Do you have to stay on property? At DLR, there really isn't the same feeling of a Disney bubble that there is at WDW. The on site hotels are nice, but not dramatically better/nicer than other hotels off site (some of which are much newer). We just stayed at the Candy Cane Inn, had a large room, great customer service, private shuttle, free breakfast, and saved over $1800 on our stay over a comparable room at the GCH. For us, that savings was the deciding factor to go off site. (I can buy a LOT of things at DLR for that much money!)