I've last stayed there before the remodel, so my review is kind of outdated. I found it okay. Staff was extraordinary nice - I was waiting really early for a friend to come and pick me up for a day trip and immediately someone was out checking if I was okay and kept me company until my friend arrived. Yes, the room wasn't the newest. It was clean though and definitely bigger (although standard) than at the Desert Inn.
I usually stay at the Desert Inn when my friend comes along. Their staff and service have gone down the hill. Last stay was the worst yet. First they tried to charge us for a cancelled reservation. In that wake had some correspondence because of a switch of credit card - other one (which they tried to charge for the cancelled booking, so at least that didn't cost me) was compromised, bank forced a change, couldn't be helped. We even left my room mate's card as a backup because she was getting in earlier and we were worried my card might get flagged after the last drama (I was in Florida before) as the Desert Inn had already threatened us to cancel the room in the earlier correspondence.
Three days before I left while I am standing in line in Animal Kingdom I get an e-mail. Card refused, call us at once or room is gone. WHAT?! It turned out they somehow had tried to use a long expired card from a stay several years ago. Why they even had it on file still: complete mystery to me. Beyond of a mystery was that no one noticed the card expired in 2013 and of course it would be refused! It took several calls and e-mails to solve that, and I never even got as much as an apology.
I did check their rates for the trip next fall just as a matter of habit. Usually when I booked that much out I did get rates from 89 to 109 Dollars - perfectly okay. Now their reservation system is showing me a nightly rate of $149 for the same period - beginning of October, nothing special.
That was the last straw. I am back to walking longer distances now. I honestly don't think the place is worth that price.