I am struggling with the decision between POR and POFQ!! We are me, DH, DD12 and DD10. We have always stayed Deluxe, in a 1 or 2 bedroom villa (sometimes traveling also with my parents). On those visits, we were there for 5-8 days, got groceries and made some meals etc. We tend to be all day park goers, with sometimes an afternoon break. However, this trip is very different because we are only going for 3 nights (and 2 days in the parks) in December because we have 2 days left on our Military Salute Tickets from a trip we took in March. We have water park days left on the tickets too, but I am having a hard time imagining this would be a good time of year for that??
We are aiming to do this on a lower budget than typical, and both POR and POFQ have pretty good rates. We would not need a suite this time, and would not plan on cooking, so a room is fine. My girls love to swim, and I understand the pools at POR are better for my ages of kids, but this is a short trip, so not sure how much swimming they will do, and if they really want to pool hop from POFQ to POR, I guess that can be done if we are at POFQ. We won't need TS dining at the resort, and may not even need QS as we plan to bring granola bars etc for breakfast and have lunch and dinner at the parks.
Most frustrating about our last stay at AKL was the time it took to get via bus to and from the parks. It was crazy busy in Spring Break, but it was pretty awful. So to my reading, maybe POFQ has a little better bus situation than POR? A small resort seems appealing but we are fit and can walk if needed in a big resort. We don't spend a lot of time at the resort, most in the parks.
One plus I do see for POR is that we could get a Preferred Room which has 2 queens and a pull down bed. That would mean one kid would have their own space, which I see as an advantage over 2 queens, which is at the other POR room types (as an option) and all of POFQ rooms.
Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!!
