For our March 2004 trip I switched resorts

[Jodi1980]

from Swan at $147 per night to Shades of Green for $93 per night (8 nights). That is a lot of money to save! Plus the staff at SoG told me that all the rooms are being redone with new wallpaper, beds, etc.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

I just(yesterday) got SOG for March for $101. We have never wanted to stay there, but will keep this for now since the place will be new and the price/location can't be beat for that time of the year. We "may" change to an overflow rate at a WDW resort depending on what I hear of SOG , but I am content to have this for now. We did love the CR last month, but I think SOG rooms are even bigger. Glad you locked yours in too!

 

[Jodi1980]

We've stayed at SoG before - I didn't care for the Contemporary - I thought the rooms were old and ugly. The SoG is beautiful but after staying at the Swan once, I liked taking the boat to Epcot and MGM. The only one thing I didn't like about SoG is that to go to MK or Epcot, they drop you off at TTC and you have to take another form of transportation to keep going. I like just having to take one bus or whatever to get to each park!

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

We usually drive to MK anyway, unless staying at WL or a monorail resort. We will probably drive everywhere when we stay at AKL in Nov. We went in SOG to get tickets in the past, but never wanted to stay there(DH did not want to vacation with the military-in reserves now, so it is not as important to get away from "them"). Anyway, unless they have good FL or AP rates in March, we will keep this. Don't think I will even look into overflow that trip. Who knows though, I am a female who can change her mind .
Do you know if you can request an area upon arrival?

 

[jaye614]

I can't remember what I requested one year (it may have been a room away from the lobby and a corner room) and the room was too far away from the lobby/bus stop for me! For March 2004, I requested a room near the lobby. I remember it being very reasonable to eat their breakfast buffet but the other meals were not very good.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

So can I send in my requests with my info on the e-mail(that is how I booked-forget holding on the phone forever ) ?
We want to be top floor and away from noise! NOT near the lobby !
Glad to hear all the rooms are being redone Jodi, I never really read the SOG resort threads before the expansion! We really loved the CR though-even loved the room decor-so Disneyish-I fear I will miss that at SOG .