Value is the way to go...
My family and I have been to DW 8 times in the last 3 years. Granted we live in S Florida and it is only a 2 hour drive, but we always stay at the value resorts. Simply put, you get all the perks of the larger resorts, inluding parking at the parks, bus service, preferred entrance to the parks if they fill up, but at prices that are much more resonable. As Florida residents, we are paying $59 per night @ AS Sports for the first week in February. How can you beat that?!?!?! And with a young child, we can go back to the room for a nap, and be back to the park in less than 20 minutes. We have stayed at the Swan, and both Port Orleans resorts, but we simply could not justify the difference in price for nothing more than a place to put your head down and a place to shower and get dressed. The rooms are clean, the tv has a disney cartoon channel for my child, and the price is right.