Room suggestion for only child bringing a friend trip

[Queen2PrincessG]

Our daughter (10) will be bringing a friend on our next trip. I'm debating getting two rooms so they have their own space and privacy (my husband is also coming) but I also feel like that may be overboard in some ways. Any suggestions?

 

[Alex Baker]

I would say 1 room If I were in the situation. Maybe in 3-4 years I would think a little different.

 

[TOBS2010]

At that age, I would only do one room. If you are looking for them to have more space, perhaps consider an AOA suite or a villa somewhere. You could get two rooms and request them to be connecting, but there is never a guarantee for getting connecting rooms. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable with my ten year old being in a room by themselves----and then add in another child who I am responsible for. No thanks. If they were older teens I would feel differently.

 

[sponica]

At that age, I would get one room. If it's the bed sharing, maybe book a 5th sleeper?

 

[KenHutch]

Two girls aged 10? One room, if you get 2 you will probably be faced at least one morning with 2 girls who spent the night up watching tv and talking. I found this out the hard way when my daughter was young. I would go into her room on sleepover night to get the girls ready for Saturday breakfast and find them dead asleep because they spent the night up. At home I learned to just drop the Saturday breakfast and wait on them to get up.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

I would consider a suite at AoA - you and your spouse can have the queen room with bathroom and the girls can each have their own pull-down beds in the living room with their own bathroom as well. If it's in your budget, you could also consider a 2-bedroom villa. I would not book 2 separate rooms as there is zero guarantee you will get connecting rooms.

 

[cedricandsophie]

I’d get a one bedroom somewhere but not two rooms. 10 years old is not a good age for kids to be on their own. All common sense goes out the window. I also wouldn’t put a friend of my daughter in one room sharing with mom and dad. No privacy for anyone. I wouldn’t imagine your husband would be comfortable having a non related girl in the same room.

 

[Mousemommy1]

We are a family of 5 and we are bringing one of the kids' cousins with us as well this summer, so 6 total. We are just getting a suite at Art of Animation.

ETA: The oldest 2 are 15, and there's no way I'm getting them their own room, lol

 

[AngiTN]

We travel with DGD who is that age and wouldn't get a second room if she had a friend with her. Not until they were mid-teen years at least.

 

[Hopefully]

No matter what someone may tell you, there is NO GUARANTEE of connecting rooms. They could be in a room on a different floor, or a different building. And the rules do say that there must be someone 18 or older in each room. Your husband and you could end up split up, each one with a girl.
I wouldn’t risk it.

 

[zoo2tycoon]

No matter what someone may tell you, there is NO GUARANTEE of connecting rooms. They could be in a room on a different floor, or a different building. And the rules do say that there must be someone 18 or older in each room. Your husband and you could end up split up, one with a girl.
I wouldn’t risk it.

1000% agree!
Connecting rooms are a request never ever a guarantee