We are thinking of doing a Disney World trip sometime in the near future. This will be our first trip since January 2020. On that trip we went with my in-laws, and between them, my wife, I, and our 4 kids, we stayed in a 2-bedroom suite at Beach Club. It of course was crazy expensive. The next trip will be without the in-laws, so I'm trying to see if there are any one room options for us in the resorts that we like.
Way back when, we stayed at one of the Allstar resorts that had the first family suite, then we did Port Orleans, but the subsequent times have been Boardwalk. Boardwalk is easily my favorite resort as I love not needing transportation for two resorts.
The challenge is that with a family of six, I seem to be stuck needing either two studios or the 2-bedroom villa again. According to Disney's website, the studios have a 5 'adult' capacity. Well, our youngest is 4, so we could easily make a studio work if allowed.
The last couple of times, I've booked through the vacation club points rental companies and have saved quite a bit of money, but it would drive a bit crazy to either need one more studio or have to splurge on the 2 bedroom villa due to one extra person - who is 4.
Is Disney strict on the 5 person capacity? Is that even enforceable if I bought the room through one of the vacation club rental places and then purchased the 6 needed tickets separately? Could/would Disney be able to track them back to our room reservation?
EDIT TO ADD - I know that some of the value resorts have family suite options, but while I have nothing against the value resorts per se, I despise the Disney busses. I've seen the horror pictures of people waiting in line for the busses for ever at the value resorts. I love the Epcot area hotels because you can walk to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. We've also started taking ubers (or minnie vans when they still had them) to Magic Kingdom via Bay Lake Towers.
Way back when, we stayed at one of the Allstar resorts that had the first family suite, then we did Port Orleans, but the subsequent times have been Boardwalk. Boardwalk is easily my favorite resort as I love not needing transportation for two resorts.
The challenge is that with a family of six, I seem to be stuck needing either two studios or the 2-bedroom villa again. According to Disney's website, the studios have a 5 'adult' capacity. Well, our youngest is 4, so we could easily make a studio work if allowed.
The last couple of times, I've booked through the vacation club points rental companies and have saved quite a bit of money, but it would drive a bit crazy to either need one more studio or have to splurge on the 2 bedroom villa due to one extra person - who is 4.
Is Disney strict on the 5 person capacity? Is that even enforceable if I bought the room through one of the vacation club rental places and then purchased the 6 needed tickets separately? Could/would Disney be able to track them back to our room reservation?
EDIT TO ADD - I know that some of the value resorts have family suite options, but while I have nothing against the value resorts per se, I despise the Disney busses. I've seen the horror pictures of people waiting in line for the busses for ever at the value resorts. I love the Epcot area hotels because you can walk to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. We've also started taking ubers (or minnie vans when they still had them) to Magic Kingdom via Bay Lake Towers.