Boardwalk Inn and Boardwalk Villas.
I will also need to be very careful here. While I want to impress upon you why I love the resort and the area so much, I would like to discourage you from ever staying there. The Boardwalk tends to fill up rather quickly, particularly during Epcot’s special events like the International Food and Wine or Flower and Garden Festivals. If more of you stay there, it’s less likely I’ll be able to get a room when I call at the last minute—and after all, it is all about me, isn’t it?
Location
Location, to me, may be the single biggest benefit of staying at the Boardwalk. The resort is located on Crescent Lake, which is circled by a walkway (part boardwalk / part sidewalk) that runs slightly under one mile around. To be precise, my friend, Laura Gilbreath, once took a series of measurements with her new GPS-enabled watch and reported it as .81 miles “staying pretty much in the middle of the path.” See, Laura… I save everything.
If you stand on the boardwalk looking north, you will see the Yacht Club and Beach Club resorts across Crescent Lake. To the west, and over a bridge, are the Swan and Dolphin hotels.