Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is Walt Disney World's largest Disney Vacation Club resort, a big low-rise villa resort themed on Saratoga Springs, the old New York spa and horse-racing town. Every room is a villa, from a studio to a three-bedroom Grand Villa, most with a kitchen and their own laundry. It wraps around Disney Springs, a walk or a boat away, and buses run to the four parks.
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Is it worth it?
Walt Disney World's largest villa resort, best for families who want a villa with a kitchen and their own laundry, a calm low-rise base and Disney Springs on the doorstep, as long as you choose your section with care and ideally have a hire car.
Saratoga Springs opened in 2004, 888 villas spread across 65 acres of lakes and mature trees beside Disney Springs. It's a Deluxe Villas resort, so instead of hotel rooms you book studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom villas, and from the one-bedroom up they have a full kitchen, a separate bedroom and an in-villa washer and dryer. That space and a kitchen let you do the trip differently, with breakfast in the villa, fewer expensive park meals and somewhere to shut a bedroom door at nap-time.
The resort is calm and residential rather than theatrical, themed quietly on an upstate New York spa town, and the rooms read as contemporary rather than heavily Disney. The five sections sit far apart and the park bus runs an internal loop of stops before it leaves, so its size is the thing you plan around, and where you sleep sets your daily walk and your bus, with a hire car removing most of the friction. The "& Spa" in the name no longer reflects an open spa.
Best for
Families self-catering with a baby or toddler: a kitchen for formula, milk and purees, a washer and dryer for nappies and spills, and a bedroom door to shut at nap-time.
Next to Disney Springs
Saratoga Springs is the only Disney resort with a direct walking path to Disney Springs, plus a complimentary boat, so an evening of shops and restaurants is a short walk or boat ride away.
The Treehouse Villas
Sixty standalone woodland villas raised among the trees, sleeping up to nine, unlike anything else at Walt Disney World and strong value for a larger group with a hire car.
The price
On Disney Vacation Club points, Saratoga Springs and Old Key West are the two cheapest villa resorts at Walt Disney World to book, and it's the last to sell out.
Which area to ask for
Where you sleep sets your daily walk. Families who want a short walk to the hub ask for The Springs or Grandstand buildings 15 and 16, and those planning Disney Springs evenings ask for Congress Park.
The spread-out site
The resort is spread out and the park bus loops several internal stops before it leaves, so days out take longer without a hire car, and the far buildings and Treehouse Villas are a long way from the hub.
Where is it?
In the Disney Springs Resort Area, wrapped around the lakes by Disney Springs, next to Old Key West. Buses reach the four parks; there's no monorail or Skyliner.
Quick facts for UK families
A New York spa town, wrapped around Disney Springs
A big low-rise villa resort themed on the real Saratoga Springs, set among lakes and trees right beside Disney Springs.
Saratoga Springs opened in phases from 2004 and covers 65 acres of lakes and trees. It's themed on the real Saratoga Springs in upstate New York, a Victorian-era town known for its mineral springs, its Gilded-Age leisure and its horse racing, which Disney sums up as health, history and horses. The theming is understated: low buildings in muted colours, mature trees, water features and manicured paths, section names lifted from the racetrack and, deliberately, no palm trees anywhere, to hold the upstate-New-York look. It's a low-rise, residential resort rather than a theatrical one, which some families choose for exactly that quiet and others find a little plain, so it's worth knowing which you'd prefer before you book. This was the Disney Institute from 1996 to 2002, a workshop-and-classes holiday campus that never caught on, and when it was rebuilt as villas the old open-air amphitheatre became the main pool and the Performance Hall was left standing, still there as you walk up to the Carriage House.
The reason families choose itDisney Springs on the doorstep
The resort's defining feature is Disney Springs. Saratoga Springs is the closest Disney-owned resort to it and the only one with a direct walking path, plus a complimentary boat from the main dock, so the shops, restaurants and entertainment of Disney Springs work as an easy evening out with no bus, no park ticket and no long transit at the end of a tired day. With a toddler that's a real advantage, and it's also the practical answer to the resort having only one restaurant of its own. Our Disney Springs guide covers what's there.
The theming up closeDetails children can spot around the grounds
The quiet theming is still worth a closer look, which helps on an afternoon off the parks. Outside the Carriage House a life-size bronze racehorse stands in a landscaped winner's circle under a blanket of roses, with the old Disney Vacation Club logo hidden in the flowers and Mickey ears worked into the bridle. A racing horn sounds across the grounds on the hour, the old bugler's call to the post. Room and lobby artwork is full of the Disney horses, so there's Philippe from Beauty and the Beast, Maximus from Tangled, Bullseye from Toy Story and Khan from Mulan to find, and there are Hidden Mickeys dotted about and pressed-penny machines with designs like Mickey riding a horse and Cinderella with Major. Turning that into a spotting game gives a young child something to do on a slow morning, and Community Hall lends out self-guided scavenger and hidden-character hunts if you want the trail set out for you.
The theming changes with the season if you're booking around the holidays. At Christmas the lobby centrepiece is a racing horse on a carousel pole set on poinsettias, with garland and horse-and-carriage touches through the common areas, quieter than the big gingerbread showpiece at the Grand Floridian. Through September and October there's property-wide autumn decoration, pumpkins and seasonal displays rather than a bespoke Halloween set-up. It's a small seasonal touch rather than a reason to book those dates.
Which section to request
Five named sections and the separate Treehouse Villas, spread far apart, so where you sleep sets your walk to the hub, your pool and your bus.
Choosing your section is the biggest decision at Saratoga Springs, and it costs little to get right. The Springs and Congress Park are the two Preferred sections, a few extra points a night. The Springs is the hub, home to the Carriage House lobby, the Artist's Palette, the Turf Club, the main pool and the boat dock, so everything is a short pram-push away, though it's the last bus stop before the parks and often the busiest. Congress Park is the section closest to Disney Springs, a walk across the footbridge to the Marketplace, with its own quiet pool and the resort's only dry playground, which is the reason to request it if you're planning several Disney Springs evenings. Disney Springs noise and the odd firework can carry into the section after dark, so it's a livelier corner at night than the rest of the resort.
The best-value section, and the weakestThe Grandstand, the Paddock and the Carousel
The Grandstand is the quiet standout among the Standard sections. Buildings 15 and 16 are a short walk to the hub and boat dock yet cost the Standard rate, its leisure pool has the resort's best toddler splash feature, and it's first onto the park buses in the morning. The far Grandstand buildings, though, are a fifteen to twenty minute walk from the hub. The Paddock has the second feature pool, but it's the largest section, so some buildings are a real hike and a nearby fire station means occasional siren noise. The Carousel is the weakest section for a young family, with no pool of its own, no laundry, one of the longest walks to the hub and buses that often arrive full. Its decorative carousel doesn't turn, which tends to disappoint children who spot it and expect a ride.
The standalone villas, and requests worth makingThe Treehouse Villas and pram-friendly rooms
The Treehouse Villas are a section apart, about half a mile (0.8 km) from the main resort in the woods, with their own pool, their own boat launch and a parking space at each villa. They need a hire car, since park access means an internal shuttle and then a park bus, and there's no walking route to Disney Springs. Only four of the sixty Treehouses have a wheelchair ramp, and the other fifty-six are reached by stairs, so a family travelling with anyone who can't manage steps would ask for one of the four or look at a main villa instead. At online check-in you can note requests like a particular section, near the Carriage House or near a bus stop, and pair two of them, though a Standard booking can't request a Preferred section. A ground-floor villa gives level patio access with a pram, and unlike some Old Key West buildings, all the main buildings have lifts, which is a real help carrying a pushchair after a park day. Rooms are allocated before you arrive, so treat any request as a hope rather than a guarantee.
The rooms
Every room is a villa, from a studio with a kitchenette up to a three-bedroom Grand Villa, plus the standalone Treehouse Villas.
Saratoga Springs has 888 villas in five types. The studio is the smallest and works like a large hotel room with a kitchenette; from the one-bedroom up you get a full kitchen, an in-villa washer and dryer and a separate bedroom. The villas have pull-down beds rather than sofa beds, a twin pull-down in the one- and two-bedroom villas that gives a family more sleeping space, and easy-clean plank flooring rather than carpet. The villa dressers have built-in USB charging points, handy for topping up phones and tablets without hunting for a socket, and from the one-bedroom up the master bathroom has a rectangular soaker tub, which some returning guests preferred when it was a jetted whirlpool. Behind the pull-down bed there's a small treat too, a Mary Blair-style mural of Cinderella Castle painted on the wall, so it's worth lowering the bed once for a child to find it. The square footage below is approximate.
| Villa | Size | Sleeps | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Studio | About 355 sq ft (33 m²) | 4 | A queen bed plus a double-size pull-down bed. A kitchenette with a mini-fridge, microwave, sink and coffee maker but no hob or oven, one bathroom and no in-villa laundry, so studio guests use the section launderette. A balcony or patio. |
| One-Bedroom Villa | About 714 sq ft (66 m²) | 5 | A king bedroom plus a queen pull-down and a twin pull-down in the living area, a full kitchen, an in-villa washer and dryer and two bathrooms, the step up that makes cooking and washing straightforward. |
| Two-Bedroom Villa | About 1,070 sq ft (99 m²) | 9 | A king, two queens and pull-down beds, two bathrooms, a full kitchen and laundry. Sold as a dedicated villa or a lock-off studio joined to a one-bedroom. Noticeably smaller than the Old Key West two-bedroom. |
| Three-Bedroom Grand Villa | About 2,113 sq ft (196 m²) | 12 | A two-storey villa with three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a full kitchen, a separate dining area and in-villa laundry, for a larger or multi-generational group. |
| Treehouse Villa | About 1,074 sq ft (100 m²) | 9 | A standalone octagonal villa raised on columns in woodland, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a full kitchen, laundry and a wraparound deck with a charcoal grill. Reached by stairs. |
Sizes are approximate. A free travel cot takes one baby under three, on top of the occupancy shown.
Which villa suits a family
For one or two young children, the studio and the one-bedroom are the two to weigh. The studio is the cheapest, but its kitchenette has no hob or oven and there's no in-villa laundry, so you'd reheat and bottle-feed rather than cook, and carry washing to the section launderette. The one-bedroom costs more and adds a full kitchen, your own washer and dryer and a separate bedroom with a door, which is what makes naps and an early bedtime workable while you're still up. In some one-bedrooms the toilet and shower sit in separate little rooms that share a single access path, so the toilet is blocked off while someone's in the shower, which can catch you out mid-routine with a toddler. The two-bedroom, Grand Villa and Treehouse Villas are for larger or multi-generational groups under one roof. Worth knowing against Old Key West next door: the Saratoga Springs two-bedroom is noticeably smaller than the Old Key West one. Accessible main villas with roll-in showers, grab bars and visual alerts exist across the villa types and are arranged through Disney's Special Reservations line rather than as a room request, so a family travelling with a wheelchair user or an unsteady grandparent books that way. All types are sold on cash or DVC points, and UK families can also rent points through a broker.
The restaurants
One table-service restaurant, a strong quick-service counter and market, poolside grills and bars, in-villa pizza and the whole of Disney Springs a short trip away.
On-site dining is light for a resort this size, which suits the self-catering setup, so most families cook some meals in the villa and eat out for the rest. What there is clusters mainly around the Carriage House hub at The Springs, and Disney Springs a walk or boat away is effectively the resort's dining annexe, with dozens of restaurants from casual to high-end.
The only table serviceThe Turf Club Bar and Grill
The Turf Club is the resort's single sit-down restaurant, a quiet upscale-casual American grill above the golf-course pro shop, with dark wood, equestrian touches and a covered patio, long a favourite of returning guests. It's relaxed rather than formal, with high chairs and a build-your-own children's menu, and same-day tables are often available. It's in a phased refurbishment through to about mid-September 2026, so part of it is closed at any one time and a new menu is expected to follow, so check the official dining page for its status and hours over your dates rather than counting on it.
The quick-service hubThe Artist's Palette and market
The Artist's Palette in the Carriage House is the all-day counter-service and market, open from early until late, with Mobile Order in the My Disney Experience app to skip the queue with a pram. It's rated one of the better resort counters at Walt Disney World, with Mickey waffles and a loaded potato bowl at breakfast, sandwiches, bowls and pizzas later, a strong bakery counter and Disney Check kids' meals, and it stayed open through every recent refurbishment, so it's the reliable all-day fallback. The same space is the resort shop and market, stocking milk, juice, snacks, fruit, basic toiletries and some over-the-counter medicines, though baby food and formula aren't guaranteed, so plan a grocery delivery for a proper stock-up.
Poolside, in-villa and nearbyThe pool bars, pizza delivery and groceries
Three poolside spots serve food and drink by the water. The Paddock Grill at the Paddock Pool does breakfast, lunch and dinner, and On the Rocks serves the main High Rock Spring Pool. The seasonal Backstretch Pool Bar at the Grandstand serves Dole Whip and often closes in the cooler months. Chip 'n' Dale's Café, a golf-course snack stand, is closed for the golf renovation, and despite the name it was never a character meal, so you won't meet Chip and Dale there. In the evening, Sassagoula Pizza Express delivers pizza and sides to the villa, which is the easy answer to feeding everyone once a baby is down for the night. For a real shop, families order a supermarket delivery to Bell Services, who'll refrigerate it, and with the villa kitchens that's where a family saves the most money here.
The resort sells a Rapid Fill refillable mug, coded to your mug for unlimited self-serve refills at the resort drink stations for a set number of days, though it isn't valid in the parks or at Disney Springs. Which section you're in decides how handy it is: Artist's Palette and the Paddock Grill carry the full range of drinks, On the Rocks and the Backstretch bar are fountain sodas only, and there are no refill stations at all in Congress Park or the Treehouse Villas, so if you're staying in either you'd be carrying the mug back to the hub to fill it, which is worth weighing before you buy one.
The pools and things to do
Two feature pools with slides, three leisure pools, bikes and surrey cycles to hire and free daily activities.
The main pool is the High Rock Spring Pool by the Carriage House, with a 128-foot waterslide through the rockwork, zero-entry access, two whirlpool spas and, for little ones, a Donald Duck water-play area of pop-jet geysers and a small children's slide on a soft floor. The second feature pool, at the Paddock, has a taller 146-foot slide from a water tower, zero-entry access and a fenced racetrack play area with two miniature slides for supervised toddler play. The Grandstand leisure pool has the best feature for toddlers, kid-operated horse-head water guns and a starting-gate sprayer built into the pool. Congress Park has a quiet leisure pool with Disney Springs views and the resort's only dry playground beside it, the Treehouse Villas have their own small pool and the Carousel section has none. All the pools are heated to about 82°F (28°C) year-round, comfortable for a UK family in the cooler months, and the main slides carry a height requirement signed on the day.
The spa, and the gymNo working spa despite the name
The resort's spa, Senses, hasn't reopened since 2020, so there's no spa to book here despite the name, and Disney points guests to the Grand Floridian spa instead. The health club and gym are a separate facility and stay open.
Bikes, boats and free activitiesRecreation and the daily programme
Horsing Around Rentals near the main pool hires standard and children's bikes and the signature two- and four-person surrey bikes for the lakeside paths, with children riding as passengers, and checks out tennis and basketball gear. There are two clay tennis courts, pickleball, basketball, shuffleboard, guided catch-and-release bass fishing from the dock and marked jogging loops of about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) and 0.8 miles (1.3 km) through the grounds, measured in furlongs as a racing nod.
Community Hall near the Carriage House is the air-conditioned indoor room for a hot afternoon or a nap window, with free table games, giant board games, video games and DVD rental, plus ticketed crafts. The Win, Place or Show arcade by the High Rock Spring Pool is a separate room of video games, another indoor option when it's too hot to be out. There's a free daily activity programme through the season too, with poolside games and trivia around midday at the feature pools, bingo at the Grandstand on Tuesday evenings and morning yoga. Most evenings there's a campfire with marshmallows around 6pm, early enough for little ones, and an outdoor film on selected nights, with self-guided scavenger and hidden-character hunts around the grounds.
Race Week each August, which happens at no other Disney resort, marks the Travers Stakes horse race at the real Saratoga. Cast members set out miniature decorated canoes for guests to vote on. Families add handprints and drawings to a full-size canoe over the week and it's launched onto the resort pond at the end, with horse-themed bingo alongside. In the spring and summer nesting season, Disney's conservation team runs free Purple Martin nest checks, showing families the migratory swallows that nest in the resort's wetlands, and sells a Purple Martin plush that plays real recorded bird calls.
Getting around
Buses to the four parks, a walk or boat to Disney Springs and how much easier a hire car makes it.
You reach the four theme parks by bus and Disney Springs on foot or by boat, with no monorail or Skyliner. Our getting around guide covers how the wider Walt Disney World transport network fits together. The park buses are dedicated to the resort and run roughly every twenty minutes, but each one drives an internal loop of five stops around the large site before it leaves. The stop order out to the parks is the Grandstand, then the Carousel, the Paddock, Congress Park and finally The Springs, so the Grandstand boards first with the best chance of a seat and is dropped off first on the way home, The Springs boards last and is often full but has a short loop, and the Carousel comes off worst with full buses by the time they reach it. Fan-measured journeys run from about fifteen to just over thirty minutes depending on the park. Pushchairs fold to board. Bus drivers, boat captains and Minnie Van drivers hand out collectible Disney transport trading cards, which can keep a toddler occupied on a slow bus loop, so it's worth asking.
Disney Springs, and the case for a carThe walk, the boat and a hire car
Disney Springs is the resort's real transport strength. From Congress Park it's a flat paved walk of about ten to twelve minutes to the Marketplace across a footbridge, and there's a complimentary boat from the dock behind the Carriage House, roughly a ten to twenty minute trip. The boat starts around 10:30am and runs to late evening, so it's for daytime and nights out rather than an early park run, when you'd walk or bus instead. With a hire car you skip the internal loop, park right at your own building and reach the parks in around ten to twenty minutes, and theme-park self-parking is free for registered resort guests for the whole stay, so the main expense is the hire itself. It's effectively essential for the Treehouse Villas, whose two-stage park transfer adds twenty to thirty minutes each way. If you'd rather not hire a car for the week but want the odd car trip, the Minnie Van service is a Lyft-operated car you pay for through the app, and its cars come with two child seats fitted, which is the one way to get a proper car seat for a young child without hiring a car yourself.
Booking, arrival and the app
How UK families book a villa on cash or points, and the resort-guest perks that come with staying on site.
Saratoga Springs is sold on cash or Disney Vacation Club points, and on points it's one of the two cheapest villa resorts at Walt Disney World, and the last to sell out, so it's the go-to for late or hard-to-find dates. Renting points through a broker, where a member books the villa for you, is usually the cheapest route and gives you a normal Disney reservation with the resort-guest perks, but it's a private booking rather than an ATOL-protected package, so it can't be changed or refunded through Disney once it's confirmed. Booking the cash rate through Walt Disney Travel Company UK or a UK Florida specialist costs more but comes with full ATOL and ABTA protection. Take travel insurance either way.
Check-in and the resort-guest perksArrival, the app and early entry
Check-in is from 4pm and check-out is 11am, and you can check in on the My Disney Experience app before you arrive and open the villa with your phone or a MagicBand. Given the size of the site, Bell Services moves luggage by cart. Wi-Fi is complimentary, the front desk has a cash machine and currency exchange, and anything you buy in the parks or at Disney Springs can be sent to the resort for free next-day pickup, so you're not carrying bags back on a pram. Staying on site, on cash or points, gives you the resort-guest park benefits: 30 minutes of early entry to any park every morning, and, because this is a Deluxe Villas resort, the occasional Extended Evening Hours after normal closing. You can buy Lightning Lane passes earlier than day guests, and book dining up to 60 days ahead; for how all of that works, see our tickets and passes guide. Housekeeping is lighter on a points stay than the daily service on a cash booking, though the in-villa washer and dryer means you're less reliant on it. A stay in summer 2026 also includes a free water-park ticket for each guest on check-in day, loaded in the app.
Babies, toddlers and the day-to-day
Why the villa space and kitchen suit a young family, the baby-basics gap to plan around and the childcare options.
The villa kitchen and space make Saratoga Springs manageable with a young child. A travel cot is free on request, and high chairs, bed rails and booster seats are available too. The full kitchen handles bottles, sterilising and warming food, and the in-villa washer and dryer means you can wash nappies as you go and pack lighter. Bring your own sheets for the travel cot; Disney doesn't supply them.
The gaps to plan aroundBaby basics and childcare
The Artist's Palette market isn't a reliable source of baby food or a particular formula, so bring your own or add them to a grocery delivery. There's no baby-care centre at the resort, so changes and feeds happen in the villa or a family restroom; the four parks have full baby-care centres. There's a first-aid station on site, with staff pointing you to it at check-in, and for anything more the nearest walk-in clinic is AdventHealth Centra Care, some of whose clinics run a pickup service from the resorts, so it helps to have the number to hand for a poorly toddler. For an evening to yourselves there's no kids' club on site, and the only childcare is in-room babysitting through a vetted outside agency such as Kid's Nite Out, whose carers take children from six months to twelve years, booked directly and ahead. Community Hall is a useful indoor reset on a hot or rainy afternoon. One recurring gripe to know is that guests often report thin walls between villas.
Loves and gripes
The praise leans on the grounds and the space; the complaints are the low-key theming and getting around a large resort.
Beyond the villa space and kitchens that draw most families, the praise that comes up again and again is for the grounds themselves, the mature trees, lakes and planted paths that even guests who find the theming thin call attractive, and for the Artist's Palette counter, which reviewers rate well above the usual resort quick-service. Parents of a child who finds busy resorts overwhelming often single it out as a calmer base than a heavily themed hotel like Art of Animation, because the common areas are muted and uncrowded.
The sharpest complaints are about the theming and the size. Critics call the equestrian theme tacked on, a smart condo complex that could sit anywhere rather than a Disney resort, though the guests who like it say the quiet is the point. Thin walls between villas come up often. The internal multi-stop bus is the practical grumble, which is why the section choice and a hire car matter so much. Several venues are also mid-works through 2026, the Turf Club, the golf-course snack stand, the Treehouse Villas and the riverside wall by the boat route, so check the official page for closures over your dates.
The neighbouring DVC resortHow it compares to Old Key West
The resort families most often weigh it against is Old Key West, its neighbour in the Disney Springs Resort Area and one of the resorts sharing the Disney Springs boat. Both are Disney Vacation Club resorts at the lower end of Deluxe pricing, spread over a large site and reached from the parks by bus. Saratoga Springs is the bigger and newer of the two, with the Disney Springs walk, the better toddler splash features and lifts in every main villa building; Old Key West is older, has larger villas and sits in the same lowest-point tier. Our Old Key West guide covers it in full.
Questions parents ask
A few things families check before booking Saratoga Springs, with the official links below.
Can grandparents have their own space in the same villa?
Yes. Book the two-bedroom villa as a lock-off, which is a one-bedroom joined to a studio, each with its own front door and bathroom, so two families share a villa without sharing an entrance. The one-bedroom side has the full kitchen and the in-villa washer and dryer, and the studio side has a kitchenette, so it's worth agreeing early who takes which. The dedicated two-bedroom is a single unit without the separate entrances, so if that independence is what you're after it's the lock-off version you'd want to book.
Will we meet characters at the resort?
Not at Saratoga Springs itself. It's a low-key resort with no character meals or character meet-and-greets, so for characters you'd head into the parks, where the meet-and-greets and character meals are, or book a character meal at another resort. In the villa the "Hey Disney!" voice assistant has some character fun for little ones.
Can we get into the villa if we arrive before check-in?
Check-in is from 4pm, so an earlier arrival usually means the villa isn't ready yet. You can check in on the My Disney Experience app on the way, leave your bags with Bell Services and use the pools, the Artist's Palette and the grounds while you wait, and the app lets you know once the villa is ready. Villas are allocated before you arrive, so an early check-in isn't something to count on, though it's worth asking.
Are the Treehouse Villas a good idea with a toddler?
Only if you're driving, and with care. Each villa is raised on external stairs with an open deck and a charcoal grill, a lot to watch with a small child, and the bathroom doors have no locks. They sit out in the woods and need a hire car for the parks, so they suit a larger group with a car who want space and woodland quiet more than a family doing parks every day by bus. Guests rate them comfortable for six or seven and cramped at the full nine.
Where do we park if we bring a hire car?
Each main section has its own car park by the buildings, so with a car you park near your own villa rather than relying on the resort bus. The Treehouse Villas go a step further, with a parking space at each villa. It's a large site, so a ground-floor villa or one near your section's car park saves carrying a pushchair and bags far.
Should the 2026 building work put us off?
Not on its own. The work is phased, so only part of any one venue is out at a time, and the pools, the Artist's Palette, the boat and the walk to Disney Springs all keep running throughout. The one thing worth pinning down is the Turf Club, the resort's only sit-down restaurant, which is mid-refurbishment, so if you want it open for a night out, confirm its status before you book.
Is anything free for children in summer 2026?
Yes. A stay with a check-in date between late May and early September 2026 includes a free water-park ticket for each guest on arrival day, at Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon, loaded in the My Disney Experience app. It applies across the Disney resort hotels and Saratoga Springs qualifies, and only on check-in day, so it helps to arrive early enough to use it. Our tickets and passes guide has the detail.
Saratoga Springs photos
The pastel villa buildings, the lake and its footbridge and the racehorse in the winner's circle, all in one place.
Open the Saratoga Springs photo gallery →
Useful links
- Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa: the official hotel page for villas, dining, the live refurbishment status and prices.
- Disney's Old Key West Resort: our guide to the neighbouring DVC resort families compare it with.
- Disney Springs: our guide to the shops, dining and entertainment the walk and boat reach.
- Tickets and passes: how tickets, early park entry and UK booking work.
- Getting around Walt Disney World: how the buses, monorail, Skyliner and boats fit together.
- Walt Disney World with little ones: our guide to the resort, its parks and getting there.
Last updated 9 July 2026.
