Wishuponastar0412
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2017
We are similar to you! My husband is in his early 30s and I'm in my late 20s. We've been going regularly for the past 5 years (all of his trips were with me... it's growing on him!) Hopefully this helps.
-Port Orleans - we LOVE French Quarter. We've stayed there twice and took our engagement photos there.
-Contemporary- we haven't stayed her yet. We went through on our way to Top of the World Lounge over Christmas and my husband said he didn't like it. So, probably not staying... but most of the appeal is MK and that's our least favorite park. We spend most time at Epcot and Animal Kingdom.
-Poly- we're staying here in November and I am so excited. It has great theme. I love that you can walk to the TTC to take the monorail to Epcot (when it's open). We rented someone's DVC points (ours are long gone...) which makes it more affordable. I'm not sure how comfortable you are with the like no cancellation policy.
-Wilderness Lodge- we love! We stayed Copper Creek at Christmas and it was just magical. We went to Yellowstone last summer and it was great to see the original and then Disney's version. Highly recommend - it doesn't feel like you are in Disney. Our current favorite resort (of course, this seems to change every trip lol)
-Animal Kingdom- our first deluxe! You have to do a Savannah room if you stay here. The fact you can wake up and sit on your balcony and see animals is amazing. It doesn't feel like Disney. The rides to the park didn't matter for us since as I already mentioned we love AK. The buses seemed like every 5 minutes for there. Where else can you find a hotel that overlooks giraffes?
-Potentially Grand Floridian - we're staying here in January after marathon weekend for a night. I stayed here as a kid and remember just it being magical. We want to be able to relax and we love all the restaurants here.
We do short stays to help make it affordable in the deluxe. We have no issues just staying 1 or 2 nights and then switching to a moderate or value. Mid-week is obviously cheaper than a Friday or Saturday night. We do own DVC which does help (how we stayed Copper Creek), but we have rented points from sites and on the boards and it helps make the cost a lot less. My night at the Poly in November is around $240, my night at Grand is $266. Good luck with picking, but you can't go wrong with any of them!
-Port Orleans - we LOVE French Quarter. We've stayed there twice and took our engagement photos there.
-Contemporary- we haven't stayed her yet. We went through on our way to Top of the World Lounge over Christmas and my husband said he didn't like it. So, probably not staying... but most of the appeal is MK and that's our least favorite park. We spend most time at Epcot and Animal Kingdom.
-Poly- we're staying here in November and I am so excited. It has great theme. I love that you can walk to the TTC to take the monorail to Epcot (when it's open). We rented someone's DVC points (ours are long gone...) which makes it more affordable. I'm not sure how comfortable you are with the like no cancellation policy.
-Wilderness Lodge- we love! We stayed Copper Creek at Christmas and it was just magical. We went to Yellowstone last summer and it was great to see the original and then Disney's version. Highly recommend - it doesn't feel like you are in Disney. Our current favorite resort (of course, this seems to change every trip lol)
-Animal Kingdom- our first deluxe! You have to do a Savannah room if you stay here. The fact you can wake up and sit on your balcony and see animals is amazing. It doesn't feel like Disney. The rides to the park didn't matter for us since as I already mentioned we love AK. The buses seemed like every 5 minutes for there. Where else can you find a hotel that overlooks giraffes?
-Potentially Grand Floridian - we're staying here in January after marathon weekend for a night. I stayed here as a kid and remember just it being magical. We want to be able to relax and we love all the restaurants here.
We do short stays to help make it affordable in the deluxe. We have no issues just staying 1 or 2 nights and then switching to a moderate or value. Mid-week is obviously cheaper than a Friday or Saturday night. We do own DVC which does help (how we stayed Copper Creek), but we have rented points from sites and on the boards and it helps make the cost a lot less. My night at the Poly in November is around $240, my night at Grand is $266. Good luck with picking, but you can't go wrong with any of them!