begin with. But then, um, I found that whenever I hit the button, it’s within 10s it changes to let me cross and then it, it gives you a good thirty to forty five seconds to cross. I mean, it’s, it’s very pedestrian focused. So I really feel like they wanted to give pedestrians the right of way fully from Swan Reserve. Um, and you have lots of power at that intersection. When you hit that button, you’re going to change that light within a few seconds. And it’s very nice. It is true. It’s really not. Um, it’s the street. Basically, if you’re thinking about kind of what would go around Crescent Lake there, where you’d go in for a yacht club and beach club. So you don’t have that much traffic going there. So because that was definitely something where I was, okay, how is this going to work out? You know, when I have clients that have the double stroller and they’re going, do they have enough time to get across? It’s very easy. Yes, definitely. Um, but if you don’t want to cross that, you actually do have something else, right? Really across the parking lot, the closest hotel to this attraction. Yeah. So you have two mini golf courses. Yeah. Um, over at Fantasia Gardens. Um, so you can definitely spend some time over there. Um, that’s one of my favorite activities I think to do. I think I probably just have a lot of nostalgia as a kid doing that, but it’s so fun. If they could have named it this, they actually could have called it the Fantasia Gardens Hotel because it really is so close to it’s like it’s the same property. It’s just across the parking lot. I, I like that name though. I do like Spawn Resort, but I do like that name. Um, but it is, that’s a really nice way to kind of spend a couple, you know, a couple hours with the family. Um, and then if you do want to head over to Spawner dolphin, there’s, I think it’s twenty three different restaurants that are just within these three properties. It’s insane how much they have. Oh my gosh, you don’t, you wouldn’t know it looking from the outside, but you walk in and you’re like restaurant, restaurant, restaurant, restaurant, just one thing after the next. And so many different types of restaurants too. There’s, uh, if you love karaoke, you can go to kimonos. Um, there’s also a really cool offering that the Swan Dauphin-swan reserve have, which is the kids club, um, camp dolphin. And they actually, this seemed to be new to me, but I could have missed it. So I might have been wrong on that one. But um, they have two complimentary hours of child care that you can take advantage of if you go to some of their select, uh, signature restaurants. So it’s a really nice option if you have kids between five and twelve that maybe, you know, mom and dad want to have a date night. It’s, you know, your anniversary are coming down or something. Um, just a really nice offering that they have that I thought was something that would be really great for families to know about. If you know, you maybe aren’t you down, you aren’t down here with someone who might be able to watch the kids while you have a date night. So, um, then they do have, like you said, Bhandara spa right across the way. Um, so full service spa and salon and that’s located at the dolphin. Um, but then you also have the health club, you have all the different pools. There’s five pools, um, plus the pool that you’ll have over at the Swan reserve. So if you want kind of that more quieter, just relaxing feeling. Definitely staying at the Swan reserve pool is great, but then going over it is three acres Oasis, which is crazy at the grotto pool. Um, definitely somewhere you could spend the entire day out if you wanted to. Um, and then you have all the different offerings, the swan boats like we’ve talked about. So there is definitely a lot to do. Um, and I think a lot of families wind up staying at one of these resorts and then they say, I didn’t even get to do the swan boats. I didn’t get to do this because there’s just so much there. Yeah, it is a resort. It is a place to go for a vacation and stay. And again, like it’s this triangle, these three properties share so much. And so you sort of pick which, um, type of hotel experience you want. Um, and then you can reap the benefits of the full complex instead of just thinking like, I’m just at Swan reserve, I am only accessing swan reserve amenities. It’s no, it’s also dolphin. It’s also swan. So that naturally leads into the question, um, I guess between these three, because I know when you come down to Central Florida in general, you have so many choices. So to narrow the scope to Swan, dolphin and Swan Reserve, what family is the perfect fit for Swan Reserve? Or why should someone choose to stay here on, you know, as opposed to staying at Swan or Dolphin? The families that I normally see or I, you know, will recommend because I feel like it’s going to be a really good fit for them. Um, a lot of times they’re going to be couples that are, you know, this might be their first Disney trip together or maybe they’re just looking for you use the term home base. And I really like that because I think it does kind of you feel like you’re kind of stepping out a bit of the Disney bubble, but then you stepping outside the door, you’re like, you’re like at the front porch, you have like one toe out type of thing. Um, so it’s a nice, it’s a nice balance of that for a lot of families. Um, I also think families that are looking for suite accommodations, this is such a great option for them because there is so much space in these rooms. Um, plus the view that you do get if you’re on the Epcot side. And honestly, I will say even the views on the other side are beautiful for sure. Um, the, you know, you, you have such height with this tower, so you really do get some really great vistas there. Um, but suite accommodations are definitely a great option. And then I think families that are also looking for, you know, the avail, the ability to have those deluxe benefits, but still maybe be getting your Marriott Bonvoy points. Um, I know my family are Marriott families that we love our Bonvoy points. So this is something that we would look at and really see the value out of it because great accommodations, great service. We’re still getting all our Disney benefits that we love to have, but we’re also going to get those, you know, those Marriott points that we love to rack up. Yeah, it’s definitely true. I love rocking at Marriott points and using Marriott points. So it’s nice to have that at Walt Disney World and be in the Epcot resort area. On top of that, um, is there any other advice you would offer or anything that we missed? I would say always think about, um, the promotions that they have at these three hotels specifically, they do such a great job at, um, really thinking, you know, our veterans, our teachers, our emergency workers, um, uh, Florida residents not in the same group in there. Sorry. Um, but there’s a lot of really great promos that they’ll have available. So if you are looking at this and Swan reserve definitely is, um, a step up in terms of pricing compared to the swan or the dolphin. But you know, if you’re really looking at trying to stay there, definitely look to see if there are those promos available that you might be able to use because they constantly have different options. And it really makes it a nice way to kind of save a few dollars and still kind of get that, you know, maybe that new stay that you haven’t been able to do yet. Yeah. That’s great. Well, we have now talked about two of the three. So last August it was Swan. This August the Swan Reserve which just leaves dolphin. 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