i appreciate everyones' feed back so much!
this is all unchartered territory. my parents were wonderful when i was growing up to bring me to as many different resorts as possible, but i barely remember them.
and now paying for my own trips i want to enjoy my time at disney and stay at a resort that is worth it...i think i deserve to spoil myself a bit!
FWIW we are looking at December of 2021--which is why we can't get pricing yet. Usually by this time we'd already have something booked but just waiting on Disney.
So the reno's should be complete by then for resorts.
Deluxe wise i think we are leaning towards AKL and Poly.
If a split stay makes sense we will start at Poly least expensive room option (for Epcot and MK) and move to AKL for the remainder of our stay in a Savannah View Room.
I'm eager to see what the price difference for having a full stay at those respective resorts vs. split stay would be.
We don't think GF is in the cards for this next trip and unless CR is pricing wonderfully (for a main tower room) we prefer Poly overall as the resort option.
If we can't financially do back to back deluxe's we may split and go over to GDT since i've been looking at those rooms nonstop.
Naturally my sweet sweet boyfriend threw a wrench in my pre-planning thoughts when he asked about split staying and doing half of our trip at a Universal hotel.
We are big potterheads and more of 'adrenaline junkies' when it comes to rides so we really enjoy spending 2 to 3 park days in Universal and Islands of Adventure.
He made a great point that during our stay a few weeks ago it was semi-convenient to travel back and forth to Universal from POP because we were sharing a rental car with some other members of our party. But in past trips we've had to Uber because we don't normally go the rental car route. I think it could be fun to switch things up and stay at Universal..i know you get an extra hour at the parks and maybe we could stay at one of their 'deluxe' resorts with the Express Pass included.
But that means we only will do one disney hotel and my decision is STILL UP IN THE AIR.
eagerly waiting for Disney to give me some pricing! I can't decide if i want the convenience factor (AKA a monorail hotel), or more of the atmosphere aspect for a December Holiday trip.
so even though i didn't want it to solely be up to pricing..as always it will be