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We just booked for May 2-10 2009, standard room, what is the best building at ASMo? Is it worth it to switch to a preferred room? What do you think the odds are of us getting bumped up to a preferred when we arrive, if we mention that we are celebrating an anniversary that week, especially with the new theme in 2009?
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It depends what you mean by "best." I prefer the Lovebug building because it is set back and a lot more quiet. Others prefer being closer to the pools, etc.
No one can predict the chances of an upgrade . . . so if you would like a preferred location room, spend the extra money and book one!
I prefer the Toy Story area as well. It's closest to the main building, which has the food court, and right through the main building is the bus stop. When it comes to the preferred room option, I always pay for it just because I like being closer to the main building. May can be a busier time, so they won't upgrade you unless they have the room available.
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We stayed in the Toy Story area and thought it was perfect. I don't know if those rooms are still standard or not. We paid for standard when we stayed there.
There does seem to be a little path from building 2 and 3 (Ducks and Dalmations) and the Music area. I'm not sure how far the walk is though? (All from passporter page 38!)
I prefer the Toy Story area as well. It's closest to the main building, which has the food court, and right through the main building is the bus stop. When it comes to the preferred room option, I always pay for it just because I like being closer to the main building. May can be a busier time, so they won't upgrade you unless they have the room available.
Do you know, by any chance, if both Toy Story buildings are preferred, all sides of the buildings?
Another vote for the Toy Story building. We have always requested it at the time we booked and then again when we checked in, never a guarantee but we have always gotten it!!
I let the CM talk me into a preferred room for our May trip. I was just going to get standard and not care which building we got. But he talked me into and told me to choose which preferred building we wanted. I chose Toy Story. The choices were Toy Story, 101 Dalmations and Fantasia.
I have thought about downgrading and saving the money, not sure yet. I too will be there for my anniversary.
I think the Toy Story section only has preferred rooms.
The Mighty Ducks section is close to AS Music so it might be closer to walk over there to catch a bus.
We had booked a standard room at AS Movies in 2007 and got upgraded to a preferred room. We loved being so close to the main building (we were in the Fantasia section) BUT we would have been fine with a standard room also. Don't count on being upgraded because it's really random (we didn't mention any celebration or anything). So if you think you'd be a lot happier with a preferred room, I'd think about reserving one right away.
On a side note, I thought the Love Bug section was pretty far away from the main building so I'd request a room in the Mighty Ducks section (have Disney put it on your reservation and mention it again at check-in).
Is it the Mighty Ducks buildings that are closer to the All Star Music Bus Stop or something? I thought I read that in another post.
We stayed in the Mighty Ducks bldg in 2004 because dd plays Ice Hockey and knows those movies by heart LOL. We loved that location and if we go back to Movies I will request it again. It's not too far of a walk from the main bldg thru the Dalmations bldg. It has it's own quite pool which was great and it's right next to the bus stop for Music so at the end of the night if there are different buses for the All Stars see which bus stop has the shorter line and get on that bus. We might stay at Music next as that's the only All Star we haven't hit yet and I was thinking about doing the Music bldgs that are right next to Movies as we loved the quite pool of the Mighty Ducks bldg and your allowed to pool hop thru the All Stars.
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