However, by like the 4th day, we were pretty much done with that walk.
Like, fed up. Annoyed.
PO'ed. WONDERING WHO IN THE HECK THOUGHT A CRAZY LONG WALK TO YOUR ROOM AFTER A LONG DAY AT A THEME PARK WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA!!!!!
You get the idea.
So, if you are planning to stay for 3 nights or less, I say go ahead and book a LM room. They really are absolutely adorable. The theming is just fantastic - especially the shower. Too cool for words. But after 4 days of traversing the parks only to come back on a way too crowded bus and then have to walk what seriously feels like a mile (I know it isn't, but it FEELS that way), well, this can really put a bit of a damper on your vacation. And running from the bus stop to your room and back because you forgot something only to find out that for whatever reason your room key no longer works??? NOT FUN.
(But that is an entirely different story, one that I will eventually share when I get started on my trip report!! Let me just say that the staff we encountered at AoA was not exactly the most "magical".)
So, here's my advice. If you are planning to stay longer than 4/5 days and you're NOT ridiculously physically fit, a preferred room at POP is probably the better bet. It's pretty much the same price as a LM room, and we LOVED our stay at POP in 2011. Funny thing is, it was actually a shorter walk to the food court at Pop Century from our LM room than it was to Landscape of Flavors!! (That's a nice walk at night, too, around that little lake - very pretty.)
After spending 10 days there, I can say that I genuinely loved the theming of the resort. And if we had splurged and gotten a suite (preferably a Nemo suite), I think we would have enjoyed our time there so much more. Maybe even if we had one of the LM rooms in the Triton building closest to the bus stops - maybe even then it would have been ok. But 10 days in pretty much the furthest room away from EVERYTHING with 2 strollers and a wheelchair, well, LM rooms were not the right choice for that situation. Plus, and it may have just been a fluke, but the buses for AoA were VERY slow and infrequent compared to POP - there were several times when we hopped on a POP bus because after 30 minutes there were still no buses to AoA.
Despite our less-than-thrilling stay at AoA, we still had a fantastic time, and of course are already planning our 2013 trip. But I can honestly say we will never, ever stay at AoA again. I may, however, stop by for a Surf and Surf, though. YUMMMMM.