Most professional, reliable babysitting service in resorts?

[jamioday001]

Hi,
Hubby and I were thinking we may like a date night, or a few hours during the day to tour the parks alone. We'll have five children to babysit, ranging from 9 years down to 5 months. (Since the youngest will be so tiny, we will probably end up bringing he/she along with us....making it really four children to babysit, ranging down to 2 years.)
What are the most reliable babysitting services? Do most hotels offer on-site babysitting or some sort of kids' club for a cost? What other services are available that you were impressed with? Thanks so much!

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

The Kids' Clubs are at some of the resorts, but are only for children 3 and up, so that won't work for you.

Kids Nite Out and Fairy Godmothers are the two services that I've heard the most about on these boards, and I've heard good things about both.

Hope this helps!

 

[susieq76]

We used the Fairy Godmothers several times when the kids were little and loved them.

 

[jamioday001]

Thank you! I'll check out Fairy Godmothers.... Any other advice appreciated...

 

[TheRatPack]

I'll have to check those out. We have an older daughter that babysits at home and she'll be traveling with us. I just hate the thought of leaving her in the room with them....good grief she'll be 17 soon LOL I don't know what it is about girls versus boys though, as I never would have thought twice about letting my oldest son stay by himself at that age while we ran over to DTD (although we never did because while we trusted him...he wasn't a great babysitter for our other younger children LOL).

I am seriously thinking about a kids club this year.....so I can't wait to see what other information you get on here

 

[Carrie in AZ]

We used KNO and LOVED them and our sitter. She came to our room at POR. She took our kids to eat at the food court...I think we gave her one of our KTTW cards so she could use meals from our DP. She showed up with rolling suitcases filled with toys, books and our girls fell in love with her!! I requested a grandmotherly age and she was definitely mature but full of energy and fun, I trusted her from the first minute. She got the girls ready for bed and had them tucked in watching TV when we got back with the big chair moved over between the beds so that she could be right near them. She had pulled the drape of the vanities closed saying "we take water safety very seriously" so that told me she wanted to add an addtl layer if protection between our girls and the bathroom. It impressed me.

Good luck! Trust me when I say you will NOT regret going on a Disney date with your DH!!! We've also used the kids club at BC and recommend them highly as well.