We aren't in Disney...

I think also, many people make unfair comparisons. On "other" vacations, they stay at Days Inn, Comfort Inns, or the likes of those hotels. When they want to go to Disney, save more and stay at better resorts. Plus, are you comparing the room to room (where hotels are easily comparable), else resorts to other large resorts.

While I enjoy the resorts, it generally has little to do with the "niceness" of the room, and more like theme or ambiance that "disney mood."

But, if you compare price points, and room/room, there much nicer rooms offsite. For the price of a moderate or a lower deluxe, you can stay at the Waldorf, Gaylord, and all kinds of other hotels that are way nicer.

1disneynut,
Were the all stars dirty?

And as someone else pointed out, Disney ambiance and magic add to the hotel stay. :mickey:

Susan A;2437253 wrote: 1disneynut,
Were the all stars dirty?

And as someone else pointed out, Disney ambiance and magic add to the hotel stay. :mickey:

No, it was clean and up to Disney standards. We just hate the values. We don't like Days Inn or Comfort Inn or any of those similar types of hotels either and there is no way in the world I will every be happy with them at $175 per night. lol

I just don't find the painted cut outs of footballs or movies props all that appeasing. At $175 per night I also expect a nice atrium lobby with a bar but they basically have an overpriced food court. We also get free breakfast at most other hotels but that will never happen at WDW. We weren't happy with the waits for the buses either. Simply put, I just do not see any value in the "Value" resorts.

I have to agree about the value resorts. We absolutely hate Pop Century. It's the only value we've stayed in, but we've traveled with friends who stayed at All Star Movies, so we spent some time there as well.

Sure, the rooms were clean but I found them depressing and the resorts themselves didn't cut it for us. As someone else said, big painted cut outs of cartoon characters, musical instruments, etc. did nothing for us.

I could go on and on, but I won't. There are too many reasons to list as to why Pop Century is one of the worst places we've ever stayed. There are so many other places to stay off site that are much, much more pleasant.

I travel a lot for my job and I don't know what day's inn or comfort inns you stay in that are better than Disney's value, but I've never seen a comfort inn close to a value room at Disney.

everyone has their oppinions....but i'll take a value anyday. I'm never in my room anyway, just to sleep.

ransam;2439638 wrote: I travel a lot for my job and I don't know what day's inn or comfort inns you stay in that are better than Disney's value, but I've never seen a comfort inn close to a value room at Disney.

everyone has their oppinions....but i'll take a value anyday. I'm never in my room anyway, just to sleep.

To be fair, we don't stay in comfort inns, days inn or any of those "value" type chains anymore. We graduated from those a number of years ago but on occasion do end up in one for one reason or another (usually a quick one nighter on the way to somewhere else and it was convenient).

To name a couple that I remember off the top of my head that were comparable and sometimes better than a Value resort: The Days Inn Panama City Beach, Comfort Inn on the River in Gatlinburg, Days Inn Valdosta, Days Inn International Drive Orlando, and I could go on. Like I said though, it has been a few years so some of those may be in need of refurbishment by now. However, you can just substitute Days Inn/Comfort Inn brand with the newer chains of value hotels like Microtel if you would like. I have stayed in a couple of those for around $59/night and they were comparable to the Value resorts.

I agree though, everyone has their opinions and preferences. I just expect a whole lot more for $179 a night than what the values offer. They are $89 a night tops in my book.

I'd agree with this. We recently spent a week at the PortAventura park near Barcelona, in Spain, and stayed in one of their hotels. I must have said "It's not as good as Disney" at least 20 times! Everything from the food quality (and price to be honest), the room size (we literally had a double bed, 3 feet around it on either side and a bathroom) to the lack of non-thrill rides (I am not a scary ride person and always find plenty to do in Disney and Universal). It also used to be owned by Universal so we expected far better.

I wouldn't even say that it's Disney in general that do it better- I have to say that a lot of it is the US hospitality and space- WDW is always far better for us than DisneylandParis- even though it is only an hour plane ride away!