CSR or POFQ at Christmas?

[MarBee]

Looking for people to help me choose.
I currently have two reservations booked for my 4 day trip in early December. I have a river view room at POFQ and a standard view at CSR. The CSR room is $40/night cheaper.

My goal for this trip is to have as much Christmas surrounding me as humanly possible. We are visiting one park on each day and will prob spend some time in the pool.

The things that are important to us are cleanliness, transportation, and that Christmasy feeling. It will be my DH, myself, and our 6 and 8 year olds.

We have stayed at POFQ a few years ago and loved it. We’ve never stayed at CSR. We’ve stayed at Pop, Kidani, SSR, AKL, BC, Contemporary, POFQ, WL, Swan, and Dolphin. We’ve like everywhere that we stayed, but all of them had fairly centralized transportation (except for SSR). I’m worried that a big resort like CSR will have me waiting forever for buses. I’m also worried about the construction taking away from the Christmasy feel.
However, we’ve never repeated a Disney resort yet, so I’m thinking it might be cool to try CSR plus save a few bucks.

Anyone want to weigh in on what you think I should do?

Thank you!

 

[Lesley Wake]

I would do POFQ. I've seen photos of the decorations and they seem pretty nice. Disney Tourist Blog does a list of best resort decorations and it's the top moderate. Plus you're close to Disney Springs so can enjoy that Christmas stuff! And the transportation with one stop just can't be beat!

Remember the main pool at CSR may still be closed (no set open date has been given). I had friends who just got back from a stay there and they weren't too impressed because it just didn't have that Disney magic - constantly seeing construction workers and conventioners coming and going.