We were there that exact week this past year. We'd previously gone with kids in September and November (week before Thanksgiving week). I enjoyed that time of year. The weather was fantastic. I did feel like the entire place was under construction and all I saw were fences - nice fences, but still fences - in MK and AK. Some of that massive stuff will be finished, but it took me by surprise.
I've always stayed at value and use the buses for everything. My dream resorts are the ones with walking to Epcot. We love exploring the World Showcase.
They were working on the monorail and it had several long down period during our trip and our two meals that I thought would be super easy since it was MK to poly and grand floridian were awful to get to.