As you can see, we stayed onsite the second time, and never looked back! The first trip is still one of my favorites, and the hotel was just fine, but there is something about waking up and seeing Spaceship Earth or Cinderella Castle out of your window...it really is magic.
One thing I regret is staying at All Star after DL on the same visit. Three of the four people on our trip have sworn never to stay at All Star again, just because we were backwards and stayed at DL first. Work your way up to get a real perspective.
If price isn't a real consideration, try to at least go with the moderates. If you are thinking about going with All Star, think twice, because you can get more value offsite at bigger, much nicer places. That is always a consideration for my family because we need for our accomodations to be comfortable and quiet. All Star is a little garish for our liking. We try to book at PO, or CS if we aren't using points.
Try a moderate one time. You won't be able to stay offsite after that.
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'95- Offsite- Comfort Inn, LBV
'96- Dixie Landings, All Star Sports
'97- Coronado Springs - Grad Trip
'99- BoardWalk Villas
'00- BWV (May), Disney Institute (Oct)
'01- BWV
'02- BWV
'03- Polynesian (May), BWV (Sept)
'04 - Port Orleans Riverside (May), Saratoga Springs (Sept)