We might be back in the magic sooner than we thought!

Well my thoughts started on our first trip in 2004..Lets go moderate..So for our two yearly stays until last year we stayed at CBR..POFQ..PORS..We had five awesome resort experiences..Then we made a fatal mistake..Last year we took an offer we couldn't refuse..40% off deluxes...Booked two weeks at Wilderness Lodge... Was it worth it.?..Yes..Would we stay at a deluxe again.?...Yes, if an offer was on the table..Would we go back to our beloved PORS.?..Yes if no offers were available for deluxes...To be honest I wouldn't book a value ( not that any disney isn't awesome ) but after staying at a deluxe, it's now on our target..

congratulations on the job

Any extra funds for Disney has got to be a good thing

Congratulations on the job, go for it. We stayed first time in Port Orleans French Quarter and loved it so if you can afford moderate do it!

Congrats on the job! Very exciting news. As far as hotels I have to say I have found out over my last couple of trips that I prefer deluxe or moderate. Not a big fan of value. But even saying that if you don't spend a great deal of time in you room than value may be the way to go. Would I ever stay in value again, yes if it was the only way I could swing a Disney trip.

Yay for more Disney! We've stayed at both Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs on our last two trips. We've never stayed at Value or Deluxe (though we will be going Deluxe for our December trip) so I don't have the full background to give you a good answer, but I honestly didn't think either CB or CS was worth the extra cash. Both resorts were perfectly fine, but they were both in need of refurbs and didn't have anything particularly spectacular stick out about them that I think warranted the extra cash ESPECIALLY if you are in the parks all day long. Now I have heard spectacular things about POR and POFQ so they might be a different story.

I've never stayed at a moderate resort, just DVC and value resorts. Of course I prefer DVC! But the values are fine if I want to save money. If deluxe were not an option, I'd go value because I can't imagine the moderates are nice enough to warrant the price difference. As a bonus, if you stay value you'll have more money to spend on other things like nicer restaurants.

Congrats on the job

I've stayed at Value, Moderate and Deluxe ( we became DVC members last year). I would have no problem staying in a value. I've always liked them and we are only in our room to sleep so to me paying extra wouldn't be worth it.

Yes congrats on the new job upgrade lolastardust! It's always better to have more money for Disney.

Congrats on the new job (and the extra cash flow!)

We are Moderate or above people. For me the best part of our last vacation was stopping to relax and enjoy our resort. It made our trip that much more magical. We've stayed at both Port Orleans French Quarter and Caribbean Beach and loved them both. We had a newly refurbished room at POFQ and it was beautiful. It over looked the lake and was very beautiful. I've seen the photos of the values and they just don't have the same beauty. To me the resort is part of the trip!

We've stayed at values (ASMu and POP) and POR. POR is our favourite, but I have no problem staying at the values - sometimes the trip has to be a budget one. Our stay at POP last time was terrific, and we had better housekeeping than we did at POR. It was our first time staying there, and we'd gladly go back. We've never done a deluxe - just couldn't justify the cost.

Congratulations on the new job!

I think the values are just fine if you're going to be mostly in the parks, but if you happen to hit a free dining window, the moderates might be worth the step up. I highly recommend December because the Christmas season is so beautiful!

Please, please, please write a DLRP trip report! It's on my to-do list

Yes please to a Disneyland Paris trip report! I don't know much about it at all and it's on my bucket list!

Another vote for the DLP report!

Trip reports to the other Disney Parks are always welcome.

Yes to the DLP report from me too!

Oh mais oui!! Parlez vous Francais? I don't so please write your report in English.

Looking forward to reading your report.

Yes please write the DLP report!

I want to hear about your DLP trip too.

TRIP REPORT!!!!!

bit late to the party but wanted to say a massive congrats for the job!!! also we have only ever stayed at POR but I have to say I don't think I could do a value resort but on the same hand if it meant no Disney at all then yes I would! we don't spend an awful lot of time around pool areas etc and if we eat at the resort we usually take it back to the room but what I will say is we LOVE the walk from the rooms to the main building for drinks and for us that's what pulls us back to it year after year!!!

off to read about DLP I so want to go there but my thinking is "well I can save and go to WDW" so convince me I need to go!!!!