Disney's Lakeshore Lodge: Lobby, Three Restaurants and a Fireworks Lounge Revealed for the Bay Lake Resort
Disney has released a first look at the interiors of Disney's Lakeshore Lodge, the 967-room resort going up on the south shore of Bay Lake for a projected summer 2027 opening. The reveal covers a Pocahontas-inspired lobby, three dining locations led by lakefront table service Moonglade, and Dandelion Terrace, a two-story lounge positioned for Magic Kingdom fireworks views.
Disney has published the first look inside Disney's Lakeshore Lodge, the 967-room resort going up on the south shore of Bay Lake for a projected summer 2027 opening. The latest update covers the lobby, three dining locations and a two-story lounge built to face Magic Kingdom fireworks across the water, and it fills in the part of the resort that earlier reveals left blank.
Key Details
- Resort: Disney's Lakeshore Lodge, Walt Disney World Resort
- Opening: Projected for summer 2027
- Location: South shore of Bay Lake, a boat ride from Magic Kingdom
- Rooms: 967, from studios to suites, plus one- and two-bedroom Lake Houses on the waterfront
- Dining at opening: Moonglade, Bay Lake Provisions and Paint Out Point Bar and Grill, plus the Dandelion Terrace lounge
- Recreation: The Wetlands, with Lakeshore Lagoon, Cypress Point, Heron Shores, Otter Springs and the Daydream River
What the lobby will look like
The lobby is the clearest statement of what this resort is going for. Floor-to-ceiling windows open onto The Wetlands outdoor recreation area, pulling the landscape into the room instead of framing it as a view from a distance.
The theming draws on Pocahontas, and specifically on its music. A fiberoptic river will run through the floor, and a blown glass Colors of the Wind sculpture with hundreds of suspended glass leaves will hang overhead. Custom tapestries take their imagery from the film's landscapes, and the furnishings use river-recovered cypress, which is timber pulled back out of Florida waterways rather than cut fresh. That last detail is the kind of thing that usually shows up in a design brief and never survives to opening day, so it is worth watching.
Moonglade, the lakefront table service
Moonglade is the signature restaurant: table service, on the water, with a menu Disney describes as seasonal and locally sourced. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the arching cypress trees along Bay Lake, and the lighting design is built around the interplay of light and shadow those trees throw.
Practically, this is the resort's answer to the reservation-worthy restaurant that every deluxe Walt Disney World hotel needs. What it does not have yet is a menu or a booking window.
Bay Lake Provisions for coffee and quick service
Bay Lake Provisions is the all-day quick-service marketplace, with specialty coffees and fresh food in an open-kitchen setup. This is the one guests will use most: the 7 a.m. coffee stop before a rope-drop boat to Magic Kingdom, and the sandwich at 3 p.m. when nobody wants to sit down for a meal.
Disney has also said there are woodland critters from classic animated films hidden through the space, so the room is doing double duty as a hidden-detail hunt.
Paint Out Point Bar and Grill by the pool
Paint Out Point Bar and Grill is the pool bar, positioned near Lakeshore Lagoon and serving shareable plates and specialty drinks. Its theme is plein-air painting, the practice of painting outdoors on location, and the walls will carry original artwork Imagineers made from the Bay Lake landscape itself rather than commissioned decor.
Dandelion Terrace and the fireworks view
Dandelion Terrace is the evening room. It is a lounge aimed squarely at the Magic Kingdom fireworks, which read across Bay Lake from the resort's shoreline, and it comes with a two-story gallery of archival artwork from films including Fantasia, plus dandelion light fixtures overhead.
A dedicated indoor fireworks-viewing lounge is a real amenity on this side of the lake. Guests at the existing Bay Lake resorts already know the view is there, but it usually means standing on a beach or a walkway.
The Wetlands: pools, a lazy river and play areas
The Wetlands is the outdoor recreation area that all of those lobby windows look onto, and Disney detailed it earlier this summer. The play areas take their names and their logic from the line about the heron and the otter in Colors of the Wind: Heron Shores is the dry side, with climbing features, and Otter Springs is the wet side, with interactive water features for younger children. The Daydream River is a lazy river that loops through the area.
Lakeshore Lagoon is the feature pool, zero-entry with a spiral waterslide. On the far side of the resort, Cypress Point holds a quieter leisure pool and a whirlpool spa, and it is also placed for Magic Kingdom fireworks views. Two pools with two different jobs, one loud and one not, is the pattern the newer deluxe resorts have settled into.
A walking path through the area will carry facts about the local plants and wildlife, and Disney has trailed a plaque honoring a historic attraction that once stood on the site. That is River Country, Disney's first water park, which opened on this stretch of Bay Lake in 1976 and closed in 2001. It sat abandoned for two decades, and this resort is being built on the site, which is why the plaque is the detail longtime fans have latched onto.
Rooms, Lake Houses and the original announcement
The resort was announced in April 2026 with 967 rooms across studios through suites, joining the Disney Resorts Collection. Many rooms will face Bay Lake, which puts Magic Kingdom fireworks in the window at night. The resort will also open with one- and two-bedroom Lake Houses along the waterfront, a separate room category with more space and a closer position to the water.
The overall design brief is nature as Disney animators have drawn it, with nods to Bambi, Pocahontas and Brother Bear, tied back to Walt Disney's own interest in the outdoors. The Pocahontas thread running through the lobby, the play areas and the sculpture suggests that film is carrying more of the load than the others.
What this means for guests
Booking is still a long way off. A summer 2027 opening means rates and reservations will not appear until 2027, and Disney has a history of opening resort bookings in waves. What this update does settle is what kind of resort it is: three dining locations plus a fireworks lounge is a deluxe-tier lineup, not a moderate one.
The location is the strongest thing about it. A boat ride to Magic Kingdom puts it in the same transportation category as the Contemporary, Polynesian Village and Grand Floridian, and Disney has confirmed the usual on-property benefits apply, including complimentary resort transportation and early theme park entry. More details are promised as construction continues.