Hotel with heavy theming or not?

[DizneyFamof4]

It's whatever we are in the mood for, for that trip and 'worth' is high on the list and location is towards the bottom of our list. We can get to each park in a timely manner no matter where we stay. Our signature tells a lot about our stays.

 

[Anthony1971]

We mostly choose theming. We have found little savings in time across 4 parks at any resort. But if we have a MK party 100% a MK resort. We do also like the walk back to BW after EPCOT closes. But nothing beats POLY and WL for relaxing and amazing theming. I will also throw AKL in the mix but this is more of a destination there is just nothing like in the USA and beyond. After all it is a vacation for us not just theme parks easily split 50-50 with sometimes less than 50 park time.

 

[GGOOFY1]

I go for location. My favorite is the Epcot resorts. BW view is my 1st choice, if that is not available, then go to Yacht and Beach for the pool!

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

Theming for me is number 1. Then it’s just another hotel I can visit anywhere.

There is nothing that can compare to AKL or Wilderness.

Maybe theming is the wrong term to use. I’d rather say I would rather be immersed in the illusion of where I am

 

[clappyclaps]

For me it's always based on cost, rather than theme, location etc. As long as its a Disney hotel with all the usual perks (transport etc), I'm not fussy about the theming. I'd love to choose a hotel based on the theme, but they're usually so expensive in comparison with the cheaper resorts and considering the only time I spend at the hotel is for sleeping/showering, it just isn't worth the extra cost.

 

[Disney Spaz]

We are all about theming now. When our older kids were young we focused on cost. It meant a lot of All Star visits and once a Pop trip. Once we pushed into Mods it was hard to go back to Values. When the youngest arrived we moved to focus on Deluxe, DVC and theming over cost. We feel lucky to get to have that choice and if we didn't we would be back in Values but even then theming would be important and the All Stars would be our primary focus because of the theming.

 

[sponica]

Right now we're probably trying to be completionists....but theming/cost might influence where to check off next. We're at SSR for a pre cruise one night stay because DCL was running a discount and our flight is too early to justify the cost of the Hyatt. Post cruise we're at CBR (it's the 3rd time we've tried to stay there).