Disney's All-Star Music Resort

Disney's All-Star Music Resort is one of three All-Star Resorts and is currently the only Value Resort to currently offer suites as well as standard rooms. The All-Star Music Resort is sandwiched between the All-Star Movies Resort and the All-Star Sports Resort on a vast 62 acre site in the Animal Kingdom Resort area and is just a short drive from Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Rating: 2.5 stars
Rooms: 1920 rooms & suites
Rates: from $82 to $160 Check rates

Address: 1801 West Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Area: Animal Kingdom Resort
Nearest airport: Orlando International (MCO)
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The All-Star Music Resort is themed on different types of music, everything from country and western, jazz, Broadway right up to rock 'n' roll and the 5 pairs of motel style three storey blocks are named after Calypso, Jazz, Rock, Country and Broadway.

Giant replicas of bolo ties, maracas, top hats and tap shoes decorate the whole of the resort and each room has a music theme with Disney characters and musical motifs.

Rooms/Suites

The rooms are small and fairly basic; there is no closet, just a clothes rail and a shelf in the bathroom, table and chair and a television.

Standard rooms are around 260 square feet and will sleep 4 (plus a baby in a crib). Most rooms come with either a king-size bed or two double beds.

There are two types of standard room; Standard Location and Preferred Location. With Preferred Location you are closer to the pool and guest facilities and hence have less distance to walk.

In 2006, Disney paired up a number of rooms to make Family Suites (520 square feet) with a separate bedroom, living room, kitchenette and two bathrooms. Each suite will sleep 6 (plus a baby in a crib) with a double bed in the bedroom and convertible sofas and chairs in the other room.

The Family Suites are priced at about double the normal rooms so if you are a large family group, you need to decide between the convenience of one suite sleeping 6 as opposed to two normal rooms sleeping up to 8.

Most of the Disney transportation buses stop at all the All-Star Resorts (only buses back from the Magic Kingdom stop at specific Resorts) so you can expect waits during peak seasons and at busy times of the day.

Dining

None of the Value Resorts have table service restaurants but there is a quick-service Intermission Food Court serving a variety of American cuisine from six music-themed restaurant outlets and a deli-style market.

Recreation

There are two heated swimming pools, the Piano Pool and the guitar-shaped Calypso Pool with its own Singing Spirits snack bar. For smaller children there is a wading pool.

The hotel also has an amusement arcade where the children can play a variety of video and pinball games in the Melody Hall close to the Food Court.

Amenities

The hotel offers a number of amenities including:

• concierge desk
• rooms and facilities for guests with disabilities
• in room pizza delivery
• free parking
• iron, ironing board and wall safe
• voice mail, dial-up internet access (charge applicable)
• refrigerator (available on request, charge applicable)
• babysitting and childcare services, Pak-n-Play Crib available
• laundry facilities/services (coin operated)
• plus a gift shop