Walt Disney World Dolphin

Virgin Holiday Favourites

Why is this a Virgin Holidays favourite?

Range of restaurants, offering fantastic dining options

Great for families, with Camp Dolphin supervised activity programme* (local charge)

Fantastic spa facilities with exclusive discounts for Virgin Holidays' guests

Exclusive Virgin Holidays benefits:

Receive a Lake View Room at the Dolphin or a Courtyard View Room at the Swan
Kids 9 years and under eat free at the following restaurants when accompanied by a full paying adult. Garden Grove which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner and Fresh, which offers breakfast and lunch. Maximum 2 children per room, per paying adult. Restaurants and meal options are subject to change
Complimentary babysitting service for kids aged 4-12 years whilst parents eat at either Shula's, Blue Zoo or Il Mulino. Maximum 2 hours
Receive 20% discount on any Mandara Spa treatment valued at $50 or more
Complimentary self-parking saving $28.00 per day
Any adult only booking will receive a $50 food coupon to dine at the resort (one per room, per stay)

Getting Around

Complimentary Disney transportation throughout the Walt Disney World Resort. Within walking distance of Disney's BoardWalk, Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and to a private entrance at Epcot. Complimentary water taxi to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot. Complimentary shuttle to nearby Orlando Premium Outlets.

Dining

17 restaurants and lounges including Il Mulino New York Trattoria (Italian), Todd English’s bluezoo (seafood), Shula’s Steak House (voted Orlando’s best high-end steakhouse) and Kimonos (sushi). More casual eateries include Garden Grove (Disney character dining nightly for dinner and breakfast on Saturday and Sundays), Fresh (breakfast and lunch), The Fountain (lunch and dinner), Fuel, Cabana Bar and Beach Club (poolside), Splash (poolside), Picabu (24 hours), Phins, Java Bar, and 24-hour room service*.

Fun and Games

5 swimming pools, including a grotto pool with slide and waterfalls, white sand beach, 2 health clubs, whirlpools, the Balinese-inspired Mandara Spa*, jogging trails, paddle-boat rentals*, games room, Camp Dolphin supervised kids' activity programme*. Nearby golf on 4 Championship Walt Disney World golf courses*.

Handy Stuff

24-hour convenience store/cafe, room service. Valet and coin laundry. Complimentary high‐speed Internet access. Complimentary 2 bottles of water in room, replenished daily. Complimentary tea and coffee in room. Complimentary unlimited use of health clubs. Complimentary childcare for 2 hours when dining at signature restaurants.

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible rooms available on request. Please note that these rooms are subject to availability and may be restricted to specific room categories and bedding arrangements. Rooms and facilities vary between hotels so please check at the time of booking. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page

Additional Information

Hotel Resort benefits:

- Disney's Extended park hours on selected days, open 1 hour early and up to 2 hours after regular closing at one of the Disney Parks (valid theme park ticket and resort ID required)

- Unlimited use of Walt Disney World transportation

- Disney Character Dining at Garden Grove Restaurant available Mon-Fri for dinner and Sat-Sun for breakfast

- Complimentary parking at Disney Theme Parks

- Complimentary delivery of purchases made within Walt Disney World Resort theme parks direct to your hotel

*Denotes local charge.

Please note: there may be a local charge for use of a roll-away bed for parties of 5 people or more sharing a room. This is subject to change and is charged by the hotel.

Please note: by booking this hotel through Virgin Holidays you will be able to make Disney FastPass+ selections up to 30 days in advance.

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Great

Sep 20, 2019 416soniar San Antonio, Texas

This was a work trip that my family was able to join me. It was an awesome trip my teenage boys enjoyed exploring the property! The pool and rec area were great. The gym was also great. I definetely recommend staying here!

3 and I’m Grading on a Curve

Sep 20, 2019 TexKeystone Long Valley, New Jersey

I booked this hotel because of the Marriott relationship, not in spite of it. Top level Bonvoy status earned me an expensive 2 double bed instead of king room a mile from elevators and fully equipped with ants, hair on the bathroom floor and worn carpets, but lacking a clock and a functional tv remote. No concierge lounge or comp breakfast… Read more

I booked this hotel because of the Marriott relationship, not in spite of it. Top level Bonvoy status earned me an expensive 2 double bed instead of king room a mile from elevators and fully equipped with ants, hair on the bathroom floor and worn carpets, but lacking a clock and a functional tv remote. No concierge lounge or comp breakfast sealed the deal for me. Just not a great experience. Read less

Ants everywhere in our room

Sep 18, 2019 Resort628058

I am a Marriott life titanium member and have never been more disappointed in the Marriott brand. My wife and thought we would spend our anniversary at Disney World and booked a room at the Dolphin because of the proximity to the new Star Wars ride at Hollywood Studios. We were assigned a room in the west tower on the 7th floor. As we were… Read more

I am a Marriott life titanium member and have never been more disappointed in the Marriott brand. My wife and thought we would spend our anniversary at Disney World and booked a room at the Dolphin because of the proximity to the new Star Wars ride at Hollywood Studios. We were assigned a room in the west tower on the 7th floor. As we were unpacking our bags I noticed a couple of ants in the bathroom (didn’t think much of it since this is Florida). We went down for a quick swim before dinner. Upon returning to the room in about a hour our room was covered with ants. I ran down and informed the person at the front desk and showed him the video. He apologized and found us a new room, then asked us to meet the head of housekeeping up in our room. She walked through the room and was shocked with the number of ants (which I know now is bs after reading reviews which states this is a common theme at this hotel). After unpacking in our new room I noticed the ants had hitched a ride from our old room in one of our backpacks. I complained to the front desk that we were paying $300 a night (includes entertainment fee) and expected the hotel to be bug free. I was given a free drink coupon. Read less

Close to the action

Sep 18, 2019 TravlinforWork365

Overall a nice hotel. Transportation to and from parks and Disney springs. Great restaurant options and places to pickup a light meal. Staff a little mixed up upon my arrival as my reservation said Swan but was placed in dolphin. I think they might've been overbooked but all in all it worked out. I would stay again for another conference.

Comfortable & Quiet

Sep 17, 2019 hollies69 Gainesville, Florida

Decided to stay one more night at Disney World. I called the Dolphin on Thursday for a Friday night reservation. Just got a standard room. They have double beds and not queen like the swan, but swan was more expensive. Check in was okay. In room 9042 which was overlooking the loading dock. Not my choices, but less expensive. We actually could… Read more

Decided to stay one more night at Disney World. I called the Dolphin on Thursday for a Friday night reservation. Just got a standard room. They have double beds and not queen like the swan, but swan was more expensive. Check in was okay. In room 9042 which was overlooking the loading dock. Not my choices, but less expensive. We actually could see the fire works at the Magic Kingdom from our room though. The beds were very comfortable, room was very quiet, bathroom stylish, the room in general was very nice. Not far from the elevator. Hotel had long sidewalks around all the corners of the building. They should consider building small bridges over the smaller water ways. Couldn't find someplace affordable to eat either. Picabo was kind of hidden down a long hallway. When driving out of the parking lot, since we had returned our key at express checkout, we could not exit the parking lot gate. It would not go up unless you scanned your room key. So how are you expected to exit parking lot if you gave back your room key? Fortunately an employee pulled up and asked if I was having a problem and scanned her employee badge for us and few others to get out. She told us numerous people had complained about this. Overall the Dolphin was very nice, more than I expected actually. Price was affordable considering the location, rooms quiet, comfortable, had everything we needed. There was no recycle container in rooms, which I expected for a Disney located hotel. Could also not find in lobby area, but outside of elevators. So took my recycle home with me. Read less

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