The Yacht Club and its sister resort the Beach Club are situated along Crescent Lake, directly across from Disney's BoardWalk. These resorts were designed to evoke the feel of the seashore -- in the Yacht Club's case, New England seaside towns of the late 1800s, like Newport and Bar Harbor. The Yacht Club is the gray clapboard half of the same building which also houses the Beach Club. A wrecked yacht, the Albatross, is on its sandy shore. (The Beach Club's side is sky blue, with a white sandy stretch of beach.) When you enter the Yacht Club, you may be greeted by a dapper gentleman in a sharp double-breasted navy jacket, white pants, and a white admiral's cap. This is one aspect of the Yacht Club that makes a stay there enchanting. The greeter is just one thing that sets the Yacht Club apart from most other resorts, even at Disney. The Yacht Club's decor is distinctly nautical, and feels slightly more upscale, and formal, than its Beach Club counterpart. The ...

Boatwrights Dining Hall is located at the Port Orleans - Riverside Resort. This is the only full-service restaurant at Port Orleans and is open for breakfast and dinner. Boatwrights is closed for lunch as the majority of the resort's guests are in the parks during the day. If you need a bite to eat at noontime, try Riverside Mill. This food court serves a wide variety of meals from hamburgers to complete dinners featuring carved meats. I love the atmosphere of Port Orleans - Riverside. The resort check-in area is designed to look like you're booking passage on a riverboat for a trip down the Mississippi. Outdoors, the theme is continued with a small harbor and water-crafts for rent. It's also here that you can catch a water taxi for a leisurely trip down the Sassagoula River to Downtown Disney. The water taxi rides are one of the more relaxing activities at Disney World, and in the evening, one of the most romantic. Boatwrights Dining Hall is fashioned to look like a...

My number one tip to clients and friends visiting WDW, plan to take a midday break every single day. Walt Disney World is overwhelming. If you try to run full-speed morning to night, you will burn out. For those traveling with small children, this is even more important. Having a tired little one who may be cranky and suffering from extra-sensory-overload won't be fun for anyone. Planning a break, maybe even a nap, back at your Disney Resort is the perfect way to make sure visitors (of all ages) can stay rested and energized for those long days in the parks.