disneyvoice
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I think many people just prefer to stay in a WDW resort hotel. I consider staying at a WDW resort part of the fun of our vacation.
LOL...this is the best laugh I have had all day. thanks. I still can't believe this is such a big issue for people.
If it's a Disney Springs hotel you are still in the bubble. There is no more advantage to staying onsite. If we ever return after this final trip it will be an offsite hotel or house rental.
It’s kinda big deal if you like to have an afternoon nap and can’t without being woken up.LOL...this is the best laugh I have had all day. thanks. I still can't believe this is such a big issue for people.
Is this a Disney Springs Resort? Hard to compare advantages without knowing how far away your hotel is.Can you tell me what you think the advantages are of staying on Disney Property are when the hotel we are staying at offers the following?
* Free cooked to order breakfast, not a breakfast buffet like Hampton Inn.
* Ability to take advantage of extra park hours.
* Sign up for FastPasses 60 days out.
* Cost is $250 cheaper over three nights even when I include the Mears Transportation.
George
Can you tell me what you think the advantages are of staying on Disney Property are when the hotel we are staying at offers the following?
* Free cooked to order breakfast, not a breakfast buffet like Hampton Inn.
* Ability to take advantage of extra park hours.
* Sign up for FastPasses 60 days out.
* Cost is $250 cheaper over three nights even when I include the Mears Transportation.
George
Please be aware of a new policy starting January 8, 2018 which mandates daily access to your room. Do your research. Either housekeeping or security Dept. will access your room every day. Disney will confirm this but won’t tell you about it before you stay unless you count the fine print in terms and conditions as proper disclosure. Some people don't care while others believe it an invasion of privacy. Just a heads up.
We like to be in the bubble, we like having Disney transportation. We often go back the resort mid afternoon for a break at the pool and like either being able to walk to a park or hopping on a Disney bus. We are adults and enjoy a refreshing adult beverage and like not having to worry about driving. I don't care about the room checks, when we are in the room I always have the lock on so if I happen to be nekid I have at least a minute or two to grab a towel to cover up with before they break down the door and rush in and wave guns at me. Yes, I'm joking about that but that is how some people have made it seem. It's no different than housekeeping knocking on your door at odd hours of the day and I've had that happen just about everywhere I've ever stayed, whether it was the Four Seasons in Atlanta or a Mom and Pop podunk dive motel in the middle of nowhere. We don't use EMH very often, we rarely book FPs more than a day in advance, and we book ADRs the day of. We often stay in the Dolphin so we have to have room keys and don't charge to MBs so none of that matters to us, it just the bubble. We tried staying off site once and that was enough for us.
To be honest, the monorail resorts are convenient. A short monorail ride from the MK and you're back at your hotel. The Epcot resorts are somewhat convenient. They're very convenient to EP and convenient to DHS, but not so convenient some other places. But all the other resorts aren't all that convenient. The bus is more convenient to the MK than a car or a shuttle from an outside resort. DHS the bus is more convenient than driving. But at AK and EP, driving is the more convenient. I stay at the values because I do like the over the top whimsical theming. I don't really stay there for convenience though they are just a bit closer than some of the outside hotels. We do ride the bus to MK and DHS but drive to AK and to EP. And at the end of the day, a muni bus with a picture of Mickey on the side is still a muni bus. So the immersion thing is blown at that point anyway. By the way, they don't have to bust the door down to get in. Those little privacy latches can be turned from the outside in about 5 seconds by those that know how. And they do know how. That said I don't think they're just going to do that and come barging in.
Actually, I don't like the monorail resorts. We stayed in them back in the day when they were all that offered but as soon as the Epcot resorts, opened we moved over to them. MK is only a half day park most trips for us so being close is not worth it. We love Epcot and HS so being able to walk to both of them is a huge perk. If we want to go to MK while we are already in Epcot, we will just hop on the monorail then depending on the time of day we are done, we either hop back on it back to Epcot or hop on a bus. We always have a car, always have since we drive down and I park it and don't get in it again unless we are doing a split stay and we are changing resorts. As mentioned, we like refreshing adult beverages and like having someone else to do the driving. The only time we have driven to a park in over 30 years of going and staying on site is twice. Both time were on a resort switch day and we drove to AK since we would have to take a bus there no matter where we stayed. We did a half day or so then checked into resort #2. Since we tend to do split stays, night one and/or two are used for MK and AK, then it's over to Epcot resorts. It's just more convenient for us to rely on someone else for transportation and knowing the buses will be there at least on a partially regular schedule is great. And the bust down the door was tongue in cheek, I'm aware if they really wanted to they could get past those privacy latches but it gives me enough time to either grab a towel or yell I'm nekid wait a minute. If, for some reason, they feel the need to get past it and see me nekid, seriously it might burn their eyes out anyway so I'm not worried about it. I'm a scuba diver and more often than not we are slipping in and out of bathing suits on dive boats with 5 to 10 complete strangers so it's not a big deal. I don't have a small child so there isn't the danger of them being woken from a nap (although back in the day before all this silliness I have been woken from one by housekeeping and in other resorts besides Disney). I travel with my adult son so there is no danger of them interrupting anything else so if we are in our room in the middle of the day and they knock, no big deal. It's not about immersion but convenience for us and worth it.