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Message: [QUOTE="Grad1990, post: 2277134, member: 7865"] Having stayed in the Disney area some 50+ times over the last 20 years, traveled with lots of children and extended family and being somewhat of a Disney Historian; Your best bet is to stay off property in a two bedroom suite like Staybridge Suites on Lake Buena Vista, or similar. There are many such properties. Rent a nice size car through Priceline "name your own price". The car and Suite with taxes will run you less than $2K giving you the extra $4000+ that you save by not staying at a place like the Grand Floridian (very nice, but very overrated and very, very overpriced) to pay for all your meals and all of your tickets, and then some. There are ten of thousands of rooms in the Disney area. The competition to sell hotel rooms is fierce. In January you could probably get a Marriott, Sheraton or Hilton for a $100 or less (again through Priceline, name your own price if you do it a month or so out from when you travel). A little scary, but I promise you will succeed. Staying in any Disney property (vs. staying offsite) is a really bad deal. You are paying a lot for location and very little of value. The things that any of these properties offer, such as character breakfasts which I highly recommend, cab be taken advantage of no matter whether you stay on site or off site. The space you get with a two bedroom suite and sitting area [U]gives everyone the space they need to decompress after a long day[/U]. Space is an important key to a great vacation! Frankly, given the choice of staying at a property like Staybridge for $1500 a week, or the Grand Floridian for free, I would choose to pay for the suite. Don't get caught up in the Disney only Mantra. A ten year old kid would probably enjoy the Universal Studios and Bush Garden (Tampa, an hours drive) experiences more than they will Disney. The Disney parks are so busy these days that most kids become frustrated waiting and watching to do things other kid are doing. The parks are definitely not what they used to be. Message me if you want to talk about how we do it. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]

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