What is Your Magic Combination for Split Stays?

[Frugal Fairy Tales]

What combination of resorts do you like for split stays (or maybe alternating years)?? What two resorts would you recommend owning?

 

[disneydreamer1980]

I like Poly and BWV. Gives you close access to MK snd Epcot and DHS and they’re very different from each other, so it’s a nice change. We own at both. Did this combo on our last trip in May. It was nice.

 

[Marionnette]

What combination of resorts do you like for split stays (or maybe alternating years)?? What two resorts would you recommend owning?

BWV and VGF for the Epcot/MK split. I also own at Poly but it only has studios and point-sucking bungalows, so it's not an ideal choice for people who like larger accommodations. However Poly2 could end up changing my mind and leap ahead of VGF.

 

[SleeplessInTO]

Poly and Beach Club.

Best in MK and Epcot areas for pool, food options, and transportation.

Ironically I own VGF and BWV lol, which are a close second.

 

[DVCsloth]

CCV and Riviera, like to start out in a studio for 3 days then move into a 1br when we do a split stay. Also, own VGF and throw it into the mix as well.
ETA, we are visiting VGF for the first time in 2 years, so we picked up 1 night in aa SV resort studio just to try it out. Then 7 nights in a 1br at VGF 1. Had the 1br booked 11 months out.
Decided to try the Resort Studio last week when it showed available. Hoping we like BPK, was not too thrilled about the new addition to VGF.

 

[Sandisw]

Pretty much every trip is VGF and RIV. I may occasionally swap BLT for VGF. But that is pretty much it.

Now we are doing a RIV/SSR split in January but that is because we are doing a GV first and the last two nights at SSR because my guests are staying longer to do resort/DS day with no parks.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I like AKV and BCV. We love Animal Kingdom, and since we don't have little kids, we don't often go to MK. When we're not at AK, I could just sit on the balcony and watch the animals. Then BCV for Epcot, DHS, and the Skyliner.

 

[Her Dotness]

Depends on how you like to split.

We are settle-in types so own the majority of our points at our favorite, VGF, and do the bulk of our stay there.

Recently, we added 50 at BWV to use for arrival night somewhere. We found we enjoyed one night somewhere else for the variety but didn't want to add more points than enough for a 1br at any resort during the times of the year, fall and spring, that we generally go. Currently have our May 2023 arrival night booked at BWV but may switch somewhere else if we feel like it at 7 months.

We buy 5-6 days of park tickets which we don't start using until our first full day at WDW. The single night somewhere other than VGF just gets us into the bubble to explore another resort, shop, have a resort dinner and not much else.

If we ever decide to stay that night at RIV, we'll set aside enough of our direct points to do that.

That's our preferred split pattern.

 

[PalmettoPath]

Poly and Beach Club.

Best in MK and Epcot areas for pool, food options, and transportation.

Ironically I own VGF and BWV lol, which are a close second.

Poly, IMO, is the absolute worst for both pools (overcrowded and undersized) and food options (downhill for 10 years) on the MK loop. Miles behind GF and CR for both. WL is about equal to Poly with overcrowded undersized pools and lacking in food quality.

 

[Nursemanit]

I am in contracts for BWV and Poly - I considered BWV and AKL but the MF is better at Poly and I got a good price. I plan to alternate years Poly 3 / BWV 4 and AKL 2 / BWV 5

Basically, I want to avoid the bus so AK one year and MK the other, Epcot and HS every year

 

[Nursemanit]

Poly, IMO, is the absolute worst for both pools (overcrowded and undersized) and food options (downhill for 10 years) on the MK loop. Miles behind GF and CR for both. WL is about equal to Poly with overcrowded undersized pools and lacking in food quality.

I don't think any WDW option for food is that great, and Poly and GF are so close that the food options are not a factor between them.

 

[Royal Consort]

Our combination has been Aulani then fly to WDW, split between Grand Floridian and Riviera, fly to California and stay at Grand Californian before flying home

 

[MarkNC2Disney]

Poly studio first for MK/Epcot then Riviera 1 or 2br second for DHS/Epcot.
Poly is the best resort on the monorail loop for young families imo.
We love the Skyliner and the crescent lake resorts don’t make financial sense to own at this point. That said…we scooped a few nights in a Boardwalk view 1br coming up.

 

[supersnoop]

I enjoy two different splits:

BLT and BWV for MK, Epcot, and DHS with access to tons of restaurants on the Boardwalk or Monorail loop.

PVB and AKV; Poly for access to MK and the TTC to Epcot, and Animal Kingdom for DAK and wildlife from my balcony.

I guess it really depends which park I plan to skip (or spend the least amount of time in)

 

[TCRAIG]

I don’t stay at studios so Poly doesn’t work for me…my favorite is BCV and GFV…

 

[LilyJC]

Our WDW homes are BCV, CCV, and BLT, so we usually start at a MK resort and then end at BCV which we love love love. We are in So Cal - very close to DLR, and we’ve been spoiled by the proximity of everything (of course VGC!). The ability to walk everywhere is most important for us, and being able to easily see fireworks nightly during a WDW trip is my personal favorite. CCV is our exception to the walking requirement since we fell in love with the resort itself

 

[DL1WDW2]

Poly studio first for MK/Epcot then Riviera 1 or 2br second for DHS/Epcot.
Poly is the best resort on the monorail loop for young families imo.
We love the Skyliner and the crescent lake resorts don’t make financial sense to own at this point. That said…we scooped a few nights in a Boardwalk view 1br coming up.

Very interesting !
You forgot to add a Disney Cruise thrust Panama Canal! Haha.
Cant help but wonder where’s Home besides your DVCHome ?

 

[macman123]

Pretty much every trip is VGF and RIV. I may occasionally swap BLT for VGF. But that is pretty much it.

Now we are doing a RIV/SSR split in January but that is because we are doing a GV first and the last two nights at SSR because my guests are staying longer to do resort/DS day with no parks.

I would agree - VGF and RIV.......

 

[Stargazer65]

SSR and BLT, or SSR and BRV. That way I get close to MK and DS in the same trip.
Another option I did before, and want to do again is VB and a WDW resort. I don't own at Vero, but it's not hard to book usually. I could see doing split stays at Vero and your favorite WDW resort as a good combo.

 

[RamblinWreck]

My ideal split stay (or alternating stay) would be VGF and RIV.

But really any monorail resort and any resort that is either walkable to HS/EPCOT or on the skyliner