The obvious first choice is to stay on the property for maximum convenience and fun.  At the time of this writing, the theme park is currently offering the following packages for a six night, seven day stay for a family of four:

- $1,500 for a stay at a value category resort
- $1,900 for a stay at a moderate category resort
- $2,500 for a stay at a deluxe category resort

The value category resorts include All-Star Sports and All-Star Music hotels with the entire resort centering around those themes.  They are fun for the kids and have themed pools and food courts.  The rooms are standard, but comfortable and accommodate four people easily.

When we visited Disney World with our two children, we stayed at the All-Star Music resort and were very satisfied with everything they had to offer us.  We were, after all, there to visit the parks, so our room was just a place to lay our heads.  However, when the kids wanted to swim, we were happy to sip a tropical drink at the poolside bar while the kids splashed and played just a few feet away.
The moderate category resorts offer more amenities than the value priced ones.  These resorts include the Caribbean Beach resort, Coronado Springs resort, and Port Orleans.
These resorts offer themed pools, full service dining areas, whirlpools, and watercraft rentals since most of these resorts are on the various lakes the property has.

Walt Disney first flew over the Orlando site (one of many) on November 22, 1963, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He first flew over and appealed to the Sanford, Florida city council to allow him to build Diney World in Sanford, but his appeal was declined. The citizens of Sanford did not want the crime that was sure to come with tourism. He saw the well-developed network of roads, including Interstate 4 and Florida’s Turnpike, with McCoy Air Force Base (later Orlando International Airport) to the east, and immediately fell in love with the site. When later asked why he chose it, he said, “the freeway routes, they bisect here.” Walt Disney focused most of his attention on the “Florida Project”, both before and after his participation at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, but he died on December 15, 1966, five years before his vision was realized.