We need to pick a different resort this year so I was wondering, where is everyone staying and why did you pick that resort?
Where have you stayed in the past?
I have stayed at the Wilderness lodge twice, ASMU this last trip, and our next stay will be at the Polynesian.
The first trip to the WL was with my son when he was 5. I was a single parent at the time and had saved up for this trip since he was born. We were there for 12days over Halloween and had a blast! It is so convenient to transportation to MK, it is only a boat ride away, I am not a fan of the busses. Or take a boat to the contemporary and get on the monorail. The WL is beautiful and if you are a fan of Lodges as we are, it is awesome! The rooms are nice, we had a queen bed and a set of bunkbeds, which my son loved. There was room to move around and we had a view of the pool with a balcony both times. ( we paid for a standard view and were upgraded at checkin both times!) To me WL feels like HOME. The pool is nice, and we liked having the marina there too to rent the mice boats. We could also take a boat over to fort wilderness for activities like Hoop De Doo.
ASMu we stayed at this trip because it was a last minute trip we had not been planning to take. We needed value because we did not really have the money budgeted for it. My cousins called from England and said they wanted to meet us at Disney and I love to see them and hardly get a chance, so we decided why not? Lets go. ASMU was ok. It was good for the price. The room was clean. It was a little small, not much moving around room, 2 double beds, a small table and not much else room. It was ok though we did not spend much time in the room, just to sleep and shower. The pools looked nice, we did not use them due to the short time we were there, the food court was ok, not too many selections but served our needs. The service was great, from luggage to front desk to mousekeeping. If you were going to stay at a value I would reccommend it.
We picked the Poly for the next trip for a couple of reasons, one being my husband stayed there with his family as a kid, and he is very nostalgic. We also enjoyed the WL deluxe resort experience so much we wanted to try another one, we have visited them all and the GF is nice to look at, but a little too fancy for us, the contemporary is too sterile for us, we love the theme places. The poly is very pretty, love the beach, marina, palm trees beautiful flowers, MK access by boat or monorail, it has Ohanas and Kona which we enjoy, and we would love to see fireworks from the beach on the nights we can't make it to the MK. We spend most of our time at the MK so we like to be near there. I know there are some cool places to stay over near Epcot, if that is the park you enjoy more. Someone else I'm sure will reply to that.
Im sure you will receive alot more responses, but those are just a few of our reasons, hope it helped!
