We’re often asked by readers if there is some type of overwater resort in Florida and the Florida Keys. Unfortunately, we can’t say that there are any such options. However, we’re happy to report that there are a few great overwater resorts in the Caribbean that are worth looking at, which we’ll discuss below.
If you are thinking about those dreamy little huts that sit perched on stilts over a clear and delicate lagoon, then you’ll have to travel a far distance from Florida to find them.
When it comes to overwater bungalows anywhere near the Caribbean, the pattern lately has been to announce them long before they are ready to break ground. That wouldn’t be so bad if not for the fact that years seem to go by and ground is never broken. Getting funding AND government approval for construction at the same time has been a major challenge, but not for the project we recently learned about.
Evidently there had been rumors in 2013 that Disney would be adding up to 20 overwater bungalows to its Disney’s Polynesian Resort complex in Lake Buena Vista (near Orlando) as part of a major 2-year renovation.