What type of room?

[MAGICX2]

We are planning a trip for May 2006 for my DS 5th Bday that will include me DH, DS, DD(then will be 2.5), Grandma and Grandpa. It is GM and GP first trip with us and kids, but not to Disney. My question is how should we room it? Do we get two seperates, a 1 Bdrm, 2Bdrm, what?! It is a hard decision. We are staying about 6 nights. Gma is keeping kids a few evenings so DH and I can have some time . I don't mind sharing a bigger room. Gma and Gpa smoke(gross I know, and not around the kids) but they are willing to go outside if we all share a room. If they get a smoking room we can't be close because they don't put nonsm and smoke close together. What to do?! Need to make ressies soon, help needed.

 

[Angie_Ohio]

I would get ajoining rooms so each group could have privacy if they wanted. Plus you would have two bathrooms. The larger units are pricey if money is an issue. If you're splitting the cost though it may come out reasonably, especially if you have cooking capabilities.
Angie_Ohio

 

[connorsmom911]

If you can afford it, try and get connecting rooms (not adjoining, they are just side by side and don't have the connecting door between). We found this very helpful on our last trip with me, DH, DS (20 mos) in one room and Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie Amy in the other room (my sister was at a convention at CSR). When DS needed a nap, or went to bed early, we could all pile in the other room for TV and just keep the connecting door ajar a little. It was also great when we went out at night and Grandma and Grandpa babysat, same thing, they could just keep the door ajar and watch TV.

I'm pretty sure connecting rooms are at most resorts, CSR and All Star for sure. Just request it on your reservation and tell them the reason and it shouldn't be a problem. On our reservation forms that came in the mail it acutally said "guaranteed connect".

Good luck and have a great time!!

Tracey

 

[ducklite]

If you can swing it, I'd book the Polynesian Resort, CL. The Hawaii building mixes smoking and non-smoking, you could book two rooms, let the concierge pre-planning staff know the situation in advance and that you'd like two rooms on the third floor--at opposite ends--that way one is smoking, one non, it's one of the few places that both are found in the same hallway. I think the CL at the BWI have both on one floor as well, but they can be quite far from each other, at the Hawaii building even at opposite ends you're only 10 or so rooms from each other, and no winding hallways, a straight shot so your kids could go from your room to their grandparents without ever being out of your sight, if that makes sense.

In generall, if you get a non-smoking room and they go outside, unless they go far away from the building, the smoke will still creep into non-smoking rooms, or bother non-smokers enjoying their balconies, so IMHO that's not an appropriate option.

Anne