WDW resorts in 1971...what did they cost?

[WDW_Vacationer]

Just wondering what it would cost in 1971 to have stayed at the Contemporary or Polynesian? Even if not 1971...what did they cost in 1980? What did the GF cost when it opened?


Anybody?

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

I don't have personal experience, but I do recall a poster who found an old receipt for the Poly--$28/night!!

 

[WDW_Vacationer]

$28 a night? I could have booked 80 nights!

 

[michelle1]

Rooms ranged from $29 to $44/night! If you brouse through yesterland.com there is info about what things cost back in the early years and photos of rides, shops, parades etc that aren't around anymore.

 

[jwfla422]

Yes, I remember a few years later, the CR ran abotu $69 a night, LOL! But the big issue back then was the wait time for booking a room. I remember being told you had to book 1-2 years in advance to get a room at a WDW resort since there were so few resorts back then!

 

[WDW_Vacationer]

Well unfortunately at this rate the Poly and CR should both be around $2500 a night in another 10-15 years.

 

[Kathy Z]

We were in the Tonga longhouse (now named Hawaii) facing the Magic Kingdom in April 1975 for $68/night.

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

There was only the Magic Kingdom. I don't remember how much it cost to get in, but you received 1 book of tickets per entry, and my sister & I were always begging Dad for more money to buy more D & E tickets. An A ticket was like the horse drawn trolley down Main Street, an E ticket was the Haunted Mansion, ect. We were thrilled when they did away with the tickets.

 

[TheWog]

Anyone know what the Golf Resort (now Shades of Green) cost back then? We stayed there I think in 1978 or 79. You had to take a shuttle to the Polynesian to get on the monorail to get to MK. BTMR was being built at the time and no other parks to go to.

 

[WDW_Vacationer]

It would be pretty amazing to see the gross profits WDW took in back in the early 70's compared to today. Although like everything else the cost of construction rose so the stuff they've since built has I'm sure cost them an arm and a leg..so maybe not as much net profit percentage wise as even back then.

 

[crazy4wdw]

I stayed at the Contemporary in January 1972 with my grandparents. A tower room was $44 per night. I still have the reservation confirmation.

A tower room in 1982 was $115 per night. I stayed at the CR in October 1982 just after Epcot Center opened.

 

[winterman]

I would like to point out that it is all relative. When I graduated from college in 1971, I was paid $4.00/hour in my first job as a Registered Nurse.

 

[CAJUNWDWFAN]

In 1987 Poly rooms went for approximately $185 for a garden view.

 

[JerseyJanice]

In the summer of 1972, my family drove to Florida from New Jersey. I-95 was just completed, and WDW hadn't been opened for a full year.

Some years ago, I found a package containing brochures and maps I had collected from roadstops on the way. (Even as a 10 year-old, I was an info-maniac.) The package contained an original park map--I am shocked by how similar it is to a current one--and brochures on various Florida tourist attractions, e.g., Silver Springs, Cypress Gardens, Monkey Jungle, etc.

I also found info on the Days Inn motel chain which was brand new back then. Can you believe that it cost $3 per night to stay there along the I-95 corridor?

I don't know how much the CR or Polynesian cost back then, but I do know that when we got to Orlando, we stayed in a Days Suites that was alongside the Orange Bowl. Because it was a suite, it cost a bit more than the $3 my parents paid to stay at the Days Inns in North Carolina and Georgia.

 

[disneyfan55]

I know in the summer of 1978 the rate at the poly was 60/night. I think there was a 5/night each year for the next couple of years when we stayed either there or the CR. I remember paying around 115/night for POFQ in the early 90s as well.

 

[spiceycat]

in the summer of 1973 the Polyn was either $32 or $39 per night.

those days won't see again. same room cost $125 in 1983.

think the $28 was the MKC rate only.

 

[BethC1952]

Somewhere back in the late '70's we stayed at Fort Wilderness for around $25/night. I couldn't wait until I could afford the $79 (approx.) that it would cost us to stay at the Polynesian.

I'm STILL waiting to afford to stay at the Polynesian...next month it will be Pop Century for me again, and I'm thrilled!

Beth

 

[nezy]

What were the resorts when WDW first opened? I remeber the contemporary, The Poly and I recall something called "The Lake Buena Vista Hotel" or something like that. Any help?

 

[disneyfan55]

What were the resorts when WDW first opened? I remeber the contemporary, The Poly and I recall something called "The Lake Buena Vista Hotel" or something like that. Any help?

There was also the Golf resort, now shades of green. There were tree houses as well as villas in Lake Buena Vista. We stayed there in the early 80s. I don't know if all were actually opened on opening day but they were there shortly thereafter.

 

[spiceycat]

no it was a couple of years

CR and Polyn were open on opening day - a month (might be more) later the FW campground (sure glad grandmother never knew about the cabins).

In the 1980's I think - Disney village resort was opening. but before then was golf

there is a list out somewhere that list the years when all the WDW resorts opened.