Momtoapug
Earning My Ears
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- May 6, 2016
Update- we have booked our stay offsite this year; thank you for all of the great advice and replies.
We are trying Sheraton Vistana villages - Costco for us a 2BR villa for six days, in March, with five days of base tix for three people, for $2850. I felt like that was a great deal! The villa will have two bedrooms with one king, two queens, and a full kitchen. We requested as close as possible to kids pool and playground.
I think an offsite resort will be a good choice because:
We really, really value the comfort and spaciousness of the resort we stay at. This is because often I stay back at the resort, in the room, to rest during he day for many hours. Sometimes i have to stay there all day. We also intentionally take a full day off from parks to relax.
I also need a resort where there is not a brutal amount of walking. I just can’t tell from the maps how bad it would be at the various resorts at Disney and I’m scared to chance it. At Vistana I have the potential for a lot of walking but- I’ll have a pool very close and kitchen with full size fridge etc for food. And car parked close by. When we stayed at gf villas the walk from room to main resort was a lot. Again I just can’t really tell how bad it will be at Disney. Yes I can use ECV or wheelchair...but it would be nice to avoid having to use at the resort if possible...
Lastly we don’t do mealplan. We don’t mind cooking easy stuff and bringing it with us. This saves us big money. Little mermaid room was $2000 for just the room and tickets; we went over $3000 when we added meal plan. I am still wondering if I’ll regret/ miss the theming. It’s just hard to say.
Our plan is to drive to wdw each day. It might be horrible...But it might be easy. We plan to check out disney resorts to get a feel for layout etc while there.
If it’s ok I will update afterward and let everyone know what I think since I’ll have been offsite and on-site at that point. Thanks so much for all the great posts!!
Hello!
I’m sure it’s been asked before but-
Would you recommend staying on-site or offsite for us based on the following:
- mom (me) has MS. The idea of busses (waiting, walking to stop, etc.) seems laborious and tiring but- maybe it’s not
- have only been to Disney once before. We stayed at grand Floridian villas (swoon!) so monorail was EASY.
- have never stayed offsite
- we don’t plan on using meal plan
- we Can’t afford GF again
-we are Costco members and they seem to have amaZing deals on fancy places like Waldorf Astoria for $2800 for five days with tix...but how annoying is it to drive to park daily?
I asked this in the disability board but wanted to get perspective from thtis group too. Hope that’s okay. Thank you!
We are trying Sheraton Vistana villages - Costco for us a 2BR villa for six days, in March, with five days of base tix for three people, for $2850. I felt like that was a great deal! The villa will have two bedrooms with one king, two queens, and a full kitchen. We requested as close as possible to kids pool and playground.
I think an offsite resort will be a good choice because:
We really, really value the comfort and spaciousness of the resort we stay at. This is because often I stay back at the resort, in the room, to rest during he day for many hours. Sometimes i have to stay there all day. We also intentionally take a full day off from parks to relax.
I also need a resort where there is not a brutal amount of walking. I just can’t tell from the maps how bad it would be at the various resorts at Disney and I’m scared to chance it. At Vistana I have the potential for a lot of walking but- I’ll have a pool very close and kitchen with full size fridge etc for food. And car parked close by. When we stayed at gf villas the walk from room to main resort was a lot. Again I just can’t really tell how bad it will be at Disney. Yes I can use ECV or wheelchair...but it would be nice to avoid having to use at the resort if possible...
Lastly we don’t do mealplan. We don’t mind cooking easy stuff and bringing it with us. This saves us big money. Little mermaid room was $2000 for just the room and tickets; we went over $3000 when we added meal plan. I am still wondering if I’ll regret/ miss the theming. It’s just hard to say.
Our plan is to drive to wdw each day. It might be horrible...But it might be easy. We plan to check out disney resorts to get a feel for layout etc while there.
If it’s ok I will update afterward and let everyone know what I think since I’ll have been offsite and on-site at that point. Thanks so much for all the great posts!!
Hello!
I’m sure it’s been asked before but-
Would you recommend staying on-site or offsite for us based on the following:
- mom (me) has MS. The idea of busses (waiting, walking to stop, etc.) seems laborious and tiring but- maybe it’s not
- have only been to Disney once before. We stayed at grand Floridian villas (swoon!) so monorail was EASY.
- have never stayed offsite
- we don’t plan on using meal plan
- we Can’t afford GF again
-we are Costco members and they seem to have amaZing deals on fancy places like Waldorf Astoria for $2800 for five days with tix...but how annoying is it to drive to park daily?
I asked this in the disability board but wanted to get perspective from thtis group too. Hope that’s okay. Thank you!
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