OKW 2 bedroom - privacy issues

[marvali]

I PM'd her a suggestion and it took me about 10 seconds of thinking to come up with it. I didn't need to know any other information, it wasn't necessary to come up with a suggestion.

Gee, she is new here and they are planning a trip. Would it be the first time one of us overplanned a trip and tried to think of everything that might happen. Maybe they are thinking the jacuzzi tub will come in handy for sore feet.

I'm just not sure why jumping on her helps anyone find a solution.

Well, I'm glad you're that clairvoyant that you can provide the all-inclusive answer with the initial information. Personally, all my prompts for additional info were to determine if it is a small child and she is concerned about a noise barrier, or an older young lady (as she finally said she is since she is 16) and she is worried about a visual and possibly also a noise barrier.

Personally, I never made any assumptions about the use of the jacuzzi in my answers. Although some made suggestions about why everyone might need to use the jacuzzi, I didn't notice any hatred in their posts.

If it is indeed sore feet, then I would think that they would want to deal with those upon returning to the room so they unwind and can sleep peacefully, so her DD16 probably wouldn't be ready for privacy quite yet (although possible). Not sure that the OP knew the arrangement of the master bath, some of us just wanted her to know that the jacuzzi provides very little privacy from the master bedroom, for them or their friends in the studio. If their friends plan to use the jacuzzi early in the morning/day before others may be up, they will be awakened/disturbed since there is no way to close off that part of the bathroom (thought that might be a pertinent piece of info to someone who might not be familiar with the floorplan). If their friends are going to be waiting until they vacate the bedroom before using the jacuzzi, as I stated they would probably already be in the kitchen/living room area so DD16 is probably going to be awakened anyway. All of this info in turn determines any other possible solutions (some of which other OPs mentioned) that may not involve blocking off the opening to the area.

Since I will be there in two days I was going to use said info to try and determine any other possible solutions that may spring to mind since we will also be utilizing the living room area for sleeping arrangements. Guess I don't need to do that now since the problem has been resolved.

And to the OP, I hope you find the optimum solution and have a great vacation!

 

[PamOKW]

I'll admit I only read the beginning and the end and am still confused about the building of a fort in the living area.....I can understand someone in the living room wanting privacy but it's difficult to achieve. I think it's probably best to set some ground rules. Everyone will agree to head to their own rooms by XXX p.m. every night. Each room has it's own TV, bathroom and food access. If it's a lock-off, your friends also have entry and exit without going into the main area.

The young lady should also agree to a "wake up" time -- she can't sleep in if folks will want to be making a full breakfast.

If she's concerned about a "changing" area, the laundry room is big enough that it could be her "dressing room". Worst case, I'm guessing she could even put her air mattress in here and make that sleeping quarters.

 

[the who #3]

if you liked to build forts when you were young you can bring a big cardboard box and have a good one. just joking. sorry.

since everyone else gets the beds, i would put a mattress in the big tub and let her have the tub thru out the vacation. after all she is sacrificing her privacy so they can have beds. let her have all the bubble baths and let every one else use the showers. that way you don't have to worry about the tub schedules. just drape a towel or two over the blinds. i have never been able to figure that tub with a window anyway

 

[LisaS]

i have never been able to figure that tub with a window anyway

With the shutters open you can see the bedroom TV from the tub, though it's hard to hear it if you are running the jets. In some of the BWV 1BRs with a Boardwalk view, if you open the shutters and the curtains you can see Spaceship Earth from the tub!

 

[marvali]

In some of the BWV 1BRs with a Boardwalk view, if you open the shutters and the curtains you can see Spaceship Earth from the tub!

I'm not one for bathing with the windows open, but that would be pretty cool to see.

 

[Tinkerbellcrafter]

Ok, I have to reply as the wife in the other couple that also have an 8 year old that are using the studio lockoff from the one bedroom. My daughter can be rather rambunctious and my friend's daughter is rather shy and approx. 8 years older. She prefers to ahve privacy from the nosy little 8 year old. We do not plan to use the tub at the same time since our friends have generously offered to take our daughter out with them and their daughter, at least once.

My DH and DD also tend to get up much earlier than our firned's teenage daughter and just in case we needed something from the main kitchen, we wanted to make sure there was some way to ensure the teenager's privacy in the morning hours.

Some of you people have some really disturbing thoughts!!

Carol

 

[Alexander]

Everything people have posted has to be taken "tongue-in-cheek"! Nobody meant anything disturbing or inappropriate. When someone posts a question, it is helpful to know where they are coming from. Nobody was being nosy when asking specific questions, but a simple post such as yours gives everyone a bit more information that can be helpful.

The comments about the tub were posted because there truly is no privacy from the master bedroom. I am sure they wanted the OP to know that in case she has never been there before.

If the villa is a lock-off, you will have a fridge, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, cups, bowls, plates, etc. in your studio portion. It will probably be easiest to have everything you may need on your side for early morning risers. There is also a door that can be locked between your studio and the one-bedroom from both sides. Maybe the 16 y/o can lock it until she is up and dressed in the morning. Then you would have the all-clear to cross over into the one-bedroom.

 

[mickeysgal]

My DH and DD also tend to get up much earlier than our firned's teenage daughter and just in case we needed something from the main kitchen, we wanted to make sure there was some way to ensure the teenager's privacy in the morning hours.

The original question was how to block insure privacy for the teen so that folks can walk back and forth to the master tub. What you posted in an entirely different question - how to maintain privacy for someone sleeping in the living room and to have use of the main kitchen. Basically, the answer there is you can't. The living room area (with the pull out sofa) and the kitchen is one big room and there is no privacy when others want to use the kitchen and table. You are all going to have to come to an agreement on what time is acceptable to start using the kitchen. Using the kitchen while someone is sleeping is far more intrusive, in my opinion, than being concerned about noise or privacy issues with the foot traffic back and forth to the main tub.

 

[Nanajo1]

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What he said

 

[Tinkerbellcrafter]

ok, yes this does keep going on and on...We have stayed in many studios and stayed in a 2bdrm at BWV and have actually worked out the details with our friends regarding sleeping times, etc but since their daughter is in an open area, we were trying to think of all possible scenarios where she could possibly be disturbed.

To Alexander.....my DH & I laughed at many of the posts in this thread but couldn't believe that someone had taken a simple question of measurements to assuming we were conducting a "love in". That is why I posted that the thoughts were disturbing......


Thanks for everyone's input and their daughter is nowmuch more aware of the size of the room, etc that she will be in.....

 

[marvali]

It is the post that never ends, and it may be too late to provide any help here as you may already be on your trip, BUT.....

To Kris and Tinkerbell, we were just there last week in a one bedroom lockoff. I intentionally looked at the arrangement. I had nothing to measure with but I would guess the opening to be 5 feet wide. The door frame to the studio and the end of the kitchen wall are pretty much right in line, so that provides a little bit of a problem standing anything in the gap unless it is slightly at an angle.

The walls are slightly rough, but not so much. The right type of apparatus may still stick and hold (I think they have ones that work under less than perfect conditions). The floorplan here is much different than what we have been in at other resorts before and the view to the pullout is very open and unobstructed. I would guess the best thing would be if you could find some type of foldup partition that would be freestanding that could be placed closer to the bed. The island in the kitchen is pretty much right in line with the foot of the pullout, so anyone in the kitchen would be a problem also to DD sleeping in the living room.

Good luck!