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Less loud, noisy Value Resort please ?
- Thread starter AstridJMF
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To be quite honest, it is an utter crap shoot.
All of the value resorts use nearly identical construction methods and soundproofing. All you can do is request a room away from the pools, stairs, elevators, vending machines, etc. However, none of that will matter if you have a noisy neighbor.
All of the value resorts use nearly identical construction methods and soundproofing. All you can do is request a room away from the pools, stairs, elevators, vending machines, etc. However, none of that will matter if you have a noisy neighbor.
It's not really a hotel in the general sense but as far as value goes, sneaking aboard Galactic Starcruiser would be pretty quiet right now.
Tigger&Pooh
Active Member
We've found ASMusic tends more towards adults/couples than the other All Star resorts. But as someone else said, if you have a noisy neighbor next door/upstairs, which resort really doesn't matter.
mf1972
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we’ve stayed at movies numerous times. your best bet for any value resort would be stay on the top floor so u don’t hear anyone walking or running above you. the walls are pretty thin so you’ll probably hear your neighbors regardless. just hope they’re not too bad. the only serious noise i can recall is when the cheerleader groups come. that’s a different noise level on its own. if you want to spring for a family suite at AOA, i don’t remember many people complaining about too much noise.
Eric Graham
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Hello there...hope you're having a wonderful day today...have you ever considered staying maybe at a Good Neighbor hotel like the Swan Reserve. See page below: It's part of the Swan and Dolphin, and is a Marriott hotel, you can also sign up for Marriott and get points etc. Or, even the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace or Double Tree Suites By Hilton Orlando Just trying to help:Hello, can you help me to choose which value hotel is the less noisy ?
thank you
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monorail81
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Especially once the resort fee and ridiculous parking fee gets added...
donaldtoo
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Hello, can you help me to choose which value hotel is the less noisy ?
thank you
We’ve stayed at ASMusic 3 times before, over the years, and had no noise issues.
And, all of those stays were in the Calypso building family suites…!!!
Discounted rates, including the mandatory resort fee, are often comparable to Disney moderate resorts.
Discounted rates, included the mandatory resort fee and optional parking fee, are often less then Crescent Lake Disney deluxe resorts.
Comparing them to Disney value is crazy.
TrainsOfDisney
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Hilton and Marriott don’t mean quiet…. I stayed one night at an Embassy Suites off property and had crazy loud guests the floor below me out on the balcony till like 2 am.
I’ve never had any serious noise issues at Disney resorts - large groups like cheerleaders can of course be annoying.
MissingDisney
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I second this. We’ve stayed in all values many times over when the kids were little and the giant decor was their scene and preference. ASMusic was by far the quietest and always seemed to have a more relaxed vibe.
Dad 2 M & M
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Music - Country Fair is on the back of the Resort and usually the most quiet. This would be our #1 suggestion. While you’ll walk a bit to your room, it does have the added “benefit “ of being central enough in the Entire All Star Resort to walk from Sports or Movies busing. This is nice at the end of the night as you can grab the 1st All Star Resort bus and walk from either of the three resorts….Hello, can you help me to choose which value hotel is the less noisy ?
thank you
Movies - Love Bug Building 7 is the most secluded and there is a small parking lot in the back
With your criteria stated, I’d avoid Sports at all costs….
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osian
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I've just come back from 10 nights at Sports and had no noise issues whatsoever. That being said, I had a top floor room, an "inner corner" next to stairwell/custodial therefore only one neighbour, and a room in building 10 facing the main road rather than inwards towards the resort. Room 320 if you want to look it up. The only noise I heard was very occasionally people walking past (due to the location, it's not likely to get much passing traffic), next door's door shutting (not very often) and occasional toilet flushes and showers (but only when in the bathroom part).
All the All Stars will attract school-age groups as well as families, Sports maybe more than the others due to the sports connection but as I said in my experience it was not a problem.
Best advice I can give is not which hotel but do research on times of year (whether there are any cheerleading tournaments etc) and request things like top floor room, facing outwards, on edge of resort, corner room (therefore only one neighbour) etc, or simply just ask for a quiet room. I do believe that given the wrong location even the priciest Deluxe can be noisier than a cheap Value.
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plutofan15
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Generally, the noisiest All Star tends to be Sports from what we have seen. But as others have mentioned, any hotel at any price level can be noisy depending on your neighbors. We have found that connecting rooms to be the worst due to the doors seemingly not being as soundproof as the walls. We stayed at the Yacht Club a while back for a week and all was fine until the last two nights when the room next door turned over. They had an infant and put the pack-n-play next to the connecting doors. The crying kid might as well have been in our room. At the Boardwalk Inn we had people next door who hung out on the balcony until at least 2:00 am loudly talking and smoking. The quietest locations we have found are the places with no neighbors around you - the Treehouse rooms are great but pricey and the cabins at Ft. Wilderness were our go to when the kids were young. Nobody beside, above or below you.
Skibum1970
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Probably depends on time of year but I just returned after staying at All Star Sports and it was very quiet. I was in Building 9, second floor, and I had no noise issues whatsoever. I was also on the side facing the parking lot and not the pool, which helped.
Club Cooloholic
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I think I once read that the values are sometimes quieter when it comes to outside noise because the motel style construction leads it to having thinker, more sound insulated room doors.
JIMINYCR
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The best advice is to schedule your trip if possible for times when groups are less likely to be visiting WDW in mass. It doesn’t matter if it’s value, mod or deluxe, if unchaperoned groups are allowed to run free ( and they all do ) you'll have issues. Even the best insulated walls cannot completely keep the noise out.
I always bring along a good pair of ear plugs and a white noise machine to help me sleep. I suggest you do that too just in case.
I always bring along a good pair of ear plugs and a white noise machine to help me sleep. I suggest you do that too just in case.
osian
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The AC units do that for me! I don't use ear plugs in case I don't hear the alarm. Rope drop and all that.
JIMINYCR
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On our trip in Oct we used “Hey Disney” for the first time in our room. I set the alarm at the time we wanted to wake up each morning and I heard it set off even though I had ear plugs in. Maybe it was a unique enough message and sounds that alerted me, each morning it differed in character and message. But Inever slept through it.