The Swan has a 12-story main building flanked by two (seven-story) towers. On its roof are two (56-foot-tall) fish balanced with their tails in the air. The Dolphin is a 27-story triangular turquoise building. Opened in 1990, the resorts face each other on either side of an inlet of Crescent Lake.
Both are served by Disney transportation to the theme parks and participate in Extra Magic Hours and FastPass+, but neither offers Disney’s Magical Express bus service to and from the airport or participates in the Disney Dining Plan. Although the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin are inside the World and Disney handles their reservations, they’re owned by Sheraton (Dolphin) and Westin (Swan) and can be booked directly through their parent companies too.