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Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States · Disney Resorts · Core Luxury
Walt Disney World's flagship opened on 28 June 1988 as a Victorian wooden palace on Seven Seas Lagoon, modeled on Hotel del Coronado and New Hampshire's Mount Washington. The monorail enters the main building, while Victoria and Albert's holds the fine-dining stage inside an AAA Four Diamond house.
- 867 rooms
- Opened 1988
- Neighborhood: Walt Disney World
- Architect: Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo (WATG)
- Interiors: Intradesign (James Isola, Jennifer Burton)
About Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
- Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson cut the ribbon with Michael Eisner and Frank Wells.
- Six buildings hold 867 rooms, including the Victorian Suite, the Roy O. Disney Suite, and the Walt Disney Suite.
- Intradesign's James Isola and Jennifer Burton treated the interiors as a happy, eclectic Victorian after Disney asked them to design for guests in bathing suits as well as black tie.
History
Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort opened on 28 June 1988 on Seven Seas Lagoon as Walt Disney World's flagship and the first new hotel on the property since 1971. The name became Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in autumn 1997. Disney Imagineering designed the Victorian palace with Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo; the exterior takes cues from Hotel del Coronado, the Mount Washington Resort, and the old Belleview-Biltmore. Intradesign's James Isola and Jennifer Burton did the interiors. A monorail station sits inside the main building. Victoria and Albert's is the fine-dining room; a wedding pavilion sits on the lagoon. Eight hundred sixty-seven rooms spread across six buildings. AAA Four Diamond for 2025.
The setting
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is a Walt Disney World hotel on the north side of Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista. Magic Kingdom loop houses sit on the Seven Seas Lagoon with monorail or boat. EPCOT-side and BoardWalk nights are a different park gate and a different evening. 24 miles from Orlando International Airport.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Fine dining
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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