Motor Inn

Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort is considered to be the flagship resort of the Disney Empire. Located across the lake from Magic Kingdom and along the Monorail line, guests will not have a hard time getting to the amusement park and back as well as have see Cinderella's castle.

There are 2,112 guest rooms. You can choose to stay at the standard guest room that has a maximum of 5 guests, the club concierge room and the suites that can have up to 8 guests.

Each room has turndown service, complimentary comfortable robes to use, 24 hour room service, cribs, refrigerators or microwaves if requested, irons, ironing boards, make up mirrors, in house safe, cable, high speed internet access, laundry services and facilities as well as newspaper delivery.

Rates at the hotel start at $385 nightly. If you get a club concierge room, you get free access to the exclusive Royal Palm Club or the Sugar Loaf Club Concierge Lounge that offers continental breakfast, snacks and wine. You may also get the chance to participate in a wildlife discovery excursion which is only offered to a limited number of guests for an additional fee.

But the best thing about it is being able to avail of extra magic hours which entitle you to enter the park an hour early before opening or stay up to three hours after the park officially closes.

In the hotel, you can eat in one of 4 restaurants. Only one is considered character dining namely 1900 Park Fare. The rest are fine dining establishments namely Victoria and Albert's, Citricos and Narcoossee's. If you want to relax, the Floridian has a full service spa as well as a fitness center inside.

The hotel also has activities for kids. They have Lady Bug Release every Thursday at 11 am, Adventure Time daily at 3:30 pm, Arts and Crafts four days a week at 12:30 pm, Wonderland Tea Party, Pirate Cruise and Kids' Adventures in Cooking.

If you don't want to wait until closing time at the theme park for the fireworks show, you have an excellent view by the docks or by the beach.

Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort is 25 miles away from Orlando International Airport. By booking in advance, a shuttle will be there to pick you up once you disembark from the plane then pull up on the driveway so can check in.