Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days

adamlinda · 08-30-2004

Hi,

My wife calls me at work today, telling me that she had been on waltdisneyworld.com. My first thought was

she made a $600 per night reservation for 11 nights at Ploynesian conceirge. However my worst fear was wrong

.

She actually was talking about how if we stay at a moderate instead of a deluxe we could stay 14 days instead of 10 or 11. I know that she really wants to stay at the Polynesian of GF so I am surprised she even mentioned this. Now mind you I am all up for staying two weeks at WDW, but I am wondering especially around Christmas time when the decorations are out, what would we really miss by staying at a moderate instead of a deluxe. Also would you move down a resort category if that ment 3 or 4 more extra days at WDW.

Thanks,

WDWaddict · 08-30-2004

I would stay deluxe for 10-11 days (never going to be able to afford $3000 to stay on site but IF I had the $$, I'd be all over it) Depends on how long you really want to stay. I LOVE WDW, but 10 days in a row would be more than enough for me, so I'd rather stay Deluxe for less time.

**BDavis932** · 08-30-2004

Hello again! How about 3 nights at a moderate like Port Orleans Riverside, or even a savannah view at the Animal Kingdom Lodge (or Wilderness Lodge, lol!), then move over for 5 nights at the Poly and then the last 5 nights stay at the Grand Floridian. That would be quite a varity and you would experience the best disney has to offer!

Remember....Disney will move your stuff to your new room for free!!!

jodilt · 08-30-2004

Wow! 14 days at the World!!! I would stay in a tent at the campground to be able to stay that long! Moderates are still very nice and for a few extra days it would be worth it.

**BDavis932** · 08-30-2004

Also, keep in mind that if you think that would be too long at WDW, you don't have to visit Disney each day. Orlando has Sea World, Universal, etc. and you can make some quick day trips to NASA or Daytona Beach or Tampa. All of those places are about an hour away from WDW.

**BDavis932** · 08-30-2004

Keep in mind that at Christmas time, All the disney resorts bring out the goods. It would be great for y'all to tour all (or several) of the different resorts one day and see all the glitz that only disney can do!!! The chocolate carousel at the Boardwalk resort is phenomenal! and the AKL has a gingerbread village that you wouldn't believe!! So many things to go see and do...13 or 14 would be perfect!

adamlinda · 08-30-2004

BDavis932,

Trust me saving for this isn't going to be easy. It means no other large vacations between now and December except for a three day weekend here or 4 day weekend there where we stick around home.

As far as spliting the stay, we just started thinking about this.

If we stayed four nigths Dec 1-5 at CSR, the next four Dec 5-9 at Ployenesian and the last four or five Dec 9-13 or 14 at GF with a AAA discount of between 15% and 20% it would cost:

CSR-Standard: 119.53 a night (478.12)
Ploynesian-Lagon: 379.10 a night (1516.40)
GF-Lagon: 388.58 a night (1554.32)
Grand total: $3548.84 (who knows with an AP rate what it would be)
Deposit: $887.21

.

**BDavis932** · 08-30-2004

Although you cannot base your trip costs on this years AP rates, these are the rates for check-ins from 9/30/04 – 12/25/04: It should give you an idea at least.

Moderate Resorts - $79 standard, Value season; $84 standard, Regular season; $99 preferred or king, Regular season

Animal Kingdom Lodge - $135 pool view, Value season; $151 savannah view, Value season; $163 savannah view, Regular season; $335 concierge, Value season

Wilderness Lodge - $121 woods view, Value season; $124 standard view, Regular season; $137 courtyard view, Value season; $151 courtyard view, Value season

Contemporary - $149 garden wing standard view, Regular season; $151 garden view, Value season; $245 tower, Value season

Polynesian - $229 garden view, Regular season; $300 garden view concierge, Value season; $380 lagoon view concierge, Value season

Boardwalk, Beach Club, Yacht Club - $199 standard, Value season; $215 standard, Regular season

Grand Floridian - $249 garden view, Value season; $310 lagoon view, Value season
Other resorts, room types and views are available at varying prices!

For all the details, go to http://www.mousesavers.com/disneyresorts.html#ewp

If you stayed at the Poly garden view, and Grand Floridian Garden view and a moderate standard the grand total would drop down to $2692 including the 11.5% tax, as long as discount codes are approx. the same. But if you stayed at a moderate for 12 nights it would only cost approx $1030.
Here are the dates for the different seasons for 2005: http://www.mousesavers.com/seasondates2005.html Looks like all the resorts consider your travel time as "value season"

**lawwin** · 08-30-2004

Me personally, but I would give my eye teeth to stay at the GF and I am a DVC member. Especially during the holidays. That is one classy resort and to get to stay there for 10 days, my gosh, I cannot even imagine. IN my dreams, only in my best and most wonderful disney dreams. You can visit the other disney resorts to see their decorations, but I would stay at GF and experience theirs and just soak it in through every pore.

phayes93 · 08-30-2004

Next May, we're splitting up our trip between Pop Century (value) and Poly. We'll stay five nites at PC and then the last 2 at Poly. That way, we get a great taste of the one resort we've always wanted to stay in (Poly) and not totally break our budget. (And you always want to stay at the Deluxe resort LAST -

)

inluvwithdisney · 08-31-2004

We are staying at the POLY in 2 weeks!! We knew we wanted to stay Deluxe this time so we really saved up for this!!! I love the POLY and am very excited!! However, if we were staying 2 weeks we could never stay in a Deluxe(unless we won the lotto)

!!

I think splitting the time sounds good!!! Just do the moderate first!!!

Anyway, happy planning!!

CaraMia · 08-31-2004

I think either staying 10 days at a deluxe or splitting the time between a moderate and deluxe is the way to go. 10 days sounds like enough time to get everything in that you want to do. I wish I could afford to stay in a deluxe hotel for that long but so far we havent been able to. It would kill me to pay those rates just for a weekend when you are never really in the room. It has been YEARS since we got to take a vacation that consists of more then 3 nights away thanks to my husband's company.

You will have a great time no matter what you choose!

mickaholic4077 · 08-31-2004

I'd do 10 days at a Deluxe vs. 14 at a Moderate anyday!!!

EmpressJenny · 08-31-2004

For goodness sake people! Stay at the Deluxe the WHOLE time and just charge it! You don't have to stay in concierge, you can go deluxe and have a lovely garden room! I bit the bullet and charged every penny of the vaca in one shot back in May, and it's been paid off completely now for a few weeks. You only live once, right? Stay at the Deluxe for your entire vacation. Money was meant to be spent.

**llama** · 08-31-2004

I would also split my time between resorts. Not just for economy sake, but because it's great to be able to experience the different resorts. We spent two weeks at WDW last January and the time just flew by! Transferring resorts at WDW is so easy - your luggage is moved for you, all you have to do is check in at your new resort. Personally, though I'd LOVE to stay at the GF, (not too practical for DVC members) I think 14 days would be too much. My pinkie finger would get sore from holding it up while sipping my tea.

08-30-2004	#1 (permalink)
adamlinda Mouseketeer Intern Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14	Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Hi, My wife calls me at work today, telling me that she had been on waltdisneyworld.com. My first thought was she made a $600 per night reservation for 11 nights at Ploynesian conceirge. However my worst fear was wrong . She actually was talking about how if we stay at a moderate instead of a deluxe we could stay 14 days instead of 10 or 11. I know that she really wants to stay at the Polynesian of GF so I am surprised she even mentioned this. Now mind you I am all up for staying two weeks at WDW, but I am wondering especially around Christmas time when the decorations are out, what would we really miss by staying at a moderate instead of a deluxe. Also would you move down a resort category if that ment 3 or 4 more extra days at WDW. Thanks, __________________ Adam and Linda Our summer trip to WDW May 21-29, 2005 Our preholiday trip to WDW and MVMCP December 3-12, 2005

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WDWaddict Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 495	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days I would stay deluxe for 10-11 days (never going to be able to afford $3000 to stay on site but IF I had the $$, I'd be all over it) Depends on how long you really want to stay. I LOVE WDW, but 10 days in a row would be more than enough for me, so I'd rather stay Deluxe for less time. __________________ June 1992~WDW 1996/1998/2001~Disneyland Nov 2002~WDW Nov 2003(twice)~WDW December 2004~POFQ February 2005~Pop Century June 2005~Disneyland June 2008~Disneyland(Disneyland Hotel!)/San Francisco/Redwoods/Oregon Coast My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Moving to Fort Belvoir, VA 214 days 2 hours 34 minutes

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BDavis932 DVC/Budget Tips Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,375	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Hello again! How about 3 nights at a moderate like Port Orleans Riverside, or even a savannah view at the Animal Kingdom Lodge (or Wilderness Lodge, lol!), then move over for 5 nights at the Poly and then the last 5 nights stay at the Grand Floridian. That would be quite a varity and you would experience the best disney has to offer! Remember....Disney will move your stuff to your new room for free!!! __________________ ºoº DVC MEMBER at OKW since 2000 ºoº Love my Mom "Trailblazer" & My Dear Sister "A Goofy Family" 77 DL85 (offsite)94 AS Sports97 ASMusic99 AS Movies00 ASMovies 02 OKW03 WLV04 OKW05 SSR05 ASM06 AKL/OKW/CSR07 DHHIR 6/08 AKLV 12/08 OKW 3/09 OKW My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Ho! Ho! Ho! Spending Christmas with Santa Mickey in 111 days 19 hours 34 minutes Last edited by BDavis932; 08-30-2004 at 07:43 PM.

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jodilt Big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: TEXAS Posts: 784	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Wow! 14 days at the World!!! I would stay in a tent at the campground to be able to stay that long! Moderates are still very nice and for a few extra days it would be worth it. __________________ Disneyland - too many times to count! '01 - Grand Californian '02 - Disneyland Hotel '03, '04 - Grand Californian '05 - Disneyland Hotel WDW '96 - All Star Music '97 - Caribe Royale & Swan '98 - Carribean Beach '99 - Coronado Springs & Dixie Landings '00, '01, '02, '03, '04 - Wilderness Lodge

08-30-2004	#5 (permalink)
BDavis932 DVC/Budget Tips Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,375	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Also, keep in mind that if you think that would be too long at WDW, you don't have to visit Disney each day. Orlando has Sea World, Universal, etc. and you can make some quick day trips to NASA or Daytona Beach or Tampa. All of those places are about an hour away from WDW. __________________ ºoº DVC MEMBER at OKW since 2000 ºoº Love my Mom "Trailblazer" & My Dear Sister "A Goofy Family" 77 DL85 (offsite)94 AS Sports97 ASMusic99 AS Movies00 ASMovies 02 OKW03 WLV04 OKW05 SSR05 ASM06 AKL/OKW/CSR07 DHHIR 6/08 AKLV 12/08 OKW 3/09 OKW My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Ho! Ho! Ho! Spending Christmas with Santa Mickey in 111 days 19 hours 34 minutes

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BDavis932 DVC/Budget Tips Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,375	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Keep in mind that at Christmas time, All the disney resorts bring out the goods. It would be great for y'all to tour all (or several) of the different resorts one day and see all the glitz that only disney can do!!! The chocolate carousel at the Boardwalk resort is phenomenal! and the AKL has a gingerbread village that you wouldn't believe!! So many things to go see and do...13 or 14 would be perfect! __________________ ºoº DVC MEMBER at OKW since 2000 ºoº Love my Mom "Trailblazer" & My Dear Sister "A Goofy Family" 77 DL85 (offsite)94 AS Sports97 ASMusic99 AS Movies00 ASMovies 02 OKW03 WLV04 OKW05 SSR05 ASM06 AKL/OKW/CSR07 DHHIR 6/08 AKLV 12/08 OKW 3/09 OKW My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Ho! Ho! Ho! Spending Christmas with Santa Mickey in 111 days 19 hours 34 minutes

08-30-2004	#7 (permalink)
adamlinda Mouseketeer Intern Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days BDavis932, Trust me saving for this isn't going to be easy. It means no other large vacations between now and December except for a three day weekend here or 4 day weekend there where we stick around home. As far as spliting the stay, we just started thinking about this. If we stayed four nigths Dec 1-5 at CSR, the next four Dec 5-9 at Ployenesian and the last four or five Dec 9-13 or 14 at GF with a AAA discount of between 15% and 20% it would cost: CSR-Standard: 119.53 a night (478.12) Ploynesian-Lagon: 379.10 a night (1516.40) GF-Lagon: 388.58 a night (1554.32) Grand total: $3548.84 (who knows with an AP rate what it would be) Deposit: $887.21 . __________________ Adam and Linda Our summer trip to WDW May 21-29, 2005 Our preholiday trip to WDW and MVMCP December 3-12, 2005 Last edited by adamlinda; 08-30-2004 at 08:27 PM.

08-30-2004	#8 (permalink)
BDavis932 DVC/Budget Tips Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,375	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Although you cannot base your trip costs on this years AP rates, these are the rates for check-ins from 9/30/04 – 12/25/04: It should give you an idea at least. Moderate Resorts - $79 standard, Value season; $84 standard, Regular season; $99 preferred or king, Regular season Animal Kingdom Lodge - $135 pool view, Value season; $151 savannah view, Value season; $163 savannah view, Regular season; $335 concierge, Value season Wilderness Lodge - $121 woods view, Value season; $124 standard view, Regular season; $137 courtyard view, Value season; $151 courtyard view, Value season Contemporary - $149 garden wing standard view, Regular season; $151 garden view, Value season; $245 tower, Value season Polynesian - $229 garden view, Regular season; $300 garden view concierge, Value season; $380 lagoon view concierge, Value season Boardwalk, Beach Club, Yacht Club - $199 standard, Value season; $215 standard, Regular season Grand Floridian - $249 garden view, Value season; $310 lagoon view, Value season Other resorts, room types and views are available at varying prices! For all the details, go to http://www.mousesavers.com/disneyresorts.html#ewp If you stayed at the Poly garden view, and Grand Floridian Garden view and a moderate standard the grand total would drop down to $2692 including the 11.5% tax, as long as discount codes are approx. the same. But if you stayed at a moderate for 12 nights it would only cost approx $1030. Here are the dates for the different seasons for 2005: http://www.mousesavers.com/seasondates2005.html Looks like all the resorts consider your travel time as "value season" __________________ ºoº DVC MEMBER at OKW since 2000 ºoº Love my Mom "Trailblazer" & My Dear Sister "A Goofy Family" 77 DL85 (offsite)94 AS Sports97 ASMusic99 AS Movies00 ASMovies 02 OKW03 WLV04 OKW05 SSR05 ASM06 AKL/OKW/CSR07 DHHIR 6/08 AKLV 12/08 OKW 3/09 OKW My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Ho! Ho! Ho! Spending Christmas with Santa Mickey in 111 days 19 hours 34 minutes Last edited by BDavis932; 08-30-2004 at 08:31 PM.

08-30-2004	#9 (permalink)
lawwin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,338	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Me personally, but I would give my eye teeth to stay at the GF and I am a DVC member. Especially during the holidays. That is one classy resort and to get to stay there for 10 days, my gosh, I cannot even imagine. IN my dreams, only in my best and most wonderful disney dreams. You can visit the other disney resorts to see their decorations, but I would stay at GF and experience theirs and just soak it in through every pore. __________________ Moderator of the Walt Disney Company and Pin Trading Forums Forever & Always at Disney in my heart.... Mother of Brer Rabbit - 15 Year-old Defender of SotS and lover of Captain Jack

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phayes93 Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Godfrey, Ill. near St. Louis Posts: 1,225	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days Next May, we're splitting up our trip between Pop Century (value) and Poly. We'll stay five nites at PC and then the last 2 at Poly. That way, we get a great taste of the one resort we've always wanted to stay in (Poly) and not totally break our budget. (And you always want to stay at the Deluxe resort LAST - ) __________________ Off-site 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1997, 2000 Yacht Club 1991 Old Key West (Vacation Club) 1993 Caribe Royale 1995 All-Star Sports 1997 Disneyland Pacific Hotel 1999 All-Star Sports 2000 All-Star Movies 2001 All-Star Music 2002 Dolphin 2002-2003 (Xmas) Caribbean Beach Resort - 2003 Port Orleans Riverside & Poly - 2005 Pop Century - December 2005 COMING: DECEMBER, '07: Pop Century!

08-31-2004	#11 (permalink)
inluvwithdisney Missin' the MOUSE!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Disney ~~ In my mind!! Posts: 2,640	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days We are staying at the POLY in 2 weeks!! We knew we wanted to stay Deluxe this time so we really saved up for this!!! I love the POLY and am very excited!! However, if we were staying 2 weeks we could never stay in a Deluxe(unless we won the lotto) !! I think splitting the time sounds good!!! Just do the moderate first!!! Anyway, happy planning!! __________________ AVATAR: My kitties: DISNEY & EPCOT Always at Disney in my mind!!!!!!!!!!!! Disneyland ~~ Offsite~~ August 1991 Disneyland/Calif. Adv. ~~ DLH ~~June 2001 Disneyland/Calif. Adv. ~~ DLH ~~ Sept. 2002 WDW ~~ POR ~~Sept. 2003 WDW ~~ POLY~~ Sept. 2004 WDW/Disney Cruise ~~ POR/Disney Wonder ~~ December 2005 WDW/Disney Cruise ~~ POR/Disney Wonder ~~ August 2007 Proud member of Disney Overplanner AnonyMOUSE My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 2 FULL weeks with the MOUSE!! 8 days WDW/7 days Eastern Carribean Cruise!!! 272 days 8 hours 34 minutes

08-31-2004	#12 (permalink)
CaraMia Big Cheese Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 833	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days I think either staying 10 days at a deluxe or splitting the time between a moderate and deluxe is the way to go. 10 days sounds like enough time to get everything in that you want to do. I wish I could afford to stay in a deluxe hotel for that long but so far we havent been able to. It would kill me to pay those rates just for a weekend when you are never really in the room. It has been YEARS since we got to take a vacation that consists of more then 3 nights away thanks to my husband's company. You will have a great time no matter what you choose!

08-31-2004	#13 (permalink)
mickaholic4077 Currently in Timeout! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 90 miles from The Mick!!!!! Posts: 6,193	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days I'd do 10 days at a Deluxe vs. 14 at a Moderate anyday!!!

08-31-2004	#14 (permalink)
EmpressJenny MB's Half-Yard President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 2,399	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days For goodness sake people! Stay at the Deluxe the WHOLE time and just charge it! You don't have to stay in concierge, you can go deluxe and have a lovely garden room! I bit the bullet and charged every penny of the vaca in one shot back in May, and it's been paid off completely now for a few weeks. You only live once, right? Stay at the Deluxe for your entire vacation. Money was meant to be spent. __________________ Grand Floridian: Honeymoon 2003 - Coronado Springs: Spring 2004 - Polynesian: Sept. 2004 - Animal Kingdom Lodge: Jan. 2005 - Grand Floridian: April 2005 - PORiverside: May 2005 - Beach Club Villas: May 2005 - Boardwalk Concierge: Sept. 2005 Rescuer of MK Froggies

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08-31-2004	#15 (permalink)
llama I Exceed Expectations Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Slurpee Capital of the World Posts: 6,503	Re: Moderates and more days or Deluxe and less days I would also split my time between resorts. Not just for economy sake, but because it's great to be able to experience the different resorts. We spent two weeks at WDW last January and the time just flew by! Transferring resorts at WDW is so easy - your luggage is moved for you, all you have to do is check in at your new resort. Personally, though I'd LOVE to stay at the GF, (not too practical for DVC members) I think 14 days would be too much. My pinkie finger would get sore from holding it up while sipping my tea.