How comfortable are the sleeper sofas?

[curiouser]

SO's parents recently bought into the DVC and are starting to plan their next trip and have invited SO and myself to join along. They mentioned getting a two bedroom so we can have our bed, but I feel horrible having them waste their points if a one-bedroom will suffice with a sleeper sofa.

So my question is: how comfortable are the sleeper sofas? Could you sleep on one for 8-9 night straight? Are they as uncomfortable (read: metal poles sticking into your back) as sleeper sofas usually are?

Any help would be great, thank you!!

 

[Chuck S]

The new style sofas are very comfortable, they open up differently and have no bars in your back, but they aren't in every resort, nor are they even in every room at resorts that have the newer style.

I was surprised that the one bedroom unit we had at OKW last month had one of the old style units..I thought OKW has all new style. Anyway, even though it was an older sofa, it was very comfortable, I slept on it for 9 nights. I guess it hadn't been used much. I have also had some that are "not so comfortable". It must depend on the condition of the individual sofa and how mistreated it has been over the years.

 

[Mom2be]

The ones at the Beach Club last year were not that great. They sank in the middle and they were at an angle so that your feet were lower then your head. It was only for one night so we didn't complain but 9 nights of that would start to wear on the old back!

~Amanda

 

[dyingtodisney]

We stayed in a studio for 12 nights at SSR and the kids shared the sleeper sofa and were fine. Several times my ex husband slept with my son and he had back problems and said it was actually very comfortable for him. This was when SSR first opened though.

 

[colleen costello]

I have a bad back and feel that these are not too bad if you can sleep on one alone - -so you can wiggle around and get comfy -- or if you are small. My kids are fine on the sofa. My nights on the sleeper sofa have been OK. I certainly have been more uncomfortable on cheap beds in hotels on the trip south... HOWEVER I do feel that Mickey needs to realize that if he advertises a room as "sleeps 8" then everyone in the group deserves solid sleep... Get with it Mick and add all the new sofa beds already! We have been hearing it for 2 years and still the old ones are around!

 

[AMcaptured]

If there are going to be just four of you on the trip I would recommend two seperate studios. That way no one has to sleep on the sofa and everyone has some privacy. With a 1 bedroom you only get one bathroom. I can't imagine four adults sharing one bathroom. With two studios you will have two bathrooms and the points are about equal to getting a 1 bedroom.

JMO

 

[MiaSRN62]

The newer model sleeper sofas that we experienced at OKW are much better than the old (bar in the middle) style, but they still wouldn't suffice me for an 8-9 night stay. I could probably deal with it for 3 nights at most. I prefer a regular bed.

 

[Steamboat Bill]

The sofa bed at SSR and VWL are much nicer than most hotels I have stayed in....but not a nice as a king size bed!

 

[byoung]

Had no problem at all sleeping in one for 7 nights. adult over 50, at BWV.

 

[Alysa]

My brother was on one at our BW GV and pulled the matress off to sleep in the laundry room for the rest of the week.

I felt REALLY badly for him...

 

[Rence]

I believe that SSR is all new style sofa-beds while the other resorts are in the process of swapping out the older, less comfortable sofas for the new ones. So SSR should guarantee a new style sofa-bed. I suppose you could list it as a request at the other resorts, but requests aren't guaranteed and I don't even know if the system would track which rooms have which sofa-beds.

 

[ccw]

Two comments-i am pretty sure you can (at least at OKW) request an egg crate mattress topper to make the sleeper sofa more comfy. And I agree with the poster who said to consider 2 studios instead of a 1 or 2 bedroom so that you each have a bathroom. I have done this before and it is fine. No big living area or full kitchen but did not miss them. Having someone on sleeper sofa sort of negates benefit of living area for me anyway because the time I would want to be in the living area is in the wee hours of the morning when others (incl. person on sleeper sofa!) are sleeping. Privacy needs sometimes trump space needs for me!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Had no problem at all sleeping in one for 7 nights. adult over 50, at BWV

Are these the newer models now byoung ? Because in '03, when we stayed at BWV, even my kids didn't like sleeping on that sleeper. Just wondering if they switched to the new mattresses there.

 

[Doctor P]

I slept on the sleeper for three nights at BCV about two weeks ago. It was not horrible, but it was not very comfortable. Was glad to get to OKW and get into a real bed, LOL.