My Husband and I stayed at the All Star Movies Resort for 10 days! I was worried after reeading some reviews but we enjoyed our belated honeymoon enormously! Not to mention it was a nice break from the kids (6, 3 & 1)! Ya I know not nice we went to WDW and we left the kids at home.
We flew into Orlando from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and found it kind hard to find the Magical Express but the airport staff was friendly (I realize that is not about the hotel but I thought I would mention it the signs were very small). Check in at the hotel took almost no time at all and we received our keys and were headed to go check out our room.
We stayed in the Mighty Ducks Building on the second floor in a corner room. Only 1 night for about a whole 30 seconds did we here anything outside our room! The rooms were kinda on the small side but all we wanted was a place to put our head down. We decided that paying more money for a bigger room would have been money wasted!
We swam in the Duck Pond Pool all time because it was the closest one and the pool was almost empty with everyone at the bigger pool!
We never waited every long for the buses either! I think 10 minutes was our longest wait in the whole 10 days. My only complaint was the buses were crowded and one time I got kicked in the back very hard and the guy never said sorry but that is not the fault of Disney.
The food court had a nice variety. Everyone could find something. A few mornings we walked down the McDonald’s at the end of the resorts. It’s just a little past the All Star Sports Resort. It took about 10 minutes but, the walk was nice.
If you have to or are planning on doing any washing while you are down there, I would recommend bringing your own quarters and laundry supplies! The change machine did not always work and the soap and fabric softener was rather expensive! I know at the Dollar Tree Stores (a US chain for fellow Canadians reading this) you can get a small bottle of Purex that does nine loads for a buck as well as fabric sheets or liquid.
We enjoyed out trip so much that we have already planned to go back this December! This time we are going to be introducing the kids to the World.
I would recommend this Resort to anyone who is just looking for a place to rest their head and want to have the magic of Disney all over. The GIGANTIC statues were a lot bigger then I ever thought! You really do have to see them to believe it.
*** Just a little tip for the people who stay in the Duck Buildings! Get off the bus at the All Star Music Resorts and walk back to your room it is a lot faster then getting off at the All Star Movies and back tracking to your room. We did this every time we were headed straight back to our hotel room and not to the food court or main building.
HAPPY VACATIONING!