Need help in convincing my DBIL and DSIL to stay onsite!!

[Snoozan]

My brother-in-law and his wife are going to start planning their first WDW trip with their 2 DD's-who will be 9 and 13 at the time. My SIL mentioned they may not stay on-site as they want to see Seaworld and maybe another attraction off-site.

Please give me some reasons as to why they SHOULD stay on-site as I don't know if I can convince them myself!

 

[montessori]

You need to find the thread "100 Reasons to Stay on Site".
It's referred to in a more recent post about staying on or off site.
It should do the trick!

 

[joepoe]

Let them discover rather than try to convince them. You might be causing a family squabble if you push them to stay on site and then for some crazy reason they don't like it. It's happened before. Just my view of the world.

 

[bratray]

hi

here is the link to the thread
100 reasons to stay on site

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=259397&highlight=reasons+to+stay+onsite

 

[montessori]

Bratray,
How do you insert the link into your message?
Thanks!

 

[Wilma Flintstone]

I thought I would do the "right" thing and make ressies for the Wyndham, since my DH and DS both felt "Disneyed-out." We stayed there for three nights and then were spending another week with relatives at Vistana. But--on the day before we were to leave Wyndham Palace, we visited the Polynesian (my DH and I honeymooned there in '81) and a real FUNNY THING happened...they both got this weird kind of look on their faces, as if they were missing out on something.
So, I made a reservation for one night at the Poly just to show them what they were missing by choosing an off-site hotel. They both agreed that NOTHING beats staying on-site. So I guess I made another mistake by not following my own instincts in the first place.
Many of us know a secret: half of the charm of a Disney vacation happens at your Disney resort.
I hope this helped a little, Wilma

 

[bratray]

hello

to insert a link into my message i just cut and paste the link from another site or type out the web address

example; here is mouse savers

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[josierac]

How about showing them pictures of the resorts. One of the resorts may really be the kind of theming they like.

Disney resort pictures

 

[MELSMICE]

Unfortunately, there are some people you can never convince. We had friends that felt the same way. They insisted it was not a big deal to stay on Disney property.

They are a family of 5 & felt that renting a car & staying off-site in a less expensive hotel was the better option. They stayed at the HIFS. We have stayed there also & it was nice, but we have stayed on property for comparison. On property is always my first choice.

I know they had a good time but they were so stubborn about not staying on property that in the end I think they stayed off-site just to "show everyone" that on property was not a big deal.

You can't compare until you've done it & like I said, it's unfortunate but some people just won't listen & don't think the benefits are worth staying on property.

That's okay though because it gives us Disneyholics more opportunity to get available rooms when others stay off-site!!!