Disney's Yacht Club Resort is a New England
nautical
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It involves topics ...
-themed
resort at
Walt Disney World
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. First opened on November 5, 1990, it is one of several
Epcot Area Resorts. Disney's Yacht Club is located next to a sister resort,
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's Beach Club Resort is a beach-themed deluxe resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on November 19, 1990. The resort is owned and operated by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.
Disney's Beach Club Resort is located in t ...
, and across Crescent Lake from
Disney's BoardWalk Resort
Disney's BoardWalk Resort is a hotel and entertainment complex at the Walt Disney World resort, in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. First opened in 1996, the BoardWalk Resort lies in the Epcot Resort Area, alongside Crescent La ...
. The resort is owned and operated by
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
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. It was designed by the firm of the 2011
Driehaus Prize winner,
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
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.
Resort features
Disney's
Yacht
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and
Beach
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Club resorts share amenities and resources, including staff and management. Boat transportation from the resort runs to
Epcot
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and
Disney's Hollywood Studios
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, as well as the
BoardWalk
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and the
Walt Disney World Swan &
Walt Disney World Dolphin resorts. The resort is about five minutes walking distance from Epcot and roughly 15 minutes walking to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Guests can use the back entrance to
Epcot
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through the
World Showcase
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between the
France
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and the
UK Pavilions.
The Yacht Club is home to a Convention Center shared with the Beach Club.
Dining
Yachtsman Steakhouse - A restaurant that serves steakhouse dishes with a nautical theme in a ship-shaped restaurant layout. It features an open kitchen. It serves dinner only.
Ale & Compass Restaurant (formerly Captain's Grille & Yacht Club Galley) - A casual dining restaurant for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and a buffet option for breakfast only. It features similar nautical theming to that of the Yachtsman Steakhouse, but in a more casual atmosphere.
Hurricane Hanna's - A poolside counter-service restaurant that serves mostly fast-food American cuisine.
Recreation
Stormalong Bay - The resorts' main pool complex which resembles a beach-side water park with its sand-bottom pools, a circular lazy river, waterfall, and the "Shipwreck"; a large replica of a ship wreck with one of the highest resort water slides at Walt Disney World. The pool complex offers a poolside counter-service restaurant and bar, a children's shallow area, and an elevated tanning deck. It is centrally located between both resorts facing Crescent Lake.
Quiet pool - The "quiet pool" is located on the far end of the resort in a garden area.
Lafferty Place Arcade - An arcade located next to the Beaches and Cream Soda Shop
Ship Shape Health Club - A health and fitness center. The health club is centrally located between both the Beach Club Resort and the Yacht Club Resort and offers fitness equipment. The center also offers massage therapy.
Bayside marina - The resort's lakeside marina offers a variety of watercraft available for rental including private cruises and fishing excursions.
Shipwreck Beach - The resorts offer a lake-side white sand beach on Crescent Lake. Different Activities are also held on the beach including Movie Nights and Campfire Sing-Alongs.
Tennis - The resort also has tennis courts.
Convention center
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center is centrally located between the two resorts and features over of meeting space including two large ballrooms and 21 breakout rooms. It is primarily accessible from the Yacht Club Resort via a covered walkway to its Lobby. The convention center received a expansion and renovation that finished and opened early 2019.
References
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Convention centers in Florida
Hotel buildings completed in 1990
Hotels established in 1990
Yacht Club Resort
Robert A. M. Stern buildings
1990 establishments in Florida