Walt Disney World Hotel Guide: Disney’s Wilderness Lodge

Number of Rooms
727

Location
Magic Kingdom Area
901 Timberline Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Transportation
By Disney’s Magical Express – Orlando International Airport

By boat or bus – Magic Kingdom theme park

By boat – The Cabins at Disney’s Fort WIlderness Resort, The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort

By bus – Epcot theme park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park, Downtown Disney area, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, Disney’s Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course, Disney’s Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course, Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex

Dining Options
Whispering Canyon Café – Cuisine: American, Price Range: $$ ($15-$35.99 per person). An all-you-can-eat, family-style barbeque restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Roaring Fork -Cuisine: American, Price Range: $ ($14.99 and under per person). A quick-service restaurant

Artist Point – Cuisine: American, Price Range: $$$ ($36-$59.99 per person) This Signature Dining restaurant is open for dinner.

Territory Lounge – Cuisine: American, Price Range: $ ($14.99 and under per person)

Features
A stunning 7-story lobby built from 85 loads of Lodgepole Pine

An 82-foot tall lobby fireplace

A bubbling spring that flows into a creek, tumbles over a sparkling waterfall and empties into the featured swimming pool

Fire Rock Geyser, fashioned after Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful, that erupts on the hour with a plume of water jetting 120 feet into the air

Floor to Ceiling Details – While looking up towards the ceiling in the lobby at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, notice 4 massive teepee-shaped chandeliers suspended from solid Lodgepole Pine beams. Authentic rawhide, hand painted with geometric designs, stretches over the lights’ structural framework. Each teepee chandelier, with its bronze and steel ring of silhouetted buffaloes and riders on horseback, weighs 600 pounds.

Exquisite details in Disney’s Wilderness Lodge lobby can be seen beneath your shoes, too. The floor’s inlaid pattern is made from 4 different types of wood: Brazilian Cherry, White Oak, Bird’s-Eye Maple and Burl Walnut. The floor’s central design depicts the symbol of unity among wildlife, man, the cosmos and the 4 seasons.

Artifacts from a variety of Native American tribes, including the Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux and Blackfoot, have been collected and re-created, and are displayed throughout Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. Authentic reproductions of headdresses, painted robes and drums, as well as work from artists noted for their reverence for nature, can be seen in the lobby’s secluded alcoves and throughout the Resort’s restaurants and sitting rooms.

The warm, cozy atmosphere in Disney’s Wilderness Lodge becomes even more inviting and romantic during the cooler months when the Resort’s many fireplaces are crackling.

Recreation
Sturdy Branches Health Club, Cub’s Den – Kids’ Play Space, Bay Lake Beach, watercraft rentals, playground, jogging, fishing, Buttons & Bells Arcade, Bike Rentals, video rentals, pools

Chip’n Dale’s Campfire Sing-a-long – Gather ’round the campfire at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort with your nutty pals for songs and fun, then watch a classic Disney movie under the stars

The Great Outdoors at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge – Lounge in one of the wooden rocking chairs on the back area of the lobby at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and lose yourself in the serene scene of mighty pines and delicate flowers. Water from a bubbling springs flows from inside the lobby. Follow it as it winds outside to the Silver Creek Springs. Junipers, wildflowers and natural grasses line meandering pathways. Stroll around Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort grounds and listen to the chirping of crickets beneath bridges. The Overlook Point offers views of the Silver Creek waterfall—a spectacular sight when lit at night.

Fire Rock Geyser – Fire Rock Geyser at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge is located between the Silver Creek Springs pool and Bay Lake. Fashioned after Yellowstone National Park’s famous Old Faithful geyser, Fire Rock Geyser shoots a water plume 120-feet in the air every hour on the hour from early morning to 10:00 p.m.

Pools — The Silver Creek Springs pool has a water slide and a hot tub. The Resort’s second pool, Hidden Springs, also features a hot tub. Each pool has a lounge and bar. Open seasonally, the Trout Pass pool bar and Roaring Forks Snacks serve quick snacks or small meals, as well as specialty drinks and coffees. Swimming in Silver Creek Springs, the feature pool at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, is like swimming in a small forest. Silver Creek Springs pool is open from 7:00 a.m. to midnight, with Disney-trained lifeguards on duty from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Disney Web site
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/wilderness-lodge-resort/

Hotel Rates
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/wilderness-lodge-resort/rates-rooms/