Personally, you could not pay me to stay at the WL. We have visited twice -- and twice we had the rudest of CM's -- one who lied right to our face. Don't get me wrong, the resort is beautifully done, but the theme holds no appeal to me -- especially in Florida.
The talk of the long walks at the Coronado infuriates me and I find it overexaggerated in most cases. I've had a longer walk at the Contemporary from my room to the pool than I've ever had at the Coronado; my best friend stayed at the AKL and said the walk from his room to the pool/food at the AKL was longer than the walk from the convention center to the furthest room in the Ranchos section at the Coronado...the big difference, in one you are walking inside and the other you are walking outside (truthfully, I prefer walking outside...I'm in Florida...I want to enjoy Florida and not some long, dark and dank hallway which is noisy with kids running up and down the hallway).
We have stayed at CSR eight times and will continue to do so. We can't justify the cost of a deluxe for a nine or ten night stay anymore (we will do a split stay on our next trip with the AKL and a future trip with the BC...other than that, we'll stick with our moderate).
In those eight stays at the CSR, we have had near perfect visits. It has always been very quiet, very pretty, terrific CM's, great mousekeeping and just a wonderful atmosphere. We have never heard the people int eh room next to us, above us, below us, etc. We have stayed at the All Star Sports, Contemporary, Poly and the CSR--with and without our children (who are both now in college). All four of us prefer the CSR over the other three we have stayed at.
