COscrapper
Mouseketeer
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- Aug 19, 2009
Another question for you pros...
We are planning our first trip to WDW for Oct/Nov at POR....however, I just learned about renting DVC points and found out we could rent points for a standard studio room at AKL for about $400 LESS than what we would pay for POR (unless we end up being able to get a discount, which prob wouldn't be more than $400 off and then they'd be about the same $). I am totally torn on what to do. DH and I have 2 boys (who will be 11 and almost 7 at the time of trip). At first glance, of course AKL looks amazing (and my older son REALLY got excited about the pics of it)...but my concerns are:
- at POR we would have 2 queen beds plus a possible pull-down bed so we wouldn't have to deal with the boys kicking each other all night...at an AKL studio, they would have to share a DOUBLE SOFA BED...not sure if it will be a major issue or not. Of course DS is claiming he doesn't care about sharing the sofa bed after seeing the pics, BUT famous last words - ha ha.
- not having daily cleaning services is kind of a drawback, although not a HUGE deal I guess.
- not sure if room SIZE/general space would be the same or worse
- transportation to parks - is it worse at AKL because it's so far away? We WILL have our car, but I've read that driving to MK is not ideal, so....how does transportation compare between the 2 resorts?
Many thanks; these boards are so helpful!
We are planning our first trip to WDW for Oct/Nov at POR....however, I just learned about renting DVC points and found out we could rent points for a standard studio room at AKL for about $400 LESS than what we would pay for POR (unless we end up being able to get a discount, which prob wouldn't be more than $400 off and then they'd be about the same $). I am totally torn on what to do. DH and I have 2 boys (who will be 11 and almost 7 at the time of trip). At first glance, of course AKL looks amazing (and my older son REALLY got excited about the pics of it)...but my concerns are:
- at POR we would have 2 queen beds plus a possible pull-down bed so we wouldn't have to deal with the boys kicking each other all night...at an AKL studio, they would have to share a DOUBLE SOFA BED...not sure if it will be a major issue or not. Of course DS is claiming he doesn't care about sharing the sofa bed after seeing the pics, BUT famous last words - ha ha.
- not having daily cleaning services is kind of a drawback, although not a HUGE deal I guess.
- not sure if room SIZE/general space would be the same or worse
- transportation to parks - is it worse at AKL because it's so far away? We WILL have our car, but I've read that driving to MK is not ideal, so....how does transportation compare between the 2 resorts?
Many thanks; these boards are so helpful!