Wilderness Lodge/POR?POP

[Rachael Q]

We were booked to stay at the WL for the whole 9 nights of our January vacation. But a slight change in our financial situation means that I cannot justify the $$$$.

I am comfortable staying at WL for 4 nights. Right now we have AAA rate for woodsview (and we hope for AP but not counting on it).

Our trip dates are Jan 7th to 16th.

First question - do we stay at WL for the first 4 nights or last 4 nights? I am leaning towards last 4 nights, finish our trip in style.

Second questions - for the other 5 nights do we go POR or POP? I know it's comparing apples and oranges!

This is my thoughts so far:
POR has hot tub
POP will be less $$
POR has slightly larger rooms
POP is newer resort

location and tranportation not a huge issue - we will have a rental car.

We will be spending a some time at the resort, for rest and recovery (I am participating in the 1/2 marathon).

Let me know your opinions.

Thank you

Rachael

 

[Kala]

We stayed at Pop in January (and are going back in a few days), and found it to be a really nice value resort. I would really recommend it if you're looking for a way to save in your budget. If you plan to use the hot tub, however, (to ease those aching muscles) you might be better off at POR. I haven't stayed at POR, but I have stayed several times at POFQ and absolutely love it. Another advantage to Pop is that this resort doesn't have to share buses with another resort, but if you plan to use your rental car, that won't be an issue for you. Whenever we change resorts, we always go from value to moderate to deluxe, it's just hard to go from more amenities to less. I normally wouldn't recommend a Value over a moderate if you can afford it, but we think that Pop is more like somewhere in between value and moderate. Hope that helps. Whatever you decide, good luck with your 1/2 marathon!