Hi,
We are trying to plan a 6 or 7 night trip to WDW but find that the resorts are just so expensive for our dates (sometime in the July 29-Aug 8 window). There are no discounts available right now, and we couldn't book earlier because I just had my summer vacation approved a few days ago....
So, we are debating a few different things in order to avoid spending $400/night for 6-7 nights: (1) a split stay with somewhere completely off-site and cheap (which I'm apprehensive about because I like the 60-day FP+ window and we would lose the window for the off-site part) and spending 3-4 nights at a splurge, like Boardwalk or Beach Club, (2) staying at Dolphin, which has a nurse discount making it $211/night but also has massive fees that really bring up the rate, and we would be dependent on a roll-away for one kid or (3) staying at CBR or POR, which are the cheapest on-site places we can get for 5 people.
I would have loved to do a relatively inexpensive good-neighbor hotel, but they either don't accommodate 5 or are booked, as the ones that come up when I search are expensive.
Here is some background - our kids are getting older (16, 14 and 12) so cramming into a CBR or POR room will be tough, but I think the 12 year old can still fit on the pull down. He's 5 feet, but skinny. We LOVED staying at Yacht Club in May of 2018 because we loved the location (we got a good room rate though). We walked to Epcot, HS and all over our resort area. We like to park hop. We don't hang out in our room much at all, on any trip, in or out of WDW.
If we choose option #3, does anyone have experience as to whether POR or CBR rooms are more spacious? We stayed at POR seven years ago and the room was pretty cramped then. We liked the resort but not really the location. Is the new skyliner useful at CBR and does it make the scales tip in favor of that resort? Or is it hard to use?
Would love to hear any and all advice.
Thanks!
We are trying to plan a 6 or 7 night trip to WDW but find that the resorts are just so expensive for our dates (sometime in the July 29-Aug 8 window). There are no discounts available right now, and we couldn't book earlier because I just had my summer vacation approved a few days ago....
So, we are debating a few different things in order to avoid spending $400/night for 6-7 nights: (1) a split stay with somewhere completely off-site and cheap (which I'm apprehensive about because I like the 60-day FP+ window and we would lose the window for the off-site part) and spending 3-4 nights at a splurge, like Boardwalk or Beach Club, (2) staying at Dolphin, which has a nurse discount making it $211/night but also has massive fees that really bring up the rate, and we would be dependent on a roll-away for one kid or (3) staying at CBR or POR, which are the cheapest on-site places we can get for 5 people.
I would have loved to do a relatively inexpensive good-neighbor hotel, but they either don't accommodate 5 or are booked, as the ones that come up when I search are expensive.
Here is some background - our kids are getting older (16, 14 and 12) so cramming into a CBR or POR room will be tough, but I think the 12 year old can still fit on the pull down. He's 5 feet, but skinny. We LOVED staying at Yacht Club in May of 2018 because we loved the location (we got a good room rate though). We walked to Epcot, HS and all over our resort area. We like to park hop. We don't hang out in our room much at all, on any trip, in or out of WDW.
If we choose option #3, does anyone have experience as to whether POR or CBR rooms are more spacious? We stayed at POR seven years ago and the room was pretty cramped then. We liked the resort but not really the location. Is the new skyliner useful at CBR and does it make the scales tip in favor of that resort? Or is it hard to use?
Would love to hear any and all advice.
Thanks!