Yep.I would go to the Gulf Coast! For $400-$600/night you’d get a real deluxe stay.
I wouldn’t pay the crazy WDW room rates if I wasn’t going to the parks. They are hyper inflated because of the close proximity to the parks which you aren’t using.
Agree. I don’t know why SSR is like the ugly stepsister of deluxes, but we stayed in May for the first time and really enjoyed it. Its not screaming “I’m in Disney World”, but the refurb rooms were great. And we loved having two different pools with water slides. That being said, AKL is hard to beat for a resort only—the pools, animal viewing, grounds, love it allOur two favorites for resort only are Animal Kingdom and Saratoga. Both have nice pools. We tend to visit the pool by the day and Disney Springs at night. Disney Springs has lots of walk up and quick serve possibilities for eating. Plus the free entertainment at the outside theaters and various venues have live music. From the Springs you can take a bus to any resort to enjoy the surrounding area.
Didn't Boardwalk do away with the clown pool? I heard it's moving to a Mickey Head?? is the clown pool still up??Epcot area resorts for sure - you have access to Beach Club, Yacht Club, Boardwalk, and Swan/Dolphin. Gives you the entire Boardwalk area assuming it opens up soon, and the dining options at Swan/Dolphin are wildly underrated. Stormalong Bay at BC/YC is a great pool, they have a quiet pool as well. Boardwalk has a quiet pool along with the creepy clown pool. And Swan/Dolphin actually has a very nice pool, as well as paddle boats to rent, a decent gym if that's your thing and a much lower price point than WDW resorts.
We just got home today from Boardwalk and they removed the clown part of the slide. Right now it's just a bridge with the new Mickey shorts style cartoons of the characters lounging by a pool. Not sure if they will update it beyond this. The slide itself was great! (Image found via image search, not captured by me!)Didn't Boardwalk do away with the clown pool? I heard it's moving to a Mickey Head?? is the clown pool still up??