My husband and I have 8 children and our next trip will be the first where they are all over the age of 3 (cue *shock whendidthathappen?!?!? feelings). That means that this trip will be our first where we can't all squeeze into a 2 bdrm. We are adding onto our points to allow us to start using the GV option, and because of a couple of unique-to-right-now circumstances (we have banked points and haven't gone for several years, the contract we are buying has banked and current unused points) for trip in January 2017 we will have 900 points we can use to either stay longer or stay some place that is a bit more expensive points-wise. This won't happen again that I can forsee and we will go back to our standard vacation length/time/routine.
We have owned at SSR since 2002, and that is where we stay. I am fully prepared to book there and be happy if nothing else is available or make sense.
Some of our specific needs & "wants"----
1.) hot tub access and site lines from the hot to the pool is very important--- traveling in January often means it is too cool to use the pool and they all end up in the hot tub frequently to warm up.
2.) Our youngest is non-mobile and is in a wheelchair. She is young enough that she doesn't need ADA specific bathroom features, but it does need to have elevator access to the main level of the GV and we need fairly easy access to/from where we park our van and wherever the main areas of the resort activities are. How space is laid out inside the villa/total amount of space also helps.
3.) Activities at the resort itself--- we are very slow go-ers and build in a lot of down time and down days.
4.) Transportation is not super important. It could be really nice bonus, but we come to Disney with our accessible van and use it liberally rather than try and hassle with wheelchair+5 million SSR bus-stops. We haven't really stayed anywhere with any type of real theme to it, which I think might be a ton of fun for the kids.
Does anyone have any thoughts about what might be fun to try, given our needs? I was thinking the theming at AKL could be fun for the kids? How overall wheelchair friendly is it/how are the hot tubs and pools? I have literally never laid eyes on it except for pictures.
BLT is in a fantastic location--- the walk to MK is awesome but from being in there it seems small and not particularly "themed" and the pool/hot tub nothing particularly great for the enormous point differential compared to SSR. It seems that what you are paying for here is location, am I correct? Is that the same with Grand Floridian? What would make it worth only being able to stay half as long for those price points?
I have never seen OKW in person either, but it seems similar to SSR but with larger GVs at a lower point cost. What are the pools/hot tubs like in comparison to SSR? How realistic is it to think we could get a GV at OKW in January/February?
The only other place with GVs is BWV, correct? How is the theming/pools there and how is the parking situation?
Sorry if this seems like a very unfocused post. We are laid back, slow-paced, and pretty easy to pleas so I'm really just trying to explore our options at other resorts and what might add some extra fun and excitement for the kids.
Thanks so much!
We have owned at SSR since 2002, and that is where we stay. I am fully prepared to book there and be happy if nothing else is available or make sense.
Some of our specific needs & "wants"----
1.) hot tub access and site lines from the hot to the pool is very important--- traveling in January often means it is too cool to use the pool and they all end up in the hot tub frequently to warm up.
2.) Our youngest is non-mobile and is in a wheelchair. She is young enough that she doesn't need ADA specific bathroom features, but it does need to have elevator access to the main level of the GV and we need fairly easy access to/from where we park our van and wherever the main areas of the resort activities are. How space is laid out inside the villa/total amount of space also helps.
3.) Activities at the resort itself--- we are very slow go-ers and build in a lot of down time and down days.
4.) Transportation is not super important. It could be really nice bonus, but we come to Disney with our accessible van and use it liberally rather than try and hassle with wheelchair+5 million SSR bus-stops. We haven't really stayed anywhere with any type of real theme to it, which I think might be a ton of fun for the kids.
Does anyone have any thoughts about what might be fun to try, given our needs? I was thinking the theming at AKL could be fun for the kids? How overall wheelchair friendly is it/how are the hot tubs and pools? I have literally never laid eyes on it except for pictures.
BLT is in a fantastic location--- the walk to MK is awesome but from being in there it seems small and not particularly "themed" and the pool/hot tub nothing particularly great for the enormous point differential compared to SSR. It seems that what you are paying for here is location, am I correct? Is that the same with Grand Floridian? What would make it worth only being able to stay half as long for those price points?
I have never seen OKW in person either, but it seems similar to SSR but with larger GVs at a lower point cost. What are the pools/hot tubs like in comparison to SSR? How realistic is it to think we could get a GV at OKW in January/February?
The only other place with GVs is BWV, correct? How is the theming/pools there and how is the parking situation?
Sorry if this seems like a very unfocused post. We are laid back, slow-paced, and pretty easy to pleas so I'm really just trying to explore our options at other resorts and what might add some extra fun and excitement for the kids.
Thanks so much!
