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Home » Blog Posts » Shades of Green Resort’s Standard Guest Rooms

Shades of Green Resort’s Standard Guest Rooms

By Steve 8 Comments

Shades of Green is the Military Only Resort located right on Walt Disney World property.

Shades of Green is located right on Walt Disney World Property, in the Magic Kingdom Resort Area very near Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort and Grand Floridian Resort and Spa,

Shades of Green is open to all U.S. Service Members current and retired  Active, Reserve, and Guard. There are also several other categories of those associated with the military that are also eligible so be sure to check out Shades of Green’s Eligibility.

Shades of Green was originally the Disney Golf Resort and is nestled between two of Disney’s PGA golf courses, which offer military discounts on golf.

Shades of Green offers rates base upon rank/grade so be sure to check out their Room Rates. Special discounted rates are available for limited periods.

Let’s take a look at what the guest rooms have to offer and look like.

Shades of Green's Standard Guest Rooms

The views from most every room are spectacular. Views throughout the resort are unique and interesting. The lush tropical landscaping provides an incredible backdrop.

There are 2 guest wings at Shades of Green, the original Magnolia Wing and the newer Palm Wing. Rooms either face outwards to the Magnolia Golf Course or the Palm Gold Course, or inwards to either the view you see just below for the Palm Wing, or looking over the Mill Pond Pool for the Magnolia Wing.

Shades of Green also offers Poolside Rooms for 10 dollars more per night. All of these are located in the Magnolia Wing. They also offer a Very Limited amount of Suites.

Shades of Green's Standard Guest Rooms

Standard Guest Rooms

At 480 Square feet Shades of Green’s rooms are among the roomiest to be found on the entire Walt Disney World Resort. Guest amenities in Shades of Green’s oversized, standard guest rooms include two queen size beds and a single sleeper sofa. Maximum occupancy is 5.

Each standard guest room feature either a private balcony or patio, with two chairs and a table, that overlook the lush tropical setting.

Standard Guest Rooms’ bathroom setup is either a 2 room setup with shower and toilet in one room and a double sink counter in a separate attached room, or all bath room items in one room with a single sink.

Shades of Green's Standard Guest Rooms

Poolside rooms are also available

All rooms include:

  • Refrigerator
  • In-room Safe
  • Internet Access – Free (Shades of Green’s in-room internet is not the strongest!)
  • In-room Movies/Video Games
  • Coffee Maker (uses coffee pods, not K-Cups)
  • Hair Dryer
  • Iron and Ironing Board
  • Soap, shampoo, etc. in the bathroom

Shades of Green does offer adjoining rooms but does not guarantee them.

Shades of Green Fold Down Bed

Shades of Green’s Resort Amenities

Shades of Green’s Resort Amenities include:

  • Onsite AAFES Store
  • Military Ticket Office
  • Varied Dining Options
  • Free Resort Transportation
  • 2 Beautiful Pools
  • Gym and the Magnolia Spa

Shades of Green’s Guest Room Ratings

Here’s how MDT Readers rate the rooms at Shades of Green on a 1 to 5, scale in our Shades of Green Surveys.

You will also see the following symbols after the numerical rating to indicate the most recent trend:

  • Rating Increased is +
  • Rating Decreased is –
  • No Change is =

This symbol is then followed by how much the rating changed.

Overall Room Satisfaction – 3.29, -0.13

Cleanliness of Room – 3.43, -0.10

Room Size and Layout – 3.50, -0.10

Quietness of Room – 3.11, -0.12

Comfort of Beds and Pillows – 3.24, -0.13

All of these ratings have trended down for a couple years, there was a slight increase early in 2022, but the second half of the year brings a return to the down trend, now continuing into 2023.

See the Full Survey Post for all ratings plus guest comments in each category!

Shades of Green's Standard Guest Rooms

Reader Comments:

Even with the most recent updates they’ve made to the resort, things just seem dated and in need to cleaning up. The rooms look a bit better than other parts of the resort. For instance, hallways, elevators, pool areas REALLY need to be repainted/repaired.

We loved our stay at shades of green!! It was the best and we were soo happy to spend down time at the pools in between trips to Disney.

Would have preferred a microwave in the room. A larger refrigerator would be nice also. Especially for longer stays.

Clean and well appointed. Very functional.

Lighted mirror in the bathroom did not work in 3 of our 7 rooms. Told the front desk 3 different times. Finally, after I went to front desk personally, someone checked into it, and said they have no more replacements for them. The plug in on the night stand did not work in my room, and although I appreciate the phone charging station, it is in a very inconvenient place.

We stayed at the Grand Floridian in 2021, and we’re happier with Shades of Green.

We loved our stay at shades of green!! It was the best and we were soo happy to spend down time at the pools in between trips to Disney.

Would have preferred a microwave in the room. A larger refrigerator would be nice also. Especially for longer stays.

Clean and well appointed. Very functional.

Lighted mirror in the bathroom did not work in 3 of our 7 rooms. Told the front desk 3 different times. Finally, after I went to front desk personally, someone checked into it, and said they have no more replacements for them. The plug in on the night stand did not work in my room, and although I appreciate the phone charging station, it is in a very inconvenient place.

We stayed at the Grand Floridian in 2021, and we’re happier with Shades of Green.

Wish there was a microwave. Learned late in our stay that there was one in the laundry room for use.

Location on the 2nd floor actually ended up being very convenient. Our room was a little far from the lobby, but not too bad.

Ice machine for the refrigerator didn’t work, part was on order.

It’s great that the toilet and shower are separated from the sink area by a door. There were double sinks as well.

Would have preferred a microwave in the room. A larger refrigerator would be nice also. Especially for longer stays.

The rooms need USB plugs or the lamps with the USB plugs in them. We had a hard time charging all of our devices each night. Two of our regular outlets also didn’t work, the one behind the coffee pot and the one behind the round table.

WiFi and hot water were spotty.

Hot water was not always available.

Room were wonderful. Big and spacious. Great having the separate sink area from toilet/shower area. Balcony and view were top notch! Plenty of usable furniture. Safe was good to have as I brought extra cash!

After staying at other WDW resorts, Shades is our hands-down favorite. The room size is great for our family of 5, and the trundle bed fits everyone in our family more than other trundles at WDW (i.e. Caribbean Beach).

We loved our location by the pool!! Our cleaning lady was super sweet too, I wish I remembered her name room 236

Constantly heard adults and children yelling in the hallway. Several nights children playing in the halls, running and yelling.

Loud kids and teens running the hallways, esp late at night, but you get used to it (they have had a long day at the parks! 🙂 ), We enjoy staying at SOG because of how nice the rooms are.

Need a pull out couch bed for a full size bed

7 SOG visits in 7 yrs! The only Disney Hotel that competes with the SOG is the Yacht and Beach Club at 3 times the price.

Sog is the only place we stay in Orlando even if we don’t do the Disney parks. It’s a beautiful resort and great value. Palm rooms are beautifully redone.

Could hear next door through the connecting door. Rolled-up a towel for blocking base of door – helped a little. Parents need to control their kids.

The walls are pretty thin, so you hear any noise from the hallways or the rooms next door. However, once we were moved into a different room, our stay was very quiet and peaceful. I guess you just have to hope for courteous neighbors!

We never had readily available hot water. We spoke to the front desk several times, and maintenance came twice. We were told first it was fixed… It wasn’t. Then they said to turn on the hot water in the sink and the tub and let them run until it got hot. Took upwards of 15-20 minutes! Then it was Luke warm at best most of the time. Coffee maker never worked, carpet in room felt dirty to the touch, door to the fridge was coming off the hinges.

This room was next to the playground, and a couple of nights unsupervised children playing on playground were very loud. We usually love the area because it is so quiet. however Security did run them off at pool closing time.

It would be nice to have a mirror in a location outside of the bathroom so that someone getting ready in the room would have a way to take a look if the restroom was occupied.

All info on standard rooms shows 2 sinks in bathroom. We got a very small bathroom with 1 sink.. front desk told us we had to request it. How can you request something that you think comes with all standard rooms! Even this website shows 2 sinks!! Very uncomfortable with 3 adults and 1 child! Also table had only 3 chairs for a room that accommodates 5 people. Not happy about extra charge for 3rd adult when we only had 4 people in our room. We probably won’t stay here again!

Shades of Green's Standard Guest Rooms

Family Suites

Shades of Green also offers eleven Family Suite combinations. Five Family Suites sleep up to six guests and six Family Suites sleep up to eight guests. Because the number of Family Suites is very limited, these rooms reserve quickly. If interested in making a reservation for a Family Suite, I suggest you do so as soon as you confirm your vacation dates. Guest amenities in the Family Suites include a separate bedroom with King size bed and full-size bath, living area with two queen size sofa beds and additional full bath, dining table with chairs. Some Family Suites feature a fold down Murphy Bed.

More Info and Links

Reservations may be made online at shadesofgreen.org or via phone at (888) 593-2242.

The Best Rooms at the Shades of Green

More information on Shades of Green’s Suites

Read about sponsoring your non-military guests at Shades of Green

Check in is after 3 p.m.. Check out is prior to 11 a.m..

There are laundry facilities on property.

Shades of Green is a smoke free resort and pets are not allowed.

Shades of Green Mill Pond Pool

Shades – Disney Price Comparison

Shades – Disney Value Resort Comparison

Shades – Disney Moderate Resort Comparison

Shades – Disney Deluxe Resort Comparison

This MDT Post By: Steve Bell

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Comments

  1. Leigh says

    29 February 2020 at 14:03

    Hi Steve!

    Great post as always :). Good luck with the transition to the new platform, look forward to your posts!

    We are big fans of Shades of Green and try to at least stay once a year.
    I noticed your post noted coin laundry – just wanted to mention, the last time we did laundry at Shades in 2019, it had converted to credit card machines only. I am not recalling how much it costs, but $1.75 still sounds right.

    (As an aside, they also now offering scent-free detergents. Great for those of us that are allergic)

    Reply
    • Steve says

      29 February 2020 at 15:03

      Thanks so much Leigh,

      Great catch I’ll fix it. My actual laundry post has the latest hardware. 😉

      Reply
  2. Kim says

    5 March 2020 at 18:14

    Am I reading this correctly. You can only buy park tickets from Shades of Green if you stay on property.

    Reply
    • Steve says

      6 March 2020 at 07:42

      Hi Kim,

      Yes and no, it depends on the ticket…

      The Shades of Green Stars and Stripes Passes are only sold to those staying on property.

      Every other ticket that they sell can be purchased by anyone with proper ID.

      Reply
  3. Jim Goodhue says

    17 June 2021 at 15:15

    Steve: It’s been nearly 6 years since we’ve communicated, but I will be making the trek from Green Bay to SoG/WDW in June 2022; our grandson age 17 will be at the DHS Disney Performing Arts OnStage supporting a recording session with his high school music ensemble – he’s Orchestra.
    If there’s ONE thing I’ve learned in my previous 4 trips to SoG/WDW, don’t go without first reading every page of Military Disney Tips. Your sage advice and direction has been a true blessing. I just purchased your SoG Essential Guide and will read every word, again, and I still have my older copy.
    We’ve never met, but when it comes to WDW, it feels like you are my best friend; your service to your country is always appreciated, but your “service” to your fellow “lifers” is priceless!
    And Yes, I updated my Amazon link to support MDT!!!

    r/
    Jim

    Reply
    • Steve says

      17 June 2021 at 16:11

      Hi there Jim,

      So nice to hear from you again! I enjoyed out back and forth emails in the early years!

      Your praise humbles me. Thanks so much! I just love doing this.

      Steve

      Reply
  4. Karen says

    23 June 2021 at 15:55

    We’re planning a trip with our family, 8 adults. And 7 grandchildren ages 12 to 1
    What’s the best way to book a room

    Reply
    • Steve says

      23 June 2021 at 15:59

      Hi Karen,

      You can either call or do it online.

      Reservations (888) 593-2242
      shadesofgreen.org (Book Now, right at the top)

      Reply

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