Room limits...enforced?

[momm2four]

We are a family of six and will be returning to WDW for our second trip in Oct. 2005. Last Oct., we stayed at the HIFS and I would really like to stay on-site this time, as well as be on the monorail route, but there is no way we could afford two rooms at a deluxe (considering that we are also going on a Disney cruise the week before or after our trip to the World).

My question is this...when they say the room limit is 5, how solid is that. My boys (who will be 4 through 10 at the time) love to sleep on the floor with a sleeping bag, so the bed situation wouldn't be a problem.

Not to be rude in any way, but please don't respond by saying how cramped it would be. I simply am asking if anyone has ever gone over the limit, and if so what drawbacks can occur if you choose to do this.

THe main reason I ask this is that Disney says it has to abide by the fire codes, but I'm sure that other states have these fire codes and no non-Disney hotel that we have stayed in has ever told us that they can't put six in a room.

Please be kind and if you don't want to post here, please pm me with your message.

Thanks so much for helping a semi-newbie,
Lori P.
momm2four

 

[jk1]

You will only get resort ids for the maximum limit of persons in the room. So if you need a resort id for Early Magic Hour or E-Ride Night tickets, you won't have it for the extra person.

 

[RescueRanger]

Why not try a cabin at Fort Wilderness. They sleep six and are very nice. They even have a kitchen if you want to save on a few meals.

 

[Deb & Bill]

...and you are only a boat ride away from the MK.

 

[momm2four]

Thanks everyone!

I'm pretty sure that we will end up reserving two moderate rooms or do something like Fort Wilderness. I just thought it would be so convenient with six people to just jump on the monorail to get back to the hotel.

Thanks again,
Lori P.
momm2four

 

[Mickiethepooh]

Also you might note that if you are discovered you can be ejected from your hotel or required to purchase an additional room at full rate.

 

[missypie]

As the mother of a Family of Five in a Rooms- that- Only- Sleep- 4 World, I can totally relate. I'd be temped to put the three smallest ones in one bed BUT, the other posters are right about passes, etc. I've done the sleeping bag thing for trips of 2 nights or less, especially in places where we are literally just spending the night, but I woudn't want to try it for a longer trip.

 

[jaccceee]

I've been to early entry many times, have never seen anyone asked for ID. For anyone who has, have they asked for all of your parties ID?

 

[momm2four]

I had wondered about the ejection thing. Missy, I think you are probably correct about using sleeping bags for more than one or two nights. (Although, mine beg me nightly to let them sleep on the floor )

Last night, I was looking at the BCV, and thought that if I rented points through a DVC member, I might be able to swing a 2BR villa. That would be HEAVEN!

Thanks again for all your posts. I LOVE this board!
Lori P.

 

[missypie]

LOL!

My DS went about 2 years - I think from about ages 4 to 6 - never sleeping in his bed and always on the floor. He'd use his down comfortor and other blankets to make what I called his "nest."

Until about 9 months ago my two DDs shared a room and a double bed. Older daughter started to complain, so we moved younger to her own room. Now most nights, both sleep in younger's room, with older daughter in the trundle bed.

This summer all three of them would have "slumber parties" where they slept in each others' rooms in sleeping bags.

Yes, it's a rare night indeed where each child is tucked in his or her own bed in his or her own room!

 

[ww52]

Mind you, I'm not advocating putting more than the max in a room;
but in answer to the question: "do they check resort IDs at EE" - my recent experience was that they do, but not from every person in your party. We had 6 people with us and they only asked to see one. (Or course in our case our parl tickets were separate from the resort ID.) I would think it unnecessary to carry around a resort ID for a four year old.

 

[GeekChic]

What about getting a larger room like a junior suite? Maybe if you purchase an AP for someone in your party and your dates work, you can get a discounted rate.

If you have AAA you can get discounts on some of the resorts too. Otherwise I agree with those who offer FW and/or 2 rooms at the value resorts. When I was growing up we always got a villa out by DD because we had too many people to fit in a room. My parents helped defray the cost by having our family of six share it with grandparents (they had a limit of like, 10 people in those villas.)

I don't mean to sound unkind, but I am glad that they limit the number of people in a room and I hope that they enforce it just because some (and I don't mean you, your kids are little with your youngest being only four!) would abuse it, horribly. Can you imagine what Spring Break time would be like if they didn't enforce limits? The more people in a room, the noisier it is too, and in fairness to other guests, it's only right to expect abide by the rules. I wouldn't want to be the unlucky guest in the next room if there were 8 college students packed into the room next door!

I think it'd be great if Disney converted some floors of their moderate/value resort with rooms that were big enough to hold a family with four kids (and a crib too for a total of five). Or make more with connecting rooms.

Oh! Which reminds me! Just a word of warning...if you do end up booking two rooms at a value, be CERTAIN that they know that you will be putting children in your second room and that you MUST have rooms that have a door that connects them. Otherwise you may end up with rooms next door to eachother, but not connecting. They don't have that many at each resort, which they really need to rethink.

I hope all your plans work out okay, good luck!

 

[luvindisneyworld]

I would definately say to rent points from a DVC member and stay at one of the Home away from Home resorts.OKW has the largest rooms and they are alot less points than the others.then everyone would be in one room and you would have 2 bathrooms and a huge kitchen and a washer and dryer.How many night were you planning on staying?If you choose to check in on a Sunday and check out on a Friday it would also save some money because the points chart goes up for Saturday and Sunday stays.
Misty

 

[gepetto]

When we were there this summer, they checked everyone's ID at MGM on EE days. I don't know about the other parks.

 

[momm2four]

We are planning on staying 5 nights (Sun through THurs. nights). With BCV, I ran the dates using the year 2004 (even though it will be 05 when we go) and it said I would need 160 pts which isn't too bad. With the going rate of $10 per pt or so it should run around $1600 if I'm figuring that our correctly. (5 nights at reg. rate would be around $3000-$3800 depending if we go in Oct. or Nov.)

It still makes me wince to think of paying that much for five nights , but I would really like to experience Disney onsite at least once.

GeekChick, I agree with your opinion, and have to admit that I never thought of college aged kids "packing them in" at WDW. I guess I thought that only happened in Daytona Beach, lol Your reply was very helpful in understanding why WDW enforces this limit more strictly than the hotels we stay in along the interstate on the way to NC.

Lori P.

 

[SamSam]

I think you would love staying at a 2 bedroom in Beach Club Villas. It's still a lot of money, but a good bargain considering what a regular room would cost. But, don't be surprised if you end up looking into buying DVC for yourself!

 

[madge]

Originally posted by momm2four
We are a family of six and will be returning to WDW for our second trip in Oct. 2005. Last Oct., we stayed at the HIFS and I would really like to stay on-site this time, as well as be on the monorail route, but there is no way we could afford two rooms at a deluxe (considering that we are also going on a Disney cruise the week before or after our trip to the World).

My question is this...when they say the room limit is 5, how solid is that. My boys (who will be 4 through 10 at the time) love to sleep on the floor with a sleeping bag, so the bed situation wouldn't be a problem.

Not to be rude in any way, but please don't respond by saying how cramped it would be. I simply am asking if anyone has ever gone over the limit, and if so what drawbacks can occur if you choose to do this.

THe main reason I ask this is that Disney says it has to abide by the fire codes, but I'm sure that other states have these fire codes and no non-Disney hotel that we have stayed in has ever told us that they can't put six in a room.

Please be kind and if you don't want to post here, please pm me with your message.

fire codes aside...most hotels need an accurate count of the people in the room. In the event of any type of evacuation or emergency, the gues manifest would be the only way they know that everyone is accounted for.