noob GF vs Poly

[Eastern]

I'm guessing it's still hot Halloween week?

My kids went Oct 25-30 2020 and it was 88-90 every day. ymmv

Here's a handy calendar with historical averages https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/orlando/32801/october-weather/328169

 

[kimmar067]

Was thinking poly might have a good deal, but then again if you sleep on this it might not be there so a bird in the hand.... it's the hotwire hot rate for that week, comes up as 4.5* in the disney bonnet creek area, with $757 crossed out and says $445. I grabbed the Lagoon view king for $455

That is simply INCREDIBLE! I Paid $787 [plus tax] for a 1-nite stay in a 1BR at the BWV [the rest of our stay was compliments of my DSs DVC points ]...

 

[chasgeese]

Was thinking poly might have a good deal, but then again if you sleep on this it might not be there so a bird in the hand.... it's the hotwire hot rate for that week, comes up as 4.5* in the disney bonnet creek area, with $757 crossed out and says $445. I grabbed the Lagoon view king for $455

If you were able to get that Hotwire rate than please ignore everything I said above. The Poly is rarely on there and it would likely be $200-300 more to stay there. The cost savings definitely outweigh whatever factors would make me choose the Poly over the GF.

 

[RoseGold]

The walk is minimal and lovely, by the Poly beach and the GF wedding pavilion. I've done it multiple times a day. It's very easy to walk back and forth for dining. Or, you can take the boat after the unload the GF people from MK and head to Poly.

Stunned if you can get that Hotwire rate for October! No brainer.

 

[Blondie58]

Poly vs GF?

Wife wants the poly but it's closed until July and not taking any reservations at all, were going in oct and can get GF for $445 a night so no telling if there will be a poly deal for that time frame.

I assume all this covid stuff will be relaxed to a large degree in 6 months, how easy is it to just go from GF to poly for ohana etc?

Bus ride time from GF to HS and Ak? 20 minutes? 40?

I assume epcot can be gotten to quickly on the monorail.

We've stayed in fiji, turks, hawaii, costa rica, we like the island life and theming, even though we know in reality it's a hotel in Orlando its still cool, plus they have sushi right?

Quality of resort overall, which would you choose with cost being equal? GF or Poly? Let's just do apples to apples standard run of the mill rooms.

We booked pop century for now as a placeholder so we have at least something for now as we plan the actual place we want to stay. I'm leaning heavily to just booking GF now for this deal (non refundable) and just taking monorail to hit up stuff at poly while we're there.

Flight gets to Orlando like 10:40pm, so instead of wasting money on a deluxe on the first day that we won't use i have the idea of either going to pop century first day for magic bands and have them move our luggage the next day to GF while we're at the parks... Might even be better to just get a cheap $60 place close by the first day and Uber to GF in the wee hours of the morning to leave baggage with bell service, get magic bands, and check in later and pick luggage after a break from park. This idea would also leave out savings of taking magical express to pop, so likely a $60 uber X (car seat) on top plus another uber from an off site place to GF at crack of dawn... Probably just easier to do the first idea with pop... Maybe an all star if cheaper.

Any ideas or advice? Thanks

The Poly and GF are a five minute walk apart. You would not have to take the monorail from GF to do things at Poly unless you do not want to walk five minutes. I often walk from the transportation center thru the Poly to Villas at GF. It might be 10 minutes. Just a thought: What is the cost of a room at MCO. Flight gets in late. Stay at MCO, get up, and get on Magic Bus the next morning to GF. I traveled alone to WDW in 2019 for the Garden Show. Stayed at Pop and loved it.

 

[DizneyFamof4]

We much prefer GF over POLY but for transportation POLY definitely beats GF. The monorail at GF to/from EPCOT has been the worst of any of our stays at any resort, actually wish they had a bus option. Would recommend walking to TTC.

 

[GoingSince1990]

I remember in the mid-nineties having a conversation with friends about how outrageous it was that to stay at the Grand Floridian cost $250 per night.

 

[Nabas]

I remember in the mid-nineties having a conversation with friends about how outrageous it was that to stay at the Grand Floridian cost $250 per night.

When the Poly and Contemporary opened in 1971, they were $29-$44 per night!

Taking into account 50 years of inflation, that works out to $189-$288 per night!

 

[Blondie58]

We much prefer GF over POLY but for transportation POLY definitely beats GF. The monorail at GF to/from EPCOT has been the worst of any of our stays at any resort, actually wish they had a bus option. Would recommend walking to TTC.

We walk from GF Villas to TTC through Poly all the time when we stay. Wish they would open the EPCOT monorail back up.