Thank you for your reply. Y'all are all right. I am SO glad I joined here.
I just looked at the contemporary because I really want to be on the monorail. If I book 2 rooms at the Contemporary it will only cost 1500 more than if we went the squish them all into one room route at the GFloridian. Earlier the only room that was coming up at the contemporary was 5 or 6,000 more than if we squeezed in illegally at the GF. I think that 6,000 dollar more room was a suite so that's why it was so much more. Since I was entering my entire family that is the only room that would come up at the contemporary. Just now, I broke us up into my husband, our 3 boys in one room then me and our 2 girls in another room. Those 2 rooms added together will only cost 1500 more that if we squished in like sardines at the Grand Floridian. So I will book 2 rooms at the Contemporary.
Questions:
I'm totally cool with the 1500 more as is my husband. Is the contemporary getting shabby? Should we forgo the monorail to stay somewhere else that's not on the monorail but is in the same price range for 2 rooms?
If I book 2 rooms, I have to put myself in one and my husband in the other while booking since we are the only ones in our family over 18. Will this be a problem with fast passes etc - being split up during the booking process? I kept seeing replies worried about the reservations and fast passes so now I'm worried about 2 rooms even though everyone in both rooms are my family members.
Also, I'm thinking I will actually put our 17 year old and our 10 year old in the second room so I can be with my husband. Is there a way to make sure the rooms are next to each other?
Lastly, is it rude that I don't want to put my children in my sister in law's room nor in the couple without children's room? I know I'm going to get grief from his entire family over this because they want us all to be in the Grand Flo, but I want my kids with me in my room. Period. It's hard to keep 5 ducklings in a row when your 5 ducklings are scattered about & I don't want to have to get them from those rooms and chit chat with the inlaws about where we are going and when blah blah blah every time I need to get my kids. The single sisterinlaw only likes my husband of all her siblings so she's clingy but she's SO difficult (it's why her other siblings avoid her - they're blunt). She ends up arguing with my kids then eventually I lose my cool because trying to accomodate and take into consideration the ideas and desires of children ranging from 17-3 at Disney is challenging enough without an adult child inlaw sticking herself into the middle of it, ya know? But again, his parents are gonna be like "why don't your girls stay with Liza? They can totally stay with Liza." I feel like if I'm paying the difference (not asking them to buy the second room) then they shouldn't give me grief, right? Or am I being bratty?
Thanks everyone. I should probably have hired a therapist rather than taken this to the Disney Boards. LOL
I cant answer all of your questions, but I can help with some.
1) There's no way for you to guarantee connecting or adjoining rooms, however you can put in a request for this. If you have a
travel agent, they can do this for you. Just remember that it is only a request. They will accommodate if they can, but sometimes, there just aren't two rooms available next to each other.
2) Both rooms can be linked on
MDE for FPs and ADRs so you won't have any issues there. The reason there may have been issues with having the kids in relatives' rooms is that they'd be on their MDE, and presumably you won't be booking all the same FPs and ADRs as them. The kids still could be linked to yours, but it does make it more confusing since the MDE account holder of the room they're booked in could accidentally change something you have booked for them.
3) I think it's considerate of you to not put a couple of your kids in a relative's room. The couple probably would like some privacy and you've said the SIL isn't easy to be around. It's tough travelling with extended family and for people to have to share rooms with them can be difficult. We stayed in a 2 bedroom villa with my mom and brother and though it was fairly spacious, we felt like we never got a break from them and it made the vacation more stressful dealing with different habits than we were used to in the villa. If it was stressful for us adults even though we still had the kids with us, I know it would have been just as, if not more stressful for the kids to be in a room with relatives away from us. I wouldn't have wanted my kids to have to stay separate from us either as that takes them even more out of their element, and would have kept us separated on a family vacation. With two rooms, yes you will still be separate, but you can come and go as you please to check on the kids, get them up, etc without having to worry about disturbing your relative or knocking and waiting for them to answer the door.
4) Have DH help to explain the situation to his parents about you not all allowed to stay in one room, not wanting to burden relatives by putting kids in their rooms, needing the extra space and privacy, and that 2 rooms just works best for your family. Good luck!