First Trip and Need Help

[Texasfan]

I am 32 and will be traveling with my parents bother in early 50’s and my daughter who will be 8 years old and I need advice on which resort we should stay at. My father and I do not travel well together, so we will need two rooms. My father will be paying and I do not want to have him pay a fortune if it is not necessary. We have a lot of hang ups and could really use some advice.

I guess our biggest hang up is resort transportation. My mother gets car sick easily and is worried about riding the bus for long distances. My father stresses over driving in new places and he also stresses out if someone else in the family is driving, because he is giving up control; which means renting a car is out.

Second hang up would have to be gift shops. My daughter is a shopper and I want a hotel that has great gift shops. We will only be at Disney for 5 whole days and we are not planning on going to DTD, so I need a place where my daughter can go and shop during down time.

Third hang up is eating. My father again is a stressor and he wants a place where it is convenient to get food. He does not want to have to go somewhere else to eat. He would rather just eat at the hotel or at the parks.

I guess what we are looking for is a resort with convenient transportation, good gift shops and easy accessible food. I know we are asking for the impossible, but any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Lulu's Mom]

Your best bet for easy transportation would be a hotel that is on the Monorail Loop. Those hotels are only deluxes so they would cost more. The deluxes usually have good dinning choices and have convienant transporation to the parks to go and eat. You couls check out allearsnet.com to see lots of pictures and good descriptions, as well as look here.

The deluxes are a little expensive, so if money is the main concern then you may want a moderate or value. Those hotels are further away from the parks and offer less as far as eating and shopping.

I think you guys need to decide what the most important thing is, whether it is transporation and accesability, which would equal a deluxe, or whether it is price which would then be a moderate or value.

 

[Manon]

Do you want to be in the same hotel??? Maybe your parents could stay at a monorail resort and your DD & you could stay at a value?? At a deluxe resort they have nice big rooms, with lots of space, to bad you don't want to share the same room, it would be much easier for all of you!! For the shopping, mainstreet at MK is full of store to buy things, no need to go to DTD!

Good Luck!

 

[Bugsmom73]

I agree that your best bet would be the monorail loop. Contemporary has wing rooms that start around 260 during value season. You can take the monorail to MK and to EPCOT. It would necessitate a bus ride to MGM and AKL but it is doable. From the Poly, you could walk to the Ticket and Transportation Center and take the monorail.

If these are all to expensive consider Wilderness Lodge. It has a boat to and from MK and buses everywhere else.

Good Luck!@

 

[Texasfan]

He is willing to pay for the connivance; I just hate to have him pay a lot of money if it is not necessary. I guess the money is my issue not his. I guess stressing runs in the family.

 

[Texasfan]

I have been leaning towards the Contemporary. I have been doing some research on the topic and like the location. I figured if we had to we could take a taxi to the animal kindgom and MGM.

How are the food options and gift shops at the Contemporary?

 

[lucincia]

Hate to say this, but from your description of your dad, are you sure he wants to go to WDW?

There will be crowds everywhere you go. There will be waiting times. There will be situations in which he will not be in control. There will be stressful moments if you let them bother you.

Unless you go during a super slow period, eat at odd hours, eat just counter service food and don't care where you eat (i.e. not popular eating places like character dining) you're not going to be able to "eat when you want to". Even with ressies, you may have to wait beyond your ADR times.

And if your 8 years old daughter is TRUE shopper, there is no way she's going to miss the largest Disney Store in the world in DTD