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America's Best Family Hotels
After a day on the slopes, ski butlers help you and your brood off North America\u2019s only ski resort funicular and set the kids up for igloo building while you retreat to the fire pit for views of the Wasatch Mountains. If this sounds about perfect, it ought to be: you\u2019re staying at Utah\u2019s St. Regis Deer Valley, the top-ranked family hotel in the U.S.
\r\nThat\u2019s the verdict from Travel + Leisure readers who voted for America\u2019s best hotels for families, part of the annual World\u2019s Best Awards survey. The 2012 batch of winners runs the gamut from mega beach resorts to lakeside castles and cozy ski-in, ski-out inns. But one thing is clear: more than ever, hotels are hatching clever new ways to cater to families and keep up with travel trends.
\r\nTake the new two-acre water park at the historic Homestead in Virginia (No. 14), where a 400-foot lazy river is sure to keep the kids splashing around. Or the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa (No. 18) in Austin, TX, where families can learn how to navigate the 405 acres covered in loblolly pine trees using a GPS. (You can officially forget the age-old complaint, \u201cAre we there yet?\u201d)
\r\nAnother family-friendly trend that\u2019s taking hold is the use of social media to handle guests\u2019 requests or questions. At the Wild Dunes Resort (No. 3) in the Isle of Palms, SC, a new Twitter Concierge will book your kayak tour or nab you a restaurant reservation for four with just a tweet. Many hotels are now active on Pinterest too, like the Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole (No. 11), which pins snapshots of its wildlife safaris and winter sports\u2014great for inspiration as well as a fun way to capture and share your family memories.
\r\nReady to plan your next holiday vacation, or just a long weekend? Get a head start by browsing our list of America\u2019s Best Hotels for Families.
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","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76347,"image_alt":"\"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney\u2019s Wilderness Lodge","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":3,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 2 Disney\u2019s Wilderness Lodge, Orlando, FL","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7772/201209-w-family-hotels-wilderness-lodge.jpg","photo_credit":" The Walt Disney Corporation","alt":"\"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney\u2019s Wilderness Lodge","video_embed":"","title":"No. 2 Disney\u2019s Wilderness Lodge, Orlando, FL","caption":"Magic Kingdom doppelg\u00e4nger of Yellowstone\u2019s Old Faithful Inn, complete with a gushing (if man-made) geyser.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Pack a picnic and canoe the waters around the hotel\u2019s barrier island, where a Confederate submarine sank a Union ship during the Civil War.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76348,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Wild Dunes Resort","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":4,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 3 Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, SC","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7759/201209-w-family-hotels-wild-dunes.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Wild Dunes Resort","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Wild Dunes Resort","video_embed":"","title":"No. 3 Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, SC","caption":"Pack a picnic and canoe the waters around the hotel\u2019s barrier island, where a Confederate submarine sank a Union ship during the Civil War.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Track alligators and ride horseback at this Lowcountry retreat on the banks of the mirror-like May River.
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"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Sprawling wood-walled retreat with themed days at the kids club (Wet and Wacky Wednesdays; Space Camp Saturdays).
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"}},{"active":true,"caption":"City slickers have multiple reasons to trek to these newly renovated cabins on Table Rock Lake, from fishing tournaments to paddleboarding lessons. big-cedar.com.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76351,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Big Cedar Lodge","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":7,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 6 Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, MO","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7538/201209-w-family-hotels-big-cedar-lodge.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Big Cedar Lodge","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Big Cedar Lodge","video_embed":"","title":"No. 6 Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, MO","caption":"City slickers have multiple reasons to trek to these newly renovated cabins on Table Rock Lake, from fishing tournaments to paddleboarding lessons. big-cedar.com.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Mickey and Minnie take a backseat to more than 30 species (wildebeests! giraffes!) roaming this 46-acre savanna.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76352,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":8,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 7 Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Orlando, FL","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:13Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7525/201209-w-family-hotels-animal-kingdom.jpg","photo_credit":" The Walt Disney Corporation","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge","video_embed":"","title":"No. 7 Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Orlando, FL","caption":"Mickey and Minnie take a backseat to more than 30 species (wildebeests! giraffes!) roaming this 46-acre savanna.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Strikingly similar to Yosemite\u2019s Ahwahnee\u2014except for the character breakfasts, Pinocchio workshops, and an only-in-Anaheim proximity to Disneyland.
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"}},{"active":true,"caption":"A New England yacht-club setup on Crescent Lake, with boats on loan for bluegill and largemouth bass fishing and a three-acre sand-bottomed pool.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76354,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Beach Club Resort","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":10,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 9 Disney\u2019s Beach Club Resort, Orlando, FL","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7551/201209-w-family-hotels-disneys-beach-club.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Disney's Beach Club Resort","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Beach Club Resort","video_embed":"","title":"No. 9 Disney\u2019s Beach Club Resort, Orlando, FL","caption":"A New England yacht-club setup on Crescent Lake, with boats on loan for bluegill and largemouth bass fishing and a three-acre sand-bottomed pool.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Here, nostalgia reigns supreme: a 1920s carousel from Coney Island graces the lobby, and guests of all ages partake in Prohibition-era carnival games such as skeeball and milk can toss.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76355,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Boardwalk Inn and Villas","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":11,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 10 Disney\u2019s Boardwalk Inn and Villas, Orlando, FL","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7564/201209-w-family-hotels-disneys-boardwalk.jpg","photo_credit":"Cory Disbrow","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Boardwalk Inn and Villas","video_embed":"","title":"No. 10 Disney\u2019s Boardwalk Inn and Villas, Orlando, FL","caption":"Here, nostalgia reigns supreme: a 1920s carousel from Coney Island graces the lobby, and guests of all ages partake in Prohibition-era carnival games such as skeeball and milk can toss.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Abutting the Grand Tetons, with something for every season: skiing and dogsledding in winter, biologist-led wildlife safaris (in Mercedes-Benz SUVs, no less!) come summer.
\r\nSee the T+L Insider Video: Best Family Hotels
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76356,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":12,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 11 Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, WY","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7616/201209-w-family-hotels-jackson-hole.jpg","photo_credit":"Peter Vitale","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole","video_embed":"","title":"No. 11 Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, WY","caption":"Abutting the Grand Tetons, with something for every season: skiing and dogsledding in winter, biologist-led wildlife safaris (in Mercedes-Benz SUVs, no less!) come summer.
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"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Bamboo and rattan-furnished rooms, fire-knife dances, and a 40-foot waterslide through a volcano emote a South Pacific flavor.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76357,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Polynesian Resort","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":13,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 12 Disney\u2019s Polynesian Resort, Orlando, FL","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7694/201209-w-family-hotels-polynesian.jpg","photo_credit":" The Walt Disney Corporation","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Disney's Polynesian Resort","video_embed":"","title":"No. 12 Disney\u2019s Polynesian Resort, Orlando, FL","caption":"Bamboo and rattan-furnished rooms, fire-knife dances, and a 40-foot waterslide through a volcano emote a South Pacific flavor.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Even for Vail, this 107-room boutique hotel is beyond posh\u2014care for a slopeside foot massage?
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76358,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Sebastian Vail","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":14,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 13 Sebastian Vail, CO","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7707/201209-w-family-hotels-sebastian.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of the Sebastian","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Sebastian Vail","video_embed":"","title":"No. 13 Sebastian Vail, CO","caption":"Even for Vail, this 107-room boutique hotel is beyond posh\u2014care for a slopeside foot massage?
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"The at-your-service Allegheny Mountain hideaway since 1766 is in the midst of a $25 million makeover (look for the 400-foot lazy river in the new two-acre water park).
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76359,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels:Homestead Resort & Spa","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":15,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 14 Homestead Resort & Spa, Hot Springs, VA","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7590/201209-w-family-hotels-homestead.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of The Homestead","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels:Homestead Resort & Spa","video_embed":"","title":"No. 14 Homestead Resort & Spa, Hot Springs, VA","caption":"The at-your-service Allegheny Mountain hideaway since 1766 is in the midst of a $25 million makeover (look for the 400-foot lazy river in the new two-acre water park).
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"The onetime favorite of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton is now undeniably kid-friendly (don\u2019t miss visiting the six Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the on-site lagoon).
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76360,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Kahala Hotel & Resort","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":16,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 15 Kahala Hotel & Resort, Oahu, HI","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:14Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7629/201209-w-family-hotels-kahala.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Kahala Hotel & Resort","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Kahala Hotel & Resort","video_embed":"","title":"No. 15 Kahala Hotel & Resort, Oahu, HI","caption":"The onetime favorite of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton is now undeniably kid-friendly (don\u2019t miss visiting the six Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the on-site lagoon).
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Want parent-of-the-year award? Bring your kids to their elite ski school for glow stick night runs and warm chocolate chip cookies served lift-side. pineslodge.rockresort.com.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76361,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: The Pines Lodge","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":17,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 15 The Pines Lodge, Beaver Creek, CO","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7733/201209-w-family-hotels-the-pines.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of The Pines Lodge","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: The Pines Lodge","video_embed":"","title":"No. 15 The Pines Lodge, Beaver Creek, CO","caption":"Want parent-of-the-year award? Bring your kids to their elite ski school for glow stick night runs and warm chocolate chip cookies served lift-side. pineslodge.rockresort.com.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Animals steal the show at this recently revamped hotel, from the lobby parrots to the nene geese and black swans that flit around the grounds.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76362,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":18,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 17 Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, HI","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7642/201209-w-family-hotels-kauai-resort.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa","video_embed":"","title":"No. 17 Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, HI","caption":"Animals steal the show at this recently revamped hotel, from the lobby parrots to the nene geese and black swans that flit around the grounds.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"This pecan tree\u2013shrouded compound outside Austin is the perfect tonic after a day of hiking, GPS trekking, or rafting the Colorado River.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76363,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":19,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 18 Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa, TX","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7655/201209-w-family-hotels-lost-pines.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa","video_embed":"","title":"No. 18 Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa, TX","caption":"This pecan tree\u2013shrouded compound outside Austin is the perfect tonic after a day of hiking, GPS trekking, or rafting the Colorado River.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Thursday nights don\u2019t get better than this: complimentary lift tickets, guided runs, and an apr\u00e8s-ski fireworks show.
","created_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","created_user_id":null,"hd_slide_image_url":null,"id":76364,"image_alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa","is_master":null,"old_slide_id":null,"old_slideshow_id":null,"position":20,"slideshow_id":1030,"title":"No. 19 Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa, Avon, CO","updated_at":"2012-09-21T16:49:15Z","updated_user_id":null,"version":null,"video_embed_code":"","slide_image_data":{"src":"/images/amexpub/0032/7681/201209-w-family-hotels-park-hyatt-beaver-creek.jpg","photo_credit":"Courtesy of Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa","alt":"America's Best Family Hotels: Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa","video_embed":"","title":"No. 19 Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa, Avon, CO","caption":"Thursday nights don\u2019t get better than this: complimentary lift tickets, guided runs, and an apr\u00e8s-ski fireworks show.
"}},{"active":true,"caption":"Put away your wallet. At this lakeside castle\u2014run by the same family since 1869\u2014everything from canoeing to lobster barbecues is included in your rate.
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No. 10 Disney’s Boardwalk Inn and Villas, Orlando, FL
Here, nostalgia reigns supreme: a 1920s carousel from Coney Island graces the lobby, and guests of all ages partake in Prohibition-era carnival games such as skeeball and milk can toss.