Large families

[hddanis]

As long as you have one under the age of 3, you count as 5 people. We have 4 as well, 12, 9, 6, and 4 and now we're staying in 2 rooms at the Shades of Green. We were going to stay at the Ft. Wilderness Cabins. I'd also like to try 2 rooms at the Wilderness Lodge. Maybe on our next trip (I'm already planning a Dec 2008 trip)

 

[laceemouse]

We have 4 kids also and did the deluxe stay when our youngest was under 3. Just be certain that your youngest will sleep in the porta-crib. Ours refused to and it was awful, musical beds every night can get very exhausting! We have done DVC, but even when renting points it is pricey. We have done the cabins, they are fun but one bathroom was a problem with 2 teen girls. We also did the trundle bed room at POR when the youngest was under 3 and let me tell you those rooms are SMALL! Next trip we will have two rooms at Pop. I decided against the family suites because there is only 1 real bed, the rest are pull outs. I have heard they are comfortable, but I decided against trying them this time.

 

[1littleladyplus3]

Thanks for all the replies ladies, I think we are gonna try for a deluxe room, I am looking at Poly.

 

[littleteapot]

Clearly we are in the early planning stages but we have a bgi family -- four kids who will be 7, 6, 4, and 1 on our trip. I am thinking we are going to HAVE to have a suite - so which resort would you recommend? WE are wanting to stay AT wdw, TIA.

Our family of six loved the ASMu suites, so much room. They were really perfect for us. We brought a twin air mattress so our dd could sleep on the floor in the bedroom.

I couldn't believe how much storage the room had.

This was our first trip, so we've not had experience with other rooms or offsite.

 

[deejohn]

We are also a family of 6. We have been getting 2 adjoining rooms for the last 5 trips. Works well, and is much cheaper than a suite.

 

[homeschoolmomof4]

As long as you have one under the age of 3, you count as 5 people. We have 4 as well, 12, 9, 6, and 4 and now we're staying in 2 rooms at the Shades of Green. We were going to stay at the Ft. Wilderness Cabins. I'd also like to try 2 rooms at the Wilderness Lodge. Maybe on our next trip (I'm already planning a Dec 2008 trip)

Hi Heather! We stayed at WL in February with our kids who are 12, 9, 7, and 4 and it was fabulous!! We had connecting rooms with bunk beds. It was wonderful having 2 bathrooms and two fridges as well. I'm already working on doing the same thing in February 2008. We had stayed in connecting rooms at the CR back in 2005, but we were in one of South Garden wing and felt like we were so far away from everything. At WL, I felt comfortable sending the two oldest downstairs without adult supervision to Roaring Forks to refill their mugs because they didn't have to travel far and it was all contained in one building.

 

[java]

Thanks for all the replies ladies, I think we are gonna try for a deluxe room, I am looking at Poly.

Good choice! We stayed there last year with our 4 kids. This year we stayed at the GF. The bathroom at the Poly is HUGE- but you should know that the sinks are IN the bathroom. Not an issue for our family but I know some people are uncomfortable with that.(we are not that private I guess ) We would have stayed at the Poly again if we could have gotten the AAA rate there but couldn't. Loved the GF too though. But those new rooms at the Poly are nice and for some reason I really felt like I was on vacation there?