where would you prefer to stay at a hotel or villa ?

[disneymom]

where would you prefer to stay at a hotel or villa ? and why

[arkvilla]

Well, I'm the first to vote and I guess my answer is obvious

I love the space and freedom of a villa and not being tied to just a room. Some days you don't want to be out all day and it's lovely being able to just relax by the pool and have a easy day.

I know I'm biased and I suspect that I'm possibly going to be the only vote for villas as most Secrets members are disney aficiandos and love everything Disney and that includes being on site.

Each to their own

I just love being in Florida on holiday

Sandra

[Isafari]

Villa - love the privacey of your own pool.

[uscwest]

As much as I would probably love a Villa, my DW doesn't want to be connected to cooking or cleaning when we are on vacation. Thus we stay on site in a hotel and enjoy all of the amenities.

[arkvilla]

As much as I would probably love a Villa, my DW doesn't want to be connected to cooking or cleaning when we are on vacation. Thus we stay on site in a hotel and enjoy all of the amenities.

Why would she have to cook and clean - restaurants provide food and with just the 2 of you I'm sure there wouldn't be anything to clean up

You should give it a go sometime, at least then you will experience both

Sandra

[Slowhand]

Why would she have to cook and clean - restaurants provide food and with just the 2 of you I'm sure there wouldn't be anything to clean up

I totally agree with those comments even though my DW must be the World`s No.1 cleanaholic!
Apart from breakfast by the pool and the very occasional bbq, we always enjoy visiting many restaurants for dinner outside of those [rather expensive] ones at WDW when we stay at our villa.

That said, we always tend to spend a few days at our other "home" [the GF] whenever we go over using our DVC points to fund the stay, so in a way we have the best of both worlds.

We love our villa but also we really enjoy the GF so on that basis I can`t really vote on this poll.

[wdwgrandma]

Why would she have to cook and clean - restaurants provide food and with just the 2 of you I'm sure there wouldn't be anything to clean up

You should give it a go sometime, at least then you will experience both

Sandra

I guess my question is, if I'm not going to cook or use the pool, why stay off site in a villa? Just asking... What would be the benefit?

I love being right smack dab in the middle of it all. We very rarely venture off site - usually only if we have a camera or vehicle issue... Disney has so many restaurants to choose from, we don't leave site to dine.

Although John has been known to hop in the pool at our Disney resort, I'm not being caught in public in a swim suit. At least not for at least 30 more pounds... So having my own pool isn't an enticement.

I guess if the cost was right, I'd be willing to try an on site villa some time.

[malcolm]

Haveing stayed in Hotel and 3 villas we liked the idea of private pool and to quiet drink by the pool and not have passing strangers or people walking past your room at all hours laughing and shouting so we decided to buy our own place.

[ukwdwnut]

villa everytime for the reasons already said .......BUT i would love to stay onsite, never don that yet. not for the full 2 weeks tho cant justify the cost of a moderate hotel. and the values dont interest me at all. a few days onsite would suit me tho

[lisaw]

Onsite hotel for me - stayed in villas the first two trips and as much as it was lovely I prefer to be in the middle of it all - we don't need the space as we are rarely in the room, when we stayed in a villa we hardly used the pool etc as we weren't there enough. I have to be doing stuff and I don't like sunbathing/relaxing! So if DH and the kids are at the pool in the hotel I can be off doing other stuff more easily.