Would this be worthwhile?

[jaybird]

We are going to Orlando next week with my BIL's family. We are planning on going to MK on Thursday with them and they are also doing AK on Friday, staying off-site. Our daughter is 4, their 4 kids range from 4-15.

My H travels frequently for work and has a ton of Starwood miles. We just got an email about a deal at the Swan for 7k points a night next week. Would it make sense to book for Thursday night just to have a place to chill for the younger kids during the late afternoon, then go back for the evening? They won't make it through the day like the older kids. Or is it a hassle to get there and back, etc? It's not free parking at the Swan and I think no extra magic hours, but with his status we could probably get late check-out the next day so that they could do something similar on Friday.

To put it in perspective, he has something like 250k Starwood miles. However, I'm worried it will be more trouble then it's worth and better just to go back to our hotel for a bit since the Disney parking has in/out privileges.

[alleinesein]

Book the room. The Swan and Dolphin hotel guests can use the Disney Transportation system and they get some of the WDW perks. www.swandolphin.com/aboutus/benefits.html

 www.swandolphin.com/feedback/transportation.html

[ssmjlm]

I second booking it. It's so nice to take a mid-day break and let the kids rest. That is the only way mine was able to do 2 parks a day.

[stephm0188]

I loved the Swan. They upgraded us to a suite and it was lovely.

You do get EMHs there and they have buses. The only things I missed were DME and the dining plan. Everything else felt like any other Disney hotel.