Hey there,
I have stayed at all those resorts and they were all great for us. So I would look at your budget and decide if you want to spend the money for a moderate or deluxe. The moderates price wise will be the same. Generally - the Poly will be more expensive than WL. Poly's rooms are bigger and it's a monorail resort. You would most likely have a daybed in the room at the Poly. I actually prefer the themeing at the WL. It's all personal preference - so check out all the pics you can. You can check them out at
www.wdwinfo.com, www.allearsnet.com, and Tikiman's amazing site has great info/pics about the Poly
http://www.tikiman2001.homestead.com/index.html .
Yes, book as soon as you can for best availability and use that room code. It's been posted on this board and it's on
www.disneyworld.com. Never pay rack rate if you can avoid it!
Search for pros and cons on all those resorts. Here's mine:
Poly
Pro: Large rooms, really nice bathrooms with separate room for toilet, large safe in room, daybed one child could sleep on, monorail resort, kid's club for childcare.
Con: Price
WL
Pro: Absolutely wonderful themeing. Nice relaxing boat ride to MK and FW, can request (they will not be quaranteed) bunk beds for the kids, kid's club for childcare. More relaxing, away from the parks, feeling to me.
Con: Room is smaller than Poly, I believe it's about the same sq footage as CBR. Poly's rooms are about 80-100 sq ft bigger.
CBR: Tropical theme, largest rooms of the moderates (I believe about 340 sq feet). Nice food court area. My kids liked getting the shovel and buckets the kid's meal came in and playing in the sand with them. I like the caribbean music around the food court. Rooms were refurbished about 3 years ago I think?
Con: It's huge - very spread out. If you don't end up close to the food court it can be a bit of a walk - however they do have an internal bus system.
POFQ:
Pro:
The pool and slide for kids. It's the smallest moderate I believe so it's NOT a hike from any of the rooms to the pool or food areas. Boat to Downtown Disney (I think that's still available?) Rooms have recently been refurbished.
Con: Rooms are slightly smaller, about 315 sq ft.
Yikes, that enough info for you!
Go for what meets your budget and then the theme you like the best
Have a great time!