Wow, that seems strange that it was more for the same dates. Perhaps it was quoting a Theme Park view? We haven't been to WDW in 4 years, so with all the buzz about the bus service deteriorating, I was anxious to get BLT to walk to Magic Kingdom. We will have a car, so I'm not worried about the other parks. We have owned at Saratoga Springs since 2005 and haven't stayed there yet.
SSR is really nice, we stayed there in 2016. We were in Congress Park, just steps to Disney Springs. My sons are older so they love being able to hop over to DS. They go to the movies, bowling etc.
It was only 2 point difference with VGF and BLT, but I was surprise too. I was about to book BLT again, but took a look at VGF. I am really excited to stay there, as a Mom of 3 boys, I am looking forward to being at the “pretty” resort.
We have stayed at BLT twice, once on I think the 8th floor, 2bed, lake view. We got the north wing, it was great our view was like we were floating on water, plus Space Mountain. We could see Wishes from our sofa and from the Masters balcony if you look far left there was the Castle.
The second time we had the top floor, which I believe is the 14th. We need our KTWC to access our floor on the elevator. My boys felt extra special with that. You usually can’t get to the 14th floor with a CM. Our room was steps from TOWL. We over looked the pool on the inner loop. I preferred the outer.
And regarding busses, we were there in 2016 and we were staying at SSR. We did not find them a problem at all. I have always found it depends when you are traveling, like rush our in your car.
When at BLT we did walk back and forth from MK. It not bad, if not hot. We love the Monorail Resorts. You have so much to choose from. You also take monorail to Transportation Center to switch for Epcot monorail, very convenient.
Have a wonderful trip. And your home resort is very nice.
