Walt Disney World General
Topic: WDW Hotels and Resorts

#	Author	Message
71	Mr X Tue 12/2/2008 7:06a	Favorite stayed at: Boardwalk. Least Favorite: (I assume this is "stayed at" too?) Coronado Springs, but see below. Where I'd like to stay is: Polynesian and Fort Wilderness (for obviously different reasons). Actually, I'd love to sample them all, but the way it has worked out I haven't stayed in very many at all. Just the three I'm mentioning (I've spent tons of TIME in lots of the hotels though, and I basically love em). I lived in the area for a while (not much chance to get a room, unless I just REALLY felt like blowing money for no reason at all), and now I have family living in the area so again, there's just no need. Where I wouldn't stay: All-Stars. Except that I did. But not by choice (the company I was working for (cheap as they obviously are) paid me to stay there for a fortnight. Or I should say, fortnightmare. :p I was actually given a choice. All-Stars and a rental car, OR Polynesian with no car...I chose the car. In hindsight, I probably blew it. I should've taken the 14 days at the Poly and paid for my own damned car. :p
72	Mr X Tue 12/2/2008 7:12a	***a friend of mine stayed at Dixie Landings last year the same time and paid $250 per night*** ***Dixie Landings - My favorite resort before DVC. Deluxe feel at a moderate price.*** Am I the only one who sees the irony in these two posts, made virtually one on top of the other? Am I the only guy in the world who thinks that $250 per night for a gussied up motel is extremely far from "moderate"? I dunno. I mean..things are so darned cheap where I live here in TOKYO perhaps I don't "get" what "moderate" means. But even in Tokyo you can find a motel for less than $250! Heck, there are several HOtels that charge less than that within minutes of Tokyo Disneyland. Sorry to rant, but I guess Disney shoving the term "moderate" down our throats have sort of distorted the meaning of the word a bit? I just can't fathom how $250 is anywhere close to "moderate" for a quasi-impressively themed motel.
73	davewasbaloo Tue 12/2/2008 7:14a	Indeed we were at a 4* Hilton near London at the weekend, the room rate was $150 a night (for the UK). Yep, WDW is stupidly priced for such poor service.
74	Mr X Tue 12/2/2008 7:19a	Agreed. And even if the service WERE impeccable, that'd still be pretty nuts! Wasn't it just 5-7 years ago or so that the "moderate" places were under a hundred bucks a night? $250 for a motel just seems greedy.
75	davewasbaloo Tue 12/2/2008 7:24a	Well it is almost worth it at the Disneyland Hotel in Paris or the Grand Californian in DL, because the service and facilities are impeccable, but I find the Deluxe Savannah View experience wanting at WDW (that was $400 a night). That said the DLH Paris is a stupid $600 a night.
76	Mr X Tue 12/2/2008 7:29a	The Mira Costa and Tokyo Disneyland hotels are even more than that, I believe (not sure of the actual rates, but I've heard they charge up to $600-700 for a regular room at peak times). Interesting comments, Dave. I agree with the notion that quality is worth paying for! No doubt (and location, and je ne sais quoi as well). I didn't want to derail DAR's topic here too much (it's a good topic, thanks DAR!)...so I started up a new one if you want to check it out... http://mb.laughingplace.com/MS...-P-1.ASP
77	davewasbaloo Tue 12/2/2008 7:33a	We got a deal as AP holders. If we had paid normal rate, it would have been $900.
78	Mr X Tue 12/2/2008 8:01a	Good Gravy! $900!???? For a regular room???????? Really???????????????????????????????? (wow, Tokyo has lost that "expensive" edge these days, to say the least!)
79	davewasbaloo Tue 12/2/2008 8:04a	Well for a regular room, tickets and breakfast (all DLP hotels include breakfast and tickets in their package unless you are AP holders). For a park view it is $1500 a night, and for the presidential suite in peak season is $3000 a night.
80	RoadTrip Tue 12/2/2008 9:23a	<<Wasn't it just 5-7 years ago or so that the "moderate" places were under a hundred bucks a night? $250 for a motel just seems greedy.>> That would be the absolute top Holiday rate including Orlando's ridiculous hotel/sales tax. Typically you could book a moderate for about $160 + tax per night, though lately I've seen them discounted below $100 for Annual Passholders. Also... be fair; the moderates may have basic motel construction. But show me a Super 8 or Motel 6 ANYWHERE with pools, landscaping, food courts, lounges (bars), and transportation options like those provided at the Disney Moderates. To compare a Disney Moderate to a standard motel is like comparing Apples to roach bait.

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