Disney's All-Star Music Resort

Disney's All-Star Music Resort Information: Rooms, Pools, Dining, and More

On this page is information on Disney's All-Star Music Resort, including pictures of the view from every hotel room, pictures and video from inside All-Star Music rooms, a list of amenities, restaurant reviews and dining menus with prices, pool photos and reviews, reader comments, childcare options, and more. Last updated: November 16, 2024

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Disney's All-Star Music Resort Overview

Disney's version of a budget resort, the three All-Star Resorts (Music, Movies, and Sports) features each have distinct themes executed in the same hyperbolic style. Spread over a vast expanse, the resorts comprise 30 three-story motel-style guest-room Buildings. Although the three resorts are neighbors, each has its own lobby, food court, and registration area. The All-Star Music Resort features 40-foot guitars, maracas, and saxophones. The lobby is loud (in both decibels and brightness) and cartoonish, with checkerboard walls and photographs of famous musicians. There's even a photo of Mickey Mouse with Alice Cooper. Each All-Star resort has two main pools; Music's are shaped like musical instruments (the Piano Pool and the guitar-shaped Calypso Pool. The Calypso Pool features plastic replicas of Disney characters, some shooting water pistols.

All-Star Music hotel map

Information on the other All-Star resorts can be found at our pages for All-Star Movies Resort and All-Star Sports Resort.

All-Star Music Refurbished Rooms

Disney completed remodeling the All-Star Music rooms in 2021 to look similar to the rooms at Pop Century.

Comparing All-Star Music to Other Value Resorts

The All-Star Resorts are slightly cheaper - and a little bit worse - than Pop Century. The All-Star Resorts and Pop Century are slightly less expensive than the newer - and better - Art of Animation value resort.

In terms of layout, architecture, and facilities, All-Star Music is similar to Pop Century, the All-Star and Art of Animation Resorts: 3- and 4-story, motel-style Buildings with a central pool, food court, and registration area.

Look for Building-sized music-related icons.

Where To Check-In, Get Theme Park Tickets and Make Dining Reservations

A security gate guards the entrance to All-Star Music's grounds. If you arrive by car, you'll need to provide photo ID at the gate; it's not necessary to provide your reservation number or paperwork. A dedicated parking lot across from the lobby serves as temporary parking for those who need it while checking in.

Guests keeping a car at the hotel overnight will be charged $15 per day.

Melody Hall is All-Star Music's lobby. In it you will find the check-in counter, concierge, Note'able Games Arcade, the gift shop Maestro Mickey's, and Intermission Food Court.

Check-in time at All-Star Music is 3:00 PM, and check-out time is 11:00 AM. All-Star Music like all Disney resorts, participates in Disney's Online Check-In program. This service allows you to provide your name, address, and credit card information up to 60 days before your arrival on disneyworld.com or the My Disney Experience app. If you've checked-in online and provided a mobile phone number or email address, you will receive your room number electronically. Then you can go straight to the room and use your smart phone or MagicBand to open the door, skipping the lobby altogether.

If you've not registered online, look for signs pointing you to the Registration/Check-In area. You'll need to provide a government-issued photo ID and credit/debit card when you register. While parents are completing the paperwork, kids can unwind in a nearby area and watch a television showing classic Disney animated films.

All-Star Music's gift shop has MagicBands for purchase, if needed. (They're not free with your stay as of January 1, 2021.)

Get theme park tickets and dining reservations at the Concierge Desk, to the right of the Registration Desk. If you need to check in and obtain theme park tickets, you can save some time in line if one adult gets in line for tickets just after another adult starts the registration process. The Concierge Desk can also make Disney dining reservations, and you can avoid a wait there by making them online prior to arrival.

All-Star Music's Rooms

At 260 square feet, standard rooms at the All-Star Resorts are very small—the same size as those at Pop Century Resort and slightly smaller than Art of Animation’s standard rooms. All-Star rooms are so small, in fact, that a family of four attempting to stay in one room might redefine family values by week’s end. The refurbished rooms have two queen-sized beds, one of which folds Murphy-style into the wall. All rooms have a mini-fridge, coffee maker, a separate vanity area, and a table and chairs. Bathrooms have curved shower rods, an improvement. Except for artwork and bathroom wallpaper, all three resorts’ rooms are furnished identically. No rooms have balconies.

A standard All-Star Music room.

In the Jazz and Calypso Buildings, the 192 suites measure roughly 520 square feet, slightly larger than the cabins at Fort Wilderness but slightly smaller than Art of Animation’s Family Suites. Each suite, formed from the combination of two formerly separate rooms, includes a kitchenette with mini-refrigerator, microwave, and coffeemaker. Sleeping accommodations include a queen bed, two queen-size pull-down beds.

The All-Star Music Family Suites also feature a HDTV plus two bathrooms—one more than the Fort Wilderness cabins. The suites cost about 25% less than the cabins and about 20% less than the Art of Animation Family Suites, but they don’t have the kitchen space or appliances to prepare anything more than rudimentary meals. If you’re trying to save money by eating in your room, the cabins are your best bet. If you just want a little extra space and somewhere to nuke your Pop-Tarts in the morning, the All-Star suites are just fine.

All-Star Music Family Suite.

Each All-Star Music room is furnished with the following:

• Two double beds (some ADA-accessible rooms have 1 king bed)
• Dresser with 3 medium-size drawers and 4 open shelves
• Small table with 2 chairs
• Nightstand with telephone and digital alarm clock
• Full-length mirror (on bath door)
• Wireless Internet (WiFi)
• Flat-panel TV
• Mini-fridge
• Ironing board and iron
• Hair dryer
• Digital thermostat
• In-room safe
• Shower-mounted shampoo, conditioner, and body wash; bar soap

The mini-fridge is a dorm-style unit that sits under a counter or desk. It's more like a beverage chiller than a refrigerator in that it'll keep drinks cool, but you're not going to freeze popsicles or make ice cubes in it. You will also find a microwave and coffee maker in the family suites, but not in the standard rooms.

All-Star Music Room Layout

All-Star bathrooms are tiny. Almost all feature a tiled tub with shower, while some wheelchair-accessible rooms have a roll-in shower without tub. One nice feature in the standard bathrooms is a shower curtain rod that curves outward, so you're not always elbowing the shower curtain while shampooing. Water pressure in the shower is average - probably less than what you get at home, but still enough to get your hair clean. Eventually.

A separate dressing area next to the bathroom includes one sink, but not much counter space. A 1500-watt, wall-mounted hair dryer is provided, but it's not very powerful. The dressing area includes a curtain that separates it from the sleeping area. Combined with the bathroom, this means that 3 people can get dressed at the same time.

Bathroom and dressing area and sink in All-Star Music's rooms.

We receive a lot of letters commenting on the All-Star Resorts. From a family group of 13 from East Greenbush, New York:

The All-Star Resorts are perfectly family-oriented. Some nice touches that were not mentioned in your guide—a small amphitheater set up in the lobby to occupy the kids while you check in, and soft sidewalk material surrounding the kiddie pool. And the playground has two separate jungle gyms—one for older kids and one for younger kids.

A Canadian family had a not-so-positive experience:

The guide didn’t prepare us for the large groups of students who take over the resorts. They’re very noisy and very pushy when it comes to getting on buses. Our scariest experience was when we tried getting on a bus and got mobbed by about 100 students.

From a Massachusetts family of four:

I would never recommend the All-Star for a family. It was like dormitory living. Our room was a long hike from the bus stop, and it was tiny—you needed to step into the bathroom, shut the door, then step around the toilet that blocked half the tub.

Handicap-Accessible Room Options

All-Star Music has around 200 handicap-accessible rooms. Some feature roll-in showers, while others include assistive hearing devices. A subset of these rooms have been converted to comply with Florida's Accessibility Code, with changes to everything from bed, counter-top, and dresser drawer height, to door widths, wheelchair ramps, and more.

Some of Music's accessible rooms have the standard setup of 2 double beds; all rooms with roll-in showers have 1 king bed, and a small number of roll-in shower rooms have both 1 king bed and 1 double bed. Use our hotel room finder to see which rooms have which features.

Standard Rooms and Preferred Rooms

Disney knows that some hotel rooms are better than others. Most people prefer to be close to the lobby and dining, and want something pretty to look at from their hotel room window. To capitalize on this, Disney categorizes all of All-Star Music's hotel rooms based on how long it takes you to walk to the lobby.

Here's the system Disney uses:

• A Preferred Room with Standard View is a room in buildings 1, 2, 9, or 10 that is close to the Melody Hall Lobby and Intermission Food Court. The view from your window may include the pool, landscaping and trees, other buildings, maintenance areas, or be blocked almost completely by a giant decoration.
  
  
  
  
• Standard Rooms are found in All-Star Music buildings 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. These Standard rooms are either a slightly farther walk to the lobby (an extra 3-5 minutes), and have generally unremarkable views of landscaping or parking lots. These are the cheapest rooms at All-Star, but there are some gems to be found in this category, though, using our All-Star Music Room Finder.
  

There are plenty of exceptions to Disney's room category system. Knowing what to look for will help you get a better room at a cheaper price.

Pools and Playgrounds at All-Star Music

All-Star Music has 2 pools. The largest, Calypso Pool, sits directly behind the Melody Hall lobby and food court, between the two buildings dedicated to the genre of the same name. The pool features a sculpture of The Three Caballeros that shoots out streams of cold water.

Calypso Pool and Water Play Area

The other smaller pool, The Piano Pool, is located near buildings 2 through 8. This pool area is themed like a like a piano, and features large piano keys on the ground. The Piano Pool is considered a "quiet pool," meaning that loud play and splashing around are discouraged.

The Piano Pond Pool is a quiet pool, free from loud play and splashing around.

All-Star Music's pools range in depth from around 3 feet 6 inches/1.1m to 4 feet 9 inches/1.4m. Music's pools are open every day, including winter. Pools are heated to 82F/28C throughout the year. All-Star Music does not have a hot tub or jacuzzi; those are found at Disney's moderate and deluxe resorts.

There are no water slides at All-Star Music's pools, nor any of the value resort pools, but guests can find showers, storage lockers, restrooms, and laundry facilities at each of the two pools. Pool hours are at least 9 AM to 8 PM, extending to as much as 7 AM to 11 PM during busy times. The Calypso Pool will have lifeguards whenever the pool is open. The Piano Pool will not have lifeguards at any time.

For more information on the pools at WDW resorts, including towels, entertainment programming, handicap access, kiddie pools, life vests, and much more, see our Walt Disney World Resort Pool Fact Sheet FAQ.

Playgrounds at All-Star Music

A small playground set is located between the Jazz Inn Building 9 and Calypso Building 10. The set has two small plastic slides and a couple of sections with a few steps for toddlers to go up and down. Safety seems to be Disney's concern here - there are no swings, and most of the area is covered in sand with small sections of a springy, poured rubber surface.

Restaurants and Dining

There's no full-service restaurant at any Disney value resort, including All-Star Music. Intermission Food Court is set up like a food court at a mall. There are 5 different stations, each selling one set of meals. For example, one station sells pizza and pasta; another sells burgers; another is dedicated to sandwiches, and so on. If your kids each want something different, you'll have to line up several times. The good news is that some of the food is prepared on demand, so you'll at least be getting your burger cooked to order.

Prices range from $6 to $15 for an entree so you won't break the bank. We haven’t received any strong good or bad feedback on the entrees from the Lunch and Dinner menu. The pizza was especially bland and tasteless. The sandwiches like the Hot Italian and Meatball Sub were good but not great, but at least both are under $10. None of the desserts are particularly interesting but there is a nice assortment of ice cream sundaes and shakes.

Intermission Food Court is set up like a mall food court. Seven different stations each serve a different type of food. A separate beverage station serves free refills on fountain drinks, coffee, and tea.

Free refills are available for coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and fountain drinks (including juice and milk) during your meal at Intermission Food Court. A huge beverage station sits just beyond the cash registers, and this station also provides toaster ovens, hot water, ice, condiments, and napkins. Intermission Food Court also participates in Disney's Rapid Fill refillable mug program, where you purchase a souvenir plastic mug once, and get free refills for the remainder of your stay. The cost is a flat $19.99 for your length of stay.

Intermission Food Court Hours

• Breakfast 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Breakfast menu / Kids' Breakfast Menu
• Lunch 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lunch menu / Kids' lunch menu
• Dinner 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Dinner menu / Kids' dinner menu

Guests looking to snack or enjoy a meal at Intermission Food Court are also encouraged to mobile order using My Disney Experience app. After selecting an arrival window, you can scroll through the menu and build your order, connect a method of payment, and then pick up your meal at a marked designated location at the food court when notified.

Pizza delivery to your resort room is unavilable at this time. But guests can still order pizza from Intermission Food Court and take it to their rooms.

Singing Spirits Bar Just outside of the food court and on the way to the Calypso Pool is the Singing Spirits Bar. Singing Spirits has outdoor seating and a limited drink menu, with several beer selections, a couple of wines, and a small selection of spirits. It's fine if you want a Budweiser or strawberry margarita to relax with by the pool, or to get a nightcap on the way back to your room for the night. Singing Spirits Bar is usually open 12 PM to 9 PM daily, weather permitting.

Transportation to and from All-Star Music

Driving Your Own Car Disney's All-Star Music Resort is just off of I-4 in Lake Buena Vista. Take I-4 Exit 65 - Animal Kingdom / Wide World of Sports and you'll end up on Osceola Parkway. Stay on Osceola for 2.8 miles, then turn left on Buena Vista Dr. Go about 0.7 miles/1 km down Buena Vista Dr, then turn right on to Melody Ln, which is All-Star Music's entrance road. You'll see All-Star Music's sign well before you need to turn.

Here's All-Star Music's GPS address and location:

Disney's All-Star Music Resort
1801 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Latitude: 28.339842 North, Longitude: 81.572950 West

From Orlando International Airport See our Walt Disney World Transportation Options page for information about how to get to and from Orlando International Airport and Walt Disney World.

From Sanford International Airport It's about a 40-minute drive from Sanford to All-Star Music. If you're not renting a car, be aware that Sanford's airport offers fewer transportation options than Orlando's, and Sanford's options are generally much more expensive. A taxi from Sanford International Airport to All-Star Music will cost between $120 and $150, depending on traffic. Mears Transportation offers 3-passenger towncar service to All-Star Music for around $140 each way, plus tip; 5-passenger SUV service or 10-passenger van is around $190 each way. That means round-trip transportation will run you somewhere between $240 and $380, plus tip, between Sanford and All-Star Music. At those prices, it may be less expensive to rent a car and park it at the hotel.

Getting to the theme parks, water parks and Disney Springs Disney provides

Each theme park has its own stop on All-Star Music's bus route.