Disney's Yacht Club Resort Rooms

Renovated in 2009, guest rooms are decked out in a crisp white-and-navy color scheme with nautical stripes, and feature luxurious bedding and plush mattresses. Special seafaring touches include headboards designed to resemble ships wheels, marble vanities with twin porthole-style mirrors, a classic character captain desk lamp and several rope-themed Hidden Mickeys.

Spacious by Disney standards, standard guest rooms sleep up to five, plus one crib sleeper under the age of 3. Most standard guest rooms contain two queen beds, and many rooms have a daybed as well. Priority for daybed rooms is given to families of five and there is a surcharge per night per adult for more than two adults in a room. Roll-a-Way beds are available for a fee, and the resort will deliver a complimentary Pack 'n' Play, bedrails or microwave to your room upon request.

Unlike rooms at its Beach Club neighbor, where smaller standing balconies are common, most rooms at Disney's Yacht Club feature a full balcony. First-floor rooms contain pleasant patios (non-gated), and both balconies and patio setups include tables and chairs.

In addition to a desk/dining table with two chairs, a flat-panel TV, an alarm clock with an iPod docking station and high-speed Internet access, each room is equipped with a wall-mounted hair dryer, a coffee maker and a dresser/cabinet housing a small refrigerator (bring a hair tie or a zip tie to secure, if you're traveling with little ones).

You can upgrade from a "Standard" room to a "Standard Club Level" room, which will gain you plush robes, a DVD player with complimentary rentals and other Concierge category privileges. Besides four daily food and beverage presentations at the private Regatta Club lounge, Club Level guests enjoy perks like personal onsite assistance and pre-trip itinerary planning.

Parents who don't want to be prisoners of the dark after the kids crash for the night have a number of space-stretching options. If you have the extra cash, you can book connecting rooms or else spring for one of the Club Level suites, which accommodate four to eight people and have separate living and sleeping areas. Of course, you could always check-in to the Beach Club Villas next door -- these home-away-from-home Disney Vacation Club accommodations offer flexible room arrangements, plus some additional family-friendly features like a washer and dryer and a full kitchen.

If you traveling with an infant and no additional children and want to stick with the standard room, you can gain some privacy by placing your child's crib in the bathroom vanity area, which is separated from the rest of the room by a dividing wall. For easy access to the Stormalong Bay pool complex as well as Marketplace counter-service dining and the Transportation Dock, families might consider requesting a room close to Disney's Beach Club Resort

For 2011, room categories have been redesigned to clarify the view available with each standard selection. Standard view standard rooms offer a view of either a rooftop, a parking lot or a garden (no specific view guaranteed), while for a little to a lot more money, you can secure a room with a guaranteed view of a garden or else a pool or Crescent Lake, at additional fees, of course.