In understanding of the OP, however, I have noticed that since we bought a king bed here at home a few years ago, beds elsewhere feel smaller. If I didn't know better, I might have thought that they'd switched out the beds in the
DVC studios for smaller beds. And my DMIL's bed, which really is a double, that one felt so tiny when we slept in it. So I can understand why she might think queens are doubles-sometimes they feel that way!