Tom P.
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 11, 2015
This could fit on multiple boards, so I decided to just drop it here and get the DIS community opinion.
We're considering a Walt Disney World trip during the Christmas season next year (2016). We are a family of 7, including five young children who will be ages 9 and under at the time of this hypothetical trip.
In the past, we've stayed at a value (Art of Animation) and a moderate (Port Orleans Riverside). We've liked both but, honestly, as beautiful as Riverside is, we preferred AoA with our small kids because the theming is fantastic for them and the more compact nature of the resort works better for us.
If we were going back at any other time of the year, AoA would be my hands down pick. No question. But we're talking Christmas. And I keep hearing how fantastic Wilderness Lodge is at Christmas. We could get a deluxe room at Wilderness Lodge, still fit all of us (since the youngest will be under 3 still, it counts as 6 people in the room), and have our first deluxe experience. In fact, we'd even be staying concierge to get the deluxe room.
But we don't have unlimited funds. A deluxe club level room at Wilderness Lodge is roughly double the price of a family suite at AoA during the same time. So going deluxe will likely mean shaving a few days off our trip.
So... what do you think? More total days at the parks at Art of Animation, or sacrifice a few days and do a shorter trip in order to experience Wilderness Lodge at Christmas?
We're considering a Walt Disney World trip during the Christmas season next year (2016). We are a family of 7, including five young children who will be ages 9 and under at the time of this hypothetical trip.
In the past, we've stayed at a value (Art of Animation) and a moderate (Port Orleans Riverside). We've liked both but, honestly, as beautiful as Riverside is, we preferred AoA with our small kids because the theming is fantastic for them and the more compact nature of the resort works better for us.
If we were going back at any other time of the year, AoA would be my hands down pick. No question. But we're talking Christmas. And I keep hearing how fantastic Wilderness Lodge is at Christmas. We could get a deluxe room at Wilderness Lodge, still fit all of us (since the youngest will be under 3 still, it counts as 6 people in the room), and have our first deluxe experience. In fact, we'd even be staying concierge to get the deluxe room.
But we don't have unlimited funds. A deluxe club level room at Wilderness Lodge is roughly double the price of a family suite at AoA during the same time. So going deluxe will likely mean shaving a few days off our trip.
So... what do you think? More total days at the parks at Art of Animation, or sacrifice a few days and do a shorter trip in order to experience Wilderness Lodge at Christmas?