Anthony Vito
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2017
So . . . We have a short, kid-free getaway booked for August 3-7, get in late Friday night, leave Tuesday. We’re booked at Coronado with a pretty good deal. I was just looking, and there are discounted points available that would make Saratoga only about $10 more per night. Looking at some website’s DVC availability tool, it looks like Saratoga might actually have availability for that time.
We’re debating whether to try to switch to Saratoga. We’re not going to Magic Kingdom until the evening on that Saturday (have After Hours tickets), and are doing lunch in Disney Springs. So Saratoga’s proximity to Disney Springs would be great for that day. Otherwise, I’m not sure how much of a difference it would make. It looks like Coronado would actually be a closer bus ride to Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.
We requested a refurbished room at Coronado, and those look very nice (stayed in a refurbished room at Pop for 1 night in April, really liked the new floors, etc.). I‘m also still just a little leery with renting points, having never done it - less control, etc. Additionally, I’m a big fan of maid service - just something about being on vacation for me is coming back to a cleaned room each afternoon. My wife couldn’t care less about that. Also, does anyone see any potential hiccups, should we go that route, with dropping the regular room reservation and getting the DVC points rental as far as already having our fastpasses, Magical Express, etc.?
Other than that first day, we’re not anticipating being at the resort a lot, and we really don’t know if it’s even worth the hassle of trying to switch it up at this point.
Thoughts?
We’re debating whether to try to switch to Saratoga. We’re not going to Magic Kingdom until the evening on that Saturday (have After Hours tickets), and are doing lunch in Disney Springs. So Saratoga’s proximity to Disney Springs would be great for that day. Otherwise, I’m not sure how much of a difference it would make. It looks like Coronado would actually be a closer bus ride to Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.
We requested a refurbished room at Coronado, and those look very nice (stayed in a refurbished room at Pop for 1 night in April, really liked the new floors, etc.). I‘m also still just a little leery with renting points, having never done it - less control, etc. Additionally, I’m a big fan of maid service - just something about being on vacation for me is coming back to a cleaned room each afternoon. My wife couldn’t care less about that. Also, does anyone see any potential hiccups, should we go that route, with dropping the regular room reservation and getting the DVC points rental as far as already having our fastpasses, Magical Express, etc.?
Other than that first day, we’re not anticipating being at the resort a lot, and we really don’t know if it’s even worth the hassle of trying to switch it up at this point.
Thoughts?