Looking for onsite childcare reviews

[Princess Charming]

I am looking for reviews of the different onsite childcare clubs. I know where they are, pricing times - the basics. I am now looking for the great details - what you thought about them.

The Cub's Den at WL is listed in one of my 2004 travel guides as having live animal shows; however, I don't see that info listed anywhere else. Anyone know anything about it?

In the end, any personal experience positive or negative would be helpful. Our son will be almost 6 when we go. I have lots of reviews on in-room sitting and would love some on the clubs.

Thanks for everyone's help!

 

[luvmarypoppins]

We have used the neverland club at the poly while we went to the luau. They give you a little beeper if they need to contact you. The kids climb up a little bunch of stairs and get sprinkled with pixie dust. (Peter pan themed). Inside they hae buffet dinner. There is a place for disney movies with comfy pillows for resting. There was a teepee with a grandma type lady crocheting hair wrap things. Our ds would not leave until he got his. When we picked them up the older two were playing video games and the little guy was being the spinner for mickey mouse bingo. It is not cheap but worth every penny. Our 2 oldest were begging to let them go back the next night and volunteered their allowances to pay for it. Go figure that one. Since I help with a preschool class my best indication is crying kids. I can say there was not one crying kid when we picked ours up. Everything was well supervised, structured with play and rest options and all the kids were happy or at least sedate.

 

[corky805]

we just used the Cub's Den at WL....our DS will be 5 soon and he loved it...he didn't want to leave!! They had a variety of games, video games, toys to play with. The women in charge were great and he seemed very comfortable with them. They had mutiple dinner choices and received a snack treat as well. We were told we could call and check on him at any time and they asked where we could be reached. I would definately recommend this...an excellent opportunity for some alone time. you probably won't even be missed. BTW....my DS is typically shy and cautious.....not in this situation though, he seemed very happy and asked to do it again!

HTH

 

[corky805]

sorry I forgot to answer your other ?

I don't know anything about a live animal show there right now...maybe that is something they are implementing since it was in a 2004 book??

 

[BevS97]

we used the one at AKL and at the Beach Club and they were both superb, My dd was quite happy with both clubs, she had a meal, made a craft, and played with the toys. When we collected her they were just settling down to watch a video.
I think they are all superb and would probably choose the most convenient site for your plans

Bev

 

[vicb]

My children (6 and 9) stayed at the Sandcastle Club last trip, they liked it so much they requested a night there on our upcoming trip.

We were there around Valentine's Day so they had valentine art projects out for the kids to do, my DD liked that. She also played lots of the free arcade games. My DS played with the computers and legos mostly. Both ate dinner there, typical kids fare but it did have fresh fruit too which was nice. The staff were very friendly and my children liked a night "off our tired feet!". DH and I went into Epcot for dinner and TOD parade, we felt guilty having left them in daycare so we went back to pick them up early to bring them to the Illuminations show and they were disappointed we were back early! So this trip we promised them a whole evening on their own.

 

[jscharf]

We used the Kids nite out. They came right to the room. My kids (age 4 and 5) loved the lady who came. They had a great time