What's harder to get 1 br or 2 br at SSR

[TreesyB]

I want to book for Christmas week (I'm in planning phase). But I don't know who's coming? Should I book the 2 br first, and then can reduce to 1 br if no one else in my family comes? Will they do that? Is it possible?

And just to double check, a 2 BR sleeps 8, right?

 

[CarolMN]

Yes, a 2 bedroom sleeps 8. If you reserve a dedicated 2 bedroom unit, the second bedroom will have two queen beds in the second bedroom. If you reserve a lock off, the second bedroom has 1 queen bed and a sleep sofa in the second bedroom (not sure if the sofa in thebedroom is a double or a queen). In both cases, the Master bedroom has a king bed and a queen sleep sofa in the living room.

If you have enough points, resere both the 1 bedroom and the 2 bedroom. Cancel whatever you don't need when your family makes up its mind.

You may or may not be able to change to a 1 bedroom from a 2 bedroom later - depends on availability. There have been a few posters who reported that MS let them keep one side or another from a lock off 2 bedroom, but you can't really count on that.

Sorry your family can't commit now. It's the worst part of trying to plan a trip (IMHO).

 

[Cruelladeville]

Ask your family for money, and you will find out who is REALLY planning to go on your trip with you, then just plan for that many people. Ask for a $100 non-refundable deposit by the time you have to make ressies, just enough to make sure it would pinch if they lost the $$. Give it back once you arrive on your vacation, if you want, but that would sort out the serious from the non-serious in your family. Then if someone wants to join later, the answer is no, and if someone backs out, you would be able to calm down with a massage at Disney!