WDW Hotel SURVIVOR - Round 1 and Discussion

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Port Orleans French Quarter Resort - Just can't warm up to the color scheme, especially when its superior sister hotel is 'just around the river bend'
All-Star Sports Resort - I just stayed there and found it much more enjoyable than I had expected, but it's probably about time for a Value hotel to go, and this is the weakest of them

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All-Star Music Resort
All-Star Sports Resort


They are perfectly nice hotels, however they aren't as nice as other hotels at WDW and the food there is expensive considering how averege it was.
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All-Star Movies Resort
All-Star Sports Resort


HOW could THIS stuff NOT be voted off before the Fort Wilderness Cabins?
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All-Star Sports Resort
Contemporary Resort

and i believe you WILL count my votes
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Just so you Aaron won't count your votes since you don't have 25 posts, not a member for a week and your votes aren't even in bold.
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i think aaron will do whatever i say. He realizes that i will blackmail him if he doesn't comply
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The hell? I smell a banning in the immediate future.
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bdgates wrote:i think aaron will do whatever i say. He realizes that i will blackmail him if he doesn't comply
Those of you who played one of the earlier Survivors will remember my roommate, Turdbizzler, signing up. It now appears that another one of my friends has decided to join up too. :lol: :roll: Ban him for all I care! (Sorry, Blake)

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The two hotels checking out tonight are All-Star Sports Resort and All-Star Music Resort. Round 4 will be up shortly!

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Even though Pop Century looks pretty cool, two value resorts can't hang with the cream of the crop for much longer, and ASM is my favorite (not to mention the most Disney-esque).

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Pop Century

I agree, I have several more targets before I wipe out the value resorts.
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Hey, if anyone else wants to play, I won't mind! :wink:

Anyways, Pop Century leaves us this round. Round 6 goes up soon!

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Old Key West

You get what you pay for, and per dollar this place is much worse than All Star Movies.
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This round's been up for a day, but it closes now, with All-Star Movies leaving in a somewhat close round.

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Old Key West - Whether or not it's the least bang for your buck is debatable and largely dependant on personal taste, based on the little I know about this hotel. Still, it must be the lowest-priced Deluxe/Home-Away-From-Home resort for a reason, and it's up against some true class acts.

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Polynesian Resort - Once the current renovations are done, this hotel is going to be awesome, but as it stands now, it's very dated and the least attractive of the lagoon hotels.

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Caribbean Beach

It's the weaker of the two remaining moderate resorts. The theming is only decent and the food offered there is awful.
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We're down to only deluxe hotels now. All of them are very nice, but I feel that by far the weakest is the Polynesian. I know it's one of the two originals, but that also means it's the most dated. The current refurbishments are going to give it a big turn around, and then maybe I'll finally stay there, but until then, it's got to go.

<i>R.I.P. Dixie Landings :cry:</i>

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Contemporary

It has a rather sterile, utalitarian design that never appealed to me. It doesn't transport you to another place like the others do.
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Post by brownie »

Delete or ignore this post, if you'd like, but I just wanted to say that after reading this thread, I told my mom that I want to go to Disneyworld for Labor Day Weekend. So she made reservations for 3 nights at Animal Kingdom lodge! Basically, all I wanted to say was thanks! And that you also made Disneyworld $1,000 richer! :D
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