Hilton Honors has dynamic rewards pricing that makes blanket advice regarding using cash versus points difficult. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. At just under a half-cent return per point, I decided to earn points on this stay rather than burn them. The room would have cost 35,000 Hilton Honors points if I had chosen to redeem points instead of paying cash. Since I booked a stay in low season, my rate was $116, though taxes and fees took the final bill to $170. The Hilton Disney Springs cash rates vary between $116 in low season to close to $300 in high season, plus taxes and fees. Even better, Disney extended access to those benefits through at least 2019, so you can plan your Slinky Dog Dash FastPass+ ride with ease 60 days before the first day of your trip. But in 2018, Disney decided to share Disney benefits with Disney Springs hotels, including the Hilton Lake Buena Vista, including 60-day FastPass+ access and Extra Magic Hours.

Historically, Disney hotels have had an edge over non-Disney-owned properties when it comes to Disney World benefits. So on my most recent trip to Walt Disney World, I booked a night at this property to see if it lived up to its title. Of course, what looks great on paper doesn't always necessarily knock your socks off when you go there in person, so we had to do our due diligence and check this hotel out for ourselves.

What it does mean is that it offered the best overall value for your points. This doesn't mean the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista is the nicest or Disney-est hotel near Disney World.

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