I need your experience PLEASE: Is it too much hassle for two families to stay at different resorts?

[CruisingCamper]

Is it too much hassle for two families to stay at two different resorts?

We are traveling to WDW in Feb with our daughter and her family. We are trying to decide if it will be a huge hassle and hinder our vacation if we stay in a separate resort than them?

We are DVC and they are not. We do not have enough points to get them a DVC unit or us a larger unit. We were planning to skip staying at DVC and all stay at Fort Wilderness in RVs. We have an RV and a travel trailer that they could stay in but my SIL doesn't want to haul it to FL, so we opted for DVC and them a value resort. I guess he wants to get away from the in-laws a little bit...and if I am honest...he ain't a real peach all the time either LOL

We are paying for them and their son to go on the trip with us. So, we want the experience to be great for them. We love Disney and want them to love it also

BUT...with us all going to same parks, same Fast passes, same dinners...will it be a hassle to not be staying together too?

 

[henry72]

I wouldn't think it would be that bad to stay at your own resort. Just make your plans to meet up at a park or ADR. Nothing says you all have to spend every moment together.

 

[wilkeliza]

The only problem you would have is it you want to swim together. If you are at Beach or Yacht they wouldn't be able to swim unless you put them on your room reservation. If you are at a value they are less likely to check everyones band. Outside of that you can just say meet us at the restaurant or park by XYZ time and then it is on them to get where they are suppose to from the resort you put them up in.

 

[ktlm]

It is fine. We have friends who stay at Shades of Green and like to come spend a few days with us. We just meet them at the park and all go in together. If someone is running late- we just go in the park and meet up there. It is so easy with everyone having cell phones to find each other. We have never even been over to the resort. We just meet up in the morning- go everywhere together during the day- even if we hop- and then split up at night when everyone is ready for bed I agree, swimming together would be the only issue-- but going in February you might not even have swimming weather.

 

[scrapquitler]

Is it too much hassle for two families to stay at two different resorts?

We are traveling to WDW in Feb with our daughter and her family. We are trying to decide if it will be a huge hassle and hinder our vacation if we stay in a separate resort than them?

We are DVC and they are not. We do not have enough points to get them a DVC unit or us a larger unit. We were planning to skip staying at DVC and all stay at Fort Wilderness in RVs. We have an RV and a travel trailer that they could stay in but my SIL doesn't want to haul it to FL, so we opted for DVC and them a value resort. I guess he wants to get away from the in-laws a little bit...and if I am honest...he ain't a real peach all the time either LOL

We are paying for them and their son to go on the trip with us. So, we want the experience to be great for them. We love Disney and want them to love it also

BUT...with us all going to same parks, same Fast passes, same dinners...will it be a hassle to not be staying together too?

I don't see a big deal. Just plan where to meet up and at what time. And you can always text if something changes.

 

[MinnieMe129]

I think this would be fantastic. After a long day everyone can unwind separately and be energized and happy to see each other the next day. I even bet if your grandson wants to spend the night with you one night, it wouldn't be an issue.

 

[pd1138]

We are traveling with extended family and always stay in a different hotel, gives us a little down time! We coordinate all of our fast passes and adrs.

 

[roseaster]

We have done it, and it's no hassle at all. We just make plans like, "We will meet you at the start of Main Street at 10 am" Or "We will meet you for dinner at Restaurant at 6pm." or "We will meet you for out TSM fast passes at 1 pm." It works out fine and then not everyone feels like they need to spend every waking moment together.

 

[rascooby]

We've done it too. My sister and her family stayed at a Value and my family and my parents stayed at a Moderate. We did most everything together, we just met at a certain time at the front gates. I thought for sure my sister would be late every morning, but they were on time every day! It was no hassle at all and I was thankful to get some time to relax without the whole big group.

 

[MouseMama11]

Is it too much hassle for two families to stay at two different resorts?

We are traveling to WDW in Feb with our daughter and her family. We are trying to decide if it will be a huge hassle and hinder our vacation if we stay in a separate resort than them?

We are DVC and they are not. We do not have enough points to get them a DVC unit or us a larger unit. We were planning to skip staying at DVC and all stay at Fort Wilderness in RVs. We have an RV and a travel trailer that they could stay in but my SIL doesn't want to haul it to FL, so we opted for DVC and them a value resort. I guess he wants to get away from the in-laws a little bit...and if I am honest...he ain't a real peach all the time either LOL

We are paying for them and their son to go on the trip with us. So, we want the experience to be great for them. We love Disney and want them to love it also

BUT...with us all going to same parks, same Fast passes, same dinners...will it be a hassle to not be staying together too?

This is exactly what we did last August! My mother has DVC so she stayed at SSR with her points and we stayed at POR so we could get a free dining deal. I honestly wouldn't do it that way again. Even my mom said she would definitely stay at the same resort next time. It wasn't so much the "hassle" of meeting up for meals and park visits, but we couldn't swim together and my daughters took turns having sleepovers with her in her room so it was kind of inconvenient to basically pack a bag for them with clothes and toothbrushes whenever they wanted to leave with her after fireworks or dining reservations. I guess it all depends on your actual plans and itinerary (and how old the kids are). Mine are younger so they both need a "break" in the middle of the day for nap or pool time so it would've been easier to have my mom at the same resort as us so she could be in on the fun

 

[powellrj]

Have you looked into renting points for them to stay at your resort? When we have stayed with family, we will rent a huge house so everyone has lots of room, but we have never stayed on-site with another family.

 

[CruisingCamper]

Thank you for all your replies! I appreciate the responses.

 

[crayon3448]

We stayed at 2 different resorts last year. Worked out well, it's very easy now that everyone carries cell phones. We'd plan to be at the park and meet at a certain time and if something changed give a quick buzz. We didn't stay together the whole day at the parks, but met up for certain rides (we had some FP booked together) and certain meals. My kids never slept over with their grandparents- they came to our room one night and put the kids to bed so that DH and I could stay at the park late on our own. We just drove them back afterwards.

 

[cmarsh31]

Did it a few years ago, totally easy. We stayed at the cabins with my mom, my brother & his clan stayed at ASM. We had most of the same FP and ADR plus cell phones.

 

[StirlingSilver83]

We are planning on doing this next year with my MIL...she wants to stay at a value bc theres not enough room in the standard rooms at AKL for our family of 4 and her so she is looking into the all star hotels because they are closest to our resort. She basically is planning on spending every waking minute with us except for sleeping...she is going to have the same tickets and same meal plan as us too so she can go to all of our ADRs as well. Basically in the AM it will be up to her to meet us for our early morning ADRs (its too much rushing around for us to try and get the kids out of the resort to pick her up)...and then my hubby will probably drive her back to her resort in the evening or she can take the bus if she really wants to. She wants to experience everything Disney, so I guess that means the transportation methods as well, lol

 

[mckennarose]

We did this last year with my DD and SIL. It was good for us since his family was there too and they divided up their time between us, his family, their (and our) alone time, and times all the families would meet up. We scheduled certain days together and met at the parks along with dining ressies and fastpasses, and other days they spent with his family or by themselves (which I know they also appreciated). For us, it was good d NOT to spend every waking moment together.

 

[AKL_Megs]

We've done this before, twice, with my parents. Not a hassle at all. It's nice to have a little separate time. We'd plan to meet at X spot at X time and it always worked out.

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

This past May, my son, daughter in law, and my twin toddler grandkids stayed at the Polynesian and I stayed at Port Orleans Riverside by myself. I won't go into all the details as to how it all came about, but in my experience, it was a huge inconvenience and time waster, to be staying in two different resorts. From now on, I will always stay in the same resort as my family.

 

[jmccoy18]

We did this on our last trip. We stayed at SOG and my family stayed at Ft. Wilderness and camped. We had no problem meeting up at the parks or for food. There was no hassle!

 

[kreckl]

If swimming isn't an issue it could be fine. And if you are only planning your park/meal time together and don't want any down time with each other.