Resort Hopping

ChrisQ

Member
We're already talking about our next trip (2009 or 2010), and we're thinking of "resort hopping." Can anyone who has done so please share their thoughts on it with me? Things like pros & cons (other than the obvious things like unpacking and repacking), tips, helpful hints, etc. Thanks!
 

fosse76

Well-Known Member
Your entitled to that opinion but I still can't see how it's selfish. To say that the responses from me and others proove that it's selfish is crazy. I've often taken holidays from mid-week to mid-week, my younger brother has just had tuesday - tuesday off from school. If he decided to visit WDW for that holiday is he selfish because it doesn't fit in the perfect week? Reading these forums you hear alot of people who are visiting for three or four days - are they selfish because their not spending the full week there?

By your logic, the fact that someone booked a room at say the Poly is selfish because someone else want's to book a room at the Poly. It is a first come first serve thing - hotels always will be. The fact that the first person is staying from Monday - Thursday and the second person wanted to stay Sunday - Friday makes no difference.

That's not what I am saying at all. Obviously not everyone stays Monday to Sunday or for a full 7 days or weekend to weekend. My gripe is with the people who ARE staying for a full week or more during a more crowded period who just randomly switch resorts because they feel like staying in a different resort. You have a room already. To switch is a purely selfish act. Unless you have to vacate the room because it was already booked to someone else you have no other reason to relocate. Unlike you, me and other people on this board, some people don't go or can't afford to go to Disney whenever they want, or they have a much more limited window than you or I, and they can lose a booking on propoerty because you got tired of the Port Orleans and decided to go to the Contemporary. Let's say those are the only two rooms available on property that they can afford...and you've tied up both rooms during the only time they can go. Should they have booked earlier? maybe. But the truth is you have logical reason other than "I want to stay somewhere else now."
 
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cushion

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were staying at 4 different resorts over our 12 night adventure...grand floridian..port orleans riverside...carribean beach then finishing at animal kingdom lodge with a savanah view room...im so excited i could burst...
 
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DisneyJoe

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To switch is a purely selfish act.

Why? I planned my vacation 12 months in advance, 3 nights at one resort, 4 nights at another. How is that selfish?

If I was holding 2 rooms at the same time for the same nights and not sleeping in one of them so I could decide at the last minute on a whim, then I may agree that may be slightly selfish - but no one is doing that.
 
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DisneyMusician2

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I don't see anything selfish about it at all, and I've never done it and don't plan to.

To suggest that you are taking someone else's room is odd. There are many on property, and I barely ever hear about someone who couldn't stay a week in the resort they wanted.

Perhaps I am short-sighted, but sometimes you want to try a few different things. How else can you tell if you will enjoy perhaps a full week at that resort next time around?
 
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kimmychad

Member
Why? I planned my vacation 12 months in advance, 3 nights at one resort, 4 nights at another. How is that selfish?

If I was holding 2 rooms at the same time for the same nights and not sleeping in one of them so I could decide at the last minute on a whim, then I may agree that may be slightly selfish - but no one is doing that.


dont you know you cant plan any part of your trip!? your supposed to not plan anything then come back to the boards when you get back and complain you couldnt get the room/restaurant you want
 
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YankeeMouse

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All I know is that in my case, there was only one night available at the Contemporary, and I took that night which happened to conicide with my last night of my trip. Seems to me like they had a lull in between conventions or some detail like that, and they are happy to take my money. Since I am not switching while I am there, how is that selfish? It's a reservation. Your logic surely escapes me.
 
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sleepybear

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That's not what I am saying at all. Obviously not everyone stays Monday to Sunday or for a full 7 days or weekend to weekend. My gripe is with the people who ARE staying for a full week or more during a more crowded period who just randomly switch resorts because they feel like staying in a different resort. You have a room already. To switch is a purely selfish act. Unless you have to vacate the room because it was already booked to someone else you have no other reason to relocate. Unlike you, me and other people on this board, some people don't go or can't afford to go to Disney whenever they want, or they have a much more limited window than you or I, and they can lose a booking on propoerty because you got tired of the Port Orleans and decided to go to the Contemporary. Let's say those are the only two rooms available on property that they can afford...and you've tied up both rooms during the only time they can go. Should they have booked earlier? maybe. But the truth is you have logical reason other than "I want to stay somewhere else now."

I tried to restrain myself, but since you turned a thread in which people were seeking answers, advice and feedback into an attack on resort hoppers, here goes:

First, Disney resort rooms are rented BY THE NIGHT. Not by the week. Not a fortnight. A night. So if someone wants to stay just one night, that's completely in their right.

Second, you're assuming that everyone spends an entire week at their resort, checking in on Sunday and checking out on Saturday. That's ridiculous. By your logic, that means a family that begins their vacation on a Tuesday is potentially ruining a week's stay for another family.

Third, most of these resorts are huge. We're talking hundreds of rooms here. I hardly think that someone staying two nights at Polynesian will affect the capacity of the entire resort.

Fourth, please don't assume that someone who resort hops is doing it just because they're bored jerks. You have no idea why they do it. Perhaps they know they're not going back to WDW in five years. If that's the case, I don't begrudge them wanting to stay in more than one resort. In my case, we had to stay at the first resort because of a conference there. Then we used a discount to stay at Grand Floridian. Unfortunately, one day of our stay was not available with the discount, forcing us to make two reservations for the same hotel. When a cast member informed us we'd most likely have to switch rooms within the hotel because of that fact, we opted to stay at The Contemporary for a night. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed at one resort the entire trip. But we couldn't avoid it. Still, in your eyes, that makes us spoiled, selfish wretches.

Basically, each resort is like a beach. A tide of guests flows in and out every day. A few surfers switching beaches isn't going to stop that flow.
 
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