Originally Posted By Ash Is Crazy 4 WDW Alright so I was just thinking about my Spring Break 2005 trip to Disney World. It was the first time I EVER stayed off of Disney property. We actually werent planning on going to Disney world, but then Universal and Sea World got boring so we decided, lets break the rule and go to WDW, I couldn't resist NOT GOING, I can't go to Orlando and not expect to go to Disney...anwayz, so my mom and I decided to get tickets for Epcot and Magic Kingdom. Well, we were staying over by Universal, so of course, we drove. It wasn't until this trip that I realized how much the Disney resorts spoiled me, lol. I liked the buses and the extra hours and things. I didn't like parking, walking to my car, taking the tram, I mean c'mon! LOL! I might sound like a dork, but I still think that the Disney resorts just spoiled me. Anyone else have this feeling?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I have to say that I have stayed both on property and off property on many different trips to WDW. My preference is to stay on property. Its a huge convience being on property and only minutes away from any park. I also happen to like the ambience and character of the different Disney resorts. And I gladly pay for this over the generic hotel rooms found elsewhere in the Orlando area.
Originally Posted By Labuda Other than first night in town, I've never stayed offsite, and highly doubt I ever will. I love the theming f being at Disney, and I love being totally immersed in the magic 24/7.
Originally Posted By Ash Is Crazy 4 WDW I know I just like to eat sleep and breathe the Disney World air. I only get it once a year, I gotta soak it up. Now I'm excited because I'm going back for Christmas... Who is excited? LOL!
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Stay at a hotel someplace else and I'm looking for a park bus that isn't there. Go for breakfast and oh, it's just a hotel... Sorta like going to the airport after a WDW vacation. There's other people, and lines to stand in, but where's the rides???
Originally Posted By trekkeruss One thing that could make an on-property stay better would be for monorails and PeopleMovers to service all of them. Sigh.
Originally Posted By Ash Is Crazy 4 WDW Only in our dreams! LOL! Gotta pay big money to have that conveniece! *I cant spell today* lol.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I might sound like a dork, but I still think that the Disney resorts just spoiled me<< Of course. Too bad they have allowed other aspects of WDW get spoiled.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Of course. Too bad they have allowed other aspects of WDW get spoiled.>> Even if that is true (I don't think it is but I will grant it for the sake of argument), I still think that the overall WDW experience has been improved because of the Disney Resorts.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Oh I agree... the resorts are the only areas of WDW that are clean enough (the rooms I hear are hit or misses) and well maintained, unlike the MK.
Originally Posted By kennect Any trip from here is always on Disney property...But there is a little place just off Disney property I want to stay at, at some point and time....It's the one that has the giant pineapple at the front of the building...It is just around the corner of the Disney Marketplace entrance...For some reason the building gets my interest....
Originally Posted By danyoung I used to be one of those who only stayed off property, and pooh-poohed those who wasted all that money on the expensive Disney resorts. I mean, it's only a place to sleep, right? Right? Then I stayed on property for the first time. There definitely is a difference, and it's hard to explain, maybe because a lot of the difference is just my own perception. but there's great value in getting on property and never leaving, of being totally immersed in the WDW experience for days at a time. I'll still stay off property from time to time if I'm really trying to save a buck. But now that I've gotten over my value resort bias with a recent stay at the Pop Century, I think these off property stays will be few.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I have to admit, I think that the Disney resorts have a far greater number of employees than the off property hotels have.
Originally Posted By dixielandings I despise staying off property but if its a budget trip ill do it only if i have to I would rather stay at the All star than the Ritz Carlton
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I would rather stay at the All star than the Ritz Carlton>> Well, you can't stay at the Ritz-Carlton for All-Star rates.
Originally Posted By Lewis Goofy <<I would rather stay at the All star than the Ritz Carlton<< Most guest who have stayed "on property" would agree with that statement. You probably get the same service staying at a Disney moderate as you do at the Ritz Carlton. There is nothing more Magical then staying "on property" at WDW. Even staying at the Grand Californian Hotel or the Disneyland Hotel or the Disney Ambassador Hotel or the MiraCosta is not the same as staying at any WDW resort. That is why WDW has more guest and more repeat guest because there is nothing better than leaving the real world and staying in the heart of the Magic. IMO.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<You probably get the same service staying at a Disney moderate as you do at the Ritz Carlton.>> I would disagree with you there. <<Even staying at the Grand Californian Hotel or the Disneyland Hotel or the Disney Ambassador Hotel or the MiraCosta is not the same as staying at any WDW resort. I would DEFINITELY disagree with you there.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>You probably get the same service staying at a Disney moderate as you do at the Ritz Carlton.<< Well..I have had the honor and pleasure of staying at 2 Ritz properties (not in Orlando mind you) and one moderate... Trust me, service at the moderate was NOT at the same level in execution and personal attention as that of the Ritz, and will never be.
