I was looking at booking a couple weeks at a number of different resorts at Disney World. I picked the resorts based on my preference. My home resort is BLT. Looking at doing at split stay in a 1 br. I thought it would be a good idea to do a comparison of the points I would need for the same 2 weeks at other resorts. First time I have done this and I was surprised by the results.For Animal Kingdom I would need 7% fewer points. For the other resorts I would need far more points, ranging from an extra 27% at Riviera to 32% at VGF.
My thoughts are that the premium required for the more expensive resorts isn’t really justified when you compare them with cash rates. I would also argue that Animal kingdom should probably be cheaper in points terms compared with BLT.
My conclusion is that based on this limited sample BLT looks a bargain and hopefully a good refurbishment will spark additional interest for BLT on the resale market.
Resort | Week 1 | Week 2 | Total | Points difference | % difference |
BLT lake view | 306 | 242 | 548 | | |
Grand Floridian lake view | 407 | 317 | 724 | 176 | 32% |
Riviera preferred view | 391 | 305 | 696 | 148 | 27% |
Animal Kingdom SV | 272 | 235 | 507 | -41 | -7% |
Poly Tower preferred view | 399 | 308 | 707 | 159 | 29% |