Family, travel, mom blog | Theme Park Mom (Leigh Caldwell)

There’s a new option for stays at the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World: rooms themed around
“Pirates of the Caribbean.”

The Caribbean Beach Resort is considered a “moderate” in Disney lingo, which hits in the middle of the pricing (and the amenities offered) at the three classes of Walt Disney World resorts – deluxe, moderate and value.

This resort is really a village, with more than 2, 100 rooms in 33 two-story buildings. The buildings are grouped into six villages named after Caribbean Islands, such as Martinique and Jamaica. Each of those villages has its own white-sand beach, pool, playground and bus stop for Disney transportation.

These guests areas are all set around Barefoot Bay, the Caribbean Beach Resort’s lake. The resort’s Old Port Royale has a food court, Shutters table-service restaurant, shopping and a large pirate-themed pool with a water slide and a hot tub.

The new pirate-themed rooms at the Caribbean Beach Resort are in the Trinidad South section of the Walt Disney World hotel. The swash-buckling decor includes carpet made to look like plank flooring, bedding printed with gold coins and other pirate treasure and dark wood furnishings made to resemble ship’s wheels, barrels and treasure chests. These guest rooms come with two double beds, and there is room for a cot (available from the resort for an extra charge), a pack-and-play or a sleeping bag for a fifth person to stay in the room.

That’s Stefanie checking out the curtain separates the sink and bathroom area from the rest of the guest room. These curtains are a new addition since my last stay at the Caribbean Beach Resort, and I think they are a great idea, especially when a family is staying in the room. They add more privacy, and also allow parents to wake and begin getting ready in the morning before the children, without lighting up the whole room.

The Flying Dutchman is etched into the shower wall, lest you forget you are sailing with Capt. Jack Sparrow on this Walt Disney World trip.

These rooms are a fun place for a pirate-loving family to stay on your next trip to Walt Disney World. I’m thinking it would be especially fun to stay in one of these rooms for a birthday celebration, and treat the birthday boy or girl to a pirate makeover at the new Pirates League in the Magic Kingdom.

A one-night stay in the new pirate-themed rooms at the Caribbean Beach Resort starts at $174, that makes them $25 higher than stays in other rooms at this Walt Disney World hotel.