jen7233
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 1, 2005
We've stayed there multiple times. We tried to stay again this spring and in summer, but waited too long and the dates we can go are booked, and we have limited travel availability between my work schedule, kids' school year calendar and one has a sport that takes up time, and then DH's active duty schedule. We are nailed to only a few certain weeks to do things.Hi! First visit to SOG in May. My husband and I are both vets and he's service-disabled so we're newly eligible. Any way, in the past, as annual passholders we've stayed in most of the moderate and deluxe hotels at WDW and find all of the various hotels seem to have their charms (and pluses and minuses)... This time, we ccould get in and really liked the value of the SOG. We understand that SOG doesn't have much (if any) Disney theming but are excited by the price point and by staying in the MK area. Now, my questions- what room or rooms should we ask for when we check in? Will they try to put us in a specific area because we are only two adults? I've read that wifi can be spotty in the rooms - is that true? Finally, any general suggestions for first timers to the SOG would be appreciated. Oh and yes, we plan to uber/lyft most of the time to the parks. TIA for your assistance!
Anyway, we love Shades of Green. Location to MK and the TTC, and the price of rooms for location are my reasons. Also, I really like the grounds there, and I don't care so much about needing a Disney theme. I like the coffee spot in the lobby, and the PX to grab somethings quick drink or snack or if I forgot something. Drawbacks in my opinion are the lack of magic band, no food court, and not crazy about the bus schedule for the Springs and system to AK/HS.
On rooms, no, they aren't going to put you in a specific area being only two adults, it'll be based on what's available and what type room you booked. The two wings are the Magnolia and Palm. My favorite is Palm where I usually request, and I prefer either lobby level quicker to coffee and bus stop, or my kids don't mind to be way in the back easier walk over to the main pool and Evergreen's. Our last stay we stayed in the Magnolia because I wanted to be next to the pool and try a different location, but I ended up not liking it. Too noisy for me, the balcony door really sucked and was so difficult to open, pool view blocked by a tree anyway, and an issue with our adjoining door. But, if being by the pool is a draw, then request Magnolia. Yes, Wi-Fi isn't always the best, we did run up front to try and get the Rise of the Resistance queue back when that was going on because it seemed better up in the lobby area. On transportation, yes we usually do Uber. We did a shuttle service a couple times also.