Disney hotels

What hotels would you recommend and why? If you know their price range please include it too. TIA

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check the travel board...there are quite a few threads on there about Disney.....

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There sure are.
Plus it's easier for you to give a price range than to list all the Disney hotels.

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Thanks i'll check the travel board.
we don't really have a set price range but I guess we wouldn't want one of the very expensive hotels.

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I've only ever stayed with my family at the Disney All Star Resort and the Contempary. The Comtempary is beautiful but more high end. Its nice having the monorail right outside your room (in our case we were on the 7th or 8th floor so it was right there).

The All Star is nice ONLY and ONLY if you have kids. I wouldn't recommend it for couples. Its a kids paradise and all you here all day long is kids. The food at the All Star isn't great (its hot dogs/pizza/etc).

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I like Port Orleans at the moderate level. There are 2 Port Orleans resorts. Both have beautiful grounds and if you stay at either one, you can use the amenities at both resorts. They have a boat that goes to downtown disney.

There's Riverside which is larger, has a fun lounge, big food court, Boatrights Restaurant, nice pool bar area.

Then there's the French Quarter. It's smaller and more intimate, small lounge in the lobby, food court, no sit down restaurant, pool slide but very small pool bar.

I stayed at Caribbean Beach once and it was just TOO BIG plus they are doing major renovations on their feature pool this year.

I never stayed at Coronado Springs.

The next level up are the lodges Animal Kingdom & Wilderness. I never stayed at the Animal Kingdom lodge. Wilderness lodge is one of my favorites. It's beutifully themed - has a great pool area, 3 dining choices, boat to Magic Kingdom, small beach area.

My fave fave is the Boardwalk. It's one of the deluxes. Walking distance to Epcot & Disney Studios. Great pool & pool bar. There's nightly entertainment on the boardwalk. Between the BW and the 4 other deluxe resorts around the lake & EPCOT, there's dozens of dining options.

HTH!

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Try this link:

http://allearsnet.com/acc/faq_hot.htm


This is a great website with a lot of great info. The link is for all the hotels, including price range, descriptions, pictures, and reviews.

HTH

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We are staying at the Radisson in June....

You aren't going to be at the hotel much, except for sleeping and maybe one day by the pool. This was fine for us. Worth the money and it has the shuttle service.

http://allearsnet.com/acc/radisson.htm

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I worked at the Boardwalk and hated the rooms. I thought they were just blah for the price. The location is fantastic though.

I've stayed at all stars music & movies. didn't like it. pop century is the best out of all of the values.

I've stayed at all of the moderates..
port orleans riverside
port orleans french quarter
carribean beach
coronado springs

i love both port orleans.. they're gorgeous, less children and i dunno i just love the rooms.

coronado springs as a whole is amazing. the rooms were lacking though. I felt like there was something missing.

carribean beach is huge, but the scenery is stunning. great food court too

i've also stayed at saratoga springs (definetely recommend it if you're looking for a "suite") and animal kingdom lodge and wilderness lodge. both were amazing. I think I like animal kingdom better though because of the theming and the food is just unbeatable. Boma is my absolute favorite "restaurant" even though its a buffet.

i know that doesnt help you but i think the values are between 70 to 110 and moderates are 140-160 and deluxes are 210 to 500

the deluxes go in this order from cheapest to expensive

animal kingdom lodge/wilderness lodge
contemporary
beach club/yacht club/boardwalk
Polynesian
grand floridian

there are suites which are vacation club in the beach club, animal kingdom lodge, wilderness lodge as well as the boardwalk and then the exclusive suites are
saratoga springs
old key west

and then fort wilderness which has rooms as well as spots for you to camp out and bring your rv.

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All of your input has been such a great help....thank you all. Now we have to put all the info together and try to narrow it down

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We loved the Caribbean Beach - it was great, a little bit of a long walk for some people to the food area - but it was fine for us.

We just stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside - I would not recommend this one to anyone and that goes for the French Quarter as well (they are ran by the same people)

But I have heard great things about all of the other places.

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We've stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge several times - we just absolutely love it!!!

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Posted by Marcie

We loved the Caribbean Beach - it was great, a little bit of a long walk for some people to the food area - but it was fine for us.

We just stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside - I would not recommend this one to anyone and that goes for the French Quarter as well (they are ran by the same people)

But I have heard great things about all of the other places.

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Posted by XFINALLYX

Posted by Marcie

We loved the Caribbean Beach - it was great, a little bit of a long walk for some people to the food area - but it was fine for us.

We just stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside - I would not recommend this one to anyone and that goes for the French Quarter as well (they are ran by the same people)

But I have heard great things about all of the other places.

I don't really understand what this means. They're all run by the "same people" it's disney property. They're both Port Orleans resorts, and are right next to each other, but it's all the disney. why didn't you like it? I love the port orleans resorts

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I have stayed at Carribean Beach 3 times and would definately recommend it. The rooms are clean, and you feel like you are on an island. The only drawback is if you are far away from the food court you do have a bit of a walk, but it is a great resort.

I also stood at Coronoado Springs. It was nice but would not stay there. It was just ok.

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Posted by XFINALLYX

Posted by Marcie

We loved the Caribbean Beach - it was great, a little bit of a long walk for some people to the food area - but it was fine for us.

We just stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside - I would not recommend this one to anyone and that goes for the French Quarter as well (they are ran by the same people)

But I have heard great things about all of the other places.

I don't really understand what this means. They're all run by the "same people" it's disney property. They're both Port Orleans resorts, and are right next to each other, but it's all the disney. why didn't you like it? I love the port orleans resorts

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Posted by JenniferEver

Posted by XFINALLYX

Posted by Marcie

We loved the Caribbean Beach - it was great, a little bit of a long walk for some people to the food area - but it was fine for us.

We just stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside - I would not recommend this one to anyone and that goes for the French Quarter as well (they are ran by the same people)

But I have heard great things about all of the other places.

I don't really understand what this means. They're all run by the "same people" it's disney property. They're both Port Orleans resorts, and are right next to each other, but it's all the disney. why didn't you like it? I love the port orleans resorts

We LOVED POFQ. We stayed there with a ridiculous AP discount (I think we paid like $74/night) ROMANTIC!

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Posted by Marcie

Posted by JenniferEver

Posted by XFINALLYX

Posted by Marcie

We loved the Caribbean Beach - it was great, a little bit of a long walk for some people to the food area - but it was fine for us.

We just stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside - I would not recommend this one to anyone and that goes for the French Quarter as well (they are ran by the same people)

But I have heard great things about all of the other places.

I don't really understand what this means. They're all run by the "same people" it's disney property. They're both Port Orleans resorts, and are right next to each other, but it's all the disney. why didn't you like it? I love the port orleans resorts

We LOVED POFQ. We stayed there with a ridiculous AP discount (I think we paid like $74/night) ROMANTIC!

We also got a great rate - About $89 a night but I am soooo from my stay there

Message edited 3/3/2008 4:33:38 PM.

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Posted by Myrockette


Wow! That is a great rate!
Too bad you had to encounter that in your room I'd be disgusted too- were you able to switch your room?
I thought POR was a beautiful resort- no dirty room on my stay in Dec.