Thanks. We are a family of five too. did you find the room big enough? thats the one thing my dh liked about the poly, he thought the rooms were huge.
We found the room plenty big enough.
In addition to our luggage, we had a pack-in-play (which we put between the beds) & an Chicco umbrella stroller that we didn't have to collapse.
We don't unpack our luggage, & we had enough room for our 5 clothes suitcases (filled w/ enough clothes for 10 nights & 11 days!) side-by-side on the desk & on a luggage rack - and I'm an overpacker & pack lots! LOL!
Since we were eating breakfast in the room, I also had a small suitcase w/ breakfast foods, paper plates, napkins, straws, extra wipes, Lysol, etc - I put this under the TV area. There's a little shelf around the base of the TV as well, & this is where we kept our day-to-day "stuff" - lanyards, papers, loose change, sunglasses, etc.
We put our laundry in a bag in the closet. The kids put their personal duffles on the floor in between the bed & the wall, & our computer & electronics bags were under the desk. We also kept our shoes under the desk.
DH & I slept in one bed, our DD slept in the other bed, older DS slept in the pull-out bed, & younger DS slept in the pack-in-play. For our upcoming trip, we won't take the pack-in-play, & younger DS will probably sleep w/ DD.
I like to stay organized while on vacation & like to keep things in their places - I hate when the room gets "messy." And I felt like we were sufficiently able to stay organized.
The only negative I found w/ the room is the bathroom - the counters at the sink aren't big enough for all the "stuff" you need, &, since the doors slide open, you can't hang one of those nifty "over-the-door" storage organizers. (I'm also not a big fan of the marble surround for the tub, but that might just be me! LOL!) I used one sink for "storage" - makeup, hair stuff, deodorant, toothpaste, etc., & we only used one sink as an actual sink. I kept our toiletries bag & medicine bag on the shelf under the sink.
The night we came back from DTD, the kids had bought some
LEGO sets w/ their souvenir money, & they were able to spread out on the floor & play LEGOS.
The Contemporary standard rooms are the 3rd largest deluxe rooms on property. The Grand Floridian rooms are the largest, & the Poly rooms are a little bigger than the Contemporary rooms. So, the Poly does have slightly larger rooms. But the Contemporary rooms are bigger than all the EPCOT deluxe rooms.
Previously, we had stayed at the WL (the WL & the AKL rooms are the smallest deluxe rooms), so we were quite pleased w/ how large the Contemporary rooms "felt" to us, but, yes, the Poly rooms are bigger.
Hope this helps some!!