welcome home spudnig! you are very right that we have a lot to be thankful for! every night that i can go to bed in a warm dry place and know my child has a fully tummy, I am very grateful for! thank you for your service to our country and us all!
i think a lot of folks think this is a negative thread but i for one have found it VERY useful! i don't think it's about being spoiled or ungrateful...WDW is a world class resort, and people are paying a lot to go there, and if a resort has continual problems with housekeeping or bugs or something (like CBR/PORS seem to) then people should know before they decide if they want to try it!
i will never stay at PORS again. my experience was posted in another thread (por love it or hate it i think it was called) it was very inconvenient, and we lasted only one night, thankfully we were able to switch to another resort.
the moderates are the 'worst of both worlds' to me; i would rather go economy if i'm going to go on the cheap (i have stayed at All stars 5 times I think if i remember right) or deluxe; the moderates are not worth the extra to me over the values and don't offer the amenities of the deluxes.
I would not want to pay to stay main building concierge at the GF again; but would stay at SL concierge or in a regular building in a heartbeat. I didn't find it to be stuffy at all except in the main building and found the location to be SUPER convenient.
The only Disney resorts that I have stayed at and will never return to are "The Golf Resort"and the Villas at Disney Village (Villas at Disney Institute) This is because they don't exist anymore.

so true and sad! i have match books that my mom saved from the Golf Resort, the Buena Vista Villas (as they were called wayyyyyy back in the day) and i miss the old resort decorating at the Poly and Contemporary. whaaaaaa LOL.