Deluxe Resorts... Which Give You the Best “Disney” Feeling

[LuvMyEAR]

If there were fireworks, and you like watching them, then yes, worth the money. I love watching the fireworks but, maddeningly, my family doesn't care much for them so I'm out there on the balcony ooh-ing and ah-ing by myself while they're inside watching TV or on their phones.

I am all about the fireworks, nd would be ooh-I got and aah-in right along with you. When I think about the times I have acquiesced to someone’s desire to Beat the crowd out of the park and tried to catch a few glimpses as our car left the parking lot, i could slap someone! Myself, for ever letting that happen. I know, off topic, but I would LOVe to have a fireworks view hotel room.

 

[DisneyJColeMom]

I am all about the fireworks, nd would be ooh-I got and aah-in right along with you. When I think about the times I have acquiesced to someone’s desire to Beat the crowd out of the park and tried to catch a few glimpses as our car left the parking lot, i could slap someone! Myself, for ever letting that happen. I know, off topic, but I would LOVe to have a fireworks view hotel room.

I dont play when it comes to fireworks. I was born on the 4th of July, literally! My mom went into labor while at a 4th of July fireworks celebration. In my life, its a thing!

 

[BruinsDad]

We are a Poly family. My kids actually talk about missing the Poly more than MK. It just feels like you are on vacation when you walk in the lobby and receive a lei (they still doing that?). It probably doesn't have the most literal, obvious presence of cartoon charaters that, say, Art of Animation has, but it might be the most nostalgic with plenty of Disney history on display. It feels more imagineered, if that makes sense--some might call it Disney magic. And you can't beat taking the boat home from MK after a long day. If you get the chance, catch an evening showing of Moana on the lawn there with a Dole Whip. You can't get more Poly than that.

 

[DisneyJColeMom]

Wanted to update this one because I feel like something exciting happened. (At least for me lol!) So I decided to wait bc I felt unsure about what to do, and didnt call the CM back to get the Kidani room. So one random day I thought to myself, let me call & see if they still offer this type of room to me. So I called, held forever, and this time the CM said, We’re sorry, we should have never offered you the Deluxe Studio at Kidani bc we’re not allowed to change room types for price protection. (I was being price protected as long as I didnt change dates bc WL doesnt have an opening date). They said they could ONLY offer me Boardwalk Inn standard & thats it, no other option. They said after Boardwalk gets fully booked, they could start offering Beach Club standard. I really wasn’t interested in Boardwalk so I chose to wait & see again. A few days later, I see an announcement that Beach Club now does not have an opening date either. I decided to call again to see if there were any changes to what CM had to say. This time I explained again to the CM that I had been offered Kidani Savanna view. She was like Sure! Let me try to get that for you. But, It wasn’t available!!! I was like Oh no!! Thats a bummer. She said do you want me to try anywhere else? I said I know this is a long shot but can I get a Polynesian room? I think its similarly priced to what I was being offered in a Kidani Deluxe Studio Savanna view. She disappears & comes back & says I can do a Poly standard view room. I said can you do a Deluxe Studio Villa room? Since thats what Kidani was & she said No. I asked if there was a supervisor I could speak to, bc I had my hopes up for the Kidani deluxe studio, and was hoping I could still be offered another Deluxe studio. So she leaves me again for like a half hour, had me worrying/wondering if she wasnt gonna get back on the line. Well she did and says, OK youre all set! You have a Polynesian Deluxe studio standard view room, price protected.
I was ecstatic!! This feels like an upgrade to me!! From a Nature View WL room, no?? Ive never stayed at Poly but I hear great things, and the price of that room is definitely higher than what I was going to pay at WL! Im quite excited about this and HOPING SO MUCH April is far enough away for things to be more normal!!