Comments on: Destination Disney — Hotels and Resorts

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:11:52 +0000

I’ve stayed at Shades of Green (military hotel on Disney property-very, very nice ), Contemporary, Pop Century, and my families very favorite, The Polynesian. I think after staying at the Poly, we’ll have a hard time staying anywhere else because the whole experience was wonderful We’re Disney fanatics though, so if the only choice was camping out in Magic Kingdom’s parking lot, we’d do that too

By: Val

Val — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:03:24 +0000

We went to Disney over New Year’s and stayed outside of the park.
I can honestly say, if you have young children, NEVER do that!
It sucked…although our hotel was nice, transportation was awful.
The hotel had shuttle service to the park, but it did not run at convenient times, so we took a cab everywhere.
All in all, when we go back, we will be staying IN Disney.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:19:57 +0000

We went to Disney last month and stayed at the Gaylord Palms Hotel & Conference Center (not a Disney hotel). We got a great deal b/c it is usually reserved for business travelers. It was a great hotel, a destination in itself, with lots of amenities (2 pools, huge splash area, putt-putt golf, alligator/snake habitat, plenty of restaurant options) but it still was not a Disney hotel. We were bound by their shuttle times or stuck paying extra $$$ for a cab. Sometimes that wasn’t a problem, but when we had breakfast reservations at the Beach Club, their shuttle wouldn’t have gotten us there on time. We won’t be going back until we can afford to stay on Disney property (and until our youngest reaches all minimum height requirements!).

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:28:40 +0000

My family always loved Ft. Wilderness. We took our trailer and camped when I was older, but I know we stayed in a cabin when I was young. It was definitely not crowded-feeling (the part of Disney that I think people sometimes want to get away from), and was green and lovely.

By: Jennifer, Snapshot

Jennifer, Snapshot — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:49:27 +0000

I liked our hotel, too. It seemed very spacious.

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:32:41 +0000

We live a grand 10 hours from Disney, so for mother’s day, hubby bought us all a DVC membership! I’m so excited to bring out little one every year. Our favorite is Beach Club — where you stayed — because of Stormalong Bay and the Sand bottom pools. We have also stayed at Saratoga Springs which is very nice because you can take the boat to Downtown Disney. All Star resorts are nice — stayed in them in High School with our dance team — they are really nice for a value resort!

Has anyone done the dining plan? We are going in September and trying to decide if it’s worth it.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:18:34 +0000

I actually have never stayed at any of the Disney resorts/hotels, but I think we will definitely consider it for our next family vacation after reading your post. I like the idea of the convenience of being close to the parks and the added “magic” of keeping the Disney theme alive for the entire vacation.

With all this talk about DisneyWorld, I can’t help but wish there was more talk of DisneyLAND. Since I’m from Arizona, we’re much more likely to travel to CA and I’d love to hear more about the features of Disneyland (traveling with a toddler, hotel options, restaurant options inside the theme park, etc.). Did you think Disney will eventually branch out and do a Disney Moms Panel for DisneyLAND?

By: kelly

kelly — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:41:52 +0000

We have stayed at the Disney Wild Animal Lodge ( I forget the offical name) VERY VERY nice….and just a month ago we stayed at Disney Pop Century. Very nice also.

I enjoy Disney Resorts because you just walk out of your room and catch the shuttle bus to any Disney park…VERY EASY. Also they provide aiport transfer in a very big and comfy bus. LOVE IT.

On this past trip, we didn’t even have to pick up our luggage at the airport baggage claim, upon arrival. We had Disney Resort Tags, and a company collected our baggage and took them TO OUR ROOMS…all we had to do was get off the airplane and go to the shuttle bus to go to the resort. VERY NICE.

Kelly S.

By: chilihead

chilihead — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:37:35 +0000

I have stayed at Yacht Club, Wilderness Lodge, The Polynesian, Port Orleans, and the one that’s like Mexico–what’s it called? Darn. Can’t remember.

I’ve loved them all. Yacht Club has the best pool (with a sand bottom). Wilderness Lodge has a great rustic design and great restaurants. The Poly has a great view of the fireworks via the beach. Port Orleans was one of my favorites because we looked out over the riverboat route. The other one–the Mexico theme–had a neat pool too. It’s mostly for adults attending conventions and it’s very spread out.

By: Karen (Simply A Musing Blog)

Karen (Simply A Musing Blog) — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:01:42 +0000

Oh my grapes – I haven’t been to Disney since I starting having kidlets 11 years ago. I’m going to have to break down and take them one day soon, I suppose. I want to wait until the youngest is old enough to DO something besides stand beside me and watch everyone else have fun on the rides. I’m thinking next year when she’s four is a good time.

Great info!