Moderates: Your opinion of the ROOMS

[Belle5]

Let's hope this doesn't turn into a debate on ASMo (where I'm staying in December)!

 

[Magnetic]

I'm not trying to start a debate Having stayed there, I learned that this isn't the resort for me. I know many people are happy there. I am discussing this resort in another thread here too, where my advice was -- if you are the kind of person who likes a bathtub to soak in after a day at the parks, or for your kids to bathe in, this may not be the resort for you. Here is a photo that I took of the <a href="http://www.magnetic-media.com/allstar-bathroom.jpg">ASM bathroom</a>.

 

[Dallas_Lady]

Magnetic it looks like you got a handicapped room which does not have a regular tub. Most rooms at the All Stars do have regular tubs.

 

[Magnetic]

Would they have a handicapped room on the 2nd floor, being that they have no elevators? I went with a group of friends, and we were all on the 2nd floor in Jazz and had the same kind of bathrooms.

Edit: If that's the case, my apologies for knocking all the resort's bathrooms. I just want to knock THIS type of bathroom

 

[eeyorefanatic]

When I first planned our trip in Dec of 2000 he balked at the price of the room at the FQ. DBF really hates to travel, and usually will only go to New Orleans, so I thought this was a great compramise.


When we got there he kept saying how beautiful the resort was. As I am much more of a park commando than he is, there were days when he just wandered around the resort, enjoyed the pool and hot tub. His only complaint was the lack of sit down dinning there and I agree. the food court was ok but not spectacular.

We loved being able to take the boat to DTD and the small size of the resort overall.

He was also dreading the use of buses. But after our first day there he never asked if we could drive anywhere. THe traffic around WDW is really nightmarish as is the parking. I heard that WDW has 3 of the worlds largest parking lots so just getting to the front gate can be a hike I can't even imagine taking mid day breaks, or the thought of having to drive after being in the parks all day YUCK!

I am planning to take a quickie trip and camp at FW and he even offered to pay to upgrade me to an allstar resort. He really gets "it" now about being on site.

 

[jlambrig]

Loved POR, don't love CBR, we found it noisy and dirtier than other resorts. But the pool facilties are great

 

[DancingBear]

I think you'll have plenty of room with just a king bed in POR. We stayed with 3 adults in POFQ several years ago and didn't have any trouble bumping into each other or anything. There is enough furniture and room to put away your luggage and get it out of your way. My only difficulty is that DW and I were used to sleeping on a queen bed and a double was a little too cozy.

I don't think you can discount the pleasure that you derive from the beautiful landscaping and Disney theming, plus the convenience of the transportation and such.

 

[DeeP]

All the buildings in all WDW resorts, except the orginal buildings in OKW, have elevators.
I have stayed in every type of WDW resort there is from the values to the deluxe with the majority of my stays at my DVC home at BWV and I like them all. I have not found a bad resort on WDW property yet. That is what is so great about WDW, there is something for everyone!
BTW, the bathroom the previous poster described was a handicapped bathroom. All the WDW resorts have handicapped and regular rooms. There are also handicapped bathrooms with tubs and the bathrooms without tubs are for people in a wheelchair so they can roll their chair right into the shower.

 

[musicfan]

You may (accidentally) get a handicapped accessible shower if you ask for a king bed. If you want a king bed, be sure you also say that you want a tub, so you get an accessible room, but with a tub. See, all the accessible rooms have king beds, as I understand it. Then WDW makes some with accessible tubs and some with accessible showers.

And all of the All Star hotels have elevators.

It's funny how different peoples' impressions can be. We stayed at the All Stars before we stayed anywhere else on property, and when we stayed at POR I couldn't get over how the rooms were almost exactly identical to the All Star rooms in size, set up and decoration. They had different patterns on the bedspreads, different patterns on the ceiling border, a different wallpaper pattern in the bathroom and a different style of armoire, but that was about it! The size was nearly identical. It always makes me laugh a little when people say what a difference in size there is. We looked it up once and there was seriously about a two foot difference in the length of the rooms!

 

[DMRick]

We have stayed at Ft Wilderness (which we loved when kids were small..going back now, I'm not sure it's much more than a really nice campground..they thinned out the trees this past year so much you lost a lot of privacy). If I was camping, however, I would pay the extra to stay at that campground, vs off site.

We have also stayed at every Allstar..and loved them all. The theming for kids is wonderful. I still remember several years ago, when on our way in from the parks everynight my granddaughter (who thought she was real, in her young age), stopped to say goodnight to the Little Mermaid. Well on our last night, she was out for refurbishing, and my then 4 yr old grand told me a big story about how she went to be with her dad..the Mermaid was so real to her. And the Toy Story..wow, how they loved the BIG ROOM. Sports...wow, my grandson says..we get to play on the field..and climb in a giant cup..awesom he says!!

I am pretty sure that when I broke my foot and stayed at All Stars, that we took an elevator upstairs. They did offer us a handicap room, if I thought I would have trouble getting in and out of the tub..so you had one of those rooms.

We've been kicked out of the AllStars this trip (less than two weeks!) because we are five. We had visited POR and checked out those rooms, so we will be there..but unless I'm missing something, other than that dinky bed on the floor, it's just not that much different from the Allstars (size wise). Yes, the buildings are farther away, and the quiet pools were really quiet when we were there....but I would stay at either or any park in Disney..it's just such a nice feeling to "come home" at night.

We've been offsite at a Holiday Inn (not the one with the suites..the one with the blood in the shower, and the hair on the pillow case, and the coffee still in the coffee pot..thank you Disney for letting us recheck back in at 11 at night..even though you were suppose to be full!!), Tropical Palms (that was very nice!), and a couple of other campgrounds..and there is just something about not making that drive, being dropped off in front of the park in the morning (if you don't bring your car), and being able to be home without driving with a zillion other people on a highway, that makes it all worth while.

We will be visiting the AS, since the grands were very unhappy that they wouldn't let us stay there this time, and I think we will really enjoy POR, also..but I won't feel really Disney, til I see all those oversized icons at AS!

But the final choice has to be for your reasons..if a lot of money is at stake..if you couldn't go to Disney and enjoy yourself..then do what's best for you!