Looking for a quiet room

[kalamazoo]

Which resorts seem to have the most sound-proofed rooms? If we end up spending a few days at WDW, Dh wants to hear nothing from other guests when trying to relax in the room. He says GF is the way to go, but we have already seen that resort and I would like to try something new (not to mention more economical), maybe AK or CR. Any recommendations?

 

[Took]

I don't think I'd go with CR for a quiet room. You might be OK, but you might not. I don't think the rooms are sound-proofed very well there, and we've had mixed experiences.

AKL, I'm not so sure about either. We have stayed there and loved the resort. However, I must admit that while things seemed fairly quiet, we could hear hall noise at times. When we did hear people in the hall, the noise seemed to echo fairly loudly (perhaps this is the lodge style of the building?).

We actually had our best luck in a standard view room at BWV, though I think the real key was having a top floor room, facing away from the boardwalk, on the end. No one above us, nothing outside the balcony, and no one on our right--it was SILENT. We loved it. Perhaps, most any hotel room similarly situated would give you your quietest experience.

Good luck deciding,

Took

 

[P'colaFla]

We have stayed at all of the moderates except CSR but we are heading there in September. I have posted several questions about this resort. There are 3 sections and from all of the responses I've gotten it seems as though the Ranchos are very quiet.....some said almost too quiet. One person even said that they only saw a couple of people there (Ranchos) the whole time they were there. We walked around there on our last trip just to check it out and when we were back at the Ranchos the only person we saw was a CM (housekeeping). By the way, its not too far of a walk to EL Centro (main building) either
If you are looking for a quiet place you may want to look into this resort. Good luck!

 

[Scoootch]

Originally posted by Took
We actually had our best luck in a standard view room at BWV, though I think the real key was having a top floor room

I have to agree here - the key to the quieter rooms seems to be having a room on the top floor at most of the resorts You don't tend to hear your neighbors as much below you, as much as if they are above you. Beyond a top floor, I'd also go by which resorts are slightly less crowded -- ie. All Stars tends to get so crowded and attracts lots of families as do some of the moderates -- you may be better off with the resorts that attract more couples like the GF or YC or as P'cola Fla suggested, CSR in the moderates, where there are lots of conventioners mixed in with families.

HTH's

 

[diathoney]

I think the location of the room is more important than the resort. Lower floors get more "flush" noise and feet noise. The toilets at Disney are so strong I've always been able to hear the what ever resort we stayed at, but I think our stay at the WL was to noisiest. We were in the main building so it was convenient, but loud. I'm a VERY light sleeper so a bad location can really wreck my vacation. You can request a quiet location - away from elevators, stairwells and as high as possible.

We stayed at CSR in the Ranchos, top floor - very quiet, close to the Dig Site and not a bad walk to the Pepper Market using the bridge.
Also Jamaica, corner room, top floor - very quiet, I don't think there was anyone next door to us.
CR Tower 10th floor was another quiet spot. We were farther from the elevators than some might like, but what a view!

 

[Miffy]

We were at a savannah-view room at AKL in January. The first room they gave us was too noisy, esp. because we had just spent 5 sleep-deprived nights at ASMu (never again) and the room-to-room and hallway-to-room noise there is quite something.

But, back to AKL. The room we were originally assigned was on the same floor as the lobby (3rd) and was also quite near the lobby, so there was lots of traffic in the hallway. We immediately called the front desk and they equally immediately reassigned us to a quiet room. Our new room (where we happily stayed the rest of the time) was on the 4th floor, at the end of a bank of rooms (so that we had a continguous room on only one side), and was far enough away from the lobby-end, elevators, ice machines, etc., that we heard practically no hallway traffic our entire stay.

To reiterate what others have already posted: when you make your room request, specifically ask for a quiet room location. Being as far away as possible from the lobby, elevator banks, stairwells, and ice and vending machines definitely helps. Of course, realize that this also means that you'll have to do a bit more walking to get to the lobby, but we were thrilled with our room at AKL, so didn't care. Also, you may want to request a room that does NOT have a connecting door to another room. I believe this may have been part of the noise problem we encountered at ASMu, although it was hardly the only source of noise. If you can be on the top floor of whatever resort you choose, that's also a great help, altho at AKL we were on the 4th floor and it was fine. At AKL, the top floor is concierge, so we wouldn't have been there anyway.

LMK if you need any more info about AKL. We loved our stay there and recommend it completely.

--miffy--

 

[GladysK]

I agree completely with NOT getting a 3rd floor room at AKL!
To get to the room elevators EVERYONE marches down those halls...I can't imagine staying in those rooms.

We had a 2nd floor room and would just walk down the stairs in the lobby.

 

[kalamazoo]

Thank you all for your advice. Looks like everyone agrees that room location is very, very important. I've never really bothered to put in any special requests, but I'll give it a try this time.

 

[diathoney]

I would definitely put in a special request and tell them WHY. When you check-in, ask to see where the room is located and ask if it is a quiet location (and why you're asking), where the elevator is, etc. I have found that if you make a request sometimes it's looked at by the room assigner and sometimes it's missed, but the check-in people have always been wonderful. We have had to wait for the location we wanted, but it's worth it to be happy about your Disney space. It can set the tone for the whole vacation. I am not a happy camper when I don't get my beauty sleep!