Royal Plaza
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The Royal Plaza is a 394-room resort on the property of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is located across from the Downtown Disney area. The resort originally opened as The Royal Inn in October 1972. Sometime during the mid to late 1970's the hotel changed it's name to The Hotel Royal Plaza and is now simply known as the Royal Plaza. The hotel has 1 restaurant, the Giraffe Cafe & Tavern. The resort was forced to close in August 2004 after sustaining major damage from Hurricane Charley. It reopened in 2006 after receiving a major multi-million-dollar renovation. The 17-story resort is now more upscale and has a much more contemporary motif.