High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walt Disney World Swan is a resort hotel designed by architect Michael Graves located between Epcot and Disney`s Hollywood Studios behind Disney`s BoardWalk Resort and across from its sister resort, the Walt Disney World Dolphin. The Swan, which opened January 13, 1990 on Disney property, is not owned by the Walt Disney Company, but is instead owned by Tishman Hotel Corporation and operated by Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide under the Westin brand.