which disney hotel

[richtomas]

In the next few weeks im being made redundant and now decided to take the family back to disney in sept ,my daughter 10 and son 6 and wife want to go to asm again or pop , : but i fancy caribbean or port orleans.

is there a big difference in the hotels?

at this moment its 3to1 need some support to win them over and its only £300 more

 

[JohnnySharp2]

Hi and welcome,

I have never stayed on-site personally, trying it for the 1st time in August.

There are prices to suit every budget, I guess ultimatley it comes down to how much you want to pay. Caribbean & Port Orleans as you say are more expensive.

The Boadwalk villas is the only on-site property I am familiar with, and would be more expensive than ASM/POP, if you are prepared to pay more I would recommend staying there.

To be honest as we generally stay in a villa there are a lot of poeple who know far more about the Disney resorts than I do.

 

[Red-Snapper]

Same as any other range of hotels - you get what you pay for although you usually pay more for Disney than you do an equivilent class hotel off-site.

asm/pop etc were designed specifically by Disney to catch the European charter flight market and are their "budget" accommadation.

Carribbean/Port Orleans are in the next bracket up.

Yacht/Beach/Contemporary are roughly 4 star equivalents.

AL/Poly/Floridian are roughly 5 star with Floridian obviously being the high-end property.

The others are all in the 3-4 star bracket.

All of them very nice if you want the on-site experience.

 

[Hilary]

It probably depends partly on how long you plan to spend in the resort itself. If you'll be in the parks from morning until night, then my view is that you'll get all the on-site benefits from AS or PC without paying for facilities you may not use or need.

However, if you think you'll be spending quite a bit of time around the pools, and using the resort facilities, then I would say POR/CBR are worth the extra for things like (depending on which resort you choose) the boat to DD, the surrey bikes, the carriage rides, etc.

 

[gilld]

I would go with POFQ. It's smaller so has a more intimate feel, it has a great pool and slide and you can take the boat to DTD and walk to POR for their facilities.

 

[jockey]

Another vote for POFQ, this resort is small and peaceful,l the bus stops and food court are only a few minutes walk from any room. The location is fantastic as its only a few minutes from DTD. We stayed here in 2004 and loved it!

 

[jjpenguin]

Another vote for POFQ, it's a real haven to get back to after a hectic day in the parks.

 

[UKDEB]

WDW has 4 categories:

Value All-Star Movies, Music and Sports; Pop Century.

Moderate Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans French Quarter, Port Orleans Riverside.

Deluxe Animal Kingdom Lodge, Beach Club, BoardWalk, Contemporary, Grand Floridian, Polynesian, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club. Of these, Grand Floridian is the flagship resort. Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin also fall into this category. Whilst they're bang slap in the middle of WDW property (between Epcot and MGM), they're not owned by Disney and come in cheaper.

Home Away From Home This category comprises both the DVC resorts (which are also available to the general public) - Beach Club Villas, BoardWalk Villas, Old Key West, Saratoga Springs, The Villas at Wilderness Lodge - and the cabins and campground at Fort Wilderness.

Both the Values and Moderates are motel style accommodation (i.e. entry to the rooms from an outside walkway rather than an inside corridor). The eating option at the Values is of the foodcourt variety. The Moderates have both foodcourts and restaurants (I'd say Theme Park standard, to give you an idea of what to expect). The top-end restaurants and best bars are to be found at the Deluxe resorts.

You pay a premium to be onsite (for the same price you'd get a far superior hotel offsite). On the whole, the Deluxes are in the best locations. Animal Kingdom Lodge, though, is out in the boonies (near the All-Star resorts) and, for that reason, tends to come in cheaper than some of the other Deluxes. The most expensive Deluxes tend to be the Epcot resorts (BoardWalk and Yacht/Beach Clubs) and the Grand Floridian (which is the most expensive of all).

For an additional £300, I could certainly be persuaded to stay at a Moderate rather than a Value. All the Mods are nice in their own way, but the two Port Orleans resorts definitely have a charm all of their own. And you have water-taxi access to Downtown Disney. Both Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs are a bus, taxi or car journey from almost everywhere.

 

[crux]

My choice between the Value and Moderate resorts would be Port Orleans Riverside - the theming is fantastic, the food court has a large number of choices and there is a table service resturant. The Port Orleans French Quarter is smaller and doesn't have the table service resturant - although both resorts are only 10 minutes walk from each other, so if you stay at one of them you can use the facilities at the other.

One thing to note the moderate hotels now have a small in-room fridge, so you could buy milk, cereal and orange juice for breakfast and eat them in the room. This could save you quite a bit between four of you over two weeks and make up some/most of the £300 difference in cost.

 

[mushumadness]

We really enjoyed the pop century, and really didnt like the carribean beach.

the pops very nice, very clean and staff very friendly and its in great position for the roads and getting to and from places

so far we have stayed at all star sport, pop century and caribbean beach, looking forward to the contemporary next year lol

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

Hi

We have stayed at All Stars & Dixie Landings (now PO) and personally would prefer PO. As said by others landscaping is lovely and you get the benefit of the boat to DTD so can have a couple of drinks and not drive.

I have read that if you manage to get discounts (eg AP rate or AA) that sometimes the moderates can be not much more than the basic ones.

A friend stayed at CBR for a couple of nights (as he couldn't get in ours) & then transferred & he preferred PO.

Whatever you decide I am sure you will all have a great time.

 

[richtomas]

thanks for info ,looks like i won

 

[KayleeUK]

Welcome to the DIS richtomas

I have stayed onsite on all my trips and all of the resorts are lovely.

Out of the ones you ask about I have stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort and really loved it there, but I hear POFQ is a lovely resort too in the moderate category.

With you having a six year old son though you might want to consider All Star Movies if he is in to Buzz

 

[florida sun]

Welcome to the DIS richtomas

I have stayed at the All Stars, (Movies and Sports) and The Pop and this year Im giving the Dolphin a try. I loved the value ones though I have to say and the theming at them is wonderful, esp for children. I have heard great reports about the PO and would love to give that one a try in the future.

I hope you have a wonderful time whatever you choose and let us know who wins

 

[Miffy2003]

You will love whichever one you stay at I'm sure! My DDs favourite is All Star Movies

 

[richtomas]

cant believe it, having picked up the wife from work i looked at the star news paper who were doing a special deal with air tours,not only did i phone ,but only booked a brillant deal -£2290 .92 staying ay port orleans and a 14 day pass for disney --£600 cheaper then travel city and £1000 with virgin

on such a high now

went to asm 2 years ago on our honeymoon ,but only got 11 days due to hurricanne ? so we feel we are only at half time at this moment

my daugher does nt no at the moment as she is away on a weekend with the school

 

[florida sun]

Great News, happy planning

 

[UKDEB]

That's a great deal. I can understand why you're feeling so pleased with yourselves.

 

[castanea1985]

We've stayed at both POR and CB. Out of the two I'd go for POR, but the kids (who were between the ages of 5 and 12 when we stayed at these two), preferred CB! Port Orleans is in great position, and we especially liked the fact you can go down to DTD in the evening by boat.
I'm sure you'll enjoy any of the resorts.
Tracy

 

[Minniespal]

Great deal ~ Happy planning.