[KarenWDWCP]

So, after yet another phone call last night (this one a three way call with me, my mom and my aunt, oy!) a decision has been made. Drumroll please....

We are staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge!

In the end, the kids said they really didn't care all that much. Once the Beach Club became an option, my aunt was really intrigued by that, but we were swayed by a few things...

1. Price (in the end my aunt will save about $650 and my mom and I will save about $350 each by staying at AKL)
2. Breakfast options. My godson (one of my aunt's kids) is a super picky eater who eats a good breakfast and not much else throughout the day so we try to make sure he always has a really full breakfast. When we stayed at POR in 2006, the food court was perfect for us. We would use our counter service credit to get a full breakfast there (he mostly ate Mickey waffles) and then use our table service to eat an early dinner. Having just stayed at the Beach Club, my mom and I knew we would have to do a little more finagling to get him a good counter service breakfast there. He saw the Mara menu at the AKL and liked the looks of it.
3. My mom and I had just stayed at Beach Club and though we loved it, we were reluctant to pay so much to stay there again so soon.
4. Time spent at the resort. When we looked back at our 2006 trip, we realized that we didn't spend all that much time back at the resort. If we were staying for 7+ nights and had a more relaxing itininary, the Beach Club would be an awesome choice for the pool alone. But since we will probably be mostly in the parks, it seemed a little silly to spend so much more.

Thanks to everyone for all their input. In the end, I am just super psyched to be going back to WDW! And much thanks to Keith at Mouseketrips who has been very patient with my endless changes in plans!