Infant Count in Room Occupancy Total?

[jjjones325]

Family with mom, dad, 4 year old, 1 year old, and grandmother want to stay at a Disney resort. Does the infant count toward the room total, or can they stay in a normal 4 person room like at All Star Sports, etc?

 

[dansdad]

Family with mom, dad, 4 year old, 1 year old, and grandmother want to stay at a Disney resort. Does the infant count toward the room total, or can they stay in a normal 4 person room like at All Star Sports, etc?

One child under 3 yrs old will not count against the occupancy total. So in your scenario, that party can stay in any room with a max occupancy of 4.

 

[DisArmyWife215]

Family with mom, dad, 4 year old, 1 year old, and grandmother want to stay at a Disney resort. Does the infant count toward the room total, or can they stay in a normal 4 person room like at All Star Sports, etc?

Anyone occupying the room counts toward total occupancy no matter the age. Occupancy rules are set by fire code regulations on space size, so age doesn't matter. Most people bend these rules and leave kids out of totals but that's your call to make if you'd want to do that. The system will not allow it to book with 5 people listed.

 

[Lynne M]

Anyone occupying the room counts toward total occupancy no matter the age. Occupancy rules are set by fire code regulations on space size, so age doesn't matter. Most people bend these rules and leave kids out of totals but that's your call to make if you'd want to do that. The system will not allow it to book with 5 people listed.

This is not the case at Disney resorts. Children under 3 years of age are not counted for room occupancy purposes. A room with an occupancy of four may have four persons plus one child under the age of three on the reservation. A room with an occupancy of five persons may have five persons plus one child under the age of three. And so on.

OP, your family will be able to stay in any room at any Disney resort. You are a party of four plus one child under the age of three.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Anyone occupying the room counts toward total occupancy no matter the age. Occupancy rules are set by fire code regulations on space size, so age doesn't matter. Most people bend these rules and leave kids out of totals but that's your call to make if you'd want to do that. The system will not allow it to book with 5 people listed.

Yes, age does matter. All WDW resort rooms allow total occupancy plus one child under 3. So, yes, the system will let OP book a room with an occupancy of 4 plus one guest under 3. OP will not be bending any rules by booking a value with an occupancy of 4 (age 3 and over) plus one under 3. If you would like to test this yourself, simply go to the WDW site and input OP's guest count and ages. If available, values will be quoted.

 

[Nancyg56]

Anyone occupying the room counts toward total occupancy no matter the age. Occupancy rules are set by fire code regulations on space size, so age doesn't matter. Most people bend these rules and leave kids out of totals but that's your call to make if you'd want to do that. The system will not allow it to book with 5 people listed.

This is simply not true. The OP can book in any resort that holds 4 people, her "5th" is an infant under 3 years of age, and does not count towards occupancy.

 

[marchingstar]

It sounds like there’s an answer for the OP’s question and that the incorrect information has been thoroughly fixed.

Although I appreciate the right info, as someone who has been to Disney many times but is planning trip #1 with an infant, where and when the baby counts is really confusing. room occupancy? no. ADR? yes. FP+? no. it can be a lot of info to keep straight.

 

[DisArmyWife215]

Yes, age does matter. All WDW resort rooms allow total occupancy plus one child under 3. So, yes, the system will let OP book a room with an occupancy of 4 plus one guest under 3. OP will not be bending any rules by booking a value with an occupancy of 4 (age 3 and over) plus one under 3. If you would like to test this yourself, simply go to the WDW site and input OP's guest count and ages. If available, values will be quoted.

Thanks for the correction. I was going off standard hotel rules and occupancy counts for fire code. It's weird to me Disney is still counting the child under 1 as an occupant so it allows 5 to occupy a 4 person room, but thats good for larger families. Hope I didn't confuse you OP.

 

[jjjones325]

Thanks everyone. Also thanks for reminding me about adding the infant to ADRs.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

The big thing to know is that it only applies to one infant. Not twins. Not octuplets.

 

[Miffy]

While reading this thread, one thought remained in my mind: That is a lot of people to stay in a room at an All Stars. I know people do and if that's all that's in your budget, I also understand that. But if you intend to spend any time at all in the room, you might want to consider booking a Mod instead of a Value. If at all possible, I would not want to stay in a room at any of the All Stars with more than one other adult and one child.

 

[MomOTwins]

While reading this thread, one thought remained in my mind: That is a lot of people to stay in a room at an All Stars. I know people do and if that's all that's in your budget, I also understand that. But if you intend to spend any time at all in the room, you might want to consider booking a Mod instead of a Value. If at all possible, I would not want to stay in a room at any of the All Stars with more than one other adult and one child.

This -- I had a nasty surprise when I got to the hotel for our summer trip and found out the did not give me one of the rooms for 5 with a day bed. The category we booked said it had either two queen beds and one day bed or two queens--but I assumed they would give a party of 5 the day bed version or at least a roll-in bed. Wrong--since my very large 2 year old was not "counted" even though I listed him on the rez when booking, we got the two queens and the option of a pack and play, which he will not sleep in (and is really too big for anyway). So I a very uncomfortable week getting kicked in the face all night while he slept wedged in a queen bed between my husband and me. Oogh.

For you, the 1 year old would probably be okay with a pack and play, but it might be a doozy finding a place to put it.

 

[buzznina]

Yes you can, it will be tight but it all depends on how you deal with the tightness We did this about 13 years ago at POP when my sister and neice(17), joined DW, myself and our DD(1) w/basinet and we had a great time.

 

[Deb & Bill]

The big thing to know is that it only applies to one infant. Not twins. Not octuplets.

Including Irish twins. In an emergency, it would be expected that the infant (child under 3) would be carried by an adult, so no extra feet using exit stairs.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Most people bend these rules

Most people don't.

 

[jjjones325]

Dining question to piggyback on this: If grandmom is staying in the resort one night so mom and dad can have a date night at Epcot, can mom/dad use grandmom's and DD4's table service credit to eat? Are the meals per person, or just per room?

 

[Deb & Bill]

The credits for the 4 yr old will be guest 3-9 credits, not guest 10+ credits.
From Disney website regarding the Deluxe Dining plan:

Everyone in the party ages 3 and over will receive the following each night of their package stay:

• 3 Meals
• 2 Snacks

Each Guest ages 3 and over will receive a refillable drink mug, which is eligible for refills at self-service beverage islands at Quick-Service locations at any Disney Resort hotel. Guests ages 3 to 9 must order from a children’s menu, where available.

However, with the Deluxe plan you may be able to use the guest 3-9 credits for adult meals. But not with the regular dining plan.