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Disney's All-Star Music Resort
Three-story-tall maracas, a walk-through jukebox, and a guitar-shaped pool set the tune at the middle All-Star, which quietly holds the tier's most useful secret: family suites sleeping six with kitchenettes, at prices well under Art of Animation's equivalent, and the cheapest way on all of Disney property to keep a larger family in one room. Music generally runs the calmest of the three All-Stars, drawing fewer youth groups than Sports next door, and its Broadway and country-western courtyards have a certain retro charm. Everything else is standard value playbook: refreshed rooms, a serviceable food court, bus-only transportation shared with its siblings at slow times. Fine print aside, if you need six beds on the smallest budget, this is the answer.
🛏️ The Rooms
The headline is the family suites: two rooms and two bathrooms sleeping six with a kitchenette, at prices hundreds under Art of Animation's equivalent, the cheapest way on all of Disney property to keep a bigger family in one unit. Standard rooms got the same clean renovation as the other values. Calypso buildings sit closest to the lobby.
✨ The Lobby & Grounds
Melody Hall opens onto courtyards scored to genres: a three story jukebox you walk through, giant maracas and saxophones, cowboy boots taller than the buildings in the country corner. It is gloriously unsubtle. The resort sits between Movies and Sports, sharing the McDonald's across the street as a late night landmark.
🏊 Pools & Recreation
The Piano pool plays its shape straight, a grand piano from above, while the guitar shaped Calypso pool anchors the middle of the resort with a kids' splash spot. Standard value fare, kept clean, with pool games some afternoons and enough deck chairs to actually find one.
🍽️ Dining at All-Star Music Resort
The Intermission food court covers the classics, and the pool bar does its duty. Like its siblings, the play is simple: fridge snacks, park meals, and the bus to Disney Springs when you want a real dinner without a real bill.
Full menus, grades, and what to order for every restaurant live on the Dining page.
🚌 Getting to the Parks
- 🏰 Magic Kingdom
- Bus
- 🌐 EPCOT
- Bus
- 🎬 Hollywood Studios
- Bus
- 🦁 Animal Kingdom
- Bus
How each ride type actually works is covered in the Transportation guide.
🎀 Mal's Tips
Those family suites are the best kept budget secret at Disney World; price one against two connecting rooms anywhere and watch. Shared All-Star buses board here second, slightly better than Movies. Book Calypso for the shortest walks.
Best for: Family suites, guitar-shaped pool, budget prices