Room 5119 - Sago Cay Grand Floridian- Don't Stay There....

[cinmell]

I know from reading several posts that when people are unhappy with their rooms for whatever reason, they have been able to call the front desk and have been moved no problem. I understand it may be a little inconvenient to move rooms, but in the long run it could be worth it. I would not want to be next to the elevator or the air conditioner compressor.

As for the kids, I expect to see them everywhere in Disney, the parks, resorts, restaurants, etc. After all, it's Disney!!! This upcoming trip is our first with our daughter and we are going to be very flexible and take it slow, very slow, to hopefully avoid meltdown, to add to the enjoyment of the WDW experience, for her sake and for our sanity!

I agree with lizzie 64 that a child can have a tantrum at any time and it has nothing to do with the parents or parenting style. If my daughter is unbearable, it's because she is tired not because we don't set limits so we put her in the carriage or take her home to nap. We don't force her to keep going. This seems to be the case alot of times at Disney. Kids are tired and hot, therefore, they need to rest. If not, this is where the tantrums and loud behavior comes from.

I do agree that kids shouldn't be allowed to run up and down hallways, especially in the early am hours when people are still sleeping just as I don't expect loud adults at 2 am returning from Pleasure Island going back to their rooms or lots of noise from pools after hours. Just my opinion.

 

[Lars624]

In all the trips that I've made to WDW I haven't noticed as many kids having fits as I have kids having fun. Disney is a wonderful place for kids of all ages and I have taken mine as young as 1. When I do see a child having a meltdown, which is pretty rarely, I try to let the parents know that it doesn't bother me & that I've been through it. My kids never had any fits at WDW but I think every kid has had a fit somewhere. The parents of the child who is upset are already feeling frustrated and embarassed, they don't need to be worried that they are ruining someone elses visit. I think that if you vacation in WDW you have to expect to deal with all kinds of children & all kinds of behaviors. This never bothered me when DH & I visited before we had kids either. Just my opinion.

 

[musicfan]

I am laughing as I read this post! We were at WDW a couple of months ago, and two kids came running down the resort hallway, screaming and laughing, at about 7 am. Their mom came running about fifty feet behind them, screaming, "Shut up! People might be trying to sleep!" at the top of her lungs. I heard her screaming, "Shut UP, Shut UP!" as she disappeared around the corner.

 

[Tinkbell]

Thanks for the room report Toby. I would not have enjoyed being right next to the elevator on the ground floor either. I always expect to witness a few tantrums while I'm at WDW. I just would not want to hear them all from my hotel room. I'd probably ask to be changed.

 

[Maleficent2]

I am a mother of a 5 year old and I totally agree WDW is for the Children and the child in all of us. That said resorts are not the place to let your Children Scream at the top of their lungs(unless they are at the resort playground or pool-and if you chose a room by either you should expect noise)


musicfan we had that same family last time we were there LOL


Good Manners are Good manners where ever you are.I know children are excited to be at WDW, and I am far from a strict parent, but if my little one yelled or screamed running down the corridors of a resort he would be in a major time out.

We even had children going down our hall last May knocking on all the doors at 7 am with the parents right behind.


Mal

 

[DisOrBust]

CaliD I have seen some very bad teenage brats so I would be careful when living in a glass house.......


It always amazes me that people are surprised when they see "little people" at WDW and can not tolerated their behavior. If I only went to places that had only well behaved adults... there wouldn't be to many places to go......


and I was just going to make my ressie for the GF with my 4 month old, 5 and 8yo.

 

[jgates]

The brat? I think that might be my kid.....

My son is as mellow as can be....Now my daughter-that's a different story! She is right ALL THE TIME (or so she thinks). You cannot reason with her or get her to listen. So that mom with there nose in their kids face is probably me! Although she was pretty-good this last trip for the most part.

On our long drive from Florida to home I even gave up in the middle of Tennessee and called my mom on the cell phone and had her talk to my dd for 20 minutes to calm her down. (Bored, tired, sick of riding - you get the picture).

However, she normally is just quiet and whiney about it and doesn't disturb others. It's just me with the headache!

The only time we have asked to change rooms for noise reasons- wouldn't you know the motel was full!!! (hockey tournament).

We did change rooms (2x) at Courtyard DTD in 8/00 for non-working a/c. We put up with it one night then made them move us. And we weren't paying $260 or so a night either! At that price they would have moved me the first night.

 

[Toby]

Well, I've enjoyed reading all the posts regarding my room. In retrospect, as the Scarecrow sang in Wizard of Oz, "If I only had a brain......" I would have used it and requested a room change. I shouldn't have put up with it for 4 nights.....stupid me. I do however think some people feel that they have spent a small fortune to go to DW, and do not take into consideration just how exhausting it is to be on the go all the time; strange beds, different food and schedules - no wonder kids have meltdowns - adults, too!!

Let me put it this way - if you don't care about noise, compressor sounds, elevators up/down all night, then you'll love this room area. If you'd like to sleep, request a higher floor....

 

[gepetto]

Originally posted by Toby


Let me put it this way - if you don't care about noise, compressor sounds, elevators up/down all night, then you'll love this room area. If you'd like to sleep, request a higher floor....

Thanks for the tip


Cali-D....I didn't know you were a teenager.

 

[epcotfan]

Originally posted by Maleficent2
We even had children going down our hall last May knocking on all the doors at 7 am with the parents right behind.

I would be LIVID if this happened to me! Maybe you should have banged on that family's door at random intervals throughout the night. Perhaps then they would have understood how annoying their little darling's behavior was to other guests.

 

[zakatak]

Read at your own risk...

I have three children, ages 6, 4 and 2. Last February, when we stayed at AKL, my youngest (then 20 months old) woke up a few nights at 3am!! YES ! 3am... I couldn't/wouldn't let her cry herself to sleep again nor wake up the family so we took turns with her down in the lobby watching Mickey Mouse cartoons. Let me tell you how quiet the lobbies are at 3am... AND the food court doesn't open until 6:30am!! Finally we wake up the rest of the family at 7am to start the day. Sometimes, you can't control what a young child will do.

As far as meltdowns, this past summer I took my son and youngest dd to Six Flags Great Adventure in Cleveland. No planning. That led to a horrible two hours in the park. I went with no stroller (MY BIGGEST MISTAKE). Abby was fine, as long as she went where SHE wanted to go, WHEN she wanted to go. This led to many, many tantrums as we were following another family around the park (no DH with me). So I ended up carrying her around, kicking and screaming... UGH... I wanted to disappear with her and be back at our hotel in an instant!! Once, she threw herself down on the boardwalk across the lake and screamed/kicked for a few minutes. I stopped traffic by kneeling down and taking her picture. This made some people chuckle... saying, "Been there, done that!!". That made me feel better too. I was out of control without a way out. We did survive, though. and now I will never not have a stroller!!

Now... where was I going with this???

Oh yeah, sometimes kids melt down. Sometimes adults melt down. Then it is time for a break. I know that when you are hot and tired it is even harder to deal with a kid's meltdown. We shouldn't judge people on what we see at Disneyworld, since I know what I looked like (and my dd for that matter) at Six Flags.

Although I do agree with behaviors that are taught by the parents should be enforced at ALL times. My kids know their restaurant manners where ever they are. We also enforce inside and outside voices and they are usually in bed by 8pm anyways (we bring a sitter to Disney).

Have a great day...

Karen

 

[madonna31]

ummmm - HELLO?

You guys ARE talking about Walt Disney World - right? The place for kids????

I went on my honeymoon to GF and EXPECTED to see LOTS of children but we didn't let it ruin our trip...

The first night of our honeymoon DH and I woke up at 6:30am to SCREAMING children next door, we called the front desk; complained and were upgraded to lagoon view with NO children next door to us for the rest of our stay...

You SHOULD have done something about it then - they would have taken care of you...instead of coming back here and venting about the GF - if the staff is unaware that you had a problem - how on earth can you expect them to fix it?

I don't have 1 bad thing to say about the GF - because they are always quick to fix problems...EVERY hotel has their share of problems - just because the hotel costs more, doesn't mean that they are problem-free!

As for *expecting* a hotel to be 'child free' - what are you kidding me? As much as I might agree that it would be pleasant (I don't have kids myself) Again may I remind you that you are in Walt Disney World - ? On my wedding invitations (they were Disney) I wasn't allowed to write *adult reception* or *cocktails* as Mickey and Minnie were on the front...and you think that they are going to make one of their resorts child-free????

I will have you know that the GF DOES INDEED (believe it or not) have the least amount of children then any other WDW resort...and it also has the MOST amount of honeymooners...

sorry that this child thing bothered your stay - but I think that you should have said something!

 

[Jen D]

Still, anywhere you go, there are children who behave wonderfully, and then there are children who behave not-so-well.

And sometimes, believe it or not, sometimes one child is capable of both behaviors!!

I have had days when people compliment me profusely on the good manners and polite behavior of my four-year old, and I have had your meltdown-on-the-street, people turning away in embarrassment or tsk-tsking-at-us days. These extremes happen at home and at WDW (although somehow we have relatively few behavior issues at WDW. Too many easy distractions.) Pre-schoolers-- what are ya gonna do? Jekyll and Hyde.

Anyway, I would hate to have my entire parenting job judged by one public meltdown.

Whenever a parent is dealing with a child's causing a major disturbance, I just think "there but for the grace of God..."

 

[Toby]

Hey, chill out will you - I wasn't complaining about the resort, I was telling people that the room location is horrible if you expect to sleep, and all kinds of noise all day and night. And, by the way, I brought one of the kids with me. I was more furious at parents letting their kids scream and yell outside other guests' doors at 7:30am every day. Those people were clueless if they thought EVERYONE wanted to be up at that time....Granted, in retrospect, I should have requested a room change, and I did post that fact that my husband and I were to blame for that....People should be aware though of the drawbacks of staying at this location, and I thought that was the point of these boards to tell it like it is - good or bad...next time, I'll know not to stay on the ground floor...

 

[madonna31]

Toby - please don't misunderstand me...you have every right to complain here good OR bad about WDW.

I just wanted to point out that if you complained then they would have helped you - I know that first hand is all...and I just want you to be aware that they will fix the problem if you do so next time (if there is a next time - I don't think that this should deter you from the GF)

I just think that when we pay such a elaborate price for a so-called elaborate resort - then we should be 100% satisfied with what we get and if we are not - we should say something, so that hopefully they can work to improve things for future guests...

If you were simply stating that

I was more furious at parents letting their kids scream and yell outside other guests' doors at 7:30am every day. Those people were clueless if they thought EVERYONE wanted to be up at that time

then I misread your post because when you said

People in and out all day and night, talking loudly, running across loud tile floors to the elevators. Kids shrieking coming off the elevator at 7:00am on..in the morning - yelling, screaming, crying....Cast Members parking their golf carts with luggage right outside our patio doors all hours. Air Conditioning compressor unit right outside the building turning off and on all night long.....paper thin walls

It sounded as if you were blaming the resort...

1000 apologies...

 

[dedala]

WOW
Some people on this board really don't like kids...Too bad if you have to listen to other peoples children while your on your vacation at a theme park where 90 % of the attractions are dedicated to reminding you of YOUR childhood!!!!!!!
I am sure you never cried/whined of fussed you entire babyhood/childhood....
I am offended ..I have 2 kids (4 & 6 mths) & they do "freak out" now & then but they are kids & it IS Disney World.. maybe you should take a vacation in your closet .. nice & quiet in there I am sure.....
Whew sorry Had to get that off of my chest
I am Ok now , just rubbed me the wrong way.....

 

[Trekker]

WOW! can we take a thread off topic or what?

This thread was to tell you all about a poor room location.

I'm not sure how we got where we are - but it has nothing to do with WDW resorts - so it is closed!