Oh my GOSH, so many posts!
For staying at POR, you don't have to request Alligator Bayou if you are a family of 5. That's just where they put you because that's where the trundle beds are. However, last year, I really blew it for us. When we checked in, it took forever and my DD had just somehow gotten sick RIGHT before we arrived. Anyway, they gave us our room assignment, and it happened to be in the mansions. I said something like "are you sure? There are 5 of us." etc. She went back to someone, took forever again, and came back with a room assignment in Alligator Bayou that ended up being the furthest away it could possibly be from anything. So a few days later, we were waiting in a long line for the buses back to POR and I happened to hear that the people in front of us were from Buffalo (which is where we are originally from) and we started talking. They said they were staying in the mansions. Of course, there were 5 of them, so I'm thinking (and asking!) how the heck did that happen? They said they got to the room, called the front desk and said there was no trundle bed..... They brought them a roll-away bed that the lady said was more comfortable than her bed at home! UGH! And I screwed us out of that by speaking up about us being 5 (which was clearly known from our reservation). I wished I had just shut up.....I'll of course know better next time, but it will probably never happen again.
We love POR. I'd stay deluxe if we could, but we can't really afford that and we really only sleep in the hotel room. So we first stayed at POR because it was the only moderate that fits 5 (which is so stupid to me; CBR rooms are BIGGER), but the resort is really gorgeous and we love it!
We honeymooned in Disney and it was our intent to spend our 20th anniversary there ALONE, but we have not yet been able to do that. Our kids all still just love it, so how could we go without them? We couldn't! We will someday. We're at 22 years and counting and wouldn't have it any other way....yet!
Oh, I we'd LOVE to move to Orlando. That's where DH and I hope to end up one day. 2 of our kids want to end up living in FL, so it would be nice to be near them. And we'd both like to work at WDW one day. On our trip last November, we met a couple (originally from Buffalo again!) who were working at the Grand Floridian Cafe'. He was a host and he was a waitress. They are spending their retirement working at Disney World together! Heavenly idea to us! We're Disney kooks through and through!
We plan to move to DFW, Mobile or Orlando in a few years. 
I wish we could afford to do both, but I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a trip without the kids. 
) and DH was able to give a nice tip! DH said that if I want to go again then it's got to be a time when we can still swim in the pool and not freeze when we get out. Last month on the week we went it was unseasonably hot ..high 90's all week! So, for you seasoned WDW travellers, what week in November would be the less crowded with swimming temps?
