I will have to recomend the HIFS we were just there last month (10/13-10/20) and it was our first time staying.
We had a rental car and really didn't need one. The transportation is super! very clean modern coach buses and flexible schedules when you want to come and go from the motel to the parks.
HIFS is only 10 minutes from EPcot and approximately 1 mile to the main gateway to WDW.
On of the great things we discovered here was that we could see the fireworks at MK and Epcot from our building (we were in #13 facing the road).
The Resort is only 2 year old and lots of things to do with a great pool for the kids, 2 hottubs, mini golf, a pretty decent breakfast buffet and other things.
We were very pleased with our stay and would probably stay there again.