Do you stay at multiple resorts during a visit?

[DopeyDave]

It sounds like a number of members stay at multiple resorts during a single visit. We've always stayed at the same resort for our full stay. Although once we had a 3BR grand villa at SSR, but when everyone went home leaving two of us for another 2 nights, we switched to an AKV 1BR for the 2 nights. It was neat to experience the new AKVs, but it seems like such a hassle and waste of time to change resorts during a stay. So I'm just wondering how prevalent this action is.

 

[Disneypapa]

and would avoid it with a passion. However, for the scenairo you described, I move move into the smaller unit to save on the points.

 

[Kimmy]

I start my stay on the weekend at a cash resort, and then go to DVC on Sunday. To save points!

 

[RLRDA]

We have never split between cash and points but we have and will split between 2 DVC resorts. Of course, it depends on the length of the trip. If it is less than a week we stay at one resort - 7 or more nights we are more likely to consider splitting. I know many think it is a hassle but we did it in 2007 and thought it was like getting 2-trips-in-1. This summer we are splitting AKV and BLT! With our AKV points we could only book 5 nights in a concierge 1BR and we wanted to stay at WDW for 8 nights so we added 3 nights at BLT to the end of our trip.

 

[cdmickey]

I start my stay on the weekend at a cash resort, and then go to DVC on Sunday. To save points!

Ditto; sometimes even stay off property on the first day to avoid high weekend point usage. (will stay on property if we can get a
'special', say at the "Riverside" or in a pinch the "All Star")

 

[bobbiwoz]

More and more often, I stay at more than 1 resort...usually one of them is AKV, I really love that resort! When DS/DDiL and DGC come, they stay put, but we usually get in before them, and stay someplace else. In May, we're doing a DCL, so it's BCV for all before and then AKV for all for one night afterwards. I can't wait to show my DGC the animals right outside our villa!!!!!

Bobbi

 

[ammo]

When we are with the kids we stay put. That is the only feasible option since we load up the icebox, instantly create piles of dirty laundry, and the kids are always a-buzz about going to the parks. In some ways it would be easier to sell our house and move than to change locations at Disney.

But I have bounced around on last-minute trips when I am trying to use up banked points before they are lost. If I don't have an active AP, it is little problem to move around and I like seeing the different resorts.

 

[xipetotec]

We do this either:
when we don't have enough points for our whole stay and we'll stay somewhere cheap first, then move over to our BCV.

or

to check out a new/other resort. Though so far we've only done this once in 2008 to check out AKV ( and SO glad we did!! ). I think we'll try to check out BLT next year.

 

[DVC Grammy]

For longer trips (@2 weeks or more) vacations get split; for shorter trips they don't.

 

[backyardponder]

We are doing a 10 night family trip in 2010, using a 2BR and 2 studio. We'll start at BWV for 5 nights, then, if available will move to OKW. It will give us the feel of 2 different vacations.

 

[DVC Mike]

We try to avoid split trips.

 

[daisyduck123]

My split stays are posted in my signature. In the past few years, most of our trips have been split stays.

 

[Kathi OD]

We have never stayed at multiple resorts and to be honest, I know we never will. There is no way I want to be changing resorts in the middle of my vacation, no matter how "easy" every one that does it claims it is. For us, it's not.

DH and I do not have tons of points. We bought in when the minimum was 150 and have never added on. We also don't choose our days so we can "save" points. If we don't have enough points to stay where we want to for the length of our vacation, we would either shorten the stay or borrow from the next year and skip a year.

It's just the way we choose to do things. I know that others feel differently.

 

[CheapMom]

won't split unless trip is 10+ nights. Very rare for us to take such long trips. This summer we are splitting - 6 nights at bwv followed by 6 nights at akv.

 

[njmeisje]

I hate moving too. No way. Won't do it. I'm always amazed at how often people move around during 1 week even!

 

[DJmommy]

We usually split stay in the summer when we are there for 8-10 nights, usually do 4 to 5 nights at each resort. We spend a lot of time relaxing and using the amenities at the resort so we do feel like we are getting the best of both worlds.

If we went only for a week or less, I don't think it would be worth the hassle

 

[dbprimeaux]

We usually stay at one resort (usually SSR). Our last trip, we were able to leave a day early, so I booked a cash reservation Port Orleans Riverside. We liked the resort, but we are now SPOILED to our 2 bedroom DVC!!! Even the kids were asking "why aren't we at our disney house?" We are a family of 5....so it was a tight fit.

 

[liznboys]

I don't think I can vote because my answer doesn't fit.

Out of our five DVC trips so far, three of them we split between DVC and a cash non-DVC resort. And out of those three only one of them we did that by choice. The other two times were out of necessity: not enough points one time and no availability the other.

We are definitely in a phase of NOT wanting to switch resorts. We want to settle in to one place for the whole trip. So that is what we'll try to do.

 

[Disneypirate85]

We did last Christmas but only cause we added on 2 days and got such a GREAT discount with AP rate. Other then that, unless its and availability issue, we stay in 1 resort, Our waitlist came thru last July so we did not need to switch resorts. Shawn

 

[allshookup]

I don't care if we were there for 3 weeks or more, we still wouldn't switch resorts. We grocery shop & fill the fridge & cabinets, unpack our clothes & the laundry basket seems to be constantly filled. We go often enough that I don't feel like I have to see 2 or more resorts in one stay. I know others say it's not that much of a hassle, but for us it would be a huge inconvenience.