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Accommodations are located in five pairs of three-story buildings, each adorned with larger-than-life images playing homage to a range of sports, including baseball, basketball football, surfing and tennis.
Standard rooms are compact (260 square feet) and basic, but smartly designed for traveling families, with child-friendly features like rounded furniture corners, plastic ice buckets and paper cups instead of the glass versions commonly provided in upper level Disney properties. Décor matches the All-Star sports theme -- headboards, wall art and linens are decorated with stars, sports equipment and game-playing Disney characters and wallpaper and border designs feature images of athletes participating in sporting events, from football to tennis.
Most standard rooms contain two double beds and sleep up to four plus one crib sleeper under the age of 3. Each room contains a single vanity positioned outside the bathroom (compared to the two found in most moderate and deluxe Disney properties), a combination TV cabinet/bureau, a hair dryer, a table with chairs, an alarm clock and a wall safe. If you want a refrigerator, you can request one for a small fee per night. Coffee makers are not available. There is a small surcharge per person per night for more than two adults in a standard room -- though honestly, more than a couple will stretch the limits physically as well as figuratively. Connecting rooms are available. Complimentary bed rails and Pack n' Plays are provided upon request, and high-speed Internet access is available for a fee.
With regard to room location, proximity to Stadium Hall is key for traveling families, especially for those utilizing resort transportation. An extra fee per night for a preferred location will get you close to Stadium Hall, the main pool and the bus stop in the "Surfs Up!" block, while rooms in the "Touchdown!" section are almost as close and don't come with a surcharge for proximity. If you're concerned about noise, request a "quiet location" on the third floor. Quiet hours (10 p.m. to 9 a.m.) are posted throughout the resort, but some areas, by design, are less conducive to guest compliance. Thankfully for parents of stroller-age children, all buildings contain elevators. Although not as convenient to Stadium Hall, rooms in the "Home Run Hotel" are close to the All-Star Music Resort's Calypso Pool, the site of a variety of scheduled activities.
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