Wilderness Lodge or Swan?

[PatriciaH]

Right now DH and I are staying at the Marriott DD at the $20.03 rate August 23rd-28th and the Wilderness Lodge August 29th and the 30th. I was able to get the AP rate Wednesday of $109 + tax at WL before they took the rates out of the computer. I just checked and the rate was still on my reservation (whew.) I got an e-mail the other day for the Sawn or Dolphin (water view) $99 + tax (LABOR code) for August 28th-September 9th. I called and they do have rooms at the Swan for the 28th, 29th and 30th. I would like to cut a day from the Marriott (8.28) and add one at WL, but with the games they are playing I do not know if they will honor the AP rate for the 28th. Should I just switch to the Swan or keep what I have now? We still have a room at the Marriott DD on the 28th (I can't get the $20.03 refunded) so even if I can't get WL on the 28th we have a room. I just figured it would be nice to do the WL on the 28th too if the rates had dropped from $188 to 109

 

[wld]

We have stayed at both and we like the Swan much more than WL. We were at WL in June of 2002 and the big windows looking toward the lake were constantly steamed up. The food court was just okay, we never tried the restaurants and after a couple of days we didn't care for the decor esp outside. Keep in mind we are from MI and spend alot of time camping. It felt too fake to us. Our woods view room had a thin row of trees and then a back lot where trucks came in.
We stayed at the swan May 2003 and loved it. The every single staff member went above and beyond, you could walk to Epcot and MGM or take the boat to either place. We enjoyed the view from our room which overlooked the lagoon and Dolphin (free upgrade)We loved the decor very restful without being overdone.