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).

 

[AngieInOH]

All Stars or POP. I wouldn't even consider Drury to save $200. We've stayed offsite and end up using Lyft most of the time to get to the parks due to how much time is wasted on the shared buses.

 

[brockash]

My son's high school band will be traveling to Disney just before Easter this year. My daughter (age 11- not really into princesses anymore) and I are looking to plan a trip at the same time so we can see them perform. I'm waiting to make my final decision about which hotel hoping that some discounts will be released for that time and waiting to see what flights are available from our closest airport. I'm debating between a few different hotels- Animal Kingdom Lodge is our favorite, but that is not in the budget for this trip. Keeping the trip as low budget as possible is most important, but it would also be nice to maybe stay somewhere new.

All Star Movies- cheapest on-site (I stayed here before, but my daughter hasn't. I took my sons on a Star Wars trip and we stayed here)
Pop Century- adds the Skyliner (We stayed here for our first trip, but daughter was just about to turn 2 at the time, so doesn't remember). It's not my favorite theming, but the Skyliner would be nice- right now about $200 more than ASM
Swan/Dolphin- with a discount, maybe it will be comparable or not much more? Hoping to use the teacher discount possibly. Never stayed here- about $500 more than ASM
Drury Inn- cheapest, still some Disney perks, but not all (not being able to book LL 7 days in advance is my main concern about Drury). Plus bussing might not be as convenient? We've stayed at Drury Inns before (not the Disney Springs one) and liked them- about $200 less than ASM

This will be more of a park centric trip- our last trip at AKL was more of a resort trip. We'll be in the same park as the band each day, so no flexibility on that. I think we'll be in Epcot on Monday that week. The only restaurant that we know we want to try right now is Cake Bake Shop. Boma is daughter's favorite, so we might go there as well.

We've stayed Pop Century, All Star Movies, Port Orleans Riverside, and AKL. We are trying to keep this trip as low budget as possible, especially knowing that we're going Sun-Wed just before Easter, so anticipating crowds and most likely getting LLs and knowing that hotels and LLs will be more expensive that week. Daughter thinks she would pick All Star Movies over Pop Century based on the theming.

The band is staying at a hotel off-site. I prefer not to do that since we'd have to rent a car then and I'd rather not drive to the parks.

I'm curious- where would you stay? Is there another resort that I'm not thinking of that might fit? I'd love to try Swan/Dolphin, but the logical side of me says that the extra $300 or $500 for Swan/Dolphin would pay for a lot of LLs.

We'd rather stay at All Stars or Pop over Swan/Dolphin. - Don't get me wrong; they're nice hotels, but they're just hotels...we def. missed the disney when we stayed there.

 

[didilovesdisney]

I to would choose AllStars or Pop and the skyliner that time of year should be running more up than down I would think and is a great and easy way to access all the resorts. Oh and @ ECCMama812 the allegiant flight schedule is available now for your dates on their website. Showed up last night. Enjoy your trip wherever you stay.

 

[stinkpickle]

I would just AllStars it