?'s about All Star Movies Resort

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

I was wondering what everyone who has stayed at All star movies thought of it? Did you have a good or bad experience? Was it quiet during the night? How was the food court? What did you like/dislike about staying there?
I am staying there in June and was wondering what to expect.

Thanks

 

[bamagirl@hrt]

Our family has stayed at ASMo twice. The first time, we were in one of the Love Bug buildings. Last year, we were in the Buzz Lightyear building. I would highly recommend trying for a Toy Story or Dalmations building. You are closer to everything. Not that the other was bad, but after a long day in the parks, every step counts! We found it to be pretty quiet. Both times, we were on the "back" side of the building - away from the elevators. I could see it being loud, epecially on the ground floor, where people are walking by your room to get to the elevator.

We've found the bus service to be great. Last fall, we never waited more than 15-20 minutes for a bus. Most of the time, a bus was waiting when we walked outside. That was great! The only problem we had was confusion over a bus for an early character meal PS. I had read on these boards that an early bus was available for those with character meal PS before park opening. The front desk and the lady with the radio, talking to bus drivers, didn't seem to know what I was talking about. We still got to our breakfast, but we were a few minutes after our PS time arriving.

The food court is great! We ate there several times. There is a very good variety. I'd recommend the Mickey waffles for breakfast! One night, my DH even tried grilled salmon from one of the stations. I was very skeptical of trying "cafeteria" fish, but he said it was very good. And he is a salmon expert! We like the pizza, although I've read many posts of people who don't. It's very, very cheesy. Maybe that's why we like it so! We got the refillable mugs. If you drink a lot of soft drinks anyway, it's a good deal. We don't and found ourselves drinking soft drinks just because we had the mugs. Doubt if we'll get them again. Oh, we did breakfast in our rooms some mornings when I had a character brunch scheduled. Instead of buying little cartons of milk at the food court, we found it much cheaper to buy a quart or 1/2 gallon of milk in the gift shop. We would stick the leftover in a bucket of ice and it would still be cold that evening for the kids.

We've never had a problem with any CMs there, either. They've always been very friendly and offered top notch service. Mousekeeping was efficient. I found it strange, tho, that for the first couple of days, mousekeeping would leave 3 towels, washclothes, etc.. in a room with 4 guests. After calling two nights in a row for extras, mousekeeping just brought me a stash of extras. She said to keep them in a drawer, because it the housekeeper saw clean ones there, she wouldn't leave more. I thought that was funny. We didn't get any of the towel animals I've read about, but they did do funny things with my kids toys. The kids looked forward to seeing what they'd done each day.

The pool is ok, but it's just a big pool. Other than the Sorcerer Mickey statue, there's nothing fancy about it. No slide or anything. But you have to go to the moderates or deluxes to get that. We spent more time at Blizzard Beach and the parks than we did at the pool anyway.

We really enjoyed staying at the ASMo, and will probably stay there again sometime. However, I must say that, for a family of four, the rooms do tend to get smaller as the week goes on. Our kids were just 3 and 6 for our trip last fall. Our next trip won't be until next year, but we're hoping to upgrade to AKL or WL where they have bunk beds.

Enjoy your trip! Hope this answered some of your questions!

Christy

 

[bigbabyblues]

We stayed there 9 nights last fall and had a great time! We didn't have any problems with noise or anything else, the busses were fine, food court was fine, we really liked it!

 

[Mom2RinJen]

We've stayed at Movies three times, once in Woody bottom floor in the courtyard, 2nd time in dalmations on the side (not in the courtyard and not in the back either) and the third time in Buzz at the back of the building. If I were to pick the best location, it would be Dalmations. It was right beside the parking lot, but not far from the courtyard. You could walk to the buses around front and not through the courtyard. It was quiet and you could walk outside without tons of people passing you while you are sitting there in your jammies smoking a cigarette. LOL The food court is awesome, especially the refillable mug. The pool is nice, granted there isnt a slide, but the kids haven't asked for a pool with a slide yet so we're still ok. Bus service can't be beat except for POP. Never wait longer than 15 minutes coming or going. Friendly CMs too. Although next time we are going to stay at Pop only because we liked their food court better (really only the desserts are better LOL) and the bus service seemed a bit better. We love Movies and will stay there again in the future. Check in time is quick too, or at least all the times we've been there. Oh and I don't know whats up with the housekeeping and towels.....we had the same problem. Every day we threw the towels in the tub and every day we'd come back to only two or three sets left yet we were a party of four....we had to call for towels two or three times. Weird.

if you have any specific questions, please PM me and I will be happy to answer to the best that I can.

 

[Amy&Dan]

We stayed at ASMO last October and loved it. We were in the Dalmations building and it was wonderful. Never had any problems with noise whatsoever. And due to Food and Wine Festival and MNSSHP, it was pretty busy. Had very good bus service. The only complaint was that the laundry room was always packed and several of the machines were broken. We actually preferred ASMO over Pop by a narrow margin. Mostly due to the non stop Disney theming! The rooms are not big but I have stayed at places with smaller rooms so it didn't bother me that much. The food court was really good, I loved the Asian chicken salad. Our room was also spotless. I always make my kids wear socks in hotel rooms and they usually end up all black on the bottom but not at this resort. The bathroom was also spotless. We woud stay here again and probably will for that matter! Have a great trip!

 

[buzz2400]

We stayed there for one week and loved it. We liked the theming better than music and sports. This time we are staying at pop century. Movies have a lot of kids but you really don't hear them unless you are right by the pool. Food court had long lines at night. Food was just ok.

 

[aide4]

We stayed there for a week and loved it. We were in the Fantasia building facing the pool. We never had any noise issues at all. The only complaint I have was trying to get to a washer to do a load...I ended up washing clothes at midnight....beside that, the food court was great, we got refilliable mugs as we are soda drinkers....I would not hesitate to stay there again

 

[lovethattink]

We stayed at All Star Movies twice. Once I requested the Dalmations and we got placed in the Mighty Ducks. Another time, we requested the Mighty Ducks and got the Dalmations. Both were great. We like the Mighty Duck pool better than the Fantasia pool. It is less croweded. The pool bathrooms have changing rooms, blow dryer, showers and restrooms. The rooms were quiet, but we were facing the parking lot. We enjoyed staying there.

The only bad thing happened there this past weekend. We have a baby, and the floors were not vacuumed very well. He was picking up pieces of popcorn, coins, candy, a pill, paper, etc. Most of it, he found in the corners and under the beds. He is 1 year old. I'm so glad we brought our pack and play. We place him in there and called for housekeeping. We had 2 rooms adjoining. Within a few minutes, a housekeeping manager showed up and inspected the room. He said he'd have some come and vaccuum in a few minutes. Unfortunately, it was not taken care of until after 10pm, 6 hours after the manager had been to our room.

We love the food courts at the All Star resort. They have a great selection and plenty of seating. The airconditioning was cold at the food court. Would not want to eat there if wet after swimming.

 

[PoohGal05]

We were there in 2003. As my mom has trouble with climbing stairs we were pleasantly surprised that there were elevators in all of the buildings. It didn't matter though as we were on the bottom floor. We were in the Mighty Ducks 2 building. Of all the information that I had read about prior to going, about it being noisy, we never heard anything. Probably because we were so tired after getting up early every morning and heading to the parks. I had read that the rooms were small, but that was no concern to us for no more than we were ever in the room anyway. We stayed in our room more when we went to Las Vegas last year than we did the whole time we were at Disney.

The food in the Food Court was okay. We ate there a couple of times.

The CMs were very friendly and very helpful! Any question we had they answered.

 

[xterratri]

We stayed in Mighty Ducks last April 04 and Love Bug(2 rooms) Dec 04. When I gave my sister the choice of any value including trying Pop Century for two nights next March 06, she said lets go back to ASMo so we're booking it for the Fri-Sat night that I don't want to burn DVC points while we're there for our respective college Spring Breaks. It was reasonably quiet, we liked the pools, and definitely liked the food court. Mousekeeping kept moving my sister's stuffies from her bed to mine(she just finished her freshman year of college) and otherwise re-arranging them. The last full day we were there, we returned to the rooms and the TV was on. The stuffies(Stitch, Figment, etc) we arranged to see the TV with the remote strategically placed. We loved it and had to call Grandma and Mom over to see it before we moved anything. As neat as the other resorts at Disney are, we will always remember ASMo as part of our introduction to the addiction that is Disney World.

 

[hayleypiesmom]

The last full day we were there, we returned to the rooms and the TV was on. The stuffies(Stitch, Figment, etc) we arranged to see the TV with the remote strategically placed. We loved it and had to call Grandma and Mom over to see it before we moved anything.

We had the same thing... my dd7's dolls were all watching.... Disney channel, of course.... when we arrived home from the parks.... the funniest arrangement, though, was finding her stuffed Minnie sitting on the toilet (lid down!) with tp in her hand. We laughed until we cried over that one.... (a little too "Disney-giddy" I guess!)

 

[hayleypiesmom]

The only complaint I have was trying to get to a washer to do a load...I ended up washing clothes at midnight....

This was the only real complaint I would have about ASMo, too... there seemed to be FAR too few washers/ dryers for such a large place. People were beyond "unfriendly" when it came to washing clothes-- dh was very patiently waiting for his turn to wash a load when a woman completly jumped all over another guy for taking too long to get his clothes out of the dryer. Granted, he said that the guy was folding each item as he took them from the dryer (most likely what he does at home) but dh said her outburst was REALLY uncalled for.... just puts a damper on everyone's mood and made the atmostphere VERY tense and "undisney-like."

 

[dzneelvr]

We've stayed at all the values as they have been built through the years. The ASmo has become our "home" and we've enjoyed our stays there. Now that the kids are teens, we choose the Mighty Duck area...quiet, our own pool and laundry facilities, and away from the hussle and bussle of the main lodge activities. When our kids were little, the food court experience allowed them their independence in dining choices (never a small matter for a diverse family and tastes) and of course the gift shop and arcade were tops in their minds as well. Bus service is very good--I've waited longer at the Poly than ever at ASmo.
I got a kick out of the laundry comments.....aren't some people just soooo rude I do mine in the morning while enjoying breakfast at the pool. We do the days somewhat upside down because of the long park hours and the facilities are relatively quiet before 11am. All in all, it's been hard for us to consider moving "up" due to the values experience. Maybe one day we'll get to a Deluxe, but right now it just doesn't make much $ense.