Help - Poly or Yacht Club?

[mmastro719]

I’d love some of your expertise. We are planning our trip 8/24-8/31 and are trying to choose between renting DVC points at the Poly or booking the Yacht Club via Priceline.

If we rent points we would need to stay at another hotel our first night which is fine since we will be driving from NJ and will probably just crash that first night anyway. Factoring in renting points at Poly with insurance plan and the extra hotel night vs booking the YC and paying for parking fees the difference in price is $298 more for thr Poly.

It will be me, my husband and 7 year old daughter (possibly my mother). We plan on doing one day at each park plus the Halloween party at Mk one night.

We’ve stayed at the Poly in the past and loved it and have only visited the YC/BC for dinner a couple times but never stayed so really aren’t sure which we’d prefer.

Any insight you all have would help me tremendously. My husband and I are totally unsure.

Thanks

 

[ForMyBoys]

With DVC points what size room are you getting? At YC it is generally two queens and one day bed so it sleeps 5. But the rooms are not big, I always feel a bit squeezed in at the YC/BC but we have a family of 5. But we like that resort and the area a lot so we do usually say there. If you've never stayed there and have stayed at Poly I'd go with the YC. It is very nice to be on the boardwalk and you can easily get to two parks. When at Epcot and HS its very easy to get back to your hotel for a break.

 

[mmastro719]

With DVC points what size room are you getting? At YC it is generally two queens and one day bed so it sleeps 5. But the rooms are not big, I always feel a bit squeezed in at the YC/BC but we have a family of 5. But we like that resort and the area a lot so we do usually say there. If you've never stayed there and have stayed at Poly I'd go with the YC. It is very nice to be on the boardwalk and you can easily get to two parks. When at Epcot and HS its very easy to get back to your hotel for a break.

Thanks for your advice! Poly would be a studio and YC would be a standard room.

 

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[DisneyWishes14]

Especially in late August, my vote would be for YC. There is zero shade at the Poly pool. Also, if your mother comes along, the YC room would be more comfortable with 2 real beds and, most likely, a day bed. With the savings you get in booking YC, you could always take a Minnie Van back to YC after MNSSHP and still be ahead.

 

[mmastro719]

Thanks for your advice!! I actually got the math wrong. All in all the Poly studio with insurance and a separate room for first night ends up being $130 more than 7 nights at YC standard with parking. I know the Poly has two showers and YC had two beds.

On Priceline it says 1 king or 2 queens - anyone know if I can guarantee 2 queens? I’ve never dealt with them.

 

[TJA]

A large part of my vote depends on if your mother is going or not. If she goes, then 2 people would have to sleep on the Poly pull-out sofa and I'm not sure how that would be. It's sort of a perfect room for a family of 3. We toured it once and were a bit disappointed because we didn't think it would fit the 4 of us that great. Very nice room, though!

Edit: just saw your new post. I was thinking there are not any Poly studios with 2 actual queen beds - hoping an expert can chime in with the concrete info! I thought it was one actual queen bed and then the sofa bed might pull out into a double or queen size?

 

[mmastro719]

A large part of my vote depends on if your mother is going or not. If she goes, then 2 people would have to sleep on the Poly pull-out sofa and I'm not sure how that would be. It's sort of a perfect room for a family of 3. We toured it once and were a bit disappointed because we didn't think it would fit the 4 of us that great. Very nice room, though!

Edit: just saw your new post. I was thinking there are not any Poly studios with 2 actual queen beds - hoping an expert can chime in with the concrete info! I thought it was one actual queen bed and then the sofa bed might pull out into a double or queen size?

Sorry for the confusion. The YC is the room that may have 2 queens or 1 king - I have no experience booking via Priceline but the deal is better than direct with Disney or with a travel agent. The Poly studio will have 1 queen, the sofa bed and the Murphy bed but has two showers which could make getting ready a little easier. We love that location but are worried it will be tight with 3 adults and one 7 year old. The last time we had a studio it was just the 3 of us with an adjoining studio for my parents. Sadly my dad has since passed so my mom if she decides to come will be staying in our room.

 

[disny_luvr]

I’d go with the YC. We stayed there last summer for the first time after staying at the BC a few times, and we loved everything about the YC. The rooms were recently renovated and are really, really nice. We enjoy the pool area at the YC more than the Poly; I feel like the Poly pool is always crowded and it can be very hard to find loungers. I know people report that it can be hard to find loungers at SAB, but in all our stays at the BC/YC (and in summer to boot), we’ve never had trouble. Being able to walk to both Epcot and DHS is awesome. I also appreciate that everything is in one building at the YC, so no having to walk outside (read - rain and traveling in August) to get from the room to refill your mug, or wherever you want to go, like you’d have to at the Poly.

If your mother goes, how would the sleeping configuration work at the Poly? I know you said on Priceline it is either two queen beds or one king bed at the YC. I think your chances of getting two queens is really high; king beds are few and far between at the YC. At YC you have the sleeper sofa and your daughter could sleep there and grandma in the other queen bed (a real bed, not pullout).

 

[ErinsMommy]

We're doing a split stay in November and did one last November as well (Boardwalk and Poly)...that way half our time is spent in an Epcot resort (easy access to Epcot & HS) and the balance at a MK resort (easy access to MK and Epcot as well). Something to consider

 

[TJA]

Sorry for the confusion. The YC is the room that may have 2 queens or 1 king - I have no experience booking via Priceline but the deal is better than direct with Disney or with a travel agent. The Poly studio will have 1 queen, the sofa bed and the Murphy bed but has two showers which could make getting ready a little easier. We love that location but are worried it will be tight with 3 adults and one 7 year old. The last time we had a studio it was just the 3 of us with an adjoining studio for my parents. Sadly my dad has since passed so my mom if she decides to come will be staying in our room.

Oh sorry, I see what you're saying now. Also, I forgot about the murphy in the studio that could fit your 7 year old, so your mother could have the pull out bed to herself.

No advice on Priceline, sorry. I have used Orbitz before and given that we're a family of 4, we've always received 2 queens. I'm trying to think about the daybed in YC and I'm thinking it sleeps one. So if your mother goes, I don't think you'd get a king with sofabed??

 

[disny_luvr]

Oh sorry, I see what you're saying now. Also, I forgot about the murphy in the studio that could fit your 7 year old, so your mother could have the pull out bed to herself.

No advice on Priceline, sorry. I have used Orbitz before and given that we're a family of 4, we've always received 2 queens. I'm trying to think about the daybed in YC and I'm thinking it sleeps one. So if your mother goes, I don't think you'd get a king with sofabed??

You are correct - the daybed only sleeps one, so they’d be given a room with two queens.

Something I just thought of - Do all rooms at the YC have a daybed? I know at the BC some rooms do not have the daybed. Is grandma okay sleeping with your daughter (and vice versus) if no daybed in YC room?

 

[kiford]

On Priceline it says 1 king or 2 queens - anyone know if I can guarantee 2 queens? I’ve never dealt with them

Very few rooms at YC (and most other deluxes) have King beds; most have 2 queens. There are so few that you typically have to request them or they'll give them to those who have only two people in the room.

 

[mmastro719]

Thanks everyone for your help!! We are trying to make our decision by tomorrow. All of your insight has been awesome!!