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Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort Orlando, FL

1500 Epcot Resort Blvd • Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

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Walt Disney World Dolphin in Lake Buena Vista, Florida

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About Walt Disney World Dolphin

Overview

Nestled in the heart of Walt Disney World® Resort, Walt Disney World Dolphin is a whimsical hotel escape boasting luxurious accommodations, diverse dining options, and exclusive park benefits. Enjoy five sparkling pools, including a grotto pool, waterfall, and a white sand beach area, an on-site steakhouse, a Balinese-style spa, and much more.

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Check-In: 4:00pm Check-Out: 11:00am

Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort is located on the beach in Lake Buena Vista, close to Disney's Boardwalk and Disney's Hollywood Studios, and walking distance of Epcot. Other points of interest near this spa resort include Disney's Animal Kingdom® and Disney Springs® area.

Dining options at Walt Disney World Dolphin include numerous restaurants and lounges, a coffee shop/café, and a poolside bar and grill. Room service is available 24 hours a day.

Recreational amenities include a children's pool, a health club, a spa tub, and a steam room. The property's full-service health spa has body treatments, massage/treatment rooms, facials, and beauty services. This property has a business center and offers small meeting rooms, limo/town car service, and audiovisual equipment.

This Lake Buena Vista property has event space consisting of banquet facilities, conference/meeting rooms, a ballroom, and exhibit space. The property has a theme park shuttle, which is complimentary. Business services and wedding services are available. Guest parking is available for a surcharge. Additional property amenities include a concierge desk, an arcade/game room, and multilingual staff. This is a smoke-free property.

The guestrooms at Walt Disney World Dolphin feature laptop-compatible safes and coffee/tea makers. Beds come with pillowtop mattresses and premium bedding. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, makeup/shaving mirrors, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. In addition to desks and complimentary newspapers, guestrooms offer multi-line phones with voice mail, as well as free local calls (restrictions may apply). Rooms also include blackout drapes/curtains and electronic check-out. Guests may request a turndown service, hypo-allergenic bedding, and wake-up calls. Housekeeping is available daily.

Exclusive Disney Resort guest benefits include:
- Guests of Disney Resort hotels can get a 30-minute jump on their Disney day with early theme park entry—available at all 4 Walt Disney World theme parks.
- Complimentary Transportation: Disney Resort guests have free access to complimentary transportation throughout Walt Disney World Resort—including transportation to and from Disney Theme Parks and Disney Water Parks. Travel by bus, water taxi, ferry, or monorail!
- Simplify your Stay: When staying at a Disney Resort, you can use your Resort ID to charge your purchases to your room. You may also choose to have your purchases shipped to your resort.

Important Information

Parking: On-site self-parking at 38 USD daily, and valet parking at 46 USD daily.
Pet Policy: Pets are not allowed at this property. ADA-defined service animals are accepted.

* All fees mentioned are subject to change without prior notice, and applicable taxes.

Walt Disney World Dolphin Reviews

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Inspire61536812520

"Horrible"

Reviewed February 13, 2026 NEW

Terrible! This should be a 2 star hotel! Worst service and hotel I have stayed in. Spoke to the manager not willing to compensate me for what I endured. Room smells of raw sewage at 3 am, toilet makes noises. Smoke alarm goes off when you take a shower. Paid full price for a low budget hotel that markets themselves as 4 star!

Anne151687878718

Seattle, Washington

"Skip it Marriott Elites"

Reviewed February 12, 2026 NEW

We have stayed at the Dolphin several times before without issue but this time will probably make us switch to another hotel. Upon check in the front desk staff person was rude, our ambassador status was not recognized, no welcome gift/points options offered or free drink tickets as is usual with Marriott and our previous stays and stays at many other Marriotts worldwide. We also received no upgrade, not even a mention that is wasn't available. When we asked about possible upgrades she responded with this is the room you booked. The room had inconsistent hot water, the color on the tv was greyed out in a large triangle starting from the top of the tv, the wifi was inconsistent and cut out for video calls, and the AC/heating unit sounded like a train. The customer service experience and rooms need an overhaul.

Sophrosyne

"Nice rooms, weak service"

Reviewed February 07, 2026 NEW

Didn’t have my room ready until after 5. To be fair the rooms are nice and clean and I did get an upgrade so I felt a little better although it was quite an inconvenience. Room service brought me a bottle of water instead of coffee in the morning and when I pointed that out, they just looked on the receipt and said “it says you ordered water, so you’ll just have to call and order the coffee again.” Who has time for another 45 minute wait in the morning so I thought that was not particularly helpful. Finally, I asked for a late check out until 1pm and was only granted until noon. Generally I wouldn’t complain but especially give the delay in getting a room at check in I thought they may be more accommodating. That was basically the theme. Nice facility but the service just wasn’t what you might expect at a luxury resort. Everyone does their job, but that’s about it. Nobody trying to ensure you have a great stay. Not much choice for lunch on campus. Most restaurants are not open evening.

996kerryz

"Dolphin hotel is the best"

Reviewed January 29, 2026 NEW

To everyone looking to stay at the Disney hotels I absolutely want to tell you all that the dolphin hotel was the best time I ever had the last time I was here I stayed at the pop century and although it was ok this Dolphin hotel beats that by 100% the rooms are huge I went with my 19 yr old son and we had a 2 queen bed room and it was just perfect for us the service the foyer the shops the surrounding the feeling was unbelievable I didn’t want to leave I wanted to finish my next 3 weeks in America right there to get to the parks you can take boats ski lifts Disney buses you don’t have a thing to worry about just have fun at the parks we didn’t have fast track and we waited 80 minutes for a 3 minute ride but we figured out that you can purchase fast track rides individually for 35 US and it gives you 3 fast tracks per park which we loved and that was fantastic but next time I would definitely get the unlimited fast tracks because when you love the ride you just want to go again and again and you can’t do that on the 35 US ticket I researched extensively the hotel and the dolphin and swan were the best in price and best in quality hope this helps your decision I never give reviews but I just had to

kevincobbsr

New Jersey

"Disney Dolphin Hotel Stay"

Reviewed January 28, 2026 NEW

This hotel entryways, restaurants and outdoor spaces are very nice, but the room needs a little work. The bathroom is very small and the shower needs to be updated. There is some visible damage to the shower door and opening it seem a little restricted. As a Marriott Ambassador Elite member I would have hoped to have at least gotten the fireworks view but they put us on the lake side.

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