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- Aug 4, 2010
Looking to book 2 rooms for Christmas Week - 12/28 to 1/1. I'll be booking 2 rooms, that don't need to be adjacent, but would like them fairly close together. Either 2 doubles/queens or 1 King would be fine for either room.
We've never stayed in a Value resort before, always Deluxe, but the prices during Christmas week are insane (as expected). I figure by having 2 rooms we should be in good shape comfort wise. Attending will be myself, DW, DD24 and DD21.
All Star Music is $181 per night per room
Pop Century is $200 per night per room
Art of Animation is $220 per night per room
Looking at TripAdvisor, the reviews are better as the price goes up - average reviews are:
All Star Music - Avg. Review is 3.82
Pop Century - Avg. Review is 3.97
Art of Animation - Avg. Review is 4.27
A lot of the rave reviews for AoA refer to the suites, which is not what we would be booking - a pair of regular 1 BR is a lot cheaper, and we are all adults in the group, so no need for a suite. So not sure if the enthusiasm for the suites is skewing that result.
Here's how I would rank some of the considerations
Bus service - Important (really important following the Epcot fireworks on NYE)
Cleanliness - Important
Refrigerator - Important
Bed comfort - somewhat important
Theming - mostly don't care, but we would like AoA the best
Pool - don't care
Food Court - don't care
I know Pop Century is being renovated - what percent do you think will be done by Christmas?
Is it worth the extra money to go with one of the higher rated resorts?
We've never stayed in a Value resort before, always Deluxe, but the prices during Christmas week are insane (as expected). I figure by having 2 rooms we should be in good shape comfort wise. Attending will be myself, DW, DD24 and DD21.
All Star Music is $181 per night per room
Pop Century is $200 per night per room
Art of Animation is $220 per night per room
Looking at TripAdvisor, the reviews are better as the price goes up - average reviews are:
All Star Music - Avg. Review is 3.82
Pop Century - Avg. Review is 3.97
Art of Animation - Avg. Review is 4.27
A lot of the rave reviews for AoA refer to the suites, which is not what we would be booking - a pair of regular 1 BR is a lot cheaper, and we are all adults in the group, so no need for a suite. So not sure if the enthusiasm for the suites is skewing that result.
Here's how I would rank some of the considerations
Bus service - Important (really important following the Epcot fireworks on NYE)
Cleanliness - Important
Refrigerator - Important
Bed comfort - somewhat important
Theming - mostly don't care, but we would like AoA the best
Pool - don't care
Food Court - don't care
I know Pop Century is being renovated - what percent do you think will be done by Christmas?
Is it worth the extra money to go with one of the higher rated resorts?