3rd Resort Change?

[Sabine W.]

I would definitely do two rooms. There is no way I’m sharing a room with my in laws for a week. If price is an issue do Pop since you were willing to do AoA.

I agree with this. Too much togetherness with in-laws makes for a truly miserable week. Especially when there is a young child involved. You will all be happier with your own space.

 

[Anna131517]

2 rooms at POR if you’re doing several resort days. The pool is great, there’s lots to do, you have many eating options, and you’re near DS.

 

[lanejudy]

I'm telling you that, in real life, Disney room assigners treat the terms "adjoining" and "connecting" as interchangeable.

I hope this is not true, because if it is, it actually creates some of the headaches and disappointment that folks report when they don't receive their request.

For example: Family A requests adjoining and means nearby, no need for an interior connecting door, they actually don't want that closeness. But the room assignors automatically assume FamilyA meant connecting and assign connecting rooms. FamilyB requests connecting and really wants that interior door so grandma can more easily babysit. However, because FamilyA was given the last pair of connecting rooms (that they don't need) FamilyB is stuck with rooms 3 doors away from each other. Seems wasteful and creates 2 families disappointed with their accommodations. Following the requests as made would have resulted in 2 happy families.


Back to the @srlugo67's question: I would book 2 separate rooms at POP and request connecting. The renovated value resort rooms work well for this. The grandparents feel like a more spacious room because they don't need to use the 2nd bed, and it allows a spot for the little one to eat breakfast at grandma's without waiting for mom/dad to close up the second bed.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I hope this is not true, because if it is, it actually creates some of the headaches and disappointment that folks report when they don't receive their request.

For example: Family A requests adjoining and means nearby, no need for an interior connecting door, they actually don't want that closeness. But the room assignors automatically assume FamilyA meant connecting and assign connecting rooms. FamilyB requests connecting and really wants that interior door so grandma can more easily babysit. However, because FamilyA was given the last pair of connecting rooms (that they don't need) FamilyB is stuck with rooms 3 doors away from each other. Seems wasteful and creates 2 families disappointed with their accommodations. Following the requests as made would have resulted in 2 happy families.

Could be, and I'm not saying it never happens. But they even go so far as to just assume you want connecting rooms if they see two reservations for the same dates with the same last name, even if you don't make any room request at all. I think your scenario is either overestimating the number of people who make room requests in the first place, underestimating the number of connecting rooms available at WDW (depending on the resort, of course), or both.

Back to the @srlugo67's question: I would book 2 separate rooms at POP and request connecting. The renovated value resort rooms work well for this. The grandparents feel like a more spacious room because they don't need to use the 2nd bed, and it allows a spot for the little one to eat breakfast at grandma's without waiting for mom/dad to close up the second bed.

How does the price of two POP rooms compare to the price of one AOA suite these days?

 

[ninafeliz]

Could be, and I'm not saying it never happens. But they even go so far as to just assume you want connecting rooms if they see two reservations for the same dates with the same last name, even if you don't make any room request at all. I think your scenario is either overestimating the number of people who make room requests in the first place, underestimating the number of connecting rooms available at WDW (depending on the resort, of course), or both.


How does the price of two POP rooms compare to the price of one AOA suite these days?

It would have been quite a but cheaper for our stay last week. But we wanted to try AOA and didn't want to risk not getting connecting rooms wince we are 2 parents and 4 young kids.

 

[ninafeliz]

Why would anyone at all care if that door is there if it's closed?

I can answer this one! When we travel with family I would honestly sometimes prefer complete separation - but when that door is there the kids insist that it has to be open and make the grandparents room freely connected to ours. Plus, when we travel with both grandparents, you can only connect to one other room so now there is a "favorite" dynamic that comes into play -even if who gets the door is by luck. In those situations I would prefer no connecting doors lol - but also if you get three rooms in a row more often than not two of them will connect whether you wanted that or not. So it is what it is, and it's not a huge deal. But it is a reason someone might not want the door there haha.

edited for a typo that did matter