Room for 5

[CaribGirl]

Family of five (7,11,15) and just wanted the expertise of all. What type of room is best suited for us? The lowest I find that I can go with all of us in one room is a cat 4, and of course we can have 2 rooms. For the money, what are some of your ideas? Anyone who has done this? I believe there are also rooms that connect? How about rooms accross the hallway? DH an I will probably split if we choose 2 rooms to be with kiddies.
Please help! Planning for sometime in 2005.

 

[mmouse37]

Getting two Cat 10's will most likely be cheaper than getting one Cat 4 and plus you will more room and 2 bathrooms (if connecting).

Or, if you wanted one cabin to have natural light coming in then you could go for one Cat 9 and across the hall a Cat 10.

check out this this link and you can see the different categories on each deck. Then you could price them out via the site's quote process.

I see you from Florida....DCL offers some great fl res rates at certain times of the year. Check out www.allseastravel.com to see the current Fl res rates.

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/disneycruiseline/ratesanddates/ships/deckindex?id=Deck2

MJ

 

[MarcyIn Florida]

If you can go in January or February, DCL already has FL resident rates -- and the rates for the cat 4s are mind-bogglingly discounted.

Marcy

 

[tink5]

We went in August with our DD's 16 and 13 and DS 6. We had a cat. 6 for my DH and DS and myself. Across the hall we had a cat. 11 for our 16 and 13 year olds. This worked out great. They were excited to have there own cabin. This was also much cheaper than a cat 4 or two connecting rooms. Hope this helps.

 

[makaira]

We are a family of five (ds9, dd7, ds4) and just stayed in a cat 4 and found the room was just fine for all of us. Next time we go we will stay in a 4 again. Loved the convenience of one flight up to pools and topsiders as well.

 

[mmouse37]

When our teens were younger we stayed in Cat 4 a few times, but now that they are teen/young adults (16, 19, 20)....we all much prefer to have two separate cabins....


MJ

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

we just got back from Port Orleans and our room had a trundle bed. So it sleeps 5.
Our DD is 9 and she fit in the trundle bed just fine. We told her she could have her own full size bed since there's 3 of us but she wanted the trundle.

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

sorry! I didn't realize this was for the cruise. Scratch what I wrote about port Orleans.

 

[taekwondo mom]

We stayed in a cat. 4 I would recommend 2 cabins it get really crowed at times .. ie. getting ready for dinner

 

[kellimomo3]

We are also a family of five and after a lot of researching on these boards we decided to book a category 8 with a category 11 across the hall. The difference between this option and a category four was close to $1,000 in our favor!! So now we have much more space, an extra bathroom and $1,000 in our pockets!!

Like you, my husband and I will probably split up for sleeping. Our kids are young (7,6,4) and I wouldn't want them in a room by themsleves. I am thinking of it as a little vacation from the snoring!!!(Shh....don't tell my DH!)

Good luck, I'm sure you'll be happy with whatever you decide on because you'll be on a Disney cruise!!

Kelli