Originally Posted By MMfriend Thanks for in input. I am seeing hotels on hotels.com for 34-40 dollars per noc vs 69 per noc at pop culture. I will not be needing parking and have priced the airport shuttle for my party to be $70 round trip. Has anyone stayed at Knight's inn, Ramada maingate west, quality inn maingate or masters inn? If so, where they nice? Thank soo much for the good discussion. Have givening lots to think about.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The Quality Inn Maingate West at 7785 W 192 (next to the Golden China restaurant) is the place I stayed last year for $35/night. Basic room w/ minifridge, free basic continental breakfast, stark pool. Nice is perhaps too stong a word... it's more like okay. It's a bed, know what I mean? You say you don't need parking. How will you get around? The hotels do have shuttles, but the schedules are rather restrictive. If you can get the Pop Century for $69, I'd recommend you follow RoadTrip's advice: stay on-property. The benefits he has already spelled out are easily worth the $35 extra, IMO.
Originally Posted By MMfriend I went to WDW in 2004 - someone else planned the trip. We stayed at a hotel that was outside of WDW but within walking distance to downtown disney and there was a shuttle that left/returned to the hotel about every hour. I cannot remember what hotel it was. There were about 10 hotels on that street that the bus stopped at. I think the Hilton was one of them. Is the shuttle service not very good anymore. I am only interested in visiting WDW and DTD, so though the shuttle would sufice for our needs. Please let me know if not the case.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Yes, the Hilton is one. There are seven hotels there, which are on Disney property, and have official Disney buses for transportation around the resort. But I be surprised if you can get any of those for near the $69 you were quoted for the Pop Century.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I stayed at the Ramada with my son's chorus in 1980. I had big brown bugs in my bed and the tub was dirty. I hope their housekeeping has improved since then, but I would check reviews on the internet before booking there. We had our own bus and did one park a day, so transportation wasn't an issue.
