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Hazo posted:It's actually kind of the opposite-- We have APs so we wanted to take a trip where we aren't rushing around the parks and can just kind of chill and enjoy the pool or whatever. She really likes Pop Century though. I'd love to see Orleans but it's also the most expensive (~$480 total) for only two nights. In that case I might stay at Caribbean Beach and use the Skyliner to go to Pop, Riviera, and maybe Boardwalk to hang out / do drinks etc.
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Hazo posted:We're looking at Art of Animation, Pop Century, Caribbean Beach, Coronado, or Port Orleans for an on-park vacation. I've only ever been to Animal Kingdom Lodge, but she's done Pop Century and AoA. Caribbean Beach is kind of sprawling so we're not sure about skyliner access. But I think this thread has said nice things about Orleans, and I like the idea of boat transportation. Any thoughts?
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CapnAndy posted:My view on the hotels is "I intend to spend my waking moments in the parks, give me a goddamn bed and a shower and we're good". That said, I'm kinda surprised she liked Pop Century, because... who likes the Pops? They're cheap, that's their virtue. They're also insanely sprawling campuses of what's basically 8 full sized motels (door opens directly to outside), with a pool or two and a main building that can be quite a walk if you get unlucky with what building you're assigned to. what the gently caress
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The cheapest hotels are very colorful, garish and scream Disney. Some people prefer that. The more expensive you go the more they try to hide that you're in the town consumerism built. But also, Pops? There's only the one.
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Hazo posted:We're looking at Art of Animation, Pop Century, Caribbean Beach, Coronado, or Port Orleans for an on-park vacation. I've only ever been to Animal Kingdom Lodge, but she's done Pop Century and AoA. Caribbean Beach is kind of sprawling so we're not sure about skyliner access. But I think this thread has said nice things about Orleans, and I like the idea of boat transportation. Any thoughts? I always love the Art of Animation suites and their theming. My favorite Disney place to stay.
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Aphrodite posted:But also, Pops? There's only the one. alg posted:what the gently caress 
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CapnAndy posted:Oh, yeah, right, I meant it and the All-Stars and somehow got it into my head that they were called "Pop Music" and so on. 
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Jun 15, 2023 20:50
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A 5 min walk from one end to the other doesn't seem too egregious for folks that will be walking 5+ miles average in the parks each day
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I think the Caribbean is usually the best combo of price and convenience if you’re not picky about theming. But when we stayed there it was in Jamaica and Barbados (near the Skyliner), and also EPCOT is our “hub”. Boat to HS, monorail to Magic Kingdom.
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Jun 15, 2023 21:11
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As someone who is right now staying at French Quarter and last December stayed at Pop we 100% will be going back to pop century. Rooms are freshly updated and the transportation is loads better. Skyliner at pop is amazing and the size of the resort and population ensures constant buses coming through. We’ve waited nearly 40 minutes twice for buses at French quarter. There are way more screaming kids at pop and the rooms are smaller but as someone else said we’re at the parks 14 hours a day. We literally just need a shower and a bed and somewhere to store luggage.
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I am personally a big fan of the Good Neighbor hotels. Your dollar goes a lot further at the cost of less convenient bus service.
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I'm biased as hell but I don't think I could do anything but Caribbean again now that the skyliner is there unless I finally some day get to stay at the Poly. Protip if you get a king bed rate you're gonna be in Aruba which is right next to the Epcot skyliner/Riviera. It's the absolute best.
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CapnAndy posted:I am personally a big fan of the Good Neighbor hotels. Your dollar goes a lot further at the cost of less convenient bus service. We most often stay at the DS Doubletree (my mother-in-law gets a lot of Hilton points so we usually stay free). But this trip is just me and my wife so we thought we'd try something special with the AP discounts.
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Universal should make a horror hotel with a chucky room with an animatronic chucky that goes off and insults me in Brad dourif’s voice constantly through the night
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CapnAndy posted:I am personally a big fan of the Good Neighbor hotels. Your dollar goes a lot further at the cost of less convenient bus service. Good Neighbor are okay, but some have terrible shuttle schedules. The specifically Disney Springs hotels have hourly shuttles all day though.
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Aphrodite posted:Good Neighbor are okay, but some have terrible shuttle schedules.
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Gran Destino Tower has such great views that it makes me interested in staying at Coronado, even though I live in the southwest so it's theming is boring. It's been interesting to see Disney start going vertical with resorts after decades of sprawling 2-3 floor properties.
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alg posted:If you are going to Epcot or DHS, there's no reason not to stay at Pop Century. If you are doing a short trip, i wouldn't stay at a nicer resort since you aren't likely to use it. But the Skyliner is a must now imo. I dunno, I think a short trip is the best time to try out one of the nicer resorts. Longer trips the extra cost really adds up, but splurging for two nights can sometimes be fit within a budget. We did two nights at Boardwalk years ago, and it was really nice having Epcot and Hollywood Studios such short walks from our hotel those two days.
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I’ve stayed at Caribbean Beach and I MUCH prefer Pop, though Caribbean Beach rooms are getting an overhaul right now. To me, Pop is the s-tier Value if you don’t need a suite. It’s not too big, they have the Skyliner and the buses, the rooms are modern, and their food court is pretty good. Art of Animation is better if you need a suite but if you’re just want a standard hotel room set up, Pop is where it’s at. CBR does have the better pools but that resort is massive and if you get stuck out in BFE, you’re boned for transport. And just for that argument about “motels” the only Value and Moderate rooms that don’t open to the outside are the AoA suites and the Destino tower rooms. That’s going to include CBR. For a short trip, which is all I do these days, I do like to splurge on a better resort with better amenities. I love a good pool so I’d do either Yacht/Beach or Poly for that.
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Yeah the Muppet thing sealed it, I will be going to that Jollywood thing. It's nice to be excited for a extra ticket event at Disney again. I haven't done Halloween since 2017, nor have I cared to, and I detest the Christmas party.
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For the resort talk, obviously just go back in time and snatch up a bunch of DVC points when they were super cheap.
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Renting DVC points from We've done it the last two years and gotten 2 bedroom villas at Old Key West and Animal Kingdom Lodge for a week for <$5k
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Aphrodite posted:The cheapest hotels are very colorful, garish and scream Disney. Some people prefer that.
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The All-Stars and Pop are very Eisner. A focus on enormous 3D props. I have a soft spot for Port Orleans and Beach/Yacht because they're the hotels they showed in early 90s Magic Kingdom Club promotions. When the Disneyland Hotel was the only official property on the west coast, and it was still a funky 70s hotel full of tenant trinket shops, Disney would keep sending you pictures of
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did Epcot yesterday, got to ride Guardians TWICE (because the person I was with had DAS and when they went to convert our boarding group to a DAS time, somehow she also got a glitched out rider swap, so they let us ride a second time) and whooooo boy that ride is amazing. Like way better than I imagined. 10/10 will ride again and again. Also rode Remy since I hadn't been in Epcot since it opened and that was cute but I won't go out of my way to ride again, certainly not with an extended wait time like it had yesterday due to downtimes. An excellent first trip back to Disney since moving back.
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drat, got a notification there was a reservation open for Trader Sam’s in Disneyland but it came in at 2am and by the time I saw it it was gone. Hopefully we can get walk up, otherwise maybe we can at least get in to the outdoor part.
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CapnAndy posted:I am personally a big fan of the Good Neighbor hotels. Your dollar goes a lot further at the cost of less convenient bus service. Yeah, with where me and the family are at the extra cost of the Disney hotels just aren't worth what you get out of it. We're happy to pay 50% per night less, wait a little longer but get a way nicer room and less slammed resort experience. Now to be clear we're also a family of Hilton Diamond for Life freaks due to business travel and other factors so your mileage will absolutely vary. We've done on property stays before and they were certainly worth doing if just for the "well now we know" factor.
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Getting a 3rd bed in a Disney hotel is like minimum $400 a night. And it's still the same old double room in size, just with a murphy bed.
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Last I was in the All Stars their second bed was a murphy bed now too, resting on a table. Since all we used the second bed in hotels for is being a table anyway this really isn't that much of a problem for us, but for people who intend to sleep on it that might be a problem.
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When I went last year I stayed at B Resort and got a room with two beds that looked like this for less than an All-Star single. It was on Disney property, I got early park entry, I had free transportation to the parks, and if the busses only ran once per hour, at least they arrived exactly on schedule. My takeaway from the experience is that with so many of the previous hotel guest perks gone, I can't see myself staying in an official resort any time soon.
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I like the bubble. I can see us "upgrading" to Pop Century next trip though, because the Skyliner is hard to beat.
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I mean... I was on Disney property (the Good Neighbors are clustered within walking distance of Disney Springs), there were some droids and a Goofy in the lobby along with a Disney concierge. I definitely felt in the bubble. If I was missing out on stuff like free transport to/from the airport and being able to check my bags at the hotel and getting my purchases delivered to the hotel that might be one thing, but all of that's gone. All that I didn't get was a discount on a magicband and, like, a picure of Mickey inside the actual hotel room. I still might look at Pop Century next time just because of the Skyliner, but... it was a really nice experience.
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They even have Mickey waffles.
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https://twitter.com/OOCParks/status/1670398041646325760 Epcot!
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It's not even food and wine yet!
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I’m heading down in a few weeks, I’ve never been between Epcot festivals before. Not sure if Epcot is even worth it this time.
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CapnAndy posted:When I went last year I stayed at B Resort and got a room with two beds that looked like this for less than an All-Star single. Hotel guests getting into the parks early before everyone else is a huge perk. It ruins basically my normal park going strategy when we used to get annual passes. Go for 45 minutes in the morning when the park first opens, then leave, and go back at night. Now, when the park's open for non-hotel guests, there are already lines everywhere from the hotel guests.
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Arquinsiel posted:Last I was in the All Stars their second bed was a murphy bed now too, resting on a table. Since all we used the second bed in hotels for is being a table anyway this really isn't that much of a problem for us, but for people who intend to sleep on it that might be a problem. The pull down beds aren’t beds resting on a table. They’re actual beds and they have the same mattress as the stationary queen size bed. I’ve slept on those pull down beds several times in several different resorts and they are all comfortable. Braksgirl fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Jun 19, 2023 |
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If you have to imagine getting drunk and then riding Three Caballeros, I would argue that you're doing Epcot wrong.
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Tim Whatley posted:Imagine getting drunk at Epcot and jumping off Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros and getting banned
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