Where to stay? When adults are considering the possible places to stay at Disney World, children are a concern. My father (a parent of seven, for crying out loud) refused to consider a Value resort in 2002*. His concern was that there would be “a lot of kids running around.” So we stayed at Port Orleans Riverside (POR) (again). I then stuck to Moderates for my trips in 2006 and 2007. However, in 2008 I had the opportunity to go to WDW with my nephews, which I couldn’t pass up. However, as it wasn’t a Disney year**, I had to do some shifting around, and stay at a (gulp) value. I actually ended splitting my stay between there and the Dolphin-truth be told, I loved Pop, and the Dolphin is the only WDW hotel I’m lukewarm on. I found the Dolphin’s service lacking. More ironically, I found the Dolphin louder than Pop-drunk business people are louder than kids. Furthermore, I find hotels with inside corridors louder than those with outside corridors. For me, moderates are a good Moderate between the vales and the deluxes.
*The year is important here. In 1993 and 1996 we stayed at Dixie Landings (now Port Orleans Riverside). At this time, Dixie Landings, Port Orleans (now French Quarter), and Caribbean Beach Resort were the “Value” hotels. Once the All Stars opened, the became the Value category, and created the Moderate category. There’s your Disney pedantry for the day.
**Some people, at the age of 22 and graduating college, decide that they are moving to LA. Or getting a dog. Me? I vowed to go to Disney every other year.
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1 Jen // Mar 8, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Interesting about your comment about inside corridors….the last few times we stayed at a moderate, the outside corridors drove me nuts because people (PARENTS & CHILDREN) forget there are people (GASP) still sleeping at 8am & must have forgotten that those doors w/the numbers are rooms where are where those people would (GASP) still be sleeping, so they decided to yell to their kids, parents, grandparents right outside my door “THE BUS IS COMING, HURRY UP!”….not a very magical way to wake up!
2 Hedy // Mar 9, 2010 at 2:08 am
@Jen. Good point about the adults-on my trip to POR in 2006, the person yelling and smoking made me swear I was never staying at a place with outdoor corridors again-how quickly we forget.
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