![]() The OP stated they often stay at the Poly, Contemporary, BLT, and Wilderness Lodge these two properties are in no way shape or form comparable to a Disney Deluxe category resort. I do have my own car whenever we travel to WDW so that is not a factor for us. In addition, we have 5 in our family so the layout of Town Suites works better for us as opposed to a Disney Value. Especially, since the rooms are larger, include breakfast, no parking fees and are often less expensive. Given the choice I would prefer to stay at either Flamingo Crossings Marriott property over a Disney value resort. Cheer-leading groups, sports teams, grad night schools staying at the Disney values without enough supervision come to mind. I have had several experiences with rude guest at the Disney value resorts. For what it is worth, I have never encounter or witnessed guest that are rude to other guest or staff. I have stayed at both Marriott properties at Flamingo Crossings on several occasions (more than 10). Here is my youtube video of the room and travel times etc. We are used to staying at the Poly, Contemporary, BLT, Wilderness Lodge, so at times our perspective of what are 'minimum standards' are somewhat skewed, something we are aware of. we'd just do things a little differently with our plans.ĥ. The value is excellent and if we were to trade off staying at Disney for longer by staying offsite for a week and then onsite for a week then yes, we would do it again. Having to have a car increases the per day costs, although does give you freedom to use a supermarket / grocery store.Ĥ. I know this is more of a society thing, but it's not something i have noticed previously when staying on site.ģ. The clientele staying there were just very rude, they were rude to the staff and just not very 'Disney'. I don't have time to go into it this morning but perhaps I can do it after class.Ģ. We had problems with our fridge that were never addressed and resulted in me having to make a complaint to Marriott. Possibly, I say this for a few reasons.ġ. We thought it represented very good value. I am not sure there are many better values that can offer the same level of people in a room while also having a relatively short commute to the parks. When factoring in all costs, we paid a little of $80 per night inclusive of tax and breakfast every day. As we have disabled parking we were able to park right up front and in many cases, we had faster and more convenient transport with a double stroller that we would if we stayed at many of the deluxes and used Disney transport. In my video I put some distances and times from Google maps at the end as comparisons. We found the drive to any of the parks to be convenient and quick. We found the travel to Publix, Walmart, Target to be really convenient as its right by the freeway on ramp. ![]() There are no lifeguards on duty, and its the kind of place that parents tend to spend more time consuming alcohol than watching their kids, so just a mental note to those with young ones. The pool has a zero entry at one end and kind of branches off into a boxy 'Y' shape, we found it to be an adequate pool although, at peak times it got busy. ![]() Warning, the pillows are super super soft, not something that was a favorite of myself nor my wife! Other than that, the rooms were clean, well dressed and welcoming. The rooms were relatively clean, although I did find some 'nether region' hair on the toilet bowl. The staff were all super friendly and overall we had a positive experience. It has lots of Disney references in there too. The furniture and decor was new and in good order, all in all it was a positive impression right of the bad. We found the hotel to be clean and well appointed, the lobby was spacious and bright and welcoming. They share the pool and other amenities but are not necessarily overcrowded. The hotel follows the same usual set up, 1 side is the Springhill Suites, while the other side is the Townesuites. It was basically a new suburban with a few hundred miles on the clock, the kids were impressed! haha. We rented a big old Suburban for the first week of our trip via Costco Travel, this was $490. The straight run from the Townesuites was attractive! And while it was good, I found the location to be difficult at times. I personally have stopped offsite at a number of places, my most recent visit was to the Marriott's Orlando World Center. We purchased the weeks stay via a package deal offered on Alaska Air's website, this included flights and 1 weeks accommodation. We decided to give the Townesuites a try as it was relatively new (a couple of years old) and we had stayed at numerous others around the country.
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