@Mellie08 I totally feel your pain! We are doing a split stay
Jan 2-9, 2020, and so the ADR window opens up next week. But I don't want to try for some PPOs if the EEMH might get extended or ant other changes that make 8am reservations useless for getting a jump on some lines. Plus, EMM or just regular EMH that could make us when we go to a specific park. Sigh.
We are going end of Jan! We are doing a short
Disney cruise first and then going to WDW for 10 days! We will most likely end up at Art of Animation, that has been our favorite from past trips!
We're booked for mid-January at Board Walk the first week followed by a few nights at Villas Grand Floridian! Family trip, so me, my husband and our three kids. Coming from West Coast Canada.
Wow, I would love more info about AoA and BWI, as those are (currently) our hotels. We staying for five nights in two AoA LM rooms for our family of six (which cost less than one AoA family suite), but now there's a thread saying the beds are overly firm in those rooms. I only have the Cabins at Ft Wilderness for comparison, from our Dec 2016 stay. Between fears about the bed, MK-area ADRs I want, and the fact that the Cabins cost less than anything at AoA, I'm tempted to go back. DHS is a huge focus this trip, so I wanted to try a Skyliner hotel, but can't decide if it's worth it when we'd need to travel to the MK region for three vital meals in those five days (when we'll have the dining plan): CRT (MK), Story Book (WL), and 1900 PF HEA (GF).
The last two nights we will be at BWI CL in a deluxe room (they take six people! hurray!) so we can walk to DHS and Epcot. Would love to hear AoA and BWI experiences, especially from you January vets.
@Carolynleanne I'm keeping an eye out for Canadian discounts from Disney or VisitOrlando.ca to help with the
exchange rate, as we are coming from ON. (C'mon, Fed Reserve, drop those interest rates! Srsly, I have money I'm holding until July 20, ready to convert to US$ when the loonie goes up if US rates get lowered at their next meeting.)