Please don't stop the (all star) music! - An FAQ thread

[dancin Disney style]

Originally Posted by dissybroad

I stayed solo in a first floor Jazz room facing the central promenade for OMDD.I had no problem with noise.

We have a family suite and two preferred rooms booked for April so we'll be in Calypso. (Can't hear that name without thinking of Pirates of the Caribbean). There'll be 9 of us including 3 kids 4 and under so we wanted to be near the bus pick up point, Melody Hall food court, the guitar pool, and the laundry facilities!

Just a little heads up....
ASMu has little problem with giving people the preferred rooms that they have booked and paid for. There have been numerous reports over the last few years about this. Guests arrive and find out after they check in and are assigned a room that there are no more preferred rooms available.

[NightAngelX]

Hi all! Just jumping in to ask a quick question. Maybe I should ask the DISability board, but what section are the handicap accessible rooms? DH needs an ECV at WDW and if he is hurting badly he needs all the extra grabs from a handicap room. So when we book hotels I always get one. However I'd LOVE to stay in the Broadway section of ASMu. Just wondering if that is a possibility.

I can't even book yet but I'm planning in my head. Our first trip was a big expensive thing because it was my first trip and we thought it would be our only in a long time. However I want to go back...like yesterday, so we are planning a budget trip as a reward once we lose some weight! So exciting!!!

[mom58]

Hi, Dancing Disney . . . are you saying that we might not get the preferred rooms we booked? Like the OP, I booked a suite and 2 preferred rooms so we would be close together.

That would be a real problem for me!

[bookgirl]

Originally Posted by mom58

Hi, Dancing Disney . . . are you saying that we might not get the preferred rooms we booked? Like the OP, I booked a suite and 2 preferred rooms so we would be close together.

That would be a real problem for me!

OH don't be sad, that is just a worst case scenerio and most likely will NOT happen.

There have been a few, I think I've seen maybe 3 or 4 threads that had someone with that complaint, BUT I've seen just as many I didn't get the room threads on the other resorts as well. I would make sure that the reservations are linked together to maximize your request. Like any hotel they have times when they overbook or have room issues but they are not the norm they are the exception. They will do everything possible to keep linked rooms together.

I'd also do online checkin and put the earliest time possible that you could be there. Rooms go quickly and being checked in early might help.

In the event you do have a problem just be calm. If you make sure you have the request known before hand and you are polite and work with the desk in the event of a room not being near they will do everything possible to fix the problem.

[EpcotBill]

Originally Posted by mom58

Hi, Dancing Disney . . . are you saying that we might not get the preferred rooms we booked? Like the OP, I booked a suite and 2 preferred rooms so we would be close together.

That would be a real problem for me!

Some people have reported getting a Standard room when they paid for Preferred but it's not like it's a chronic problem. However, Preferred rooms are only in Calypso but Suites are in Calypso and Jazz. You could end up with a suite in Jazz and 2 rooms in Calypso. You'd better make sure all the reservations are cross referenced.

[pumba]

a quick question.
The drawers under the tv set area...are NOT MANY...and now with the refrig taking up the other side of the drawers...
they have a few hangers to hang clothes on...wonder if they would give us more to use from housekeeping..
We are four adults.
and two of us are FEMALES...catch my drift....so we will need to at least hang up our shirts..
Has anyone done this for their clothes..?

[bookgirl]

Originally Posted by pumba

a quick question.
The drawers under the tv set area...are NOT MANY...and now with the refrig taking up the other side of the drawers...
they have a few hangers to hang clothes on...wonder if they would give us more to use from housekeeping..
We are four adults.
and two of us are FEMALES...catch my drift....so we will need to at least hang up our shirts..
Has anyone done this for their clothes..?

Call housekeeping they'll give you all the hangers you want. I love the ones with the clips so I can use one hanger per outfit.

[pumba]

I would be upset if I didnt get the preferred room we asked for...but like they said...doesnt happen often and if it did...OY OY OY...would ask for a resort with a preferred room ..even Movies or Pop..

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by pumba

I would be upset if I didnt get the preferred room we asked for...but like they said...doesnt happen often and if it did...OY OY OY...would ask for a resort with a preferred room ..even Movies or Pop..

I agree! If I actually dished out more money to have a preferred room, I had better get what I paid for! I would demand a different resort too. Disney wouldn't let this happen very often. Some people don't just prefer these rooms, they really NEED a closer room.

[troof]

This advice is pretty much for first timers considering booking an All Star room. We recently did a split stay and joined an extended group at All Stars Music after staying at AoA. All Star Music nearly ruined the trip for me. I am a pretty light sleeper and the sound of the flushing toilets in surrounding rooms woke me up all night long and especially in the early morning starting around 5am, even with the door to the bathroom closed. I ended up buying a sleep sounds app and sleeping with head phones connected to my computer. You can hear all the roller luggage and anybody talking outside your room and marching bands started practice at 8 am. If you and your family get up really early, this probably wouldn't be as much of a problem - although you will still hear people returning to their rooms late at night. I think most of the plumbing noise was coming from above, so a top floor room should also make the situation better. We didn't have these noise issues at AoA, so I guess it is a feature of when the building was constructed and I assume all the All Stars are the same. Just a heads up for light sleepers.

[AuroraRora]

13 days until we go to ASMu for a 3 day getaway, I'm so excited!! Can anyone offer advice on which Standard rooms are closest to the food court and bus stop, without going into the Preferred category? I'm not too bothered about the pool as I doubt we'll be swimming or laying out at all, but with only 3 days, it'd be great to try and request a room close to the bus stops and things.

[EpcotBill]

Originally Posted by AuroraRora

13 days until we go to ASMu for a 3 day getaway, I'm so excited!! Can anyone offer advice on which Standard rooms are closest to the food court and bus stop, without going into the Preferred category? I'm not too bothered about the pool as I doubt we'll be swimming or laying out at all, but with only 3 days, it'd be great to try and request a room close to the bus stops and things.

Jazz.

[angwill]

Originally Posted by troof

This advice is pretty much for first timers considering booking an All Star room. We recently did a split stay and joined an extended group at All Stars Music after staying at AoA. All Star Music nearly ruined the trip for me. I am a pretty light sleeper and the sound of the flushing toilets in surrounding rooms woke me up all night long and especially in the early morning starting around 5am, even with the door to the bathroom closed. I ended up buying a sleep sounds app and sleeping with head phones connected to my computer. You can hear all the roller luggage and anybody talking outside your room and marching bands started practice at 8 am. If you and your family get up really early, this probably wouldn't be as much of a problem - although you will still hear people returning to their rooms late at night. I think most of the plumbing noise was coming from above, so a top floor room should also make the situation better. We didn't have these noise issues at AoA, so I guess it is a feature of when the building was constructed and I assume all the All Stars are the same. Just a heads up for light sleepers.

Having stayed in most of the hotels on Disney property, not AOA yet, it was only on the deluxe level that I didn't hear the other toilets. Come to think of it even off property I hear the toilets in most hotels flush. I can always hear people in the hallways of hotels or outside the rooms that have no hallways. The difference is I sleep good and unless someone is screaming I don't wake up. It is good to know for those light sleepers though.

At Disney I tune the TV to the info station where it plays a track of music without words and let that be our background noise since I have a child that is a lighter sleeper and he sleeps through it all with the music playing.

[pumba]

by the end of the day at any resort. The flushing doesnt seem to bother us..we go to bed and pass out from the activities of the day.

I was looking at some of the photos of around the resort and hope that there is that fountain and red hibiscus around...want to take engagement photos of our granddaughter and her fiance....these looked like they would be a good place to start...

we are ready and raring to go...even if it is a few months away..

Thanks for this wonderful thread on Music..

[AuroraRora]

Just did my online check-in, to the sound of Wishes playing on Youtube in the background I'm SO excited!!! Online check-in today, and then tomorrow onwards it's the single-digit countdown

When it gave me the option to make 2 room/amenity requests, I chose "Highest Floor" (no bugs walking in off the grounds or noisy people above, thank ya) and then I was a bit confused about the building choices. I'd hoped to choose Jazz as it's the closest non-preferred building to the food court/buses, but it wasn't an option. The three choices it gave me were Calypso, Rock or Broadway. Rock and Broadway are further back, but Calypso is Preferred category and I booked a Standard room . I didn't want to choose that and get charged the extra amount at check-in, so I selected the other option that just said "Close To Transportation". I don't know if I should call and ask for Jazz, or just do it at check-in.

On the other hand, I should be at the resort by 10am on arrival day, so I may well just wind up getting put wherever they like. As long as I'm there, I'll be happy