AoA Question

[tinkerbell615]

I will say that my wife and I stayed at AoA in April. Being that it was just the two of us, we snagged a Mermaid room. I gotta be honest, it was for her Bday and that's what she wanted, but I wondered if it would be a bit *too* geared towards children. The Mermaid rooms were excellent, and it was not cheesy at all, at least I didn't think so. That area of the resort was very quiet, and had a lot of adults. Most of the kids must have been in the other areas with suites.

We had another couple go with us as well, and we looked into getting a suite. I thought it would be cheaper on both of us. NO. We could have easily gotten two Mermaid rooms for cheaper according to our travel agent. Just throwing that part of it out there as well.

Thank you for the info!

 

[Southern Bell]

AOA picture thread
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3024335

 

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[tinkerbell615]

Southern Bell... Thanks for the photos. I hope you enjoyed your trip. We just booked LM rooms this week, because we were so worried about the sleeping arrangements for all of the adults. Did you all end up with enough room?

 

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[Southern Bell]

Southern Bell... Thanks for the photos. I hope you enjoyed your trip. We just booked LM rooms this week, because we were so worried about the sleeping arrangements for all of the adults. Did you all end up with enough room?

Yes, we had enough room. In fact all but 2 times we just used 2 beds. The bed in the dining room was more comfortable(softer) but not enough to make us give up the sofa bed with the tv. We did not feel a bar in the sofa bed but compared to our bed at home it was harder. I have dream foam(what ever you call it) on my bed at home.

Sorry I'm so late posting!

 

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[tinkerbell615]

Wow! Thank you so much for the pictures! Sure looks like plenty of room for quite a bit. We have a couple of people with some back issues. As a matter of fact, my DS is having a rough time right now. I do worry about the firmness, etc... of the beds. I am going to share your pictures with the rest of my family and see what they all think! Thanks so much again for sharing!!!

 

[nugov2]

I would guess that you and your husband would take the bedroom? As long as the rest of them know they will be sleeping in the same space, sharing the same tv, and are fine sleeping on fold outs, it is do-able.

My hesitations are, what if the kids need a nap? What if one of the kids has a restless night? What if someone wakes up extra early? Due to the way the rooms are set up, they won't even be able to make a cup of coffee without waking the others in the room. The only place to go to walk or sooth a child without waking the others would be outside.

Only your family can decide how much togetherness is ok and how much is too much.

I would really think about that...for some it is great, but for others not a good idea. Everyone has different needs/want and sometimes what sounds great in theory, really isn't. With that many I would think at least a two bdrm so that everyone can rest well and be ready to enjoy the parks. Kids are tired and need extra rest. I see it posted over and over that a room is just a place to lay your head, but I think it is a very important part of the trip. If you aren't comfortable and actually resting you aren't going to be able to enjoy the trip as well.

 

[tkbbmom]

We had friends that just went to AOA w/ 4 adults and a teenager and a 10 yo.. while they loved the resort and the room the adults of the group (parents and adult dd/sil) said next time they would go w/ two rooms at POP or POR instead because the Table bed and sofa bed were not very comfortable for adults or older kiddos. Also, you might want to price it out -- we thought we would try AOA but w/ our PIN it was actually cheaper to do two POR rooms.

 

[Southern Bell]

Wow! Thank you so much for the pictures! Sure looks like plenty of room for quite a bit. We have a couple of people with some back issues. As a matter of fact, my DS is having a rough time right now. I do worry about the firmness, etc... of the beds. I am going to share your pictures with the rest of my family and see what they all think! Thanks so much again for sharing!!!

I don't think the bed in the bedroom or the table is going to sleep any worse than the beds in the little mermaid rooms. In fact to my surprise I thought the mattress on the table was better than the one in the bedroom or our beds at Pop or All Star resorts. It was the best and used the least! LOL! Which was crazy I guess! LOL! If someone is having back issues I would think the sofa bed would give them more trouble because it is very firm. We had a piece of foam on our bed in the camper that we could have rolled up and took but didn't. That would have helped.