Originally Posted By RoadTrip I always knew there were super-expensive suites at WDW. My surprise was thinking that WDW could possibly charge $670 a night for a standard room in a Deluxe. That is perhaps where the disconnect is... what type of room was the quote for?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I can believe it. I fell over when one year DLP wanted $750 a night for a standard room for a family of 4 at the DLH.
Originally Posted By dshyates RT- it was a standard Double/Double garden view room at The Poly. To be quite honest, I have not priced an on property room since then.
Originally Posted By leobloom That is a rate I would expect for an ocean-view room at a Marriott in Hawaii. For a room at WDW, regardless of view, it's incredibly overpriced IMO.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper If you are lookign for a suite in a resort setting then check out the Caribe Royale. It is just down the street from the World Marriott and an easy drive to all the parks and DTD. We will be there next week and we always feel like we get a good value there. Plus, there is plenty of room for a family of four.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Yea, i was just checking last week for rooms during Christmas. Deluxe at the poly was $700 Mods were $239 and value was $170. I couldnt imagine paying $700 for a room my entire stay. I could probably have 2 more vacations with the money saved.
Originally Posted By leobloom I can't imagine paying $170/night (closer to $200/night after you include taxes) for an All-Star motel room. What a racket.
Originally Posted By tashajilek ^^ I was considering it and i just couldnt do it. I didnt want the EMH that badly.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo By international standards, $170 is average for a hotel room. The rates for the Poly are madness however.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That may be true, but I don't think that the Value hotels are average. They charge less and deliver less, and usually it seems (somewhat) reasonable. $170 per night just isn't anywhere near reasonable for what you're getting.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well, I rarely defend WDW. But I would call the transport (as poor as it is) and emh justification of the price. Every year at DLP we opt for Dream APs as they include emh. Even though they cost us as a family $450 more than a fantasy pass, we figure emh is worth it. In DLP, we can often do 8-10 attractions in those first 2 hours, then the core hours, we are lucky if we can do the same again. Therefore, emh can seem like a bargain. That said, I am unlikely to opt for the all star motels.....
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I cannot however justify the Poly's price though, that is crazy. For that I would expect a park view suite.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I was Hoping that between 2 premier passes costing $1500 emh would be included. I would pay extra to have this feature seeing as this year i visited DL 3X and WDW once. I just couldnt pay that much money for the value Resorts seeing as the rooms look not much better than motel 6. I dont need the transportaion because we will have a car this trip.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom In Disney's defense, the Value Resorts although sub par to the standards of uniform hotel room, meet the requirements of many people. I for one am grateful that these accomidations are made available to resort guests. The Value resorts are extremely popular and always near capacity. It sure beats sleeping in a tent, in the rain at Ft Wilderness. They are exceptionally well built of solid concrete walls unlike say Saratoga Springs that has sheet rock interior walls. Hotels are built to a higher standard than DVCs regardless of room price. Also for the week of Christmas, the price of rooms everwhere on property and off property sky rockets. I was pricing a cheap off property ( actually over by Universal ) old motel who's rooms are normally run $39 a night. For the week of Christmas even their rooms run at $100 a night. The cheapest room both on property and off property in the Lake Buena Vista area for the week of Christmas is $125 a night. So, althought room prices on property for that same week may seem high as compared to "other" times during the year, I think we really need to take everything into prospective here.
Originally Posted By dshyates I loath the All Stars. You would have to pay me to get me to stay in one. At $170/night, it is laughable.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I would have no problm staying at the All stars during a non peek time of year. Im sure they are good enough if you are spending most of your time at the parks anyways.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "I loath the All Stars. You would have to pay me to get me to stay in one. At $170/night, it is laughable." Indeed. A month ago I was at the TDR and paid $AUS190.00 per night for a room at the Hilton(official Disney hotel)across from the parks AND I had a park view room able to see the castle, Splash and Mt Prometheus in TDS. I was EXTREMELY happy with my room and thought it a BARGAIN! So much for the outrageously expensive Japan hotel rooms, hey?
Originally Posted By irishfan >>So much for the outrageously expensive Japan hotel rooms, hey?<< Those "Official hotels" are good value, wonder how much the equivalent room with that view would have been at the Mira Costa or the Disneyland Hotel!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>>In Disney's defense, the Value Resorts although sub par to the standards of uniform hotel room, meet the requirements of many people.<<< I have no problems with the Values. I understand why they're there, and think that they fill a very important part of the market, that Disney would otherwise miss out on. I stayed at the All-Star Sports a couple years ago for 10 days, and thought it was nice. I've also paid $170 a night for a hotel and thought it was a pretty good value. However, I just can't see spending that much money for one of those hotels. I understand that the entire area is booked to capacity that time of year, and they can get away with charging it, but for me it's just not worth it. I'd stay home and go another time when my money has more value (especially since I'd be staying at a Value, where I'm presumably trying to savesome money). Or maybe go somewhere else. I'm visiting my brother and his wife in DC for Christmas this year, and my parents are staying at the swanky hotel across the street (surrounded by embassies) for about $90 a night. I understand why the Values are there, and appreciate them for it. I also understand that they can (and do) get away with charging that much for them. However, I just can't come up with a situation where it would be worth that much to me, personally, to spend that much to stay there.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I think the All Stars are fine for what they are, and have stayed there several times on short trips and solo trips. I would never stay there for $170 a night though. I would probably never go at Christmas anyway due to the massive crowds. You can see the CP, MVMCP and all the decorations in early December when the place is practically deserted... I would choose to go then instead. Of course I'm retired and don't have to worry about time off from work, school schedules, etc.
