Staying in a disney hotel but not going to park?

hutton5 · 16 Jan 19, 03:46 PM

We are going to orlando and decided to do what we done last year which was stay in a few different hotels that the kids fancy staying in. We then move on to a villa for the remainder of our trip. One of these hotels is a disney resort but we have no plan to go to disney parks this year. Has anyone ever done this? We plan to just spend time at the resort and chill for that night we have never stayed at a disney resort and would love to experience it.

sammykitten · 16 Jan 19, 04:18 PM

I would if it was a resort with things to do/see or had lovely areas to chill in.

greekgranny · 16 Jan 19, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by hutton5

We are going to orlando and decided to do what we done last year which was stay in a few different hotels that the kids fancy staying in. We then move on to a villa for the remainder of our trip. One of these hotels is a disney resort but we have no plan to go to disney parks this year. Has anyone ever done this? We plan to just spend time at the resort and chill for that night we have never stayed at a disney resort and would love to experience it.

Yes, we did it last year. bought a real bargain holiday, �440 for flight and All Stars Movies staying a week. Good old TUI.
Didn`t go near Parks but it was fun eating in the Food Court using our refunded H/K money. Never stayed on-site in 30 odd years either so simple things pleased. Do it, you will enjoy it.

loldis · 16 Jan 19, 04:39 PM

Only if you get a great deal, IMO. The resorts are overpriced when looking at them purely as hotels, a lot of the value is the park related benefits which you won't be using. Unless this is your last trip, I'd save a Disney onsite night for a trip when you'll be doing the parks as well.

**ChoppyGirl** · 16 Jan 19, 04:47 PM

It depends on the resort and your interests. We stayed at AKL last time and wish we had spent more time round the resort rather than the parks as it was so amazing. But you pay a big premium to stay at Disney hotels because of the locality, ability to book earlier fastpasses, EMH etc so you would not be getting the full benefit by not going to the parks.

MrsEgg · 16 Jan 19, 04:54 PM

We are staying at AKL for 2 nights at the end of our holiday due to cheap flights we extended. On the first day our Disney tickets are still valid the second/third day they will have run out so plan to explore the hotel and enjoy the pool etc... I'm quiet looking forward to it!

Bellasmummy · 16 Jan 19, 04:58 PM

I�m torn regarding this at the moment, although mine is a different situation.

We�ll be at Disney for 10 nights then onto a Disney Cruise.

After the cruise we�ve booked 2 nights at Grand Floridan but our tickets will have run out by then.

It�s �150 to upgrade to 21 day tickets so that we could do the parks on those days too, but I wonder if we would enjoy just being at the resort and using the facilities. We could still watch fireworks both nights and resort hop around the monorail.

If I upgrade the tickets we�ll definitely be in MK for the three days to warrant the cost. But will we regret not spending more time at the resort?

Decisions decisions 😂

loldis · 16 Jan 19, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Bellasmummy

I�m torn regarding this at the moment, although mine is a different situation.

We�ll be at Disney for 10 nights then onto a Disney Cruise.

After the cruise we�ve booked 2 nights at Grand Floridan but our tickets will have run out by then.

It�s �150 to upgrade to 21 day tickets so that we could do the parks on those days too, but I wonder if we would enjoy just being at the resort and using the facilities. We could still watch fireworks both nights and resort hop around the monorail.

If I upgrade the tickets we�ll definitely be in MK for the three days to warrant the cost. But will we regret not spending more time at the resort?

Decisions decisions 😂

When are your dates? You might be able to do after hours or a party night instead of a full ticket extension to get some MK time while still leaving the days free to enjoy the resort. Although it'll probably be cheaper to extend the tickets!

And to add on to my first post - I'm not against resort only days. I just don't think it's worth the bubble premium unless it's part of a wider Disney stay. Which is why I'd only do it on a good deal, or it was a bucket list hotel and I knew my last chance to stay there.

greekgranny · 16 Jan 19, 06:03 PM

...�. but not everybody is enamoured with the Parks. FP or ADR's i is possible to enjoy the Resort hotels for themselves, using the transport, eating at the Food Courts.
Have stayed at G.F and A.K without going near the Parks, had a whale of time using the facilities.

Bellasmummy · 16 Jan 19, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by loldis

When are your dates? You might be able to do after hours or a party night instead of a full ticket extension to get some MK time while still leaving the days free to enjoy the resort. Although it'll probably be cheaper to extend the tickets!

And to add on to my first post - I'm not against resort only days. I just don't think it's worth the bubble premium unless it's part of a wider Disney stay. Which is why I'd only do it on a good deal, or it was a bucket list hotel and I knew my last chance to stay there.

I had hoped that mnsshp dates would have worked but they don�t, that would have been the ideal solution.

Now I�ve booked mnsshp for earlier in the trip so at least we won�t miss it.

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	16 Jan 19, 04:39 PM loldis Imagineer
loldis Imagineer Join Date: May 17 Location: Sussex	Only if you get a great deal, IMO. The resorts are overpriced when looking at them purely as hotels, a lot of the value is the park related benefits which you won't be using. Unless this is your last trip, I'd save a Disney onsite night for a trip when you'll be doing the parks as well.

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	16 Jan 19, 06:03 PM greekgranny Imagineer
greekgranny Imagineer Join Date: Jun 18	...�. but not everybody is enamoured with the Parks. FP or ADR's i is possible to enjoy the Resort hotels for themselves, using the transport, eating at the Food Courts. Have stayed at G.F and A.K without going near the Parks, had a whale of time using the facilities. __________________ Edited at 05:49 PM.