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Some of the best rooms on property, the Riviera villas are bright, cheerful, and spacious. The pools are good, on-site dining is very good, and you've got Skyliner access to EPCOT and the Studios.
Cost Range
$470 - $5,479
Lodging Area
EPCOT
Category
Deluxe Villa
Transportation
Bus, Skyliner
Room: B+
Pool: B-
Stylish, well-appointed rooms
Skyliner to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios
On-site dining and bar
Child play area near main pool
Easy walk to Caribbean Beach and its pretty views
Expensive
Tower studios are small and dark
These rooms measure about 225 square feet - the smallest on Disney property, and small enough that they require the room's single bed to fold into the wall when not in use. Disney may have found a lower limit on how small it can make hotel rooms, and these are too small.
In fact, when Len visited two friends staying in one of these rooms, one of them stood in the bathroom to maintain what felt like normal social distance - there's just not a lot of space here.
Rooms at the Riviera are some of our favorite at Disney World, with white walls and off-white accents, beige carpets, and furniture in neutral tones. Faux-wood vinyl laminate covers the floors, except in the bedrooms, which have carpet.
West-facing rooms on high floors will have views of EPCOT's nightly fireworks show and nighttime lighting effects on Spaceship Earth.
Rooms at the Riviera are some of our favorite at Disney World, with white walls and off-white accents, beige carpets, and furniture in neutral tones. Faux-wood vinyl laminate covers the floors, except in the bedrooms, which have carpet.
West-facing rooms on high floors will have views of EPCOT's nightly fireworks show and nighttime lighting effects on Spaceship Earth.
We’ve mapped and taken photographs of the views from every single room on Walt Disney World property! Our Room Finder helps you find the perfect room for you and then request that room from Disney.
Primo Piatto might be our favorite resort quick-service, and Topolino's is one of Disney's highest-rated sit-downs. Hard to go wrong here.
Topolino's Terrace - Flavors of the Riviera There are seemingly no bad choices on this menu, and the service team is excellent. Breakfast features a selection of Disney characters including Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy.
Bar Riva An open-air pool bar, Riva is a relaxing spot for an adult beverage.
Le Petit Cafe This little café is a great stop to start your day or for an afternoon pick me up. And when you’re ready to unwind at the end of the day there’s sophisticated cocktails, as well as beer and wine, and small plates to enjoy. Throughout the year Le Petit Café has seasonal sweets and seasonal specialty coffees.
Primo Piatto Primo Piatto is the main quick service dining option at the Riviera Resort. Its menu features foods familiar to all Americans, with a dash of flavors found in cafes found along the French and Italian riviera. The food quality is very good for a quick-service restaurant, as long as the kitchen isn't rushed.
Voyageurs’ Lounge Voyageurs’ Lounge is the bar in the lobby of the Riviera Resort.
Refillable Mugs Allows guest self-service soft drink refills from quick-service locations in hotels (NOT in theme parks) for $21.99 for the length of stay.
Amenities
SWIPE TO EXPLORE
The Riviera Pool is the resort's main bathing area. It has a great children's play area, water slide, and whirlpool spa. For a quieter experience, the Beau Soleil Pool is close by.
Free Disney Movies Under the Stars are shown most evenings, weather-permitting, nightly on the main lawn in back of the resort.
The Athlétique Fitness Center has weights, treadmills, and other equipment for your workout. Hours are typically 6 AM to 9 PM.
One lap around the Riviera and Caribbean Beach water areas is around 2.21 miles.
Roast marshmallow around a campfire starting at 5:30 PM nightly, at the Riviera waterfront in the back of the resort.
Disney resort guests get into each theme park 30 minutes earlier than off-site guests, every day.
Those staying at Disney's Deluxe and Deluxe Villa hotels can buy Lightning Lane via Individual Purchase at 7:00 a.m. each day. Others cannot make that purchase until the official park opening time.
Disney's Deluxe and DVC resort guests get two extra hours in select theme parks on certain days of the week. The schedule changes, so check with the front desk.
Disney's Skyliner, an enclosed ski-lift-like gondola system, provides fast access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios with very pretty views.
Practical Matters
Check-in is 4:00pm
Check-out is 11:00am
All Disney resorts participate in Disney’s Online Check-In program. 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.
These rubber and plastic wrist bands can function as your room key, park admission, charge card, and more! MagicBands cost money, but if you'd like a free option you can use the official Disney World app on your phone or request an RFID-embedded card at the front desk.
Park tickets are best purchased online in advance either directly through Disney or via our Least Expensive Ticket Calculator. However, if you arrive without park tickets, head to the concierge desk in the hotel lobby.
Dining reservation are best made online in advance or on your phone or tablet during your visit. You can also use our Disney World Reservation Finder.
Washers and dryers are availabile in laundry facilities at each Disney World hotel. Cost is $3 per wash, and another $3 per dry cycle. A small selection of soap, fabric softener, and dryer sheets are also sold, for around $1 each. Only credit/debit cards can be used for payment. For more information, see our Disney World Laundry Facilities page.
If you lose something in a theme park or during your stay at a Disney-operated hotel, visit Disney's Lost and Found website or call (407) 824-4245.
Disney hotels have gifts shops near their lobbies with a decent collection of Disney-branded souvenirs. You will also find basic pharmacy items such as sunscreen, aspirin, allergy and cold medicine, baby diapers and formula, shampoo, and the like. Resort hotels with Deluxe Villa rooms offer an assortment of groceries, as well.
Disney recommends a third party company, Kid's Nite Out, to provide babysitting services at the resort hotels. See our Disney World Child Care page for more information.
Transportation
The Riviera Resort is located in the EPCOT Resort Area. All modern GPS apps, and Google Maps, will have clear driving directions to it. As a backup, look for Disney road signs directing you toward the EPCOT resorts (not the EPCOT theme park - they're two different things) once you're on property, and then look for signs for the Riviera once you're close.
Destination | Bus | Car | Skyliner |
---|---|---|---|
Magic Kingdom | 27 min | 37 min | – |
EPCOT | 26 min | 18 min | 11 min |
Hollywood Studios | 24 min | 15 min | 17 min |
Animal Kingdom | 27 min | 17 min | – |
Disney Springs | 26 min | 7 min | – |
Disney's Skyliner gondola system has a station at the Riviera. From the station, the ride to EPCOT's International Gateway is about 5 minutes, and the ride to Disney's Hollywood Studios is about 20 minutes (plus waiting time in line.)
Disney provides free bus service to the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, and Disney Springs from the bus stop at the front of the resort. Buses run about every 20 minutes. For the Animal Kingdom, water parks, and Disney Springs, it's probably faster to drive.
If you have your own car, it's faster to drive yourself everywhere except Hollywood Studios, EPCOT, and the Magic Kingdom.
You can walk between the Riviera and Caribbean Beach Resorts. The Skyliner can take you to the EPCOT resorts, Pop Century, and the Art of Animation Resort. For all other resort destinations, the fastest option is an Uber, Lyft, or taxi. Disney's bus service is free but slow, and will probably require you to use an intermediate destination like Disney Springs, to get to your destination. And that can take a couple of hours each way if you're unluckly.
if you have a car, the easiest way to get to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and other tourist destinations is to drive. Alternatively, Mears Transportation operates shuttle services between the Disney hotels and other theme parks.
Driving to the Resort
Getting to the Parks
and Disney Springs
Getting to Another Hotel
from Riviera
Getting to Universal Orlando
The Riviera Resort is located in the EPCOT Resort Area. All modern GPS apps, and Google Maps, will have clear driving directions to it. As a backup, look for Disney road signs directing you toward the EPCOT resorts (not the EPCOT theme park - they're two different things) once you're on property, and then look for signs for the Riviera once you're close.
if you have a car, the easiest way to get to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and other tourist destinations is to drive. Alternatively, Mears Transportation operates shuttle services between the Disney hotels and other theme parks.
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