? about ages and occupancy

[disneymom3]

I need to make sure I have the right info and figured this was the place to ask! We are going to be going on a land and sea trip with my in laws and extended family. At that time our youngest will be two, then a four year old and a 9 year old. The info I had found made me think we would be able to stay at a resort and in a cabin with a max occupancy of 4 because the two year old wouldn't count. Is that right? Could someone who knows please explain this? Also, is your typical cabin for four going to hvae enough room for a portacrib?

Thanks so much!

[my3kids]

Not on the cruise. Any person, no matter how young counts as a person toward occupancy. That limits your choices to a category 4 family suite(or levels 1-3 concierge suites,) or 2 connecting rooms in categories 10 and above. Two rooms on the ship would equal 2 rooms on land, or a category 4 room would be one deluxe resort on land. You could book the cuise by itself and the land by itself. That way you could spend extra on the ship for the rooms and save on land with a less expensive room that would allow 4 people(b/c on land, you are correct, a child in crib doesn't count toward the maximun)

[akasleepingbeauty]

One other possibility to consider, since you are traveling with extended family, is to put one of your children on a reservation with other family members. For instance, if your in-laws were staying in a room to themselves, you could book your youngest in their room. You could then have all of your kids sleep in your room (it will be tight in a room for 4 but it can be done) but have some of their belongings etc. stored in your in-laws room for storage purposes. This approach would keep you from having to get 2 rooms or paying the extra $$ for a cat 1-4.

DCL is mostly concerned with lifeboat capacity which is why they count each and every person regardless of age for room occupancy. Therefore, I don't expect they would be concerned with having the extra child in the room to sleep as long as they were accounted for occupancy-wise in another room.

Happy cruising!