I haven’t stayed at all the resort but have seen them all to eat or visit at some point. Although I am listing my least favorites I have never had a bad enough stay at any Disney resort to say I wouldn’t return.
Value: All Star Music and Sports tie for me. Just don’t like the themes. Would probably book Sports over music just bc it tends to be the cheapest.
Moderate: CSR have only been there to go inside the convention center but just didn’t like the theme or look of it. Would still try it one day though.
Deluxe: this is the saddest for me since I have dreamed of staying here for years. Poly
It has been my dream resort along with the GF so I finally booked it last year. I didn’t love it. We stayed on the building on the side of trader sams and used that hallway multiple times a day to get to Captain Cooks. The smell in that hallway made me so nauseous I had to hold my breath. Otherwise the resort was ok. Like the location, pool and food options but no way is it worth all the money I spent on it. This is one place that although I would go back it moved to the bottom of my choices and would only be if there was a heavy discount. Another issue was the tiny elevators in the longhouses. We had a city mini double stroller and you had to pull in sideways to fit and only the stroller and person pushing could fit. I always felt bad when waiting for an elevator and someone else came up behind knowing we couldn’t all go. We did a split stay starting at Dolphin and once at Poly I really missed their sets of large elevators that moved super fast.
Villas- I’ve only stayed in a few through points rental but had good stays in all. The only time I didn’t love a stay was a 1 night stay at AKV. It was just a bad room location. Should have been a savannah view but it almost seemed more like a standard view that u get a partial view of the savannah. It was a million miles from the lobby and I don’t think we saw any animals. However we did other trips in a savannah view room and pool view and those made AKL/AKV a top choice to return to.
We are trying GF next trip and really hope it doesn’t disappoint like the Poly did.