do you think of your hotel switch as an extension or a separate trip?

[newholidayx2]

Ive stayed at Pop twice before - Fri-Sun before switching to BCV.
Ive always thought of it as "a place to get through" before the real vacation begins. It was a short time so never really settled in. Kept everything in their suitcases/bags/etc.

This time Im staying 4 nights at Pop, 4 nights at Coronado before my 5 nights at BCV. Think I may look at each resort as a mini-vacation instead of just an "add on/place to get through". Look at the pluses at each resort, etc.

So those who have switched hotels - do you think of them as separate vacations or "something to get through"?

Years ago took a weeklong trip through the White Mtns, it was a was a 3 hotel stop, kinda made a triangle. I remember each stop for what they each had to offer. It was fun travelling w/my then 4 yr old.

 

[DVC Grammy]

When DH and I book 2 separate resorts (for a trip longer than 8-9 days), we purposely choose two entirely different resorts (in our case, the DVC ones), so that we get the "two-vacations-in-one" feeling. We don't find the switch to be a hassle at all, although others do.
To us, it feels like we're embarking on a new adventure.

 

[spiceycat]

To us, it feels like we're embarking on a new adventure.

look it!!!

yes that is how I feel too. heck I feel that way just being at Pop! not to mention OKW, SSR, AKV, VWL, BCV, BWV

you are at WDW!

 

[KMLOVESWDW]

We are doing are first split stay in May_POR & Poly. I'm looking at it like two trips even though POR is only 2 nights. We love both resorts so I'm looking at it like I'm getting the best of both worlds!

 

[bellelinus]

I always think of it as two vacations . . . particularly since I try to pick very different resorts and resort areas and plan to go to different parks and activities while at each. I can't remember the last time we had just one resort -- I think it was only a 4 day/3 night trip. If we go for 6 nights or longer, as is usual, we split the stay and it makes the trip more fun for us.

 

[WindyCityDisney]

Last time we went to WDW was the first time we split our stay into different resorts -- 7 days at the Poly and 7 days at CBR. We enjoyed the Poly but were looking very much to our real vacation to begin at CBR.

Did I mention that our family reunion was taking place at the Poly during the first week?

 

[Island Mouse]

To me it is like 2 different vacations. Different hotel, different room, different feel. On my last trip we did 4 nights at the BWI and 4 nights at AKL.

 

[bytheblood]

It's all the same. just a move in-between.

 

[Ladyhawke10]

I feel like it's a new adventure. I've only stayed with one resort when we've had a short vacation, like 3 or 4 days. Otherwise, I always like to switch because I like my resort being super close to the parks I want to visit, like staying at GF when we have a couple days to spend at MK, and then 3-4 days at BWI when we switch over and concentrate on Epcot and MGM, then end up at AKL for a few days to explore AK. I don't know, somehow staying at the resort approximate to the park makes the resort seem park of the park-experience, too.