Originally Posted By pitapan16 What a great question, but I don't have "one" favorite, I have many. I have stayed at PortOrleans Riverside and FrenchQuater, AnimalKingdom Lodge, and CaribbeanBeach Resort, but am familiar with ALL. My dad and I have explored just about every single one and have found many many pro's to each from what we could experience without sleeping in a room. That being said my top's of top's category would probably include Disney Polynessian Resort, Wilderness Lodge, Grand Floridian, and Animal Kingdom Lodge. You know what though, I love pretty much all of Disney's resorts and each are unique and special in their own ways and theme's. Visiting the resorts are a huge part of my DisneyWorld vacations. I love them all.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<I love pretty much all of Disney's resorts >> I admire your loyalty. There are a couple I dislike. Namely Beach Club and Coronado, except the dining at Coronado IS pretty good to me. Beach Club service at front desk, and maintenece, and Coronado because I had to walk a thousand miles in the rain to get to my room, to find a young couple in there watching TV. Then back to the front desk (another 5 miles) to get a new room assignment, then (another 5 miles) to that new room. All in the rain with 5 kids in tow. Mistakes do happen, I'm not bitter. It's what made me join the DVC tho actually.
Originally Posted By RHODISNEY I loved the theming of the Wilderness Lodge so much I'm changing my Victorian decor at home to Wilderness/Cabin by the Lake look. Quite a difference. I still would love to stay at the Poly though. The monorail stop, the palm trees, the torch lighting ceremony, volcano pool and beach seem to appeal to me.
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum >>volcano pool and beach seem to appeal to me.<< Indeed.....I stop here every trip and have a Lava Flow from the Barefoot,usually to coincide with a wishes viewing.
Originally Posted By Kuzcochik Fell in love with Old Key West last time we were at WDW. Animal Kingdom Lodge was cool too but really only for the view and the arcitecture...the rooms themselves left something to be desired..
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^Really? I find the rooms there to be amongst the most peaceful and nicely decorated at WDW. My only complaint would be the standard rooms are on the smallish side.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj bulldozed over, i think, for saratoga springs. and if any of them still exist, they were completely overgrown and in disrepair the last time i laid eyes on them.
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum >>and if any of them still exist, they were completely overgrown and in disrepair the last time i laid eyes on them.<< They were still there this past October when I stayed at SS and they were looking like (from the road anyway) they could be taken out of "mothballs" pretty quickly. Now I'm not sure if there were more or not before the SS construction, but these ones arejust up the road from the SS entrance just past the golf cart x-ing. Some of the villas can be seen peeking out from amongst the trees on what (i'm guessing) must be one of the fairways of that particular course.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I was at WDW last month and stayed at POR. While taking the bus/ boat between the resort and DTD, I had the chance to see a lot of the Tree House Villa's. The Treehouse Villa's look absolutely incredible!!! Disney has done a great job repairing them. They are being rented out to Cast Members from foreign countrys. I would highly recommend that anyone intrested take either the bus or boat between POR and DTD.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Thanks for clearing up my bad information! The last time i took a ride up the Sassagoula River, the treehouses looked pretty much down for the count. Good to know they have a second lease on life.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I have to agree mrichmondj. The last time I saw the treehouses ( two years ago) if felt like I was on the Jungle Boat Cruise. Now they are all fixed up and look incredible. But with all the Brazilian flags on them you would think your going up the Amazon River.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 <<I love pretty much all of Disney's resorts >> I admire your loyalty. There are a couple I dislike. Namely Beach Club and Coronado, except the dining at Coronado IS pretty good to me. Not really a loyalty, just being honest. I have absolutely found awesome things that I love at every resort I've visited.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Well that being said, I have only 11 days to Boardwalk... oh yeah , uh huh... *dancing*
Originally Posted By dixielandings Im Dancing with you DVC Dad !! Oh ah OH OH ah Im leaving in 3 days for my longest disney Work trip yet Sat and sunday at OKW Mon and Tue at the Peabody in Orlando then wed till wed at All Star Movies ( Im saving my points for a family trip in May ) any way my favorite hotels Deluxe: The Polynesian Moderate: Dixielandings!!ok PO Riverside Value: All Star Movies DVC: Old Key West
Originally Posted By Walt Disney16 I am planning to stay at Coranado Springs resort this may, does anyone have any thoughts on this resort. I just want to see if it is worth the stay. I want to stay at Riverside, but my family wanted to try this one. Thanks ~Josh
Originally Posted By sherrytodd We stayed there last year. I liked the theming and the grounds. The pools is nice. You can end up doing a LOT of walking there if your room is far from the main guest area. I did not like the food court area. There was not enough seating to accomidate everyone and instead of getting your food and sitting down, they would seat you first so you had to wait in line to be seated and then wait in every line to get food since noone in our family could agree on eating something from one serving area. I think it has its plusses and minuses, but the minuses did not seriously detract from our vacation. My son loved the pool and the waterslide.
