To list or not to list diagnosis on ressie

[Bugsmom73]

I am very new to this whole ball game and we leave in 39 days for our vacation. Do I list his diagnosis or not on our ressie. My main fear is that I don't want a room off the lobby at AKL. Teddy is a great sleeper but if is noisy, it takes him a while to fall asleep.

Thanks. No flames please. I just want to have a great vacation.

 

[Selket]

I"m not sure the diagnosis would let the room assigner know what the needs are. Perhaps put in a request for a quiet room due to medical reasons?

I'm not sure if you should just note that on the ressie or call special needs. Fortunately there aren't nearly as many rooms off the lobby as there are down the wings.

 

[Kay1]

I always let them know my son has autism and needs as quiet a room as possible.

 

[cindy17]

I agree. We always mention that my son is autistic on the ressie. It nearly has guaranteed us rooms near the parking lot, bus stops and as close or as far as we would like to the food court or pool. I would certainly never "abuse" the diagnosis, but I really don't think we are asking for much and if it can make our trip that much easier than I have no problem with it.

 

[SueM in MN]

The diagnosis will probably not be written in the computer. The person taking your reservation will probably just write whatever the need was, not the diagnosis.
I think whether to tell it or not depends on whether telling the diagnosis will help the room assigner to understand your needs or not. For something like autism that there is a reasonable likelihood that the CM will understand what some of the needs are. For conditions that people don't know much about, it's probably not as helpful.