maxiesmom
The Mean Squinty Eye Works
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I'm a big fan of off-site as I like to save money on our trips - and prefer to have some kind of kitchen facilities so we can fix cereal and toast for breakfast instead of wasting valuable park time in a restaurant (or getting up at the crack of dawn to hit the restaurant and still make park opening).
That said we just bought into DVC - so I get the best of both worlds - the kitchen and the Disney magic!
I'm interested in this thread as it's a topic I happen to be discussing the pros and cons of staying on property over at my website right now :0)
You can get a kitchen on site too. We stayed at the Beach Club Villas a couple of years ago, and had quite a few meals in our room. It is very nice to be able to make a sandwich, or to throw some pasta in a pot. But we like to be able to do that while being on Disney property at the same time.
Like I said before, I have done multiple trips both on and offsite. There is nothing wrong with being offsite, and I would do it again in a hearbeat if that was the only choice. But for me paying the extra $$$ to be totally immersed in everything Disney is well worth it. Plus, by the time you factor renting a mini-van in to the budget, well, you don't save that much money over being on-site.