Portable room-divider/privacy screen for nosy toddler?

[designermv]

We are heading to WDW on Saturday. My youngest was 5 months last time we went, so she napped happily with little regard for whatever else was going on in the room when we put her down. Now she's almost two, and quite the rambunctious explorer.

I was thinking of ordering one of these port-a-walls between the bed and her pack-n-play, so we can at least sit quietly in the room as she's going to sleep. If she sees us, she'll want nothing to do with napping and she NEEDS to nap. I'm envisioning us all hiding in the bathroom waiting for her to go to sleep. We are staying at the Poly, and it will be me, my mom, and my two girls (ages 7 and almost-2....she turns two on the last day of our trip).

Is there a simpler way to create a makeshift privacy screen, or has anyone else used something like this? It looks like it breaks down and sets up easily, so I could dismantle it every day.

 

[Alexander]

Put her down and sit on the balcony until she goes to sleep.

 

[MisWal]

I suggest the balcony also. But I have resorted to hiding out in the bathroom before.

 

[fla4fun]

Not all the Poly rooms have balconies, so that may not be possible.

 

[nklooz]

We are taking our 2 yo. Our plan is balcony. The lack of a balcony guarantee at the Poly is the reason we aren't staying there. I would put in a request for a patio or balcony. Also, I have tried to ask and determine on the boards whether or not the bathrooms in the CR or Poly are big enough for a pack and play to fit. we have used this method before, but i haven't figured that out. Maybe that will be an option? Another option, don't know how your toddler is, but the Poly seems to have such beautiful, shaded grounds, would she fall asleep on a walk and then transfer her quickly to the pack and play once already asleep? Just a thought.....

 

[Lillian Gracey]

We are taking our 2 yo. Our plan is balcony. The lack of a balcony guarantee at the Poly is the reason we aren't staying there. I would put in a request for a patio or balcony. Also, I have tried to ask and determine on the boards whether or not the bathrooms in the CR or Poly are big enough for a pack and play to fit. we have used this method before, but i haven't figured that out. Maybe that will be an option? Another option, don't know how your toddler is, but the Poly seems to have such beautiful, shaded grounds, would she fall asleep on a walk and then transfer her quickly to the pack and play once already asleep? Just a thought.....

I don't think a pack n' play would fit in the bathroom at CR. It's not small, but it's not huge either. I also have never had to use a pack n' play as I am childless, but when I was there in May it didn't look like it could fit something like that. I also don't know how big they are, but I couldn't imagine them being small. Here's a picture of the bathroom:

Hopefully this will help you determine whether it will fit or not.

 

[Aliceacc]

My kids all pass out the minute they hit the room at night. Distractions aren't an issue.

As to the pack 'n play in the bathroom: I'm pretty sure it won't fit in the Poly's bathroom.

But even if it did, is that where you want your daughter sleeping all night? Because once you move her, you're likely to have the same issue with her being awake. And if you could possibly squeeze it in there, it would preclude anyone else from using the bathroom for the rest of the night.

 

[designermv]

Oh heck no, I won't put her in the bathroom. Balcony would be an option if she didn't have supersonic hearing. I'm afraid she'd wake when I came back in. She can smell fear, too.

I'm going to order the port-a-wall just in case. I'll report on it's success or lack thereof.

 

[Antonia]

on our trip to disney hilton head our granddaughter napped in the bathroom with the exhaust fan turned on and she loved it! at first it seemed cruel to put her in the bathroom to sleep but that is where she slept best!!!!!!!

 

[ancestry]

Just a thought, Disney can be an exhausting vacation. You all might just want to lay down and take a nap when she naps. DH and I have never been able to get through a Disney vacation without us, the adults, having to nap.