Originally Posted By DisneybyMark I am thinking of staying at 3 different hotels during my 5 night visit. I'm taking advantage of the spring discounts of 20-30% off the room rate. 1 night @ the Contempory 2 nights at Animal Kingdom 2 Nights at Coronado Springs. Anyone else done this before?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo No thanks. If I was staying for 2 weeks, I might be tempted to change once. But all the check in hassle and luggage issues, not my cup of tea.
Originally Posted By magic0214 For me...I would do two tops...I think the 1 night would be pointless. One night wouldn't be worth staying there. But then again, you can probably handle more then me! I hate having opinions about this since it's your vacation...Do what YOU want to do!
Originally Posted By tashajilek I would only if i were staying longer and planning on spending a lot of time at the hotel. If you have been to WDW many times and you feel you could handle it then you should do it.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I am a big fan of the Contemporary and the AKL. Not as much for Coronado Springs. I have to say that personally if I were spending 5 nights I might do 2 hotels but really prefer one hotel. Seems like a lot of work to do 3 hotels on a vacation, plus by experiencing one or two you can actually experience the hotel. As an aside, we have become BIG Universal hotel fans and prefer any of the 3 Lowe's hotels to the Disney hotels any day. Better prices, much much better service and better amenities.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub If you are just a single person with a light-weight back pack style piece of luggage....maybe. One thing to consider is the check-out times 11a.m. and the check-in times 3or4or5 ; You could be in danger of wasting a lot energy and vacation time. I wonder what your goal is? Just to say you did it and can blog the experience or a desire to "stay" everywhere at WDW eventually. Sounds interesting. I would like to see you attempt this if you are traveling by yourself. So the focus of the trip would be about the hotels and not the attractions?
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I've hopped... It's a lot of hassle. 2 Resorts yes, 3 wouldn't you rather be at the Parks?
Originally Posted By DisneybyMark I want to take advantage of the low cost of club level at AK so I can do the morning safari. I am saving the Coronado Springs for the weekend rate. I also want to splurge the first night at Bay Lake Tower in a studio. From there I can see the Electrical Water Pageant, walk to the park, swim in the pools watch the fireworks from the lounge! PS Its just me.. and I only have one suitcase!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Sounds like a dream trip. You might want to doublecheck the BLT/Top of the World Lounge requires a DVC member to sign you in because a DVC castmember will escort you to the elevator. Be sure to check out the Disney artwork on every level.
Originally Posted By DisneybyMark Good advice... I was assuming that if i'm booked in the Bay Lake Tower i have complete run of the place???
Originally Posted By DisneybyMark You know after all these great comments I think I will change my mind and opt for doing only two hotels during my stay. So my dilemma is.. Which one do I stay 3 days at? AK or CS?
Originally Posted By PotNoodle My vote is for AK, but will you have a car? Otherwise you will be at the mercy of the busses. There are good restuarants, the savannah, and just some really lovely places to relax with a drink.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo As cool as AKL, I would only ever stay there again if you have a car. The buses were horrible.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 AKL, very nice place. We didn't have a bad time with the buses. The longest wait was 10 mins.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I had they have improved. There were a couple of examples where it was a 40 min wait for us, in the end we started using cabs
Originally Posted By Roger Rabbit I've done it a few times. But that was only because where I wanted to stay for my entire trip wasn't available. So I stayed 1 or 2 nights until I could get where I wanted. It didn't bother me at all.
Originally Posted By CDF2 I did the Caribean and the Yacht Club over an 8-day trip some 15 years ago - worked out great. My parents came down for the first four days and didn'nt want to pay the freight at the Yacht Club so we stayed at the Carib for the first 4 nights and moved after they left town. We had a bagperson come and take the luggage at the Carib which Disney transferred for us - we left for the parks and after checking in at the Yacht club the bags were there waiting for us in the room.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I hotel hopped once because I could not book a room at the Boardwalk for the entire week, so I stayed at the Yacht Club for two nights and then moved to the Boardwalk for the final five. I did not find it to be a problem at all. On the day of the switch we got our luggage ready in the room, called Bell Services and left for the parks. When we arrived at our new hotel that evening the luggage was in our room... Bell Services handled the luggage transfer... we didn't have to do a thing. Would I bother staying at the Contemporary for just one night to experience it? ABSOLUTELY!!! P.S. I did that close to 10 years ago. I would call WDW to make sure that they still do luggage transfers between hotels. I would assume they do, but with the cutbacks of the past few years I would check it out before making my reservations.
