I don’t know what you’re talking about with “getting value out of an on site stay.” I was offering my opinion that going on a vacation to WDW and not going to the parks has never made any sense to me. (Of course, I never understood mid-day breaks until I did…or scheduling non-park days until I did. So maybe I just need another decade.)
I misunderstood your post. When you referenced the pool and the drink being overpriced I thought you were saying that you thought that the resort prices made it a waste of money to go to the resorts and not go to the parks. It seems that instead you were simply saying that doing so was just not something interested you.