Why do people stay off-site?

[wishing4PA]

Ok here is why we some times stay offsite.


1)first, What on site benefits? Even if I didn't hate disney buses which I do you don't have to be a on site guest to use them. find them slow, If you have to go resort to resort which we do for dinner it takes a full hour to get anywhere. so I always have a car. Don't even get me started on the mass exodus, wait 3 buses to be able to board drama. I don't do rope drop nor the ddp. so outside of emh what are the on site benefits?

2) way overpriced. We only stay deluxe and sorry the quality for the price point imo is sadly lacking. I stayed at the waldorf for 189/night last year as opposed to 550 for the Grand floridian. Resort was better, service was better and I saved over 1000 dollars. that's a lot of internet fees.

Ah, the buses...
I actually don't mind them, and to me that is a valuable on-site benefit. Even for just the 3 of us, the ability to let daddy come to the parks late, or return to the resort while DD & I stayed was priceless. Letting daddy come and go on his own time gave him more "me time" than he would have gotten if we were all in a big house or condo but had to ride back and forth together.
The bigger the group, the more I can't see tying everyone down to the same transportation schedule. But, if you have multiple cars, or the hotel has its own good shuttle service, this might not be an issue.

#2 above sure does make the off-site seem appealing, though! Especially for the big group - as long as you can work out the transportation.

 

[2Pirates2Princesses]

Just wondering if the OP will be doing a new blog post based on the information she gleans from this thread. It would make a great article since the subject comes up quite frequently.

As much as my bank account screams that it makes more sense to stay "offsite", I cannot bring myself to do it. Logically, it make sense on so many levels. But I cannot get past the feeling that it isn't a Disney vacation. It's an Orlando vacation. Orlando is not what draws me to Central Florida. Disney does.

Call it pixie dust addiction or a Disney magic brain cloud or even foolish, if you want. I just feel differently when I'm on Disney property than I do when I'm outside of it. I tried it. It doesn't work for me. And if I'm going to spend beaucoup bucks and precious time off on a vacation, I want to be happy where I am.

I guess it's all a matter of perspective. If I am spending most of my time and money at the Disney parks, then it IS a Disney vacation regardless of where I am staying IMO
But I can certainly understand and appreciate your point and that the "full immersion" factor and/or all inclusive aspect of staying onsite is a big draw for many people.

 

[crz4mm2]

We've done both. I prefer on site. BUT, it is usually much cheaper to stay off site, even paying for parking and using a rental car.