Disney's BoardWalk Inn is a deluxe resort part of Disney's BoardWalk Resort

Disney's BoardWalk Resort

Disney's BoardWalk Resort is a hotel and entertainment complex at the Walt Disney World Resort. First opened in 1996, the BoardWalk Resort lies alongside Crescent Lake and is situated between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios. The resort is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts...

, at the Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort

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. It opened on July 1, 1996. The resort is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

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Disney's BoardWalk Inn is located in the Epcot Resort Area, across the lagoon from Disney's Beach Club Resort

Disney's Beach Club Resort

Disney's Beach Club Resort is a beach-themed deluxe resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on November 19, 1990. The resort is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts....

 and Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Disney's Yacht Club Resort is a New England nautical-themed resort, at Walt Disney World. First opened on November 5, 1990, it is one of several Epcot Area Resorts. Disney's Yacht Club is located next to a sister resort, Disney's Beach Club Resort, and across Crescent Lake from Disney's BoardWalk...

. The hotel lobby is shared with Disney's BoardWalk Villas

Disney's BoardWalk Villas

Disney's BoardWalk Villas is a Disney Vacation Club Resort located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Disney's Boardwalk Villas opened on July 1, 1996, as a 1920's-1940's era hotel, overlooking a boardwalk, adjacent to Crescent Lake. The boardwalk and lake offer many shops, restaurants and...

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Resort

This hotel was designed to be reminiscent of the boardwalk

Boardwalk

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s that were famous along Atlantic City and Ocean City

Ocean City, New Jersey

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, New Jersey in the 1920s-1940s. The sherbet

Sherbet (U.S.)

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-colored facades, flagged turrets, striped awnings, and "Keister Coaster" water slide resembling a wooden roller coaster were all inspired by that by-gone era.

Disney's BoardWalk Inn is only a short walk from Epcot

Epcot

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 and Disney's Hollywood Studios

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Disney's Hollywood Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Spanning 135 acres in size, its theme is show business, drawing inspiration from the heyday of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s...

. Water transportation is available free-of-charge to Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Yacht and Beach Club resorts, and Walt Disney World Swan

Walt Disney World Swan

The Walt Disney World Swan is a resort hotel designed by architect Michael Graves located between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios behind Disney's BoardWalk Resort and across from its sister resort, the Walt Disney World Dolphin...

 and Walt Disney World Dolphin

Walt Disney World Dolphin

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 resorts.

Dining

• Big River Grille & Brewing Works

• BoardWalk Bakery — Pastries and numerous desserts are sold here. Besides Kouzzina, this is the only other BoardWalk eatery that serves breakfast.

• ESPN Club — A restaurant, bar, arcade, and shop similar to ESPN Zone
  ESPN Zone
  ESPN Zone is a Southern California-based chain of two sports-themed restaurants that include arcades, TV studios, and radio studios that are currently franchised, but formally owned by the American cable network ESPN. The first ESPN Zone opened in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 11, 1998, in the Power...
  
  , but with lighter menu options and less of a sportsbook
  Sportsbook
  In the United States a sportsbook or a race and sports book is a place where a gambler can wager on various sports competitions, including golf, football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, horse racing, boxing, and mixed martial arts. The method of betting varies with the sport and the type of...
  
   feel. The main difference between the ESPN Club and ESPN Zone restaurants is the nightly live interactive entertainment. Each night, guests at the ESPN Club can share questions, opinions, and comments with the "Sports Hosts". The fare includes that of a typical sports bar, with the notable exceptions of the Salmon BLT, Cuban Burger, and Blackened Mahi Mahi sandwich.

There are many jerseys, balls, plaques, and other various sports memorabilia throughout the facility. The ESPN Club features over 100 monitors located throughout the restaurant, bar, and restrooms, as well a 90 square feet (8.4 m²) HD projection screen in the main dining room. The ESPN Club also has a radio broadcast facility, featuring ESPN personalities and other radio broadcasters occasionally doing remote broadcasts from here.

• Flying Fish Cafe — A fine seafood restaurant.

• Kouzzina by Cat Cora
  Cat Cora
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  — A restaurant featuring Mediterranean cuisine. There is a pizza window which offers slices or whole pies to-go. Kouzzina replaced Spoodles, which also offered Mediterranean cuisine.

Shops

• Screen Door General Store — This shop is just left of the Boardwalk Promenade and offers food, shirts, postcards, collector's pins
  Disney pin trading
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  , and novelty items.

• Dundy's Sundries — Offers sundries and necessities, in addition to novelty pens and postcards.

Recreation

Disney's BoardWalk Inn offers three swimming pools. The main pool, located in the Luna Park themed area, is open to all family members and is considered the family pool. The "Keister Coaster", a 200 feet (61 m)-long water slide, is located at the south end of the main pool. There is a quiet pool located just south of the main pool, and another is located at the east side of the property. Other recreational activities include watercraft rentals, tennis courts, fishing, bike rentals and a biking/jogging trail, an arcade, and an exercise room.

External links

• Disney's BoardWalk Inn Resort official site
• ESPN Club official site