for me it depends on who i'm traveling (which family members and how many) with and where we'll be spending most of our time. i always check out the special offers first and often will choose a resort from there (only consider rack rates during value season) BUT we also will pick based on where we plan to spend the most time. when we go during the summer with the granddaughter we like the ability to get to/from the parks to the resort for afternoon breaks/swimming quickly so we often pick either a monorail loop (easy to/from mk and epcot) or por/pofq. when we go in the fall during f&w we like the boardwalk area resorts or cbr for quick trips to/from epcot. overall, my favorites are the monorail loop and por/pofq moderate resorts. i particularly like the ab rooms at por when i travel with say my daughter and granddaughter...granddaughter likes the little murphy style kids bed and we all get to sleep better sleeping in same room but not same bed. and of course then there's the "lets try somewhere new" so in all so far and some multiple times we've stayed at the contemporary, gf, poly, wl, cbr, por, pofq, csr, ssr treehouses, bwi, movies, music, sports...i think that's all of them lol. the value resorts i don't like so much but are great when the budgets tight so i'm glad they're there don't get me wrong just not my favorites.
