Which one?

[Haley R]

I have never stayed at any of the All Stars, the values turn me off. When we only needed one room we stayed deluxe with a discount code but as our kids got older we needed two rooms and tried CSR. It was right after they did a big room refurb and it was nice. The resort was very pretty, nice theme, easy food. However we did tire of busing everywhere as the week wore on, I think that wouldn't be so bad now with the advent of Lyft and Uber. Also it was cold the week we were there and only had one pool day which probably clouded my impression. But the pool theme was really nice.

It's great Disney has soooo many different options as we all have different taste. I was booked into POFQ for my trip before changing to Dolphin with Costco. I think the PO resorts look nice and I liked the idea of a boat to Disney Springs but POFQ wasn't included on the discount code for my dates and was just too expensive for two rooms. You might look at those as well?

We just stayed in pop which was our first value resort. We actually really liked it and it saves so much money!

I absolutely love POFQ but we want to try a new resort every trip so that one is out. They don’t offer discounts there very often because I don’t think they have trouble filling it up.

 

[unrequited23]

Do they only have deals for the dolphin and swan?

They sometimes have Saratoga Springs too.

 

[Amanda999]

Dh and I are planning on going 10/30-11/6 depending on what we can get for plane tickets (still waiting for them to be released). We want to do the half marathon and would’ve liked an Epcot resort but they are super expensive. We’ve already stayed at por, POFQ, akl, and pop so want a new resort.

So here are our choices:
All star sports-$119/night
All star music-$119/night
All star movies-$138/night (only have preferred left)
Coronado springs-$217/night

We thought about doing a split stay but figured that might be more trouble since we will be doing the races. I’m interested in movies but only to have the chance at a refurbished room, not sure how likely that is. Any thoughts?

Are you thinking of Pop? Pop is undergoing room renos right now (all buildings done by October I think). I don't think ASMo (movies) is renovating rooms currently.
I'd choose pop over any of those - you'll get a renovated room, and its more centrally located to the parks than the all stars. I wouldn't stay at CS due to construction (new buildings etc.).

 

[Haley R]

Are you thinking of Pop? Pop is undergoing room renos right now (all buildings done by October I think). I don't think ASMo (movies) is renovating rooms currently.
I'd choose pop over any of those - you'll get a renovated room, and its more centrally located to the parks than the all stars. I wouldn't stay at CS due to construction (new buildings etc.).

I put in the original post that we have already done pop, akl, POFQ, and por. We actually just got back from pop about a week ago. We like to try a new one each time.

 

[lilkimmyk]

I voted for All Star Movies. I stayed at Sports and Music and I really didn't care for Music at all. Loved Sports. I've never stayed at CSR but that doesn't appeal to me either. I've never been to Movies but that one just screams Disney Magic to me. Maybe because of the movies I grew up loving are represented, but this one is one we will be staying at in the future.

Good luck, wherever you decide to stay will be as great as you make it! Have fun!

 

[Haley R]

I voted for All Star Movies. I stayed at Sports and Music and I really didn't care for Music at all. Loved Sports. I've never stayed at CSR but that doesn't appeal to me either. I've never been to Movies but that one just screams Disney Magic to me. Maybe because of the movies I grew up loving are represented, but this one is one we will be staying at in the future.

Good luck, wherever you decide to stay will be as great as you make it! Have fun!

Thanks for your input! I love the toy story theme at movies but I love the baseball theme at sports! It’s a hard choice but we will see. I think we have decided on an all star because we would like to save the extra $ for the two course challenge at the wine and dine.