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You can opt to stay in the French Quarter’s colonial houses with iron balconies or in the Riverside’s southern-style mansions. Gardeners love the landscaping, and shoppers like the location.

Choose from one-bedroom bungalows, two-bedroom town houses, fairway villas next to Disney golf courses, and three-bedroom Tree-house Villas 10 ft (3 m) off the ground. Most include daily housekeeping and there are lots of recreation choices.

The All-Star Movies, All-Star Music, and All-Star Sports resorts have relatively small rooms, but rates here are the cheapest in Walt Disney World Resort.

Live oaks and yellow pines surround this lovely wooded resort, modeled on the Yosemite Lodge at Yosemite National Park. Some rooms overlook woodlands; the villas are roomy and come with kitchens.

The theme here is New England yacht club. Some of the 630 nautical-style rooms have views over a lake. Guests can walk to Epcot in about 10 minutes.

After being welcomed with home-made cookies, head to your cozy one- or two-bedroomed suite at this official Disney hotel. With a landscaped pool and a spa, you can’t fail to relax.

A $16 million renovation helped convert this former convention hotel into one that woos travelers who want to be near the Universal parks. The hotel’s two towers house 742 modern rooms and suites; those on the west side overlook the parks and CityWalk.

The towering spires of this themed hotel make it look like a fairytale castle – if castles came in pink and blue, that is. Its 216 rooms and seven suites come with big-screen TVs and Sony Playstations. The resort has a roof terrace, a fitness center, and two restaurants.

This organization leases two- to five-bedroom houses in several locations around Central Florida. All have their own pools; some are near golf links. You need to pay a premium for any stays of less than seven nights.