Awesome location-you have your "own" Pool and Laundry and easy access to the Food Court,Buses,etc. at Music in addition to the same at Movies!We are in The MIghty Ducks!
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Awesome location-you have your "own" Pool and Laundry and easy access to the Food Court,Buses,etc. at Music in addition to the same at Movies!We are in The MIghty Ducks!
I'd love to hear someone's experience along these lines, too.Hi all! DH and I are thinking of doing 8 nights (Saturday - Sunday) at Disney this time next year or the year after. We spent so little time in the room on our last trip (only 3 nights) that we'd rather spend money on dining or souvenirs than the hotel. Plus, the Movies theme seems fun!
I'd like some input from anyone who's stayed at ASMovies for a long trip, say 5 nights or longer, especially on an adults-only or couples trip. Did you like it? Was it super-noisy? How was it staying in a renovated room for that long? Did the lack of a TS restaurant bother you? How did afternoon breaks go, if you took any? Would love to hear any pros or cons you have! Thanks!
I'd love to hear someone's experience along these lines, too.
And we took a nap every afternoon, were right beside the pool and noise was not an issue. However disney does security checks where they walk into your room every day which always happened when we were napping which was super annoying. They are doing this at all of their properties and it doesnt matter if you have the do not disturb on the door. I wish they would stop this or at least come in the morning instead.I'd love to hear someone's experience along these lines, too.
We just booked a stay at All Star Movies for December 1-5 in a Preferred room. I'm pretty excited because we got a great price! I'm going to call sometime before our trip and request the Toy Story section so hopefully we will get a renovated room. It'll be nice to see the construction for myself!
I think they are considered a snack. I had one in a souvenier mug and it was delicious!Are the shakes in the food court be considered a drink on the QS DDP?
I stayed in Fantasia and the lady at the front desk said it was good we requested fantasia instead of toy story as it is an easier request to accomodate...everyone asks for toy story apparently. I like fantasia better because it was closer to the pool. I could see the appeal of toy story if you are travelling with little ones but my 9 year old daughter prefers fantasia.I was just curious if anyor has opinions on the Fantasia rooms? I had automatically thought Toy Story or 101 Dalmatians, but it seems like everyone requests those. I’m wondering if I’m better off asking for Fantasia. My kids are a little older, 15, 13 and 10, so they aren’t going to be upset if we aren’t by Buzz or anything. Any pros or cons to Fantasia? I have two rooms booked for 11/20-11/28.
Take the “warnings” about Pop Warner with a grain of salt. We were at All Star Music with them in 2016, and we did not have any issues at all. I think for every one extremely vocal bad experience, there’s probably dozens of perfectly good experiences who don’t feel the need to broadcast it all over these boards. And especially at the beginning of their stay (which is only the tail end of your trip dates), they’re very focused on the competitions and not in the parks much at all. They’re at ESPN WWoS basically all day. You only really see them in the parks or around the resort during the day as they start to get eliminated. I definitely would not cancel a trip over them.Okay now I'm really regretting booking ASmovies for Dec 1-5. I didn't realize it was Pop Warner week. There are basically no other resorts to stay at so I'm wondering if we should just abandon the idea and not go.
Well that definitely makes me feel better. The plane tickets are $38 each way which is hard to pass up and I was pretty excited to try getting a renovated room. We've never stayed at an All Star, but have stayed at Pop. We could switch to Riverside, but it would be $100/night and we've already stayed there before. Do you think we should switch to Riverside?Take the “warnings” about Pop Warner with a grain of salt. We were at All Star Music with them in 2016, and we did not have any issues at all. I think for every one extremely vocal bad experience, there’s probably dozens of perfectly good experiences who don’t feel the need to broadcast it all over these boards. And especially at the beginning of their stay (which is only the tail end of your trip dates), they’re very focused on the competitions and not in the parks much at all. They’re at ESPN WWoS basically all day. You only really see them in the parks or around the resort during the day as they start to get eliminated. I definitely would not cancel a trip over them.
Personally? I wouldn’t find it worth that much more money, but I’m also someone who doesn’t spend a lot of time at the resort during the day. The couple of times we were there during the day with the Pop Warner kids, there were some at the pool, but to me, not any louder or rowdier than any other group of kids. I will say, we had an upper level room that faced the parking lot, so we had almost no noise from the outside at all, so that could be a potential tip to request a quiet room, would be to request something not facing a pool.Well that definitely makes me feel better. The plane tickets are $38 each way which is hard to pass up and I was pretty excited to try getting a renovated room. We've never stayed at an All Star, but have stayed at Pop. We could switch to Riverside, but it would be $100/night and we've already stayed there before. Do you think we should switch to Riverside?
DH said he would rather just stay at Movies and deal with the Pop Warner groups because we are already going in October and staying at a Deluxe.Personally? I wouldn’t find it worth that much more money, but I’m also someone who doesn’t spend a lot of time at the resort during the day. The couple of times we were there during the day with the Pop Warner kids, there were some at the pool, but to me, not any louder or rowdier than any other group of kids. I will say, we had an upper level room that faced the parking lot, so we had almost no noise from the outside at all, so that could be a potential tip to request a quiet room, would be to request something not facing a pool.
Okay now I'm really regretting booking ASmovies for Dec 1-5. I didn't realize it was Pop Warner week. There are basically no other resorts to stay at so I'm wondering if we should just abandon the idea and not go.
We decided we aren’t going anymore, not just because of pop warner week though.We have stayed at Sports 4 times during Pop Warner week and never once felt like we shouldn't have. Other than seeing the kids in their uniforms, you would never know it was anything other than a normal week at WDW. And like I replied to you in another thread, Sports is the only offering in the official Pop Warner package.
There is a thread called All Star Movies Renovations with some links to pictures on the first post.Anyone have any photos of the renovated rooms? I've been trying to find them but coming up empty. Just booked a preferred room for January, with a request for the Fantasia section.