Disney charges more for more than two adults in one room?

[Experiment_626]

Forgive my ignorance -- we go to Disney very often (several times a year), but I've only stayed on-property twice before, and I've never been the one making the reservations.

Lately, my wife and I have been sharing a room off-property with my brother and sister-in-law, splitting the cost with them. I recently booked a three-night stay at Pop Century for November, because Disney is offering rates of $49 per night for AP holders. The total I was given was $165 and change. Today, my brother decided he and his wife want to go, so I called Disney and asked to add them to our reservation. I was surprised when I was quoted a new price of $232-something. Is this normal?

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[macraven]

all disney resorts have an additional charge for more that 2 adults in the room.
in fact, if you have a kid that is 18, that person is considered an adult for the rates.

for the first 2 adults in your room, there are no additional charges.
if you take the other 2 adults with you, there will be an additional charge per person per each night you stay at the resort.

it is cheaper to pay for the 2 additional adults per night of your stay than to have 2 separate rooms.

 

[Experiment_626]

all disney resorts have an additional charge for more that 2 adults in the room.
in fact, if you have a kid that is 18, that person is considered an adult for the rates.

for the first 2 adults in your room, there are no additional charges.
if you take the other 2 adults with you, there will be an additional charge per person per each night you stay at the resort.

it is cheaper to pay for the 2 additional adults per night of your stay than to have 2 separate rooms.

Agreed.

They did ask if the additional adults were in the same household with us.

And just for the record (because I may be be asked), what happens if we just don't add them but take them anyway? Obviously, they wouldn't get Keys to the World cards, which would mean no EMH for them. They're already AP holders, so they could still get into the parks during regular hours. Would Disney have us shot? Or would they do anything at all? Understand that my purpose in asking is not to try to beat the system, but to have reasons why trying to beat the system is a bad idea.

SSB

 

[Eeyore's My Favorite]

We're doing a "girls only" week-end at POP in December & it cost an additional $10 per person for the 3rd & 4th person in our group per night. It doesn't matter if they're family or not (we've paid for family members sharing before). I did have to provide their addresses (probably for marketing). We're all arriving in the same car, so I won't have to worry about having additional parking passes for additional vehicles. I've never tried to get around Disney's rules - figure I'd get busted for sure if I tried.

 

[snykymom]

Just a point of information - Disney isn't the only hotel to do this. Virtually every hotel chain does, even if the adult is your child. It happened to us at a different hotel lately.

That's why you'll see hotel ads that say, "Kids stay free!" (That means that extra adults don't.)

 

[ms mouse]

Disney does charge, and it doesnt matter if they are family members. We are paying extra for our 18 year old. This really upsets me, she is a high school senior and still being supported by us. We are staying at the WL and there is plenty of room for the 3 of us.

 

[Luv2Roam]

It would not matter if all four adults lived in the same household or not. Most resorts (even non-Disney) charge an extra fee for each additional adult beyond just two.

what happens if we just don't add them but take them anyway?

My understanding is the policy of the Dis does not allow discussion on how to cheat the system.

 

[veraletta]

Once my son turned 18 years old I had to pay for him as he was an adult, if I had two adults already in the room.
All hotels charge this fee for more than two adults.

 

[brergnat]

Just be aware, the MAIDS will know how many adults are SUPPOSED to be in the room (they have a sheet with this info on it, per the front desk). If they suspect otherwise (based on how many toothbrushes they see, towels are used, etc), they will notify the front desk, and that additional charge will end up on your room bill at the end of your stay anyway. My mom used to be a hotel manager. They have ways of knowing...it's pretty obvious to the staff who is cleaning the rooms how many adults are staying at any given time. Don't be shady...

 

[Experiment_626]

Just be aware, the MAIDS will know how many adults are SUPPOSED to be in the room (they have a sheet with this info on it, per the front desk). If they suspect otherwise (based on how many toothbrushes they see, towels are used, etc), they will notify the front desk, and that additional charge will end up on your room bill at the end of your stay anyway. My mom used to be a hotel manager. They have ways of knowing...it's pretty obvious to the staff who is cleaning the rooms how many adults are staying at any given time. Don't be shady...

Not trying to to -- I just wanted ammunition to quash any such talk if it arose from anyone else in the group. I think we're still getting a good deal. It's essentially three nights for the price of what we'd have paid for two nights for just the two of us.

It has generally not been my experience that off-property resorts charge such a fee for more than two adults in a room -- or at least if they do, it isn't $10 per person per night. On the other hand, they do often have additional daily "resort fees," which Disney doesn't charge.

SSB

 

[macraven]

Not trying to to -- I just wanted ammunition to quash any such talk if it arose from anyone else in the group. I think we're still getting a good deal. It's essentially three nights for the price of what we'd have paid for two nights for just the two of us.

It has generally not been my experience that off-property resorts charge such a fee for more than two adults in a room -- or at least if they do, it isn't $10 per person per night. On the other hand, they do often have additional daily "resort fees," which Disney doesn't charge.

SSB

ou are correct, most hotels do not charge $10 a night per extra person over the 2nd adult, they charge $25 a night for them.

$10 a night pp is cheap.

disney does not care if you are related to the other guests in their room.
i believe many posters have informed you of that already.

why lie in order to cheat the system?
if you have 4 adults in your disney room, pay the additional $20 each night it costs.


when you said, "I just wanted ammunition to quash any such talk if it arose from anyone else in the group" , i have no idea what you are talking about.
you lost me on that sentence.

 

[Experiment_626]

ou are correct, most hotels do not charge $10 a night per extra person over the 2nd adult, they charge $25 a night for them.

This will be my eighth trip to Orlando this year; I've not been charged anything like this on any of my previous trips -- but upon further reflection, I think I know why. It is probably because we always use Priceline or Hotwire. We tell them we have four adults in the room and name our price -- if they accept it, they aren't then going to charge us extra when they knew how many people were going to be in the room from the get-go. When they accept my price, they're accepting a price for four people in a room in our case.

when you said, "I just wanted ammunition to quash any such talk if it arose from anyone else in the group" , i have no idea what you are talking about. you lost me on that sentence.

I've edited an earlier post to try to make my intent more clear. I did allude to this earlier -- if anyone else in my group of adults who will be staying in our one room wonders if there's a way around "the system," I wanted to have real, honest answers for why it wouldn't work and why, therefore, we shouldn't try it. In other words, I'm not looking for ways to cheat the system; I'm looking for reasons why trying to do so won't work and shouldn't be tried -- beyond the obvious fact that it isn't right, which I already know. Clear now?

As I already noted above, I personally think it's a good deal.

SSB

 

[TDC Nala]

That is the reason - because you are using Priceline and Hotwire. If you booked those hotels through the hotels themselves, most likely you would be paying extra for each adult in the room beyond the first 2 adults. This is a very common practice and is not limited to Disney.

 

[yooperfan]

I can see why they would, especially with free trans. from the airport, plus, more in a room mean more people using the trans. system on property(not like an adult would sit on your lap, and more towels to wash. I never had a problem with it, as it has been mentioned, it's cheaper than 2 rooms.

 

[Experiment_626]

I can see why they would, especially with free trans. from the airport, plus, more in a room mean more people using the trans. system on property(not like an adult would sit on your lap, and more towels to wash. I never had a problem with it, as it has been mentioned, it's cheaper than 2 rooms.

Agreed; we don't use either Magical Express or Disney Transportation on site (because we drive down and use our vehicle to get around property), but I suspect we're in the minority among WDW resort guests in that respect. Additional people would also use more towels and linens, as well.

Just for a point of comparison, within the last month all four of us stayed in one room at Radisson WorldGate off 192, about three minutes from WDW. We could see the Tree of Life and Everest so close from the outdoor stairwell that I'm convinced we could have walked there (in terms of the actual straight line distance, of course). Including taxes and resort fees, our total cost per night was about $45, which we then split two ways. It was a pretty decent place for us -- no Disney theme or EMH, of course, but the rooms were larger than what we'll have at Pop Century. There were other "free" amenities we didn't use, in addition to the hot tub/whirlpool and Wi-Fi (covered by the "resort charge") we did use.

Because we always drive our own car and also because we go so often (yay!), we're probably better off generally staying off-property and using Priceline. I wish we could afford to stay on-property more often. But we usually stay no longer than four nights at a time, and we spend almost all our waking hours in the parks or at Downtown Disney. The hotel is usually just a place to sleep and shower. I do like carving out some time to visit the deluxe resorts, though. We spent a little time at the Wilderness Lodge (the only deluxe at which I've ever actually stayed, back in 2001) and the Contemporary at a trip earlier this year, and that was time well-spent. If you can't stay, just visit!

SSB