[mama2disneyfan]

DH, DD & I stayed here for our first ever trip to WDW. Our first ever trip to Florida for that matter.

I did not love this resort and neither did DH. We said that if we ever went back to WDW we would stay at least Moderate. Unfortunately, it turned us off to all Value Resorts.

We were kindly upgraded to a pool view room and the staff was great! A major mistake in travel time on my part had us at the most magical place on earth without a room for one night. Don't ask - call it the excitement of our trip. In any case I went to guest services at MK and called the hotel. They said that we could get a room for the night at AS Sports but that we would have to change rooms the next night. No problem, it was MY fault after all. As it turned out they upgraded our room for our stay and we did not need to change rooms. We also came back one evening to a cute towel toothbrush holder. Not an animal exactly but I thought it was cute.

The food court was okay, not anything special. It was noisy, really noisy. We had our 2 y/o daughter and she wanted to use the pool. Well the 'toddler' pool was empty. No one told us that we could use another toddler pool. I took her to the larger pool next to the toddler pool but needed to hold her the whole time as she couldn't swim etc. I was hoping to let her use the toddler pool and just sit by her.

Anyway, it was a hike from the elevator to our room with DD and stuff we were carrying. The buses seem to stop at every resort and we always crowded.

A note on the rating: I used Magic to convey my happiness with the overall helpful, kind staff.

Pros:
Affordability
We love sports
Staff

Cons:
Food court
Pool issue
Noise
Buses