Disney’s All-Star Music Resort is the only Value resort at Walt Disney World that offers family suites sleeping six, and this guide walks through the rooms, rate expectations, dining, pools, transportation, and a full review of who it actually fits.
By Favorite Grampy | Last Updated: August 2026 | Room types, dining, recreation, and amenities verified against Disney’s official All-Star Music Resort pages
Is Disney’s All-Star Music Resort Worth It?
Disney’s All-Star Music Resort is worth it for families who need extra sleeping space at Walt Disney World’s lowest price tier. It sits in the Value category inside Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort Area at 1801 West Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista.
The reason families choose it over the other two All-Star resorts is the Family Suite. According to Disney’s official room listings for All-Star Music, suites sleep up to 6 adults and include 2 full bathrooms, a kitchenette, a microwave, and a refrigerator.
Standard and Preferred rooms sleep up to 4 adults and come with 1 queen bed plus 1 queen-size table bed. Both include a beverage cooler, an in-room safe, complimentary Wi-Fi, an iron, and a hairdryer.
Transportation is bus only. Disney runs complimentary motorcoach service to all four theme parks, both water parks, and the Disney Springs area, and the stop sits directly in front of Melody Hall.
A party of five or six on a tight budget will get more out of this resort than almost any other hotel on property. Larger groups, though, should keep reading before they book.
All-Star Music Resort at a Glance
| Detail | What Families Should Know |
|---|---|
| Resort tier | Value Resort |
| Resort area | Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort Area |
| Address | 1801 West Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 |
| Room types | Standard Room, Preferred Room, Family Suite |
| Standard occupancy | Up to 4 adults, 1 queen bed and 1 queen-size table bed |
| Family Suite occupancy | Up to 6 adults, 1 queen bed and 2 queen-size pull-down beds |
| Themed sections | Calypso, Jazz Inn, Rock Inn, Country Fair, Broadway Hotel |
| Pools | Calypso Pool (guitar-shaped), Piano Pool (grand piano), kiddie pool |
| Dining | Intermission Food Court, Singing Spirits Pool Bar |
| Shopping | Maestro Mickey’s, with grocery items and resort merchandise |
| Transportation | Motorcoach only, stop in front of Melody Hall |
| Self-parking | Complimentary for overnight resort guests |
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All-Star Music Quick Facts
Where exactly is All-Star Music Resort?
The resort sits in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort Area at 1801 West Buena Vista Drive, alongside All-Star Sports and All-Star Movies.
What is the largest room at All-Star Music?
The Family Suite, which sleeps up to 6 adults across 1 queen bed and 2 queen-size pull-down beds, with 2 full bathrooms and a kitchenette.
Does All-Star Music have a food court?
Yes. Intermission Food Court in Melody Hall serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner as a quick-service American menu.
What Room Types Does All-Star Music Offer?
All-Star Music sells three room products: Standard Rooms, Preferred Rooms, and Family Suites. Standard and Preferred rooms are identical inside. Preferred simply buys you a closer location.
Standard and Preferred Rooms
Both categories sleep up to 4 adults and feature 1 queen bed and 1 queen-size table bed. The table bed folds down from what looks like a desk during the day, which frees up floor space in a small room.
Views are listed as courtyard, pool, or parking area, and Disney does not charge a premium for one over another. What you pay extra for with a Preferred room is proximity to Melody Hall, dining, shopping, and the bus stop.
In addition, every room includes a beverage cooler, an in-room safe, complimentary Wi-Fi, an iron and ironing board, a hairdryer, and a telephone with voicemail. Rooms have hard-surface flooring rather than carpet.
All-Star Music Family Suites
Family Suites are the headline product here and the reason this resort earns its own guide. Each suite sleeps up to 6 adults using 1 queen bed plus 2 queen-size pull-down beds.
Beyond that, suites add a second full bathroom, a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator, and a coffee machine. Two bathrooms for a party of six changes a morning at Disney more than most families expect.
Suites sit in the Calypso and Jazz Inn sections, which are also the closest sections to Melody Hall. Families booking a suite therefore land in a convenient spot by default.
How Much Does All-Star Music Cost per Night?
All-Star Music prices at Walt Disney World’s lowest tier, alongside All-Star Sports and All-Star Movies. Nightly rates move with the calendar rather than sitting at a fixed number.
Value season, holiday weeks, and school breaks each carry different pricing, and the same room can swing widely between them. Preferred rooms carry a modest premium over Standard. Family Suites price well above both, since they are effectively a two-room product.
Disney publishes live rates only through its booking tool, and those numbers move with the travel calendar. Your advisor can pull real figures for your exact dates rather than a range that may not apply to your trip.
For example, a Family Suite over a spring break week and the same suite on a September weekday are nowhere near the same number. Value resorts see some of the widest seasonal swings on property, precisely because the base price starts low.
That said, a few costs are settled. Overnight self-parking is complimentary for resort guests, Wi-Fi is complimentary, and pool towels are provided at both pools.
Room-only discounts and package offers are occasionally available at the Value resorts. Advisors work these promotions daily and follow Disney’s announcements closely, and they can have your preferences on file before an offer opens.
Which All-Star Music Section Should Your Family Request?
All-Star Music is built around five music-themed sections, each with its own oversized icons. Calypso and Jazz Inn are the closest to Melody Hall, and they hold the Family Suites.
Rock Inn, Country Fair, and Broadway Hotel ring the Piano Pool, which sits in the middle of those four outer sections. Country Fair is known for three-story cowboy boots, and Rock Inn carries giant jukebox and electric guitar theming.
For families with young walkers, the Calypso section is the request worth making. It puts you next to the main pool, the food court, the arcade, and the bus stop in one shot.
Meanwhile, families who want a quieter room at night often prefer the outer sections. You trade a longer walk for less foot traffic outside your door.
Of course, requests are not guarantees at any Disney resort. Booking a Preferred room is the only way to actually buy proximity rather than hope for it.
Ask your advisor to note both a section preference and a floor preference on the reservation. Ground-floor rooms save you stairs at a resort with exterior corridors, and upper-floor rooms cut down on noise from the walkway outside your door. Requests are never promises, but a preference you skip is a preference nobody sees.
What Are the Pools Like at All-Star Music?
All-Star Music has two themed pools plus a kiddie pool. Both main pools are shaped like instruments, and both are genuinely large.
The Calypso Pool is a 251,418-gallon guitar-shaped pool located near Melody Hall. A fountain of the Three Caballeros, featuring Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito, sits in the center and sprays water at nearby swimmers. Bongos and maracas line the deck.
For the youngest swimmers, a kiddie pool sits behind Melody Hall, a few steps from the main pool. Complimentary towels are provided at all pools, which spares you packing them.
The Piano Pool is a 106,036-gallon leisure pool shaped like a grand piano, complete with black and white keys. It sits in the middle of the Rock Inn, Jazz Inn, Broadway Hotel, and Country Fair sections and stays noticeably calmer than Calypso.
Beyond the swimming, Disney runs poolside activities at the Calypso Pool, including themed pool parties, relays, and trivia. Movies Under the Stars screens Disney films poolside on select nights.
Where Can Your Family Eat at All-Star Music?
All-Star Music has two dining locations on property. There is no table-service restaurant here, which is standard across the Value tier.
Intermission Food Court sits inside Melody Hall and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The menu runs American quick service, from finger food to hot entrees and desserts, and it includes a deli-style market for grab-and-go items.
Singing Spirits Pool Bar operates by the Calypso Pool and pours specialty cocktails, beer, and wine. Its hours are shorter than the food court’s, so check the daily times at check-in.
For groceries and snacks, Maestro Mickey’s carries grocery items alongside resort-specific merchandise. Families with picky eaters or early risers use it to stock the room.
In-room pizza delivery is also available, which is a quiet lifesaver on a park day that runs long.
Family Suites have a microwave and a refrigerator, but standard rooms only have a beverage cooler and no microwave. If you are in a standard room and want to heat something up, the food court has microwaves you can use. Plan your grocery run around what your specific room type can actually handle.
How Does Transportation Work at All-Star Music?
Disney’s All-Star Music Resort is served by bus only. Disney lists motorcoach as the sole transportation option here, with no monorail, no Skyliner, and no boat.
Complimentary bus service runs to all four theme parks, both water parks, other resort hotels, and the Disney Springs area. The bus stop is located in front of Melody Hall, which is why the Calypso and Jazz Inn sections are the most convenient.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the closest theme park by road, and Magic Kingdom is the longest ride. Buses drop directly at each park entrance, so there is no transfer at the Transportation and Ticket Center from here.
For anyone who wants a faster option, Minnie Van service connected by Lyft operates within Walt Disney World for an additional charge. It is separate from your vacation package.
Naturally, complimentary self-parking makes driving your own car a real option at this resort. Plenty of families rent a car specifically because the All-Stars sit a short drive from the Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios lots.
Build a 20-minute cushion into every bus departure, especially at park close and especially for Magic Kingdom. Bus-only resorts are wonderful for the price and unforgiving of tight schedules. If you have a hard dining reservation across property, leave earlier than feels necessary.
What Amenities and Activities Come With Your Stay?
All-Star Music includes the full slate of on-property benefits plus its own recreation lineup. Every Disney resort guest gets 30-minute early theme park entry to all four parks on every day of their stay.
On the recreation side, Note’able Games Arcade sits in Melody Hall next to the food court, and a playground sits near the Jazz Inn section. A one-mile paved jogging trail loops through the All-Star Resort area.
Evening activities include campfire sessions with marshmallow roasting and Movies Under the Stars at the Calypso Pool. Both are complimentary.
Best of all, most of the recreation here costs nothing extra. The campfire, the poolside movies, the playground, the jogging trail, and both pools come with your room, and only the arcade games carry a per-play charge.
Practical services matter more than families expect on a long trip. Twenty-four-hour self-service laundry rooms sit near both the Piano Pool and the Calypso Pool, and housekeeping services your room every other day.
What’s more, the resort offers online check-in with a digital room key, a 24-hour ATM near the front desk, currency exchange, mail services, and the “Hey Disney!” voice assistant in guest rooms.
All-Star Music Resort Review: What Families Actually Report
Guest feedback on All-Star Music lands in a consistent pattern. Families who booked it for the price and the suites tend to leave satisfied, and families who expected more resort tend to leave disappointed.
What Guests Consistently Praise
The Family Suites draw the strongest positive feedback of anything at this resort. Six sleeping spots and two bathrooms at Value pricing is a combination that does not exist elsewhere in the tier.
In addition, guests single out the two pools, particularly the Piano Pool’s calmer atmosphere compared to a crowded main pool. The Three Caballeros fountain at Calypso is a reliable hit with younger kids.
In fact, the most common compliment has nothing to do with the resort itself. Families repeatedly say the money they saved on the room paid for park days, dining, and souvenirs they would otherwise have skipped.
The Complaints That Come Up Most
Noise is the number one complaint. Exterior corridors mean every walkway conversation happens outside your window, and Value resorts host a lot of families, youth groups, and sports teams.
Room size is the second. A standard room here is genuinely small, and four adults in one will feel it by day three.
Bus waits are the third. Sharing the road with two neighboring resorts at peak times produces the occasional long queue, particularly at park close.
Who I Would Steer Somewhere Else
I would not put a family of four adults in a standard room here for a ten-night trip. The room is too small to live in that long, and a Moderate resort earns its price difference on a stay that length.
I would also skip All-Star Music if your family’s priority is walking or gliding to a park. Bus-only transportation is the real trade-off you are accepting for the price.
Even so, for a family of five or six on a five-night trip who plan to be in the parks from open to close, this resort does its job well.
Ask for a room away from the stairwells and away from the bus stop if noise is a concern for your family. The quietest rooms at any All-Star resort are upper floors on the far side of an outer section. You will walk farther, and you will sleep better.
How Does All-Star Music Compare to the Other Value Resorts?
All-Star Music competes with four other Value resorts at Walt Disney World. Its advantage is the Family Suite at the lowest price point on property.
Compared to its two neighbors, the difference is theming and suites rather than quality. Our full breakdown of which Disney All-Star Resort fits your family walks through all three side by side.
Against Disney’s Pop Century Resort, the trade is transportation. Pop Century has a Skyliner station serving EPCOT and Hollywood Studios, and All-Star Music does not.
Against Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, the trade is price versus theming. Art of Animation’s suites are larger and more immersive, and they cost meaningfully more per night.
Of course, all five Value resorts sit at the bottom of the Walt Disney World resort hotel tiers. Every one of them delivers the same on-property benefits, including early theme park entry.
Frequently Asked Questions About All-Star Music Resort
Does All-Star Music Resort have family suites?
Yes, and it is the only All-Star resort that does. The Family Suites sleep up to 6 adults using 1 queen bed and 2 queen-size pull-down beds, and they include 2 full bathrooms, a kitchenette, a microwave, and a refrigerator. They sit in the Calypso and Jazz Inn sections, which are the two closest sections to Melody Hall and the bus stop.
Is All-Star Music Resort on the Disney Skyliner?
No. Disney lists motorcoach as the only transportation option at All-Star Music, so buses handle every park, both water parks, and Disney Springs.
If Skyliner access matters to your family, Pop Century and Art of Animation are the two Value resorts with stations. I would weigh that carefully if you plan to spend most of your days at EPCOT or Hollywood Studios.
Can you walk to a theme park from All-Star Music Resort?
No. The All-Star resorts sit in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort Area, and none of them are within walking distance of a park entrance.
Animal Kingdom is the closest park by road and Magic Kingdom is the longest ride. Buses drop at each park entrance directly, so you will not transfer anywhere along the way.
Which All-Star Music section is closest to the food court and buses?
Calypso and Jazz Inn are the two closest sections to Melody Hall, where the food court, the arcade, the shop, and the bus stop all sit. Those two sections also hold the Family Suites. Rock Inn, Country Fair, and Broadway Hotel ring the Piano Pool farther out, which means a longer walk and generally quieter surroundings.
How Can a Travel Advisor Help You Book All-Star Music?
A Value resort booking has more moving parts than the price suggests. Room category, section request, and dates all change what your family actually experiences, and none of that shows up in a booking screen.
Our advisors pull live rates for your exact travel dates instead of a range that may not apply, and they watch for room-only discounts and package offers as Disney announces them. They also handle the room requests, dining reservations, and Lightning Lane planning that make a Value stay feel bigger than it is.
A planning fee may apply depending on your destination, the size of your group, and how complex your trip is. Charging one is standard practice for a concierge agency, and it is not a red flag.
Reach out for a complimentary consultation and we will match you with an advisor who knows this resort. You can also meet our travel advisors and request someone specific.
Your family deserves more than a good trip, and the right advisor makes the difference.
