{"id":29070,"date":"2013-04-12T07:23:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=29070"},"modified":"2022-05-05T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:45:59","slug":"walt-disney-world-versus-disneyland-disney-owned-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/walt-disney-world-versus-disneyland-disney-owned-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Walt Disney World Versus Disneyland: Disney-Owned Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m continuing my comparison of Walt Disney World and Disneyland by taking a look at the Disney-owned resorts. \u00a0First of all, I will clarify that the lodging at Walt Disney World is termed “resort”; however, the lodging at Disneyland is termed “hotel”.<\/p>\n

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All Star Movies Resort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let’s start with Walt Disney World, shall we? \u00a0With 24 Disney-owned resorts on the Walt Disney World property, it might be difficult to choose where you want to stay<\/a>. \u00a0Walt Disney World \u00a0Disney-owned resorts fall in four different categories: \u00a0Value, Moderate, Deluxe, and Deluxe Villa. \u00a0The main things that separate the categories are price and amenities.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the Values are the lowest-priced on property with the exception of the family suite sections of the Values. \u00a0The Values and the Moderates are in a typical “motel” building style. \u00a0However, this does not mean that it is a “cheap” existence. \u00a0While the Values offer the smallest room sizes on property, they offer larger-than-life icons that many children enjoy. \u00a0While the Moderates still have the “motel” stye, they offer a few additional amenities than the Values by including slides in the pools and a more tranquil environment.<\/p>\n

Once a person makes the move into the Deluxe and Deluxe Villa categories, the amenities increase even further, and the buildings are now in the “hotel” style. \u00a0Also, in several cases, the move to the Deluxe category brings a closer proximity to the parks. \u00a0For instance, one can walk to the Magic Kingdom from the Contemporary Resort and Bay Lake Towers, and one could walk to EPCOT from the BoardWalk Inn, the Yacht Club, the Beach Club, the BoardWalk Villas, and the Beach Club Villas. \u00a0For some people, this proximity is definitely worth the additional cost.<\/p>\n

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Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, let’s move across the country to Disneyland. \u00a0This is Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, and it is Disneyland’s version of a Value resort. \u00a0Well, not really. \u00a0It is the cheapest of the three Disney-owned hotels, BUT it is far from a “Value” rate.<\/p>\n

Compared to Walt Disney World’s 24 resorts, Disneyland has 3 Disney-owned hotels: \u00a0Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, the Disneyland Hotel, and Disney’s Californian Hotel & Spa. \u00a0These are listed in order from cheapest to most expensive. \u00a0In the spirit of comparison, I decided to price Disney’s All Star Movies Resort and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel. \u00a0I randomly chose September 9, 2013 because that is a date in the upcoming Value 2 season at Walt Disney World. \u00a0The price (before taxes) to stay in a standard room at All Star Movies on that night is $90. \u00a0The price for a standard room at Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel before taxes is $240. \u00a0Ouch! \u00a0So, that probably isn’t really a fair comparison because it’s obvious that Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel is not on the same level as a Value at Walt Disney World. \u00a0Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel is a very nice hotel with a lounge and a table service style restaurant that has a morning character meal. \u00a0The rooms are larger than a Value at Walt Disney World. \u00a0Actually, I know that many will disagree with me, but Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel is my favorite on the Disneyland Resort property.<\/p>\n

So, does Walt Disney World or Disneyland win the resort competition? \u00a0Like anything else, it depends on what you are looking for. \u00a0Walt Disney World Value resorts win the price competition without a doubt! \u00a0It is much cheaper to stay in a Value resort or even a Moderate resort than to stay in a Disneyland hotel. \u00a0Actually, the three Disneyland hotels are more comparable to a Deluxe level resort at Walt Disney World, so it is hard to make a comparison based on price comparison.<\/p>\n

What I like about the Disneyland hotels is that it is easy to walk to both of the Disneyland parks from any of the three hotels. \u00a0I will be honest in saying that I prefer Disneyland over Walt Disney World because of the proximity of the hotels to the parks.\u00a0 It just lends a little bit more to the experience to be that close to the parks.<\/p>\n

What do you think? \u00a0Which do you think wins this topic? \u00a0For those who are wondering about the Good Neighbor hotels, that’s for next week.<\/p>\n

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Today, I’m continuing my comparison of Walt Disney World and Disneyland by taking a look at the Disney-owned resorts. \u00a0First of all, I will clarify that the lodging at Walt Disney World is termed “resort”; however, the lodging at Disneyland is termed “hotel”. Let’s start with Walt Disney World, shall we? \u00a0With 24 Disney-owned resorts…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4318,4319,507,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resorts","category-disneyland-travel","category-walt-disney-world-resorts","category-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66873,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions\/66873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}