Adjoining Rooms [Not happy experience]

[dansdad]

do any of the AOA suites have adjoining rooms? I would like to avoid this.

Adjoining yes. Connecting no.

Adjoining = Close to, near
Connecting = Next to with interior door in between

 

[IDreamofPoly]

Sorry you had a less than stellar hotel stay.

I have to admit, my son does have a hard time in hotels. Maybe it's just because its not a familiar place to him, but it is hard on everyone. So I apologize in advance to all my Diz'ers if my son cries, although not incessantly, during our stay.

 

[dpswift]

Checked into value room for 8 nights and was shocked to see adjoining room door. Was very nervous since we are noise sensitive but never heard or saw anyone there, may have been vacant. But, I wondered if anyone was being turned down for adjoining rooms that week since we'd been put in one and didn't need it. They certainly weren't holding them in reserve if a need arrived.

That was our experience. We were told the resort was full. We never heard a peep from the room next to ours. We had a king bed so I would guess that the room next to us had 2 doubles. It may be that these rooms are harder to get people to take. When we wanted adjoining rooms we expected and wanted both rooms to have 2 doubles.

 

[HM]

Adjoining = Close to, near
Connecting = Next to with interior door in between

This is important terminology.
If a door is between two rooms....they are CONNECTING. If you want this type of room, make sure you ask for it correctly.

 

[TDC Nala]

Not sure I would call security for a crying baby (what are they supposed to do, gag the baby?) but it is good that they allowed you to move. I would call if I thought the adults had gone out and left the baby alone.

See the above post for Disney terminology - for readers, if you want a door between the room you ask for connecting, not adjoining. To Disney, "adjoining" means the rooms are near each other but not necessarily connecting or even right next door.

 

[OfTheWind]

I've stayed in 7 or 8 WDW hotels and the Grand's connecting rooms are the worst. I don't even know why they have a door between the rooms; the noise is ridiculous. I heard a drunken wedding party all night one time and a family talking and laughing at 6 AM everyday the other time. Whenever I stay there I always request a room that isn't connected. As far as the crying baby, I would never assume the child was alone, just uncomfortable in a new place, teething, etc. And going to the front desk is always worth the walk.

 

[PoohJen]

I'm noise-sensitive too, but I can honestly say I never found the noise from a connecting room to be any louder than that of a regular adjoining room. Thin walls are thin walls.