kkbrig
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My August Disney trip has undergone 2 schedule changes and now it needs a third. This latest has pushed it up to now being within the 60 day window, so I want to book ASAP to get our FP (not to mention our ADR, frustrating after I had already done that for our old dates!). So, I am trying to do some quick research but I need answers faster than I can do that.
Here's the gist-
Sun Aug 13- Aug Fri Aug 18, I will be staying with 3 of my kids (20, 15, 13) at Art of Animation along with my cousins, aunt and uncle. We had planned to get the Little Mermaid room since it is cheaper, will fit us 4, and I figure we won't be in the room very much. Cousins will be in Lion King and Little mermaid. The whole reason we are going in August is to be able to be with this extended family at least part of our time. Their kids are 11, 9, 4, so we know we will be splitting up some.
We were going to stay through Tues Aug 22, but need to shift it. Just found this out today!! Now we are looking at going Tues Aug 8. My 4th child (18) is moving into his college dorm Aug 12, so couldn't come originally, but now could come for a few days (Aug 8-Aug11). But we will need a bigger room since now he makes us 5.
I have done the math and just the dining discounts will pay for me to upgrade from my 8day PH ticket to an AP. The Little mermaid rooms didn't qualify for any discounts (but came out cheaper even so) but the Lion king suites do. But just for kicks, I checked The Contemporary and the Yacht club (and boardwalk and grand floridian) for AP discounts.
I could do Lion king then switch to Little mermaid once our party is down to 4. Or for the same price I could do Yacht club or Boardwalk, upgrading me to a deluxe for the same price, but moving resorts after a few days is obviously more trouble than not moving. Or for $300 more, we could do Contemporary for 4 nights, Little mermaid for 5.
I should also mention that the only resort we've ever stayed at is POR, about 9 years ago.
I have read on here that split stays are easy, and they will move your luggage. So maybe that part is not an issue.
Since my 18 year old will only be able to have 2 full days in the parks and potential an evening and a morning in addition to that, I want to maximize his time. I will probably only hit HIS highlights, and then in the next week I can hit the highlights for the rest of us. As for his highlights, I'm thinking Rock and Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, Toy story mania, Star wars stuff (that is new to me so don't know how to plan for it yet), Expedition Everest, KRR, Kilimanjaro Safari, Dinosaur, the mountains at MK, plus maybe Pirates and HM, Test Track, Soarin, MS. I fully know that we will not get to all of these and probably not even to all those parks. Just listing the possibilities.
So, would the location of either YC or Contemporary be helpful in getting to the parks more quickly? It seems like it would but maybe not. Also, I know that the upgrade will include a much nicer pool and perhaps we should plan time around that as well??
Anyways, feeling totally confused and frustrated cause I typically research this stuff to be able to make a good decision!! any help would be much appreciated!!
Here's the gist-
Sun Aug 13- Aug Fri Aug 18, I will be staying with 3 of my kids (20, 15, 13) at Art of Animation along with my cousins, aunt and uncle. We had planned to get the Little Mermaid room since it is cheaper, will fit us 4, and I figure we won't be in the room very much. Cousins will be in Lion King and Little mermaid. The whole reason we are going in August is to be able to be with this extended family at least part of our time. Their kids are 11, 9, 4, so we know we will be splitting up some.
We were going to stay through Tues Aug 22, but need to shift it. Just found this out today!! Now we are looking at going Tues Aug 8. My 4th child (18) is moving into his college dorm Aug 12, so couldn't come originally, but now could come for a few days (Aug 8-Aug11). But we will need a bigger room since now he makes us 5.
I have done the math and just the dining discounts will pay for me to upgrade from my 8day PH ticket to an AP. The Little mermaid rooms didn't qualify for any discounts (but came out cheaper even so) but the Lion king suites do. But just for kicks, I checked The Contemporary and the Yacht club (and boardwalk and grand floridian) for AP discounts.
I could do Lion king then switch to Little mermaid once our party is down to 4. Or for the same price I could do Yacht club or Boardwalk, upgrading me to a deluxe for the same price, but moving resorts after a few days is obviously more trouble than not moving. Or for $300 more, we could do Contemporary for 4 nights, Little mermaid for 5.
I should also mention that the only resort we've ever stayed at is POR, about 9 years ago.
I have read on here that split stays are easy, and they will move your luggage. So maybe that part is not an issue.
Since my 18 year old will only be able to have 2 full days in the parks and potential an evening and a morning in addition to that, I want to maximize his time. I will probably only hit HIS highlights, and then in the next week I can hit the highlights for the rest of us. As for his highlights, I'm thinking Rock and Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, Toy story mania, Star wars stuff (that is new to me so don't know how to plan for it yet), Expedition Everest, KRR, Kilimanjaro Safari, Dinosaur, the mountains at MK, plus maybe Pirates and HM, Test Track, Soarin, MS. I fully know that we will not get to all of these and probably not even to all those parks. Just listing the possibilities.
So, would the location of either YC or Contemporary be helpful in getting to the parks more quickly? It seems like it would but maybe not. Also, I know that the upgrade will include a much nicer pool and perhaps we should plan time around that as well??
Anyways, feeling totally confused and frustrated cause I typically research this stuff to be able to make a good decision!! any help would be much appreciated!!
