Resort Thread Disney's Club Level (CL) Thread

[jemtx]

What is the mix of your group? The Hawaii CL lounge is very often a busy happening place while the GF CL lounge is a much quieter place with more upgraded food selections, and very spreed out seating options.

Dave

Thanks! This would just be us (parents) and one teenager. The only reason I was thinking Poly was the ability to walk to TTC for EP monorail.

 

[jemtx]

GF all the way. Poly is very chaotic. I used to be a diehard Poly fan. I've aged out!
Kids at GF are monitored a bit more closely by the parents than at Poly. (JMHO)

Thanks! I’ve never actually stayed at either resort, but always wanted to try one of their clubs. We always stay at CR and CR CL. I love CR and CR CL just wish the lounge were a little bigger and roomier.

 

[Dave006]

This would just be us (parents) and one teenager. The only reason I was thinking Poly was the ability to walk to TTC for EP monorail.

Yes it is very easy to walk to the TTC but you did mention Summer so it can be quite hot making that trip to the TTC without shade. Will you spend any time at the pools?

Dave

 

[jods]

Thanks! This would just be us (parents) and one teenager. The only reason I was thinking Poly was the ability to walk to TTC for EP monorail.

Poly always wins for me over the monorail resorts for this reason alone. I hate hate hate transferring monorails. I realize this is probably a me issue. We've stayed in August and didn't mind the walk from Hawaii to ttc.

 

[jemtx]

Yes it is very easy to walk to the TTC but you did mention Summer so it can be quite hot making that trip to the TTC without shade. Will you spend any time at the pools?

Dave

Yes, you’re right, it could be really hot in the summer. We’d be looking at very late may or early June. Yes, I think we’d swim a bit. We don’t actually mind the pool at the CR. It’s never too crowded and my teen loves a water slide.

 

[jemtx]

Poly always wins for me over the monorail resorts for this reason alone. I hate hate hate transferring monorails. I realize this is probably a me issue. We've stayed in August and didn't mind the walk from Hawaii to ttc.

We always stay CR and I hate the transfer too. Actually was thinking of splitting with YC CL, but haven’t seen any CL for YC or BC this far out. Wanted to split bc I hate Disney buses even more than monorail transferring.

 

[Dave006]

Yes, I think we’d swim a bit. We don’t actually mind the pool at the CR. It’s never too crowded and my teen loves a water slide.

Hmm then the Poly loses a few points with the Lava pool that is often called the people soup pool but it does have a pool slide, and a Zero-depth entry.

Dave

 

[focusondisney]

Actually was thinking of splitting with YC CL, but haven’t seen any CL for YC or BC this far out.

Are you looking at BB rates? YC CL is our go to room. Y & B CLs seem really rare with BBs. I’ve found discounts with AP & general public discounts. I’ve even booked it on Priceline. I just looked at BBs last week, we can go anytime so I was looking at several dates. Never saw a CL at either resort.

 

[jemtx]

K

Hmm then the Poly loses a few points with the Lava pool that is often called the people soup pool but it does have a pool slide, and a Zero-depth entry.

Dave

it always looked liked a nice pool, but people soup does not sounded appealing.

 

[jemtx]

Are you looking at BB rates? YC CL is our go to room. Y & B CLs seem really rare with BBs. I’ve found discounts with AP & general public discounts. I’ve even booked it on Priceline. I just looked at BBs last week, we can go anytime so I was looking at several dates. Never saw a CL at either resort.

Yes, I was trying to find YC CL (or even BC) with the BB rate. You are right that it seems really hard to find those with BB.

 

[jods]

We always stay CR and I hate the transfer too. Actually was thinking of splitting with YC CL, but haven’t seen any CL for YC or BC this far out. Wanted to split bc I hate Disney buses even more than monorail transferring.

Haha. Glad I'm not the only one. I dont love the busses either though I prefer taking 1 bus over transferring monrails. It once took me 90 minutes to get to chef mickeys from epcot! Now I only uber to ADRs.

 

[Stitch'sCousin]

We have stayed Poly, WL and YC club level with our 3 kids in mid-late August over the years. Our favourite is Polynesian CL, where we normally get a resort view room. We get our view “fix” when we sit in the lounge and look out at the castle, so we don’t bother paying to upgrade our actual room view. We really enjoy the food/drinks in the lounge (especially once our youngest turned 21) and have never encountered a situation where we couldn’t get seats in the lounge. The volcano pool can get busy, but now we tend to spend our time at the quiet pool so it doesn’t really affect us. The short walk to the TTC to get the Epcot monorail, even in the summer heat, is definitely a plus.

 

[jemtx]

Haha. Glad I'm not the only one. I dont love the busses either though I prefer taking 1 bus over transferring monrails. It once took me 90 minutes to get to chef mickeys from epcot! Now I only uber to ADRs.

Oh my gosh. That’s an awful wait/transfer. I don’t mind the bus if it is direct to my resort. I hate have to stop at another resort. I think need to start ubering back from HS.

 

[bethclayton]

Looking ahead to early next summer, would my veteran CL’s choose a resort view CL at GF or water view CL at Poly. I like the idea of not having to go to an outside building, but poly looks nice too. Poly is about $60-70:cheaper, thats not a big factor.

I agree with @lotsohugginbear that the Poly is chaotic, and I have aged out of it. The whole pool/ marina/ main building area feels so busy to me. I much prefer the vibe at GF. I would definitely not choose Poly solely for its walk to TTC, personally. I would also throw out there that technically you could still walk to TTC from GF, as there is a great walkway from GF to Ploy, but of course it would add probably another ten minutes to that walk.

Realistically you can’t go wrong at either resort but for me, the chaos is aversive enough that it outweighs the things that I love about the Poly. My family still loves it there though.

 

[jemtx]

I agree with @lotsohugginbear that the Poly is chaotic, and I have aged out of it. The whole pool/ marina/ main building area feels so busy to me. I much prefer the vibe at GF. I would definitely not choose Poly solely for its walk to TTC, personally. I would also throw out there that technically you could still walk to TTC from GF, as there is a great walkway from GF to Ploy, but of course it would add probably another ten minutes to that walk.

Realistically you can’t go wrong at either resort but for me, the chaos is aversive enough that it outweighs the things that I love about the Poly. My family still loves it there though.

Thanks!

 

[lotsohugginbear]

We take Lyft/Uber to Epcot from the MK resorts. The monorail is a bit of a hassle.

But, we also do the walk from Contemporary all the way to Poly for fun. (So take any of
my opinions with a grain of salt!)