AKL is hands-down my number one resort. The theming, to me, is unmatched, and I absolutely love how you can see animals right outside of the building without leaving the property! Jiko and Boma are bonuses, too.
I've stayed at numerous Disney Resorts growing up, and of them all I've been staying at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside almost exclusively since 1996 (during Disney's 25th Anniversary back when it was Dixie Landings) it's one of the most special hotels you could ever hope to stay at. It's also one of the quietest hotels too. Here you won't hear many kids running around and screaming outside your hotel room like you would at Art of Animation or other kid friendly resorts. It's a very serene and picturesque resort.
Loved the port Orleans Riverside, but recently stayed at the Beach Club because we needed slightly more room with our family of five, and found the resort to be awesome, but really did enjoy Port Orleans.
We stayed at Dixie Landings for our honeymoon. Holds a special place in our hearts for sure. Try to stop in when we are at WDW for a nostalgic walk around the resort.
As far as the Wilderness Lodge not being on the monorail that’s what made it great it was a boat ride from Magic Kingdom with out all the Monorail crowds it felt like two separate vacations to me. Also in my opinion it was better before when they had trees instead of the DVC CABINS
Dear parents! Let the kids choose their favourite Disney Parks souvenirs!!! When the kids are very good, then they deserve more souvenirs. Every good behaviour kid should have 1-2 bags of Disney Parks souvenirs: plush toys, toys, mini figures, bubble blower, Mickey ears, t-shirts, jacket, drinking bottle, and some pins or magnets and etc. Please buy only those Disney Parks souvenirs, what the kids very want!!!! I know many Disney souvenirs are very expensive, but when the kids are very good all the times, then sometimes they deserve these things!!! Please be kind parents and make Your kids very happy with these Disney Parks souvenirs, what the kids have chosen and don’t say NO all the times, when the kids very deserves those Disney Parks souvenirs for good behaviour!!! Respectfully, Astra Viil 🥰🙏
I have been going to Disney since 1971!! My favorite hotels are Grand Floridian, Wilderness Lodge and Disney Beach Club! Disney Beach Club is our personal preference monorail access to the Magic Kingdom and right next to Hollywood Studios and Epcot! My daughter was married in the Wedding Pavilion at the Grand Floridian! No one does a WEDDING like DISNEY it was FABULOUS!!👍👍💕💕🥰
POFQ wins over the Yacht Club, all day. Smaller, and not nearly as pretentious. I think POFQ is very fun and whimsical... all those sax-playing gators. Food? It'll do, but you won't write home about it. Our stay at POFQ was around this time of year.... middle ten days of December ( in 2018) and POFQ was not sharing a bus with POR. At POFQ, I think we were about as distant from the main lobby area as one can get there, and the "five minute walk" is absolutely true, especially if you find a foot-path/sidewalk on the parking lot side from your building to the bus-loading area. 3 minutes. Our week-long stay at POFQ was quite pleasant, and very relaxing. Another "huge plus" of POFQ is a great laundry room. It's centrally-located very near the blue serpent pool. I WOULD highly recommend POFQ, but if I did that I would never be able to get a room there. Seriously, if you are considering this resort to expend your hard-earned $$$$ at for your Disney trip...do not hesitate. Book NOW. Be warned: I do not think any of the buildings have elevators. You will schlep your luggage up and down the stairs. Definitely not a very handi-capable place to stay. Not mentioned in the video is that POFQ is THE SMALLEST "Moderate" resort by room count and physical size/sprawl. I spent 24 years,9 months, and 14 days earning the privilege to stay at "the place" over by the Palm and Magnolia golf courses.... but if that place is sold out when we are able to go, POFQ is our second choice. Charming, relatively quiet, great transportation.
I saw a vlogger sketch a map where the skyliner would connect to all the most distant points-AKL, Allstars and Coronado being the furthest west. How cool would that be?
Good morning! I stayed at two of the hotels on this list; but because I haven't been to WDW since December, 2007 I haven't been to Art of Animation. Port Orleans French Quarter, at which I stayed December 8-15, 2004, looks like New Orleans would look like if they picked up the trash. Loved the compactness, the themeing, the boat ride to Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs), and beignets. (Imagines guys named Ben cheering...ben yay!) Wilderness Lodge, where I stayed from November 30 to December 8, 2005, is themed after the hunting lodges of the Northwest United States; and, at the time, was like a deluxe resort priced as a moderate. I loved the rustic feel of the place, the Wilderness Canyon Cafe, and the boat rides to Magic Kingdom. My favorite resort on property.
We’ve stayed all over Disney. My girls BOTH love Art of Animation. They feel the food court, pools (one huge, one smaller), photo ops, access to parks and room themes are the best!
The best I've stayed at is Pop Century. They have the best quick service food, best transportation options, good layout(nothing too far, unlike Art of Animation), and it's a great price and value for your buck. I've stayed at Port Orleans, Art of Animation, Animal Kingdom, and the Polynesian. Pop Century is my fav and this is where I now stay every time.
I think saying AOA is value pricing is a little misleading. The standard Little Mermaid rooms are value pricing (although the most expensive value), but the suites (which are the majority of the resort) are practically Deluxe pricing.
Bonus: Beignets! POFQ! If you do the resort fun run they are included in the price! Also confirmed why I pick Beach/Yacht over Wilderness, tempted to to try Wilderness, but I want to be closer to parks
Only stayed at Disney World three times and although we love Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Port Orleans Riverside, we just recently stayed in October at the Beach Club resort and it was awesome. Really enjoyed our stay and would definitely return. We are limited in places we can stay because we are a family of five, so it’s usually a DVC resort. We would still love to stay at the hotels mentioned, especially Wilderness Lodge. For us, right now, Beach Club resort wins.
Our favorite deluxe resorts is Beach Club. We love the walk to Epcot. Five min from your room to international gateway. We also totally agree on art of animation. The last time we stayed there they had just put in the skyliner we literally walked outside of our room and we were at the sky-liner. We stayed in the nemo family suite.
Wilderness Lodge is our favorite hotel. Art of Animation was a favorite for theming until the Skyliner came along. Transportation options not great if not a Skyliner fan.
These resorts are massive! Lots of people and you’ll need to eat meals out, which gets expensive. Skyliner is great, but you can get more for less $ by staying off property
Molly, on a scale of one to ten. How bothered are you when someone wants to meet you while you are filming? I've done good in the past when running across celebrities I'm fond of. If I saw you in public I might fail miserably and be "that guy". And let me paint a picture, I'm a 50 year old married man and father of three princesses. I can only imagine my fan girl scream and happy dance is not pretty.
The Boardwalk inn stayed 4 times always great and stayed across lake from boardwalk at Yaught club resort. Another great Both walking distance from epcot and the disney studios.
We love the Beach Club. Although there is nothing special about the theming, that probably a reflection of the seaside hotel it is meant to emulate? That said, the location couldn’t be better! With a “park hopper” it’s easy to stroll into EPCOT on a whim... use it to walk to the monorail, or hop in after dinner to catch informal entertainment. Food options abound and the pool complex is outstanding. We love visiting the other resorts. The Polynesian, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Wilderness Lodge are incredible for theming. Incredible. We stayed at Animation one year and loved it, too. But we will head back to the Beach Club once we put COVID-19 in the rear view mirror
I love Port Orleans but I prefer Riverside. My issue with AOA is I can't see paying more for a value resort than a moderate resort which AOA is often higher than some moderates. Although AOA suites are bigger than a moderate room and have 2 bathrooms. Choosing a resort is so subjective! Price, location, space, theme, etc. Bottom line to me is all 6 resorts I have stayed at were very clean and the staff was the best! If it's a Disney room, it doesn't suck!
Port Orleans French Quarter is DW best kept secret! Shhhh! So quiet and lovely. Also, so convenient to transportation. Best rooms are on the River front... And the beignets tho!!! 😍🏰💓💛🖤🎇🎆
Sorry, love Wilderness but can't beat the monorail resorts for the ultimate convenience. I'll take one of those any time over a deluxe resort off the monorail line.
Wilderness lodge is great second fav spot to stay. Bus transposition wasn't that long of a wait when I went and you can catch the boat to magic Kingdom and ceilings are to low? What?
My favorite is the yacht club great restaurants walking to Epcot and Hollywood Studios and the boardwalk is fantastic when everything is open and performers are out and the pool. But not Disney but the swan and dolphin gives you the same access and they have a great pool as well at a less cost.
Could you all do a video about finding the hotel with the best Disney transport? Could it be the most centrally located or the one with the most options? I'm curious.
Wilderness Lodge con is "very expensive", but it is by FAR the least expensive of the deluxe resorts so I think it's a good value for the money. It is frustrating now that half the resort has been converted into DVC rooms so it can be hard to get a room there and you may have to ask for availability at Copper Creek if you have your heart set of staying there. But I definitely agree it's the best for the price!
swan/dolphin is by far the greatest deal, even with the other fees. However, I believe the epcot locating for me is overrated because my top park is magic kindgom and I feel that there bus service to MK is overrated. that said, I will take the epcot>mk due to the rates of swanphin
In the Art of Animation segment, at about 3:57, there is a BEAUTIFUL room with artwork behind the headboards. So classy! Does anyone know which room this one is?
My husband and I would never stay at a value resort. He thinks they all look like cheap motels. We are DVC snobs though...moderate resort port orleans and riverside we have stayed at we love it 😍 only draw back for port orleans french is the pool is very kiddish..now wilderness lodge copper creek is our home resort we love it there we go to Disney ten time a year our family loves it!
I love the WL. But it was designed to be a moderate resort that turned out to be better than expected. The room sizes are what you'd expect from a Super 8 or Value resort. While the Poly, GF, and Contemporary have huge rooms you could park a mini van in and still have room to walk around. The pool and hot tubs, and food choices and bars are the some of the best on property.
I agree that AoA is the best value resort. The suites and skyliner access it is worth the few extra dollars. I don't care for All Star Resorts. I am not a fan of Port Orleans, and I do not like Wilderness Lodge at all. That is probably my least favorite resort on all of Disney property. The AKL, or Poly are sooo much better.
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One of the pictures used for the Art of Animation rooms is actually from Port Orleans Riverside...
AKL is hands-down my number one resort. The theming, to me, is unmatched, and I absolutely love how you can see animals right outside of the building without leaving the property! Jiko and Boma are bonuses, too.
Oh yeah-that might be a bucket list place for me
Nice resort just way too far away from places
I've stayed at numerous Disney Resorts growing up, and of them all I've been staying at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside almost exclusively since 1996 (during Disney's 25th Anniversary back when it was Dixie Landings) it's one of the most special hotels you could ever hope to stay at. It's also one of the quietest hotels too. Here you won't hear many kids running around and screaming outside your hotel room like you would at Art of Animation or other kid friendly resorts. It's a very serene and picturesque resort.
Loved the port Orleans Riverside, but recently stayed at the Beach Club because we needed slightly more room with our family of five, and found the resort to be awesome, but really did enjoy Port Orleans.
We stayed at Dixie Landings for our honeymoon. Holds a special place in our hearts for sure. Try to stop in when we are at WDW for a nostalgic walk around the resort.
As far as the Wilderness Lodge not being on the monorail that’s what made it great it was a boat ride from Magic Kingdom with out all the Monorail crowds it felt like two separate vacations to me.
Also in my opinion it was better before when they had trees instead of the DVC CABINS
Yes, trees are nature's cowbells! Cedar Point also made the mistake of getting some of their trees a while back.
ANY lodge (For example Great wolf lodge) is amazing
Lodge is the Best type of Hotel
My favourite hotel in the deluxe category is still Animal Kingdom Lodge, but wilderness lodge comes a close second
Yes, French Quarter. Loving staying there every time.
Dear parents!
Let the kids choose their favourite Disney Parks souvenirs!!! When the kids are very good, then they deserve more souvenirs. Every good behaviour kid should have 1-2 bags of Disney Parks souvenirs: plush toys, toys, mini figures, bubble blower, Mickey ears, t-shirts, jacket, drinking bottle, and some pins or magnets and etc. Please buy only those Disney Parks souvenirs, what the kids very want!!!! I know many Disney souvenirs are very expensive, but when the kids are very good all the times, then sometimes they deserve these things!!! Please be kind parents and make Your kids very happy with these Disney Parks souvenirs, what the kids have chosen and don’t say NO all the times, when the kids very deserves those Disney Parks souvenirs for good behaviour!!!
Respectfully,
Astra Viil 🥰🙏
Love your initial disclaimer! 😂 It is always amazing to me though how many angry, contentious folks end up on these blogs
I have been going to Disney since 1971!! My favorite hotels are Grand Floridian, Wilderness Lodge and Disney Beach Club! Disney Beach Club is our personal preference monorail access to the Magic Kingdom and right next to Hollywood Studios and Epcot! My daughter was married in the Wedding Pavilion at the Grand Floridian! No one does a WEDDING like DISNEY it was FABULOUS!!👍👍💕💕🥰
POFQ wins over the Yacht Club, all day. Smaller, and not nearly as pretentious. I think POFQ is very fun and whimsical... all those sax-playing gators. Food? It'll do, but you won't write home about it. Our stay at POFQ was around this time of year.... middle ten days of December ( in 2018) and POFQ was not sharing a bus with POR. At POFQ, I think we were about as distant from the main lobby area as one can get there, and the "five minute walk" is absolutely true, especially if you find a foot-path/sidewalk on the parking lot side from your building to the bus-loading area. 3 minutes. Our week-long stay at POFQ was quite pleasant, and very relaxing. Another "huge plus" of POFQ is a great laundry room. It's centrally-located very near the blue serpent pool. I WOULD highly recommend POFQ, but if I did that I would never be able to get a room there. Seriously, if you are considering this resort to expend your hard-earned $$$$ at for your Disney trip...do not hesitate. Book NOW. Be warned: I do not think any of the buildings have elevators. You will schlep your luggage up and down the stairs. Definitely not a very handi-capable place to stay. Not mentioned in the video is that POFQ is THE SMALLEST "Moderate" resort by room count and physical size/sprawl. I spent 24 years,9 months, and 14 days earning the privilege to stay at "the place" over by the Palm and Magnolia golf courses.... but if that place is sold out when we are able to go, POFQ is our second choice. Charming, relatively quiet, great transportation.
We loved Wilderness lodge so much the first time we saw it that we had to purchase DVC there. Been an owner for 13 years now!
I just need them to connect Coronado to the Skyliner so Gran Destino can be the perfect place to stay
I saw a vlogger sketch a map where the skyliner would connect to all the most distant points-AKL, Allstars and Coronado being the furthest west. How cool would that be?
Good morning! I stayed at two of the hotels on this list; but because I haven't been to WDW since December, 2007 I haven't been to Art of Animation.
Port Orleans French Quarter, at which I stayed December 8-15, 2004, looks like New Orleans would look like if they picked up the trash. Loved the compactness, the themeing, the boat ride to Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs), and beignets. (Imagines guys named Ben cheering...ben yay!)
Wilderness Lodge, where I stayed from November 30 to December 8, 2005, is themed after the hunting lodges of the Northwest United States; and, at the time, was like a deluxe resort priced as a moderate. I loved the rustic feel of the place, the Wilderness Canyon Cafe, and the boat rides to Magic Kingdom. My favorite resort on property.
We’ve stayed all over Disney. My girls BOTH love Art of Animation. They feel the food court, pools (one huge, one smaller), photo ops, access to parks and room themes are the best!
The best I've stayed at is Pop Century. They have the best quick service food, best transportation options, good layout(nothing too far, unlike Art of Animation), and it's a great price and value for your buck. I've stayed at Port Orleans, Art of Animation, Animal Kingdom, and the Polynesian. Pop Century is my fav and this is where I now stay every time.
I think saying AOA is value pricing is a little misleading. The standard Little Mermaid rooms are value pricing (although the most expensive value), but the suites (which are the majority of the resort) are practically Deluxe pricing.
I noticed that when you were talking about AOA showing the rooms and picture of the princess room from POR snuck in. 😊
Bonus: Beignets! POFQ!
If you do the resort fun run they are included in the price!
Also confirmed why I pick Beach/Yacht over Wilderness, tempted to to try Wilderness, but I want to be closer to parks
Only stayed at Disney World three times and although we love Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Port Orleans Riverside, we just recently stayed in October at the Beach Club resort and it was awesome. Really enjoyed our stay and would definitely return. We are limited in places we can stay because we are a family of five, so it’s usually a DVC resort. We would still love to stay at the hotels mentioned, especially Wilderness Lodge. For us, right now, Beach Club resort wins.
I hoping that extra magic hours come back by January lol...the cons at Wilderness Lodge are nothing...I'm happy with my choice...I'm so excited! 🥰
Our favorite deluxe resorts is Beach Club. We love the walk to Epcot. Five min from your room to international gateway. We also totally agree on art of animation. The last time we stayed there they had just put in the skyliner we literally walked outside of our room and we were at the sky-liner. We stayed in the nemo family suite.
Wilderness Lodge is our favorite hotel. Art of Animation was a favorite for theming until the Skyliner came along. Transportation options not great if not a Skyliner fan.
These resorts are massive! Lots of people and you’ll need to eat meals out, which gets expensive. Skyliner is great, but you can get more for less $ by staying off property
Molly, on a scale of one to ten. How bothered are you when someone wants to meet you while you are filming? I've done good in the past when running across celebrities I'm fond of. If I saw you in public I might fail miserably and be "that guy". And let me paint a picture, I'm a 50 year old married man and father of three princesses. I can only imagine my fan girl scream and happy dance is not pretty.
😂. This made me laugh. I needed this today!
@@jamielynncrist4666 I'm pretty sure if I did meet her I'd be able to compose myself (in my own mind). At least until security got there.
I was okay with staying at Pop Century I just need a clean place to shower & sleep
The Boardwalk inn stayed 4 times always great and stayed across lake from boardwalk at Yaught club resort. Another great
Both walking distance from epcot and the disney studios.
We love the Beach Club. Although there is nothing special about the theming, that probably a reflection of the seaside hotel it is meant to emulate? That said, the location couldn’t be better! With a “park hopper” it’s easy to stroll into EPCOT on a whim... use it to walk to the monorail, or hop in after dinner to catch informal entertainment.
Food options abound and the pool complex is outstanding.
We love visiting the other resorts. The Polynesian, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Wilderness Lodge are incredible for theming. Incredible. We stayed at Animation one year and loved it, too.
But we will head back to the Beach Club once we put COVID-19 in the rear view mirror
My favorite value is definitely Pop. Deluxe is WL!
We have never stayed at AoA, but my family loves WL and POFQ. Fantastic resorts.
I love Port Orleans but I prefer Riverside. My issue with AOA is I can't see paying more for a value resort than a moderate resort which AOA is often higher than some moderates. Although AOA suites are bigger than a moderate room and have 2 bathrooms. Choosing a resort is so subjective! Price, location, space, theme, etc. Bottom line to me is all 6 resorts I have stayed at were very clean and the staff was the best! If it's a Disney room, it doesn't suck!
Port Orleans French Quarter is DW best kept secret! Shhhh! So quiet and lovely. Also, so convenient to transportation. Best rooms are on the River front... And the beignets tho!!!
😍🏰💓💛🖤🎇🎆
We are going to stay at Port Orleans French quarter in December and I can’t wait to get there
Sorry, love Wilderness but can't beat the monorail resorts for the ultimate convenience. I'll take one of those any time over a deluxe resort off the monorail line.
Wilderness lodge is great second fav spot to stay. Bus transposition wasn't that long of a wait when I went and you can catch the boat to magic Kingdom and ceilings are to low? What?
Well, this was from someone who was very tall, so of course ceiling height can be an issue just as much as type of flooring somewhere else.
My favorite is the yacht club great restaurants walking to Epcot and Hollywood Studios and the boardwalk is fantastic when everything is open and performers are out and the pool. But not Disney but the swan and dolphin gives you the same access and they have a great pool as well at a less cost.
Could you all do a video about finding the hotel with the best Disney transport? Could it be the most centrally located or the one with the most options? I'm curious.
French Quarter is so pretty! I think its very impressive for a moderate resort
Wilderness Lodge con is "very expensive", but it is by FAR the least expensive of the deluxe resorts so I think it's a good value for the money. It is frustrating now that half the resort has been converted into DVC rooms so it can be hard to get a room there and you may have to ask for availability at Copper Creek if you have your heart set of staying there. But I definitely agree it's the best for the price!
swan/dolphin is by far the greatest deal, even with the other fees.
However, I believe the epcot locating for me is overrated because my top park is magic kindgom and I feel that there bus service to MK is overrated. that said, I will take the epcot>mk due to the rates of swanphin
I appreciate the intrigue of Wilderness Lodge for the theming. I find the dining options too limited in comparison to other deluxe resorts.
Best part of this video?? Molly with powdered sugar all over her face saying "Do I have something on my face??" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the Art of Animation segment, at about 3:57, there is a BEAUTIFUL room with artwork behind the headboards. So classy! Does anyone know which room this one is?
Port orleans riverside princess room
@@hannahtaylor854 Thanks so much! :)
I think this room is actually in the Art of Animation resort... So, I’m guessing Port Orleans Riverside has rooms that look like it, too!
No... they just accidentally slipped in a photo from POR. See the other comments on this video.
@@hannahtaylor854 Got ya. Thanks!
My husband and I would never stay at a value resort. He thinks they all look like cheap motels. We are DVC snobs though...moderate resort port orleans and riverside we have stayed at we love it 😍 only draw back for port orleans french is the pool is very kiddish..now wilderness lodge copper creek is our home resort we love it there we go to Disney ten time a year our family loves it!
Trip in 2017 we stayed at AoA, trip in 2018 we stayed at Port Orleans: FQ, trip in 38 days staying at wilderness lodge! Haha
Pop century and Beach hotel are two of the best!
Big fan of the Beach Club Resort.
i want to see stay at the little mermaid rooms one day and it is my fav disney movie
I love the WL. But it was designed to be a moderate resort that turned out to be better than expected. The room sizes are what you'd expect from a Super 8 or Value resort. While the Poly, GF, and Contemporary have huge rooms you could park a mini van in and still have room to walk around. The pool and hot tubs, and food choices and bars are the some of the best on property.
I agree that AoA is the best value resort. The suites and skyliner access it is worth the few extra dollars. I don't care for All Star Resorts. I am not a fan of Port Orleans, and I do not like Wilderness Lodge at all. That is probably my least favorite resort on all of Disney property. The AKL, or Poly are sooo much better.
In terms of looks I’d say grand Floridian looks best
Man you guys really like Beignets.
but where's Ohanna?
That's at the polynesian
But, yes to their food!
Love your reviews Chris, much better than AJ's!
Grand Floridan
Firtst!