What Factor Determines Which Resort You Stay In?

["DoYouHaveYourParkPass?"]

This is a question our family debates before every WDW trip. Turns out it almost always comes down to location. We seem to spend a lot of our time now at Epcot and DHS so we really enjoy being able to walk to both of them. Therefore we now stay in the Epcot area resorts.
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25 visits and more to come

[pamickeys]

"what factor determines which resort you stay in?....... have we stayed there yet. we want to try them all.

[Septbride2002]

We are about location - I love staying at the Epcot resorts where we can walk to and from Epcot and Studios in a reasonable amount of time. I HATE waiting for buses - I really do. I can't help it, I get impatient. I also hate waiting for trams, and ferrys. Staying at the BWV eliminates this for 2 parks. Then I only have to deal with Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.

~Amanda

[iheartmickey]

I chose amenities because it's about what the resort has to offer us that we choose it.

It's part size, comfort, location, restaurants, pools, etc.

For instance ... when we choose to stay at Pop, it's because of the playful ness of the resort ... theme, price, ease of booking, food court, playground, "the nightly hustle" etc.

When we chose the Poly it was for relaxation ... the pools, hammocks on the beach, big lush room, being close to 'Ohana's and the monorail.

[JoDisney]

We look at the price for resorts during the school year. We will us usually choose a moderate or the "Pop Century" value resort. We know we will mostly be at the parks for the rides and all the many events that are offered. Now when the kids school ends in June, we always stay in a deluxe resort. We treat ourselves at this time. This is always early June. We do not go the rest of the summer because, being from Florida, we know how hot and crowded it can get at Disney World. At that time, Disney World is not enjoyable to us.

[ParkMan]

For me, it's atmosphere. A WDW trip brings back so many memories of my childhood that I go for the resort that I think will have the best memories for me & my family.

[jonahbear2006]

Pool. I decide solely based on the kicker points that the pool earns from my family's vote.

[Bethis26fan]

It's price for us. I can stay at the vaule and have more days.

[elmjimmlm]

We chose POR because we are a family of 5 and the values dont allow 5 and we dont want to pay more than a moderate...

[Imagineer1981]

Atmosphere...unfortunately if you go price, POP is the lowest I will go. Once you've stayed at Beach Club or WL or Poly, its hard to go back down to All Stars

[wdwfan]

I went with other because it depends on who's going. If it me & DH we always stay in deluxe resort. Then it depends on time of year. During F&W we like Epcot resort otherwise monorail resort.
If going with sister or friend we usually stay at PoP because of $$. We're not in room that much anyway so value works for us. If I manage to get AP rate we'll stay at POR or PORFQ.

[Tbelle1976]

I had to go with price. If we have to budget it's on accomodations. We can always eat at the nicer restaurants and purchase the souveniers we want to make it an enjoyable vacation.

[wilshade]

For me, it is price first, with atmosphere right after that.

[FUN]

we always stay at pop for bus service and cost

[Marceline]

I voted for atmosphere. We stayed at POP and the price was nice, but nothing compares to the feeling of being at WL for us. We went there for lunch and got so swept away in the atmosphere that we had to jump resorts mid-vacation. We are totally willing to shell out for the difference in experience. We just love the relaxing woodsy feeling so much! We will always plan for a day or so to just chill at the resort and absorb.

Can't wait to get back to that "welcome home".