4 boys in Kadani living room

[tjkraz]

I'm with Deb & Bill. You won't catch me sleeping on a sofabed during my vacation. We tend to be generous with our points but I wouldn't agree to a trip where the logistics necessitated me spending a week on a living room sofabed while a group of kids aged 11 and under share a bedroom.

As for the 4 boys in the living room, honestly my answer would be that it will work itself out. When I was that age a sleepover meant blanket-thin sleeping bags on the floor. Make them rotate so that every boy takes a turn on the floor. If they want to share the room, they'll figure it out.

 

[Dean]

We are staying in a 2 bedroom Kidani, traveling with a total of 9 people, 4 adults, 4 boys(11, 9, 8) and 1 girl. Our plan is to have our daughter sleep in our room, the other couple in second bedroom and the living room to sleep the 4 boys. The boys must sleep together or one will feel left out. It would also be nice for the adults to have a little space and privacy of their own too. But the living room only sleeps 3? Can the pillows make a make shift bed on the living room floor. Can we bring in a blowup mattress. Can we get extra sheets/pillows? Any other suggestions as to how we can get all the boys to sleep in the living room?

IMO, that's too crowded for a 2 BR with that setup. Personally I'd have the second couple get a studio and put the boys in the second BR. I'd be in the LR at about 5:30 to 6 am.

 

[rentayenta]

Repeat after me: Never give up the master. Never.

I totally agree with this. If the configuration doesn't work then maybe additional room is needed. I wouldn't give up the master either. I would hate to be sleeping in the common area/living space. In fact, I prefer to keep that space sleep free in general. I don't like to tip toe around when making coffee etc. I wake up much earlier than the rest of my family, we'll have 6 in a 2 bedroom and that's perfect. Maybe the OP can get a GV?


I like Dean's idea too.

 

[maburke]

If your daughter is going to be in the master king with you anyway, how about giving the 2nd BR to the 4 boys and let the other couple have the living room?

 

[msp2mco]

I would put the 4 boys in the second bedroom too. We've done this before with guests. From my experience, boys are not always the best at keeping a room tidy (understatement), and having them in the second bedroom allowed them to sprawl out and not create a mess in the living room. Not only can the adults stay up later in the living room, but for morning people, they can get up earlier and use that space as well.

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Different stokes, I guess. I think it is strange to take the master when it makes splitting the group easier if I don't. I much prefer to treat my guests well. .

As a single person I have on occasion, when it made sense given up the master. Kidani -2br, this past Aug, I put our friends, a married couple in the master, myself and their 15 year old daughter in the guest bedroom with the 2 beds and the 2 15 year old boys in the living room!

OKW - 2br, I put my Aunt & Uncle in the master, myself, a friend & her 10 year old daughter in the guest bedroom, 4 teen boys in the living room w/ the aid of a single air matress.

I've had 30+ DVC stays, 99% of them in a 2br so giving up the master at times to benefit the whole groups sleeping accomodations is not a big deal for me. The master will be mine the next time!

For the instance described I would probably give up the master to the other couple, take the second bedroom with the daughter so that we would not be sharing beds and give the boys the living room and bring an air mattress that fits just fine. As often as I've asked for extra sheets, pillows, blankets, towels offering to pay, I've never, ever been able to find anyone to actually be willing to bill me and that goes for any resort!

After a day at Disney, I've found even excitable kids, sleep like the dead, and having them in the living room helps get them up the next morning! Trust me, making coffee, turning on the TV and they still sleep! Gotta love that 3rd bathroom in the Kidani 2brs!

 

[domiii]

I guess I just see it differently. I don't need to have the master and happily give it up when keeping it doesn't best suit the configuration of our group. I have many many years to enjoy the master bedrooms. I can sleep elsewhere once in a while. I also like spoiling our guests. It makes me feel good.

I agree!!! . We always give it up to friends or family. It's my home and I want them to enjoy it!

 

[ToddyLu]

DH and I have only used studios for us and guests thus far..us in one and then in the other. If we were to share a 2 br with his Mom..we would get a lock off and she could have her own studio. If it were my parents, we would get a 2 br dedicated. DH and I would take the guest room and my parents would get the master. DH and I sleep in separate rooms at times and even when we are alone in the studio he gives me the bed and he prefers to spread out on the sofa bed.

I keep waiting for that first trip by ourselves in a one bedroom but for now we love inviting family and getting studios.

 

[ToddyLu]

It always seem foreign to me that people won't share beds. I get it sometimes, ( teen boys and girls obviously) but remember sharing a bed with my brother on trips growing up when we stayed in a double bed hotel room. That was all my Mom and Dad could afford. And lord knows the repremand I would have gotten if I got miffed because I couldn't sleep where I wanted. They told me where to sleep and that is where we slept. I can't see children dictating sleeping arrangements because they don't see each other often. I would tell them it was nighttime, they were lucky to be is WDW staying in a 2 beroom villa...now get in the that bed and go to sleep.

OP I am not trying to be insensitive but it just seems like a lot of worry for 4 kids that can do what is asked of them at bedtime....period...but alas that might be why DH and I don't have kids. And since it is a matter of children I probably shouldn't post anyway.

 

[anett]

Toddylu, No worries! I just needed ideas on blankets and bedding. Our children are not demanding anything, infact it's the adults who wish to please the children. To have them share in one of the most magical experiences on earth.... it's everlasting friendship! Our children long to see their Long distance friends. Our husbands have been friends since they were children and we cherrish that our children all get along so well that they want to spend every moment together. There have been times when we can't get all the boys into one room and they do without each other but it's so sad to see their little faces when one is left out. We the adults will gladly give up one of the rooms if need be, thats what parents do for love.

 

[jade1]

Our kids often slept on the floor when with the cousins on trips, Disney and otherwise. One time I walked into the cabin bedroom and the boys had pulled the Futon mattress to the floor, some slept there and my son slept on the bars, right on the bars-still can't believe it.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Our kids often slept on the floor when with the cousins on trips, Disney and otherwise. One time I walked into the cabin bedroom and the boys had pulled the Futon mattress to the floor, some slept there and my son slept on the bars, right on the bars-still can't believe it.

LOL! I can see kids doing that. One trip we had to OKW with friends ended up kind of like that. We had planned on the other couple and their DD being in the second bedroom while their DS and our DS shared the living room. The kids changed that up all on their own. Their DS ended up in the second bedroom with Mom and Dad, and the DD brought a blanket and pillow out to the living room and slept on the floor because she couldn't sleep with her dad and brother snoring in the other room.

Kids are pretty flexible, and can usually sleep anywhere. We once had one young guest sleep on the love seat at OKW (before the sleeper chairs) just so he could be in the same room as our son who was on the pull out.

I have to agree with those who want to leave the living room for use other than a bedroom. We have only used the living room for sleeping on a few trips, and it is NOT my ideal. I too prefer to have the living room open, since I like to get up early and enjoy a cup of coffee out on the deck before everyone else gets up. I'm usually up before dawn anyway, so it's nice to have that option.

The older I get, the more I cherish my space too. For our Christmas trip in 2013, we are planning on getting a GV for the 4 of us. That way our two adult offspring each get their own room, and so do we!

 

[jade1]

Yep, that's kind of what I meant-maybe its our "up north" camper types, they had so many trips and such great times, can't really remember a time the beds mattered. BUT-not everyone is like that I'm sure, AND-now that they are older, look out as they really want a mattress and sometimes by themselves.

Course now they can "chip in" for better/bigger accomodations.

 

[westjones]

We had a trip where my DH's family joined us. His parents had one bed in the second bedroom, his sister and her teenage daughter had the second bed, and then her son who was 6 at the time slept in a sleeping bad between the two beds. My girls had the sofa sleeper and we had the master. This was at BCV in the dedicated 2 queen bed rooms.

My nephew had a great time and didn't care he was sleeping on the floor. Kids can sleep anywhere.

Seriously, this summer my two daughters (who are now 18) went on a mission trip and they slept on the floor at a church (no carpet) with only a foam mat under their sleeping bag. They did that for a week and got up every morning and worked all day.

Young bodies are amazing. They will be fine

 

[Bullseye]

I'm with Deb & Bill. You won't catch me sleeping on a sofabed during my vacation. We tend to be generous with our points but I wouldn't agree to a trip where the logistics necessitated me spending a week on a living room sofabed while a group of kids aged 11 and under share a bedroom.

If your daughter is going to be in the master king with you anyway, how about giving the 2nd BR to the 4 boys and let the other couple have the living room?

Yes I agree with Deb and Bill too. I'm not ever giving up my Master. I need my big bed and my big bathroom. The boys sleep in the other bedroom and the other couple sleeps in the living room. They still have privacy after everyone goes to bed. No matter how much I love the other couple it wouldn't sit well with me that they are in my master suite and I'm in the living room.

 

[emlutz23]

Sorry, that's just off the wall to me. The people paying for the room get the sleeper sofa???? When you might have three real beds in the two bedroom villa????

I'm with you on this one. My DH and I work hard to own DVC and we deserve that space. And the guests we bring are so thrilled to be there and staying at a Deluxe resort for free that they don't care where they sleep!

We bring air mattresses for our kids to use in the master and we give the second bedroom to adult guests. That way the living room is free for us to gather in after kids go to bed.