We just returned from Disney and loved it! It was our first visit to the parks and we can't wait to go back!! We used the Magical Express from the airport and it was great! No waiting for our bags, just hopped on the shuttle and they took care of getting our bags from the airport and when we returned to our hotel after visiting Magic Kingdom for a bit our bags were waiting in our room for us!
Check in was great, they were very friendly and went over everything with us, if we ever had a question they were always happy to help at the front desk.
The hotel grounds were very beautiful and clean. Lots of trees and plants and plenty of sun-chairs for lounging. One thing we found out was the guitar pool at the front of the complex was not heated, but tucked in near the back of the hotel complex was the piano pool that was heated! We were in a preferred room and stayed in the "Calypso" block which was right near the front of the hotel...I would recommend this if you have trouble with walking as the All Star Music resort is very large and many of the blocks were quite a way back from the lobby/restaurant.
Our room was better than I thoughtit would be for a value hotel, VERY clean, well kept, lots of towels, etc and a flat screen tv. The beds were only double, but I found them comfortable. It was also very quiet....I hardly heard any outside noise at all.
The restaurant was good...plently of variety, we had the quick serve meal plan which helped, but bought breakfast everyday...average price was $25 for our family of 4. They also had refillable mugs that you could get and use to get free refills in the restaurant. They had a lot of activites to do by the pool and every night they played a Disney movie (of course!) outside by the pool which was a great way to wind down with the kids at the end of a busy day.
To get to the parks they had a shuttle bus service. It came regularly and I think the longest we waited was 10 min for a bus.
Overall it was great! I highly recommend this hotel for anyone looking to do DIsney on a budget :)
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