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Originally Posted by Amnorix
We are considering booking our next trip to Disney. The kids are clamoring for it, and I'm thinking we "owe" them one presumably last trip there. Frankly, there's alot more of the world I need to go see, but whatever.
The key thing here is that we're likely going early in the summer, in June, so swimming/pools are suddenly an important consideration, and somethign I know NOTHING about at Disney. So a few questions:
1. is it worth it to add the water park package to the base tickets. Basically, the 8 day magic pass gets you into one park per day. Add park hopper for $234. Add water parks for another $234, and it's like "holy crap, that's $500 more just on tickets?!"
2. alternative to water parks is to stay at a lodge (we will be staying at the park unless more experienced heads on here give us a better plan) that has a great pool. Which resorts have the best pools? Our general rule is to cheap out on accomodations -- as long as it's clean and functional, we're fine. We don't loiter in the room -- we're too busy being out and about, so springing extra for rooms isn't our usual plan. But if a park has a fantastic pool with several slides, etc., maybe...?
Thoughts? I'll take referrals to websites for more insight. Glad to do my own legwork.
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If you're open to staying off property another option are some of the timeshare/vacation rentals in the Orlando area. Marriott has a few locations. You can rent a villa (as large as a 3BR/2BA with full kitchen) and some of them have great pools and other activities/amenities to enjoy while not at the parks. Additionally, if you're willing to listen to a 1-2hr sales pitch you can get a discount or some extras (park tickets, rewards points, gift cards, etc.).
For example, the pools at Grande Vista:
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