Have you ever toured other WDW resorts while on your stay?

[ThumperThistle]

Yes we have resort hopped too.
The only resort we haven't seen yet is Animal Kingdom Lodge but thats on the plans for this trip.

 

[eeyore0062]

We do this on EVERY trip! It is a highlight for us. When we do the ones on the monorail, we leave MK during the hot part of the day, and hop on the monorail spend the hot part of the afternoon resort hopping. We have lunch at one, and shop in others, stroll along the beaches and take pictures. We also tend to do this when at Epcot, as well. Leave Epcot about one, and go to Boardwalk, have a beer and sandwich at Big River Grille, and shop. On the night that we eat at Cape May Cafe, after we eat we tour the Yacht and Beach Club, and then walk over to Boardwalk. Afterwards, we catch the bus to Downtown Disney, and from there back to our home resort.

If you want to visit the other resorts, the easiest way is by car, though!

 

[figmentvi]

Absolutely. That's how we decide which hotel to stay during our next trip.

It's a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon in WDW.

Although I must say I'm pretty spoiled now and will probably only stay at YC or WL. I just love those resorts !!!!

 

[IAMaGR8DISMOM]

Don't forget to go into the Wilderness Lodge and view the amazing lobby, stop in at Artist Point and have appetizer and beverage.....

love that place!!

 

[DramaTech]

Does the area in the Grand Floridian where the jazz band plays have a dance floor at all? If not, ever seen anyone dancing anyways? Also, is it a nice enough place to put on something a little nicer than normal theme park dress?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bim-muv-fab]

Resort hopping is one of the best parts of the trip. A fun thing to do is to take a 1/2 day or a day to relax and just hop around to the resorts, shop, etc. At the end of the day you should have a pretty good "big picture" of the Disney resorts, so you can discuss which resort you think should be next on the overhaul list. There can often be some distinct issues requiring attention that are recognizable when you visit several resorts at one time.

 

[ebk2795]

We were in Disney in 1997 when the Coronado Springs was to open. On the last day of our vacation, Disney had an open house at the Coronado Springs. We hopped on the bus and went over. It was wonderful. We got to see all the guest areas, and they even had some of the rooms opened to look at. Have any of the other hotels done that before they opened?

 

[Steven Forrest]

We've been doing this for 12 years now. Usually we get 5 - 10 visits per trip. As others have stated it's great for a rainy day also. Hotel Hopping can be very tough if you'e using buses though. I don't believe you can go resort to resort directly (it's been a long time since I've used the buses).

steve

 

[Amgrease]

We have annual passes and we make it a point on a lot of our day trips to go to a hotel for lunch. Then we look around in the hottest part of the day. We love to go to the Yacht Club Galley for lunch because then we can walk around YC and BC and afterwards head over to BW for some shopping and entertaining.

 

[B3LM]

I love resort hopping! On every trip, I always visit all of the monorail resorts plus WL. On our last trip, we visited AsMo because we were considering a future stay there. We drove our own vehicle and told the security guard at the entrance that we wanted to check out the place. Our kids fell in love with AsMo, so we're planning on staying there in November. (Already stayed at AsSp and AsMu and were very happy with both.)

For our November trip, I have one "off park" day that I'm hoping to visit some of the moderate resorts! I'd love to walk around POR and CBR.

Beth

 

[imbe@aol.com]

Originally posted by Hnymoon@Dixie
For this trip, my DH & I thought we'd take a half day & check out all of the resorts we've never stayed at on site.

Just a quick walk on the grounds,
see the pools (not swim in them), the restaurants, etc. Our curiosity has gotten to us since reading all of the reviews on this board. Has anyone else done this? If you go using WDW Busses will anyone stop us?

Sure, I've done it! I've still not seen them all as thoroughly as I'd like though. And also.... I'm not sure that just a half day is going to be enough time to tour ALL the resorts ..

Judi