Childcare @ Hotel

[tmk0730]

My DH and I have a reservation at Napa Rose and were hoping to get a sitter for our room. We are staying in the DVC villas. We called Disney and they gave us the following four agencies:

All Around the Clock Sitters
Destination Sitters
Kid's Nite Out
Anywhere, Anytime, Sitters Unlimited

Does anyone have any experience with any of these? Good or bad I'd love to hear other people's experiences. I've checked out the websites on the top 3 agencies, but couldn't find a site for the 4th place. Thanks for any input you may have!

 

[Shananana]

I don't have an answer to your question, but I know Disney has a child care service in Pinochio's. I believe it's for ages 5 and up. When we were there a few weeks ago, it was open from 5pm to midnight.

 

[Boiseboone]

We just used Destination Sitters for two nights while at the Grand Californian last week, and our sitter was awesome.

We had the same sitter for both nights, which was really nice. And my kids were excited to see her the second night. You know your sitter is good when your 5-year-old wakes up at Disneyland and excitedly says, "Is Laura coming back to babysit tonight?"

She was very friendly, has a day job working in a classroom setting, and brought bubbles, movies and toys for the kids to play with. She also brought them down to story time in the grand hall (at my suggestion) one evening, which my daughter enjoyed.

Shortly after I reserved the nights we needed sitters online, the owner of Destination Sitters called me, told me the sitter she had in mind for us and then emailed us the sitter's resume. Then our sitter called us the day of the sit to make sure we still wanted her at the same time and to get our room number. The second night she sat for us she left us a thank you note, saying she enjoyed being with our kids and thanking us for hiring her.

Enjoy Napa Rose! We had dinner there and it was absolutely lovely.

 

[tmk0730]

Thank you both for your input. I should have mentioned that my kids are ages 2 and 5 so we can't use the hotels kid club.

BoiseBoone that's awesome your little one woke up asking for the sitter! That's a great sign!