We just spent a week at CSR and really liked everything about it except, to a minor extent, the size (we were in the Ranchos), the convention resort aspect, and the fact that you have to take busses everywhere (although I thought the bus service was very good overall).
We'd go back there again except we'd like to try something new. The Poly strongly appeals to us from both a location and theme standpoint. In addition, we'll be going with my parents. Our children will be 8 and 2 at the time of the trip, so technically all 6 of us can be in 1 room in the Poly (when we stayed at CSR, we had my MIL instead of my parents and that went fine - so I'm thinking 6 in a room at the Poly will work if we did okay with 5 in a room at CSR, especially if we're in one of the longhouses with the larger rooms).
Part of the reason the Poly's location appeals to us so much is not only for the Monorail access to MK and EP but also because we dined deluxe last time, absolutely loved it, and want to do it again. In that regard, 3 of our 6 dinner choices are at Monorail resorts (including 1 at the Poly itself) with another at WL.
On the other hand, we could return to CSR (or go to another mod) and book 2 rooms for less than the price of 1 room at the Poly. Obviously, this provides some practical adavantages like more privacy and an extra bathroom (although we don't have a problem with some people showering the night before). In addition, I keep reading all of these reports about how the Poly has become really worn around the edges. So I'm concerned that if I go with the Poly, I might have big time buyer's remorse the minute I walk into the room (is it possible that the Poly rooms, although substantially larger, are not as nice as CSR rooms?)
I realize this is not an apples to applies comparison as CSR is a mod and the Poly is a deluxe. But I'd be curious as to hear reports of anyone who has stayed at both of these resorts recently and could provide some advice for someone in our situation.
We'd go back there again except we'd like to try something new. The Poly strongly appeals to us from both a location and theme standpoint. In addition, we'll be going with my parents. Our children will be 8 and 2 at the time of the trip, so technically all 6 of us can be in 1 room in the Poly (when we stayed at CSR, we had my MIL instead of my parents and that went fine - so I'm thinking 6 in a room at the Poly will work if we did okay with 5 in a room at CSR, especially if we're in one of the longhouses with the larger rooms).
Part of the reason the Poly's location appeals to us so much is not only for the Monorail access to MK and EP but also because we dined deluxe last time, absolutely loved it, and want to do it again. In that regard, 3 of our 6 dinner choices are at Monorail resorts (including 1 at the Poly itself) with another at WL.
On the other hand, we could return to CSR (or go to another mod) and book 2 rooms for less than the price of 1 room at the Poly. Obviously, this provides some practical adavantages like more privacy and an extra bathroom (although we don't have a problem with some people showering the night before). In addition, I keep reading all of these reports about how the Poly has become really worn around the edges. So I'm concerned that if I go with the Poly, I might have big time buyer's remorse the minute I walk into the room (is it possible that the Poly rooms, although substantially larger, are not as nice as CSR rooms?)
I realize this is not an apples to applies comparison as CSR is a mod and the Poly is a deluxe. But I'd be curious as to hear reports of anyone who has stayed at both of these resorts recently and could provide some advice for someone in our situation.
