Suite and Villa Pricing at Disney World

If you’re looking to book a suite or villa at Disney World, you’ll want to carefully mind your budgeting. These are all expensive rooms—no two ways about it—but the truth is that you’ve got a range from about $450 to $2000+ per night to be considering. When you add in a pretty basic booking “hack” that can save you $400 per night on some of these rooms, it’s obviously worth it to make sure you take the time to understand just what to expect from suite pricing. So, join us on this journey into the world of suite and villa pricing at Disney World!

About This Post

This is a very dry post, there’s no way around it. That said, it’s a post that can save you hundreds, or maybe even $1000+ per night on your suite / villa stay, so I think some dryness can be tolerated. (When you’re considering the high cost of a Disney World trip, it never hurts to spend a few minutes learning to save a few grand.)

But I’ll give you the bottom line right here—the best value for your dollar when it comes to getting a suite or villa at Disney World will be found in renting DVC points to book a DVC villa. When that isn’t an option, you’re basically in the world of deciding between $600-ish value suites, $1000+ moderate suites or deluxe villas, and $2000+ deluxe suites. Much more on all this below.

This post is specifically for people who are in the market for a bigger room, but pretty focused on keeping the price of that room down. I’m focused on the main differences in the options and the main ways to save on booking them. This is not a comprehensive guide to all the suite options at Disney World. As much as I’d love to have a good reason to invest the time required for that project, I doubt I’ll ever be motivated to invest the money in that project.

So if you’re looking for real specifics about what separates these options, you’ll probable need to (1) settle on your price range, (2) use this post to identify realistic options, and then (3) use other sources to do deep comparisons of the options. That said, insofar as the differences you care about are hotel-related (e.g. what are the pools and restaurants like) rather than room-specific (what kind of dining table does this suite have?!), our Complete Guide to Disney World Hotels is a good place to do some research.

Quick Introduction to Disney World Suite Types

I’m going to divide this introduction into value, moderate, and deluxe suites. These categorizations do, to some extent, reflect the quality of the suites themselves. As hotel rooms, the value suites are much more simple and unassuming than the suites at the deluxe resorts. The outlier is the Gran Destino Tower, which has suites rivaling any in the deluxe category.

The Family Suites are suites available at two value resorts—All Star Music and Art of Animation. These suites sleep six people. Each suite has one queen bed in a separate bedroom with two additional beds in the living area (either one Murphy + one sofa or two Murphy). The suites at Art of Animation are bigger than the suites at All Start Music and themed to either Finding Nemo, The Lion King, or Cars. Besides those specific reviews, we have a post comparing the suites at Art of Animation, too.

The suites at All Star Music have the same (very) light theming as the rest of the rooms at that resort.

Among the moderate resorts, Coronado Springs is the only hotel with suites. It offers standard suites in both the Gran Destino Tower and Village sections of the resort. These suites start at four-adult occupancy. Groups of five will need a larger suite, but they might also consider the 5th Sleeper rooms at Port Orleans Riverside. The 5th Sleeper rooms at Caribbean Beach are also worth considering, but note these technically only fit four adults and one child.

All of the deluxe resorts have suites, with the exception of Wilderness Lodge, which instead has a “Deluxe Room” category that sleeps up to 6 people. You can read more about all the Disney deluxe resorts here. These suites also usually include Club Level access.

Each of the deluxe resorts also has at least one accompanying Disney Vacation Club property that has villas, typically ranging from studios to multi-bedroom layouts. At DVC properties, they call their rooms “villas”, and maybe someone knows a technical difference between a “1 bedroom villa” and a “1 bedroom suite”, but they share the common feature of having a separate bedroom, allowing for some modicum of privacy.

Three DVC resorts—Saratoga Springs, Riviera, and Old Key West are standalone (i.e. they aren’t associated with any sister deluxe resort). The Fort Wilderness Cabins are now a part of DVC, too.

a Look at Disney World Suite Pricing

I’m going to use an example October stay to talk about prices. You should run this analysis for whatever dates you’re considering, but the takeaways should be similar. I’m trying to guide you through the options so you can see which suite type is going to be best for you.

My biggest assumption in this post about suites is that you’d like to book a suite at a Disney hotel. That is, I’m not going to discuss other options for large groups, like 5th Sleeper rooms, offsite hotels, or Airbnb. I’m also not going to talk about suites at the Swan, Dolphin, or Swan Reserve, which you probably should consider since they have a good location and access to a wide range of Disney perks. (As a reminder, relevant links to hotel reviews and guides were shared above.)

For this analysis, we’ll start with the lowest cost option and work our way up. If you want a suite at Disney World and your top concern is price, you’ll want to book a Family Suite at All Star Music. This suite has one living room that sleeps 4 and one bedroom that sleeps 2. It comes to $468 per night for the sample October stay I’m looking at. This is a no-frills option. You’ll be taking the bus (or a car) to all the parks, and you’ll have the same resort amenities as every other guest at All Star Music (a value hotel).

If you’d like to add some space and theming, you can upgrade to a Family Suite at Art of Animation. You’ll be paying about $675 per night for a suite themed to Finding Nemo, Cars, or The Lion King. You’ll have access to the very enjoyable Big Blue Pool at Art of Animation, and you’ll be adjacent to the Skyliner, providing easy access to Epcot and Hollywood Studios.

From here, the prices become (even) tougher to swallow. The suites at Coronado Springs range from $1,195 per night for the Deluxe Suite in the Tower to $1,297 and $1,590 for the one-bedroom options in the Garden and Tower, respectively. At this point, you’re paying for a high-quality suite and, depending on which option you go with, Club Level access. Your transit (and pool, frankly) is actually going to be a downgrade from Art of Animation, but Coronado is a good resort, overall.

Now we move into the suites and villas at the deluxe resorts and their accompanying DVC properties. This is where things get most interesting. For starters, let’s just be clear that the locations, theming, and quality of the deluxe resorts puts them generally a step above Coronado Springs and easily well above the value resorts.

I’m going to use Contemporary and Bay Lake Tower (DVC) for my example pricing. Here are some rack rates for two options:

While you’ll find some substantial differences in these rooms, I don’t think the cost difference can be justified here. The Contemporary suite does include access to one of Contemporary’s Club Level lounges, but I suspect other market forces are at work here.

Particularly, if you’re able to rent Disney Vacation Club points, you can get the one bedroom villa at Bay Lake Tower for closer to $882 per night. You don’t have to be a DVC member to rent DVC points, though there are some downsides (which are discussed in that linked post). But now if we bring all these dollar figures together, we have:

  • All Star Music Family Suite - $468

  • Art of Animation Family Suite - $675

  • Bay Lake Tower 1-Bedroom Villa (renting points) - $882

  • Gran Destino Tower Deluxe Suite - $1,195

  • Bay Lake Tower 1-Bedroom Villa - $1,294

  • Coronado Springs Village 1-Bedroom Suite - $1,297

  • Contemporary 1-Bedroom Suite, Garden Wing - $2,201

Finally, it has to be noted that the Bay Lake Tower villas are usually not going to be the lowest-cost options among DVC properties. They work well for this example, but you might find DVC rental options that bring you even closer to those Family Suite amounts.

Conclusions

What’s interesting about that pricing list is that it isn’t perfectly correlated with room or hotel quality. What we get when it comes to suite pricing is really a hodgepodge of resort and booking options. The right way to approach this is really to ask what price range you’re in.

If you want to spend under $1000 per night, you’re probably deciding between the value suites, but you need to at least spend some time seeing if renting DVC points will work for you. If your dates and DVC availability align, I think you’ll probably find that many DVC rental options are worth the cost over the Art of Animation Family Suites. Now, if you’re already grimacing at the prices for Art of Animation, then feel free to just stick to All Star Music. You’ll have your separate rooms.

If you’re in the $1000 to $2000 range, you’re probably going to be either at Coronado Springs / Gran Destino Tower or a DVC villa. If you can get that DVC villa with rented points to save some money, go for it. Personally, I’d take most DVC villas over Coronado Springs Village suites, but I have a huge soft spot for Gran Destino and its Chronos Club. The Deluxe Suite in the tower is not a bad option.

And if you’re open to spending over $2000 per night then holy moly thanks for caring so much that you kept reading this post even though it wasn’t worth much to you. Take your pick of the deluxe hotels, and you’ll probably find something in your price range.

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