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Family Vacation Resorts: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for Family Vacation Resorts helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

Need a place for the kids, as well as the parents? Here's a rundown of the best family-friendly places out there

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1. Franklyn D Resort
Main St, Runaway Bay, Jamaica
Built in 1990, this three-story waterfront hotel sports Georgian-Mediterranean styling and Bermuda-pink coloring. As the only Caribbean all-inclusive resort for families that provides an all-day nanny (for those buying the whole package), this property proves that it takes its youthful claims seriou... Read Entire Review »
2. Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
4401 Grand Floridian, Lake Buena Vista, FL
This is Disney's grandest hotel, and its spa and health center ensure everyone is pampered. Forsaking the animated artifice ubiquitous at Disney, this florid late-19th-century belle commands 40 acres and a powder-sand beach by the lake. But keep in mind that swimming is not permitted. The service he... Read Entire Review »
3. Kingsmill Resort & Spa
1010 Kingsmill Rd, Williamsburg, VA
Located off routes 60 and 199, in the midst of 2,900 pastoral acres directly on the James River and part of a residential country club, this resort conveys a posh tone in a grandiose setting surrounded by the river and Pete Dye-, Arnold Palmer- and Tom Clark-designed golf courses, including the famo... Read Entire Review »
4. The Hotel Hershey
100 Hotel Rd, Hershey, PA
The Hershey Lodge is king of the hill in this company town. However, although the Hershey Lodge provides lively facilities for groups and conventioneers, this midsize Mediterranean resort is the best option for individuals and travelers in search of more intimate surroundings, evocative guest rooms... Read Entire Review »
5. Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone Natl Park, Yellowstone Natl Park, WY
Thirty miles southeast of West Yellowstone and 40 northwest of the south entrance, this is the crown jewel of the three hotels within viewing distance of the geyser. This stately, turn-of-the-century log palace rises six stories and remains the most popular lodging in the park. The original portion... Read Entire Review »
6. Kalahari Resort
1305 Kalahari Drive, Wisconsin Dells, WI
Stepping from the touristy streets of a Wisconsin resort town into this evocative lobby filled with African-themed sitting areas surrounded by life-size animal statutes can be disorienting. But it's all part of the kaleidoscope that makes the Dells a magnet for vacation seekers. Guests are greeted b... Read Entire Review »
7. Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
1600 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA
Offering private access to California Adventure, this is the better of the three Disney hotels and the most impressive. That it is less than 10 years old helps, too. Its Craftsman-style architecture and delightful but expensive cuisine complement the unique guest quarters and relatively attentive se... Read Entire Review »