Celebration is the closest thing to a normal town near Walt Disney World. That is its appeal and its limitation.
Stay in Celebration if you want a quiet base with a walkable town centre and you have a car. Melia Orlando Celebration is the best hotel in the town itself, Celebration Suites the best value for a family, and Gaylord Palms the strongest property in the immediate area if you want a resort instead.
Celebration was built as a planned community on land adjacent to Walt Disney World, with a small downtown of restaurants and shops around a lake. It is genuinely pleasant, genuinely quiet and genuinely small, which means the hotel choice is limited and dining options run out faster than they do on International Drive.
For a family who want somewhere calm to come back to after a park day, that is exactly right. For a trip that wants an evening out with choices, it is not.
All-suite rooms in Celebration itself, which combines a separate living area with a walkable town centre and a short route to the southern Disney entrance.
Best for: Families who want a suite and a quiet setting
Watch out: Dining in Celebration is limited compared with the Kissimmee strip a few minutes away.
Budget-priced suites with a kitchenette on the edge of Celebration, which keeps a larger family together without paying resort rates.
Best for: Families of five or six on a budget
Watch out: This is a budget property. Expect the space, not the finish.
A small hotel just outside the town with a theme park shuttle, which is what makes a low rate here work without a rental car.
Best for: Budget trips that need a shuttle
Watch out: Confirm the shuttle timetable, because it is the main reason to choose it.
A few minutes from Celebration, and a completely different proposition: a covered atrium, a water park and convention-scale facilities.
Best for: Families who would rather have a water park than a town
Watch out: Considerably more expensive, and much busier.
Celebration is the quietest base close to Disney and the one with the fewest options. If somebody in the party will want a different restaurant every night, stay on International Drive and drive to the parks instead.
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For a family with a car who want a calm base, yes. It is close to the southern side of Walt Disney World and much quieter than the US-192 strip. Without a car it is a poor choice, because the town is walkable and the parks are not.
It was developed by Disney and has since been sold. It is now an independent town, and its hotels have no Disney affiliation.
Very few. The town itself has a small hotel market, with more options a short drive away on the Kissimmee side. That is why this page is shorter than the other area pages on this site.
