Where would you stay?

[DizneyFamof4]

What have you heard? We have booked Drury for next vacation.

My co-worker just got back from staying at Drury and his family loved it. Said it was the best offsite hotel that they have stayed at and that their buses were 100 times better than other offsite hotels, so I would not be concerned. I posted Drury's bus schedule on another thread and I was very impressed with it. We rarely stay offsite but we will be looking at the Drury on our next trip.

 

[ChapterThree]

When looking at hotel/tickets prices for Swolphin on the Disney website, is the resort fee included in the total price on the Disney website? Or is it added in later on?

Pretty sure they build in all fees in the package price if you book via Disney’s site.
However you can book Swalphin through Marriott and that shows you the room price first and then a breakdown of the fees when you're about to confirm your reservation. Sometimes it’s more cost effective to book separately when it comes to Swalphin (book Swalphin through Marriott and buy park tickets through Disney separately). It’s at least worth a quick search on Marriott to see. Either way you book, you’ll still get the same Disney perks once you link your hotel reservation through the My Disney Experience app.

 

[teawar]

We have stayed at all of the hotels mentioned above and we have truly enjoyed the Drury Inn at Disney Springs. The staff is very friendly and accommodating, going above and beyond whenever we asked for assistance. The breakfast and “kick-back” have really saved us some money on food. Our rooms were very clean and something to consider is that one of the towers is about 5 years old and the other one was completely gutted when they purchased the property from what I understand. The 3 different times we’ve stayed there, we’ve been able to find great discount codes from another website which made it cheaper than the All-Stars. Their buses ran regularly and we could plan ahead on when to catch them.

We’ve stayed at the Dolphin several times using the educator rate and we loved the convenience to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. The rooms were clean but definitely tired and had a mildew smell. I believe they are redoing them this year. It’s a huge hotel and we’ve enjoyed the extra access to late nights at the parks that are sometimes offered to deluxe resorts.

I have nothing against the All-Stars other than the fact that I can remember when they were priced under $100.

We have not stayed at Pop since 2020 because the prices have gone up so much!

 

[80sTerraceCafeFan]

The location is nice, but if paying for Swan/Dolphin, I would try my best to get extended evening hours. Your dates are too far out to verify, but they are typically on Monday and/or Wednesday (although I've seen a Thursday in there before).