Disney World’s newest resort takes bookings from DVC members Oct. 6 and annual passholders Oct. 7, then opens to all guests Oct. 8, about nine months before its July 1, 2027 opening.
Disney World’s next big resort is already taking reservations. When booking opens to everyone on Oct. 8, its first guests will still be 266 days away.
Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge opens July 1, 2027, on the south shore of Bay Lake, between Fort Wilderness and Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. Bookings started Tuesday, Oct. 6, for Disney Vacation Club members, and they open to everybody on Thursday, Oct. 8, according to the Disney Parks Blog.
When can you book Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge?
It depends on who you are. Here’s the rollout Disney posted:
Oct. 6: Disney Vacation Club members, by calling Member Services at (800) 800-9800
Oct. 7: Walt Disney World annual passholders, by calling (407) 934-7639
Oct. 8: all guests, online or at (407) 934-7639
Disney didn’t include room rates in the announcement, so the first real look at prices comes when the booking windows open.
Can DVC members book Lakeshore Lodge with points?
Not yet. These first October bookings are cash reservations, which Disney calls early rentals for DVC members.
Disney hasn’t announced the points chart or when members can book Lakeshore Lodge with points, Disney Tourist Blog reported. So the Oct. 6 head start is a cash head start.
What kinds of rooms does Lakeshore Lodge have?
A lot of them, 967 in all, and nearly every type is themed to a different Disney movie.
Duo studios that sleep two are inspired by Encanto. Deluxe studios and one- and two-bedroom villas lean on Bambi and sleep anywhere from four to nine. Resort studios and king rooms take their look from Pocahontas, and the three-bedroom grand villas, which sleep 12, get the Fantasia treatment.
Then there are the lake houses. These one- and two-bedroom A-frames sit right on the water, sleep five to eight and are themed to Brother Bear, complete with Northern Lights-style lighting.
At the very top is the Hidden Willow Presidential Suite, which sleeps six and comes with Bay Lake views and fireworks access.
What’s at Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge?
Mostly water, which tracks for a resort called Lakeshore. The outdoor area is called the Wetlands, and it packs in a zero-entry pool with a waterslide (Lakeshore Lagoon), a quieter pool (Cypress Point), a lazy river (Daydream River), a splash area (Otter Springs) and a climbing spot (Heron Shores).
For food, there’s Moonglade, a table-service restaurant on the lake, Bay Lake Provisions for quick service, Paint Out Point Bar & Grill by the pool and Dandelion Terrace, a lounge for watching fireworks.
Club-level guests get The Artist’s Nest, a lounge with views of the Magic Kingdom fireworks. The lobby, which Disney showed off Oct. 1, has a fiber-optic river running through the floor and a blown-glass “Colors of the Wind” sculpture overhead.
What was there before Lakeshore Lodge?
River Country, Disney World’s first water park.
It opened in 1976, closed in 2001 and then sat abandoned on the shore of Bay Lake for years, Attractions Magazine noted. Disney’s earlier plan for a hotel on that land, called Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge, stalled in August 2020 during the pandemic.
Lakeshore Lodge is the version that actually got built. When it opens July 1, it’ll have been nearly 26 years since anybody went down a slide at River Country.
Is Lakeshore Lodge a Disney Vacation Club resort?
Yes. It’s the next Disney Vacation Club resort at Disney World, which is why members got the first day to book.
Like Disney’s other DVC resorts, though, it isn’t members-only. Anybody can book a room there with cash, the same way regular guests book stays at Disney’s Riviera Resort or Bay Lake Tower.
General booking opens Thursday morning. River Country’s old beach gets its first overnight guests next July.
Article compiled with the help of the Pirates & Princesses newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
Disney Parks Blog (Oct. 1, 2026), the booking dates and phone numbers, room types, amenities, restaurants and lobby details
Disney Tourist Blog (Aug. 27, 2026), the cash-only early rentals and the unannounced points schedule
Attractions Magazine (Aug. 27, 2026), the River Country site and the Reflections project’s pause
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