DisneyEater
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2011
I have found that more often than not the Disney Value resorts are cheaper than the Disney Springs resorts. Also, your friends would have to pay for transportation to the Disney Springs resorts, where Disney's Magical Express is free. Don't be so quick to think staying at Disney Springs would save money.
Oh, and none of them will feel Disney. They simply are not Disney resorts.
By the time I added the DS resort fees and parking fees for the resort and in the parks into my calculations, Values were better for my budget.
This has been my experience. I am not so "must be in the bubble" as some others, but if you want to save money, you will have to go more offsite than DS hotels. Before I was DVC, I always did the math and always came out even or better with value resorts and not renting a car.