AoA Family Suite vs Saratoga 1 Bedroom Villa

[DaisyD329]

Doing a trip with 5 adults in January. One of them will just be there for one night, so it's really more like 4 adults. Right now an AoA family suite and a 1 bedroom villa at Saratoga are the same price with my passholder discount. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

 

[crazylady]

Does a SS one bedroom sleep 5 legally? If so, I would choose SS for an adults only trip for the calmer environment and proximity to Disney Springs.

 

[erionm]

Does a SS one bedroom sleep 5 legally?

Not when booking direct with Disney. If it was a DVC points reservation, 5 adults would be allowed (but no bed provided by the resort for the 5th).

 

[DaisyD329]

i think you're all right about it not legally sleeping 5--we would probably bone up for an extra room that one night

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Saratoga does not yet sleep 5 legally on cash, and on points it still only has 4 beds (save the refurb units, of which there are not many yet!).

 

[bluezy]

Will you use the kitchen in the villa or is the kitchenette in the AoA suite enough? Is it important to have 2 full bathrooms or will 1 split bath be ok? Do you need to be able to do laundry?

For me, with 4 or 5 adults, I want 2 bathrooms and I have no desire to cook anything while we're on vacation and in-room laundry would be nice, but isn't critical for us. The 2 full bathroom thing *is* critical for us, so I'd be at AoA. I should probably mention that we've stayed in a suite at AoA 4 times so far with our teen/adult children and we love it there. So I might be a bit biased.