Connecting Rooms...How often does this REALLY happen?

[TheRatPack]

I guess this explains why we have always gotten them - 5 kids, 2 adults.

We have 5 children as well and last year they tried to give us 2 rooms in 2 different buildings at the POP. Funny....when I told them that was great and we'd put all the kids in one building and we'd take the other room they quickly found us a connecting LOL. We of course would never have done that....and they were really nice about the mistake after seeing that we were outnumbered by children, can't imagine what would have happened if they didn't have anymore connecting though?

 

[crisi]

We have 5 children as well and last year they tried to give us 2 rooms in 2 different buildings at the POP. Funny....when I told them that was great and we'd put all the kids in one building and we'd take the other room they quickly found us a connecting LOL. We of course would never have done that....and they were really nice about the mistake after seeing that we were outnumbered by children, can't imagine what would have happened if they didn't have anymore connecting though?

There was a long thread on the resort board a few years ago (I don't usually go over there) with this exact scenario - two adults, three kids, one of the values - but no connecting room was ever found. Mom stayed in one room with two kids for the vacation, Dad with the other kid.

I don't think its common for Disney to run out of connecting rooms, but they do. And they are frequently requests - both by families that have kids that outnumber adults and by families who just want a little more space. They won't kick the latter type out of an occupied room for the first type - so one thing you can do is show up fairly early in the day for check in if that is at all possible. Because if you are arriving to a full hotel at 11 pm - it is what it is.

 

[Syrreal]

We haven't always been able to get connecting but have always been able to at least get next to each other. They try to accomodate you as best they can.