The theme and people haven't changed. There has been some upgrades. They offer free wifi and mini fridge and the furniture has also been replaced. We have stayed three times and have no complaints.
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I have to agree with pretty much every poster before me. When used to always stay at a value resort and Im still not sure what was worse: the noise, rowdiness, or the terrible wait for the buses (pops is a little better than the ASR).
The evening before Christmas eve the last year we did Value it was raining and freezing cold leaving MGM. The line for the ASR was insane and everyone but a few was out in the weather. They would not send for more buses or re-route them -- saw at least 4 of every other resort come and go with just a few people on them. We were soaked through our rain resistant jackets and multiple layers underneath. By the time we made it back to the room we were too cold and tired to go back out cancelling our ressie. :(
Ever since then we have done moderate and preferably Deluxe. I have found with either, especially Deluxe, that the noise level is next to nothing, no "running all over the place", and never a wait for a bus ;)
This is our 1st time to the Poly and hope our good luck with Deluxes keeps going :thumbsup: I will never stay at a Value again.
The poly is a great place to stay. While I found no appreciable noise the main building at times was very crowded. Nothing to worry about but just don't be surprised.
The deluxe's always get the best bus service, while the moderates are nice as well.
Good luck :mickey:
To the OP, so sorry you had a bad experience on your trip! But, if you don't let Disney know there's a problem, they can't fix it. No matter what the circumstances of your check in were, you have every right to bring a problem to a manager's attention if it's affecting your stay.
that stimks about your bad experience.
I have to say I love the values and have never had a bad experience.
we stayed once at the CBR and hated it. It was bug infested, saw way to many snakes, way too spread out, the busses stunk.
I've never had a bad experience at the values, always clean, always friendly cast menbers who have gone out of their way to make us feel comfortable.
This.
As for a quieter location, we usually stay in the preferred section, but request a room that does not face the pool. By doing so, we are removed from the giant photo ops and the foot traffic to the pool and main building.
I hate it that your experience was not good. :(
I asked about early checkout once (because of a DISASTROUS trip that was no fault of Disney's) and they told me at the CR that all I had to do was be out by checkout time and they would refund the unused days. You will loose your tickets' unused days, but the room is refundable.
Disney will always refund you back any unused room nights if you have to leave early.
I had to leave a day early during ICOT15 due to Hurricane Sandy, and as soon as my plane ticket was confirmed changed, I went to the front desk to talk to the manager. Without missing a beat, he switched my checkout day to the next day, told me I'd get a refund for the unused last night, and I did, literally hours later it appeared on my credit card as "pending".
I think if you have a package, though, things might get a little more tricky.
DAS does seem to attract families with irresponsible parents, as though there is a correlation between income strata and parenting skills.
I'm not a snob, especially since we usually stay there, but it does seem to happen. With us, it's always the traveling sports tweens running amok, while their oblivious parents imbibe at Team Spirits.
I would have asked to change resorts to POP or to a moderate (if it was ok financially). You can move to another resort. We were there the same week at Riverside. Don't put up with this nonsense. You are paying for your vacation. I know POP was available. Riverside was full. It is your money.
We have stayed at both pop and all stars.. If we do value again we will only do pop purely for the bus situation. We were beyond frustrated with the lines leaving magic kingdom at closing and having to deal with three bus stops.
Oh I know your pain!!! My room key stopped working at Music and I pretty much had the same ordeal, except at 1130PM and it took me an hour to get into my room.
And I get why everyone says they stay at Deluxe bc of this, but seriously, not everyone can afford $400 a night for a room. So bc of this does this mean lower income families should have to deal with nonsense? :shake:
Being cheaper doesn't give you the excuse to be sub par or allow people to be disruptive.
I'll never understand why people still stay at the All Stars...Pop is the same rate and so much tamer
We stay all star music because of the family suites.
Agree 100%W with every single word you have written. I have to be honest. There are times when I hear so much complaining about Disney on this site and I have to ask myself why do people keep going back then? And wow, compared to "regular" hotels, even the Values at Disney are AMAZING IMHO.
And personally I think $100-150 per night for a room is actually expensive and I feel very blessed when I can do that for my family.
I have to be honest, the "but" in your post negates you comment(s) before. I find it sad that you think income=bad parenting. Let me say that I know a wide range of people from literal millionaires to poverty stricken and there are equal amounts of parents who don't do everything like we think they should [aka: bad parents] and those that are amazing.
Maybe I should I apologize for our family? My husband and I work full time, are well educated, both with university degrees and I hold a Master's. Yet for the cold hard money, we make a combined income yearly of $30-35K. And I research about every aspect of my parenting. And guess what? There are days where my sons are off the chain, especially the one with Autism, and there are days they are perfect angels.
It's sad I would be judged because of a Disney Resort I would stay in and the income we make.
**shrug**