Just curious as to what everyone's record longest stay was OP, and your reason for it? On our last trip in 2008 we stayed 10 days which was, at that time, our longest, and by the end frankly we were pretty over people and lines and buses and heat. Having said that, this time we are staying 13 days. I'd REALLY like to add 2 days but we're already stretched to our financial limit by staying CL at AKL and booking all sorts of extras on top of that. We're doing it this way because it's our 10 year anniversary so we're having a bit of a splurge.
Before this year our longest trip was 6 days back in 2012. We are taking a trip in July of this year and going for 8 days. I'd love to stay longer but my husband is self employed and it's hard to be away from the business longer than a week or so.
Last August was our longest stay - 15 nights (2 nights RO at Beach Club and 13 nights bounceback free dining POFQ)
Coming up August trip - 15 nights (4 nights RO Contemporary, 4 nights RO Beach Club, 7 nights bounceback free dining PORS) ... plus one night to start vacation at MCO Hyatt - we love staying here (rooftop pool, the next morning we get up refreshed and board the Magical Express).
We felt the same way about our December trip. Though I LOVE the entire Christmas season and I loved the Christmas season at Disney, I think I prefer having a vacation in a month where there isn't something so big to look forward to. There's so much happening around here in December that going to Disney just made the season feel rushed I guess.10 days, 9 nights. December last year. It was good, but something about being away from home for the first ten days of December... seemed to take some of the anticipation/magic out of Christmas for us. Not really Disney's fault though. I think we'd do that length again, just not in December.
If you really want the 15 days stay, you could consider a split stay at two different resorts, and make the CL level at AKL be your final hop. Maybe a week at a moderate such as POFQ, do the boat ride to DD a few times, and then hop over to the more expensive lodging at AKL. Or some time not at CL on a monorail resort?