Booked my trip for a 3-night stay at the Swan Reserve! My friend and I will be staying from 4/29-5/1 after a four night cruise on the Disney Dream, then on 5/2 we'll be going to Universal Studios for the first time for a 3-night stay at Portofino Bay. So excited!
The parks we want to visit at WDW for this trip are Epcot and Hollywood Studios, so after looking at prices and location, the Swan Reserve just seemed unbeatable. Yes, I did read a lot of the reviews here and do have some reservations about the hotel, but a lot of it is stuff I'm sure they'll be able to fix over the next few months, and what remains hopefully won't be dealbreakers. And here's the real kicker... the Swan Reserve is the only main "Disney" hotel (aside from the Four Seasons) that shows up in the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal, meaning I could use my UR points there, which got me a much better deal than it would have been transferring points over to Marriott. Just a heads-up to anyone with credit card rewards points.
So excited for this trip, and I want to thank everyone in this thread for providing such helpful information!