best option for 6?

Jennygt

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• Nov 24, 2015

• #1

my friend is thinking of going to wdw soon. They are a family of six, baby is under two. What are the options for them?
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vicki_c

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• Nov 24, 2015

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Any room that allows 5 plus an infant and that is actually a lot of different choices these days (a few years ago rooms for 5 were much harder to come by). They've added sleeping spaces via Murphy bed type things in various resorts and villas. I can't list all the places here because I'm not as familiar with the moderate resorts. Do you know what resort level they would be considering?

(And I'm sure someone with a list will come and post it here eventually!)

 

rwdavis2

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• Nov 25, 2015

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Unless they are dead set on staying onsite I would recommend renting a house/townhouse nearby.

 

_auroraborealis_

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• Nov 25, 2015

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On site, they could stay at Art of Animation, Port Orleans Riverside, Caribbean Beach Resort, Fort Wilderness. Or they could go Deluxe and stay in a standard room at the Poly or Wilderness Lodge, or a Studio villa at the Poly or Wilderness Lodge. Some 1 bedroom villas will sleep 5+baby as well.

 

vicki_c

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• Nov 25, 2015

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A standard room at WL will only hold 4+infant. Most of the deluxe have rooms with daybeds for 5+infant but not WL or AKL.

 

HopperFan

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• Nov 25, 2015

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Add AllStar Music to this list. It's a value with some suites that will work for them.

Have her put in her dates and the guests/ages into the WDW site and they will come back with options.

 

Lynne M

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• Nov 25, 2015

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By Disney's reckoning, they're a family of five, since kids under 3 don't count against the room occupancy limits.

At the values, only a family suite at AoA or ASMu would work for them.

At the moderates, standard rooms at POR or CBR or a FW cabin would work.

A standard room at any deluxe except AKL and WL would be OK.

 

RustManFan

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• Nov 25, 2015

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If it was me I would look into FW Cabins. Have wanted to stay there for quite awhile but haven't been able to justify taking a cabin from another family for only 2 people (my sister and me....my adult son and me)

 

DemoBri1

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• Nov 28, 2015

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_auroraborealis_ said:

On site, they could stay at Art of Animation, Port Orleans Riverside, Caribbean Beach Resort, Fort Wilderness. Or they could go Deluxe and stay in a standard room at the Poly or Wilderness Lodge, or a Studio villa at the Poly or Wilderness Lodge. Some 1 bedroom villas will sleep 5+baby as well.

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I would question staying at the Poly in a studio villa. We just had a stay in a studio villa as a family of 4 and we were a bit cramped. Plus you only have access to one bathroom. I would suggest a studio maybe at Kidani Village if you can rent points from a DVC member as you'll have 2 bathrooms there. It will make it a bit more manageable. You can also get two rooms at Poly that will work as well or see if you can rent a DVC 2 br villa.

 

_auroraborealis_

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• Nov 29, 2015

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DemoBri1 said:

I would question staying at the Poly in a studio villa. We just had a stay in a studio villa as a family of 4 and we were a bit cramped. Plus you only have access to one bathroom. I would suggest a studio maybe at Kidani Village if you can rent points from a DVC member as you'll have 2 bathrooms there. It will make it a bit more manageable. You can also get two rooms at Poly that will work as well or see if you can rent a DVC 2 br villa.

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I think 6 in a studio villa at Poly is pretty equivalent to two of the other options (CBR, POR), and gets a transport advantage. 6 in anything short of a 2BR villa or AoA is tight. It's about what trade-offs they want to make: time, transport, space, money.