rules about adjoining rooms

[diselderm]

We have just decided to plan a trip with family friends. We are a family of four and they are a family of three (both of us with young children). They would like us to get three standard rooms together and put the children in the middle with the adults on the outside rooms. I was thinking that that sort of arrangement could not be guaranteed--maybe not even possible to have three rooms that actually connect. Does anyone know all the rules about multiple rooms and connecting, adjoining, etc.? We are thinking of the Contemporary at this point.

Thanks!

 

[dandave]

I have booked 3 rooms at a Value when taking my parents with my family of 4 on a couple of occasions, total of 4 adults and 2 kids. We have not had a problem getting 3 rooms in a row, but only two of those rooms were connecting and the 3rd was always adjoining. I do not believe that any of the non-DVC rooms are even capable of connecting on both sides. Therefore, one set of parents would be connected to all the kids.
I do not know the official WDW rule.

 

[ortegah]

I have booked 3 rooms at a Value when taking my parents with my family of 4 on a couple of occasions, total of 4 adults and 2 kids. We have not had a problem getting 3 rooms in a row, but only two of those rooms were connecting and the 3rd was always adjoining. I do not believe that any of the non-DVC rooms are even capable of connecting on both sides. Therefore, one set of parents would be connected to all the kids.
I do not know the official WDW rule.

How early did you have to request that the three rooms be together? We go away in a few weeks and are getting 3 rooms and are hoping we can get them all together.

 

[dandave]

I requested at booking, probably a couple of months in advance at most.
It really doesn't matter how far in advance you request anything though, IMHO. The room assigner doesn't do his or her thing (ie., assign you to a room) till 4 or 5 days prior to your reservation tops, if I understand correctly. So, I feel comfortable making requests up to a week out on any reservation.

 

[Ilovestitch]

You can request adjoining rooms but it's not guaranteed. If you have enough adults, they won't let kids be in a room by themselves. They will have you put at least one adult in each room.

If you have one more person (8 total) then you can be a grand gathering and you get priority for your rooms to be together.

 

[dandave]

You can request adjoining rooms but it's not guaranteed. If you have enough adults, they won't let kids be in a room by themselves. They will have you put at least one adult in each room.

If you have one more person (8 total) then you can be a grand gathering and you get priority for your rooms to be together.

"Adjoining" rooms means side by side.
"Connecting" rooms are connected- they have a shared door between them.
You'll want to request "3 adjoining rooms with two being connected, please".

 

[ortegah]

You can request adjoining rooms but it's not guaranteed. If you have enough adults, they won't let kids be in a room by themselves. They will have you put at least one adult in each room.

If you have one more person (8 total) then you can be a grand gathering and you get priority for your rooms to be together.

Yeah we have 11 people so we know we qualify for a grand gathering I'll make sure to request this. How can they make you put at least one adult in each room? Our kids that are sharing a room are 17, 14, 12 and 11.

 

[eeyoreiscool]

Yeah we have 11 people so we know we qualify for a grand gathering I'll make sure to request this. How can they make you put at least one adult in each room? Our kids that are sharing a room are 17, 14, 12 and 11.

There will be one room key for the room that has an adult named on it. There are people that don't care and still keep the kids together and either give the odd kid the adult key or just don't give them a key to ther room.

 

[yaksack]

Have you considered a suite or a villa? That may be more cost effective.

 

[Lynne M]

Adjoining, in Disney-room-assigner-speak, means 'nearby', not necessarily side by side. You can request adjoining rooms, but they may be next door, they may be on the same hall, or they may merely be on the same floor.

 

[diselderm]

Thanks for all the useful info. We had considered a villa, but the group has decided the CR, and the suites are more than we want to spend. I guess we'll probably just get 2 regular rooms, but will see what they say on booking.

 

[Deb & Bill]

There will be one room key for the room that has an adult named on it. There are people that don't care and still keep the kids together and either give the odd kid the adult key or just don't give them a key to ther room.

?? Everyone staying in the room, aged three or older, gets a room key/ID. Each room key has the guest's name on it.

 

[ortegah]

There will be one room key for the room that has an adult named on it. There are people that don't care and still keep the kids together and either give the odd kid the adult key or just don't give them a key to ther room.

Ah okay

 

[gigi1313]

we had a grand gathering last fall... we were unable to get adjoining or connecting rooms... as a matter of fact, some of our rooms were in separate buildings... dh/i had reserved two rooms for us/kids... they split them too... so dh/i had to stay in separate rooms

 

[kaytieeldr]

Adjoining, in Disney-room-assigner-speak, means

Just for general information, this is not Disney-room-assigner 'speak' - it's the standard definition throughout the hospitality industry.

And, unforturnately, gigi1313's experience demonstrates that connecting - and now even adjoining - rooms are NOT guaranteed, even if the Guest's intention is to place all children in the other room.

 

[drewswife]

We always request connecting rooms and only get them 50% of time. If it is very busy and you are checking in late in the day odds are you are not going to get them. There have been times when we were not even in the same building.

One time we pushed the issue and Disney did end up accomodating us. It took over two hours and asking for a manager.


Good luck

 

[Traveliz]

We had a grand gathering of 11 with three rooms at Movies then Sports checking in on Dec 27 and Jan 1 (both pretty busy times!) and got connecting rooms with the third adjoining. We had to wait but they had been blocked off for us. Adults on that trip WAY outnumbered the kids too - we had 7 over 18 and 4 under.

Liz

 

[SnackyStacky]

We have just decided to plan a trip with family friends. We are a family of four and they are a family of three (both of us with young children). They would like us to get three standard rooms together and put the children in the middle with the adults on the outside rooms. I was thinking that that sort of arrangement could not be guaranteed--maybe not even possible to have three rooms that actually connect. Does anyone know all the rules about multiple rooms and connecting, adjoining, etc.? We are thinking of the Contemporary at this point.

Thanks!

Your friend can get guaranteed connecting rooms for their family only - IF AND ONLY IF:

• All their children are age 3 and older
• The maximum occupancy of a standard room is 4

Because you're thinking of the Contemporary, they won't guarantee connecting rooms because both your families would fit into one room. As has been previously mentioned as well, there's usually not three connecting rooms in a row. You'll usually have two connecting and a third adjoining.