Posts from — December 2008

OVERVIEW

The thumbnail–click to open; when open, click again once or twice to enlarge–rates the Walt Disney World table service restaurants based on both appeal to kids and appeal to adults.

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OVERVIEW

Much of the material on this site is unique

• Partly because no other site or book focuses solely on first time family visitors who are not sure whether or not they will ever return
• Partly because the approach of this site is unlike that of any other site or book: to give exact advice, but then also next best options if families can’t follow that exact advice, and
• Partly because this site presents information sourced, grouped, or analyzed in ways no one else has ever done.

That said…some pages are “more unique” than others! The top ten most unique pages of all are listed below!

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OVERVIEW

The links below take you to the most popular pages about Walt Disney World on this site!

See also this page for the Top 10 most unique pages on this site!

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OVERVIEW

Disney Vacation Club members often rent the “points” which they are granted as members of DVC to non-vacation club members.

At a going rate of around $12 per point, this perfectly legitimate and Disney-approved approach can greatly reduce the cost of a Walt Disney World visit.

It can make sense for those either looking for a 4-person deluxe room (who would target a DVC Studio—see this for more on the DVC resorts and their room types).

It also makes sense for large families targeting an 8, 9 or 12 person DVC room to fit their family at bargain prices. (See both this and this for more on large families.)

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DVC RESORT ROOM OPTIONS, CONTINUED

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One Bedroom Villas also mostly sleep 4.

However, most One Bedrooms at the Villas at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and Bay Lake Towers  sleep 5.  All these One Bedroom Villas have a private bedroom with a king bed; one bathroom (5 person AK and Bay Lake Villas have two bathrooms), a washer and dryer, and a combined full kitchen/dining/living room.

The couch in the living room folds out into a bed for two more, and in the 5 person villas, a chair unfolds into a bed for another person. For first time visitors the value of the kitchen and extra space is small, as you will be spending little time in your room, and eating few meals other than breakfasts there.

Moreover, in all the villas except for those at Disney’s Old Key West Resort, the living room area is so small that it becomes essentially unusable when the chairs are turned into beds.

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OVERVIEW

The Disney Vacation Club Resorts at Walt Disney World are time-share resorts whose rooms can also be reserved like any other Disney World resort hotel rooms.

Moreover, the rooms at these resorts can also be gained (usually at a huge cost saving) by privately renting “points” from Disney Vacation Club members. See this for how.

For most first time family visitors, the Disney Vacation Club Resorts are worth considering only under a few circumstances:

• Large families—especially those aimed at a Deluxe property—who are not willing to bet on actually getting connecting rooms. (You can request connecting rooms at WDW, but getting them is not guaranteed.) See both this and this for more on large families. “Villas” which can sleep 8, 9 and 12 people are available.
• Families aimed at a deluxe hotel, but who can only pull it off through the cost savings of renting DVC points. See this for more on renting DVC points
• Families who for one reason or another have targeted a resort with which a DVC property is paired, can’t get into it, but can get into the DVC resort

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