I am surprized at the dissing of CS, but having just stayed there for the first time, I experienced the pros and cons.
Yes, the lay out is HUGE, but no one has mentioned the CMs whizzing around on the golf carts. One nearly ran my mom down, then he didn't even stop or look back, never mind apologize!:brick: Nabbing a good location is key at CS. We begged our way into Cabanas 9b, which is closest to bus stop 1, the main pool, and the food court. We also experienced rude CMs at the food court.
I selected CS since I was going to WDW with my mom and CS was reported to have the fewest number of children staying as guests. My mom had just had surgery and needed peace and quiet, so after getting the good location, it was OK. Again, I was going for a little less 'in your face' Disney experience, for my mom, so CS fit the bill.
As for the All-Stars - I would NEVER stay at Sports unless extremely desparate. Sports books large groups of teens, in conjunction with competitions at the WWoS complex. I don't blame WDW, this is a great combination for the teens & Disney, but other guest beware! The teen agers hang out at the pool late at night & are very loud everywhere they go. They also push their way onto the bus without waiting in line & are generally not pleasant to be around.
At my last stay at Music, with my family, in Nov 2003 - we had several disappointments. First, even tho we were staying a total of 8 nights (5 @ Music and 3 & Movies) we were assigned Rock, which is quite a hike to the main hall (food court, busses). When I asked why we had such a remote location even tho I'd booked our stay 5 mo in advance, the CM told me that they assign the bldgs based on your length of stay. So, guest staying the longest, get the closest bldgs. This made me mad, since we were paying for 8 nights, just breaking it up between 2 resorts. We asked to be moved the next day and were (to Jazz).
However, we weren't moved soon enough! During our first night, a fight broke out in the room next to ours at 2:30 AM and went on for forever. I called the front desk and they had security there in less than 5 min. Then around 4:00 AM, 2 guys, mid-20s, tried to get into our room and the room on the other side of us (not the fighters, but the other direction). They were drunk and lost. So I called security AGAIN and asked them to help the 2 guys find their room.
I went to GR the next morning and they said they'd move us to Jazz and call over to Movies & make sure I got what I wanted (Buzz) when we moved. There was no problem at check-in at Movies and we did get Buzz, so it worked out in the end, but all things considered, I'll take a moderate over a value. Having said that, we're going to stay at PC in Oct, just to check it out. :wave: