kylenne
Wakandan-American
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2016
Thanks for this. Yes staying at the hotel side (not DVC), I guess one of my concerns was that If I was too picky with my request our room wouldn’t be ready until later. We are likely arriving around 11am. Weighing whether it’s worse to wait longer for a room or risk having a less desirable room. Would something like aotearoa facing the monorail be ok? Sorry, never been to this resort before so going off the map lol
YMMV of course but quite frankly given the cost I personally wouldn't worry about waiting a bit longer on arrival if it meant a better chance of not facing construction for my entire trip. Worst case scenario you leave your stuff with Bell Services and head to MK, or if not wanting to use park admission for the day just hang out at the pool or go resort hopping along the monorail. But FWIW I've never had to wait super long for a room to be ready at any resort except French Quarter, and I always request specific buildings at resorts that have separate ones. If you do online check in you may even get your room ready text en route from MCO. Back when DME was still a thing we often got the text while waiting for the bus.
I also second (third?) requesting Rarotonga, it's the best standard longhouse imo even setting aside being far from the construction site. It's extremely convenient to everything at the resort, right next to the Great Ceremonial House for dining and transportation, the bus stop is right there, and it's right by both pools. It's not a terrible walk to the TTC either if you go out the back exit. We stayed standard there a few years ago and on the third floor we could watch the monorail zoom by from our balcony. I would not want to be anywhere near Aoetearoa.