Wheelchair Room Rules??

[iheartmickey1111]

Weird question, I know... my daughter will be just barely 2 when we go in April, and to get to sleep (naps included) she has to be in COMPLETE darkness and cannot sleep in a normal bed yet. Normally when we stay in hotels, we set up her pack n' play in the bathroom and shut the door for her and she sleeps wonderful! The regular bathrooms at Pop Century are too small to do that :0(

But last October when I was there alone, they ended up giving me a room with a roll-in shower, which I discovered would be magnificent for our odd sleeping arrangement with my little girl.

Would Disney allow us to reserve one of these rooms??

 

[smitch425]

Weird question, I know... my daughter will be just barely 2 when we go in April, and to get to sleep (naps included) she has to be in COMPLETE darkness and cannot sleep in a normal bed yet. Normally when we stay in hotels, we set up her pack n' play in the bathroom and shut the door for her and she sleeps wonderful! The regular bathrooms at Pop Century are too small to do that :0(

But last October when I was there alone, they ended up giving me a room with a roll-in shower, which I discovered would be magnificent for our odd sleeping arrangement with my little girl.

Would Disney allow us to reserve one of these rooms??

There are a lot of disabled guests who frequent WDW. I cannot imagine taking away a room that an actual disabled person would NEED. Your daughter is not disabled... you do not NEED that type of room.

 

[SueM in MN]

Even though it was convenient for you, reserving that room for you would mean it was not available for someone who actually needs that type of room.
There are people who can only use the shower if they have a roll in shower room reserved.

When you check in, you can explain why you want it and ask if any of those rooms are available and not reserved, but using the roll in shower for a pack and play space is not a reason to take it out of circulation from people who need it.

I would work on getting her to sleep with some light. You can slowly add light to her room a little more each day until she can sleep with the amount of light that is around normally in the environment.

 

[livndisney]

Weird question, I know... my daughter will be just barely 2 when we go in April, and to get to sleep (naps included) she has to be in COMPLETE darkness and cannot sleep in a normal bed yet. Normally when we stay in hotels, we set up her pack n' play in the bathroom and shut the door for her and she sleeps wonderful! The regular bathrooms at Pop Century are too small to do that :0(

But last October when I was there alone, they ended up giving me a room with a roll-in shower, which I discovered would be magnificent for our odd sleeping arrangement with my little girl.

Would Disney allow us to reserve one of these rooms??

Just a thought-Pop now has a curtain area outside the bathroom. You could but the pack n play in that area and close the window curtains making the room quite dark. So no need to take a room away from some one who medically needs it.

 

[SoonerSarah]

Oddly enough, my children have always slept vastly better in hotel rooms since it is significantly darker than at home.

I would plan to bring some darker colored sheets or lightweight blankets to help cover up the crack between the wall and the curtains, and for the curtain crack you can always use clips to close it up to not let any light in. We have also brought an extra flat sheet (found queen size worked best) to drape over the pack n play so that lights could be turned on and such while little ones were sleeping.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

As odd as it sounds, a sleep expert recommended bringing black garbage bags, cutting them open and taping them to the hotel windows. I know a couple of moms that swear by it.

 

[mrsksomeday]

As odd as it sounds, a sleep expert recommended bringing black garbage bags, cutting them open and taping them to the hotel windows. I know a couple of moms that swear by it.

Please don't use tape on the windows at WDW.

 

[gwynne]

Oddly enough, my children have always slept vastly better in hotel rooms since it is significantly darker than at home.

I would plan to bring some darker colored sheets or lightweight blankets to help cover up the crack between the wall and the curtains, and for the curtain crack you can always use clips to close it up to not let any light in. We have also brought an extra flat sheet (found queen size worked best) to drape over the pack n play so that lights could be turned on and such while little ones were sleeping.

Just like you mentioned, I use clips (actually clothespins) whenever we travel to keep the curtains together in the middle. I always keep several in my suitcase, they really are handy.

 

[SueM in MN]

Please don't use tape on the windows at WDW.

Good point.
They had a lot of problems with tape damage from people putting decorations to individualize their rooms on the windows at WDW resorts. Even though it doesn't seem like it, tape leaves a small residue that causes problems later.
Chances are very good that anything you tape up will be removed the first time Housekepping comes into the room.
If you feel you need to use black plastic bags on the windows, a better option would be to use clothespins to hold them onto the curtains.
Most hotels/resorts do use black out curtains or shades, so any light getting in would be mostly at the edges.

Oddly enough, my children have always slept vastly better in hotel rooms since it is significantly darker than at home.

I would plan to bring some darker colored sheets or lightweight blankets to help cover up the crack between the wall and the curtains, and for the curtain crack you can always use clips to close it up to not let any light in. We have also brought an extra flat sheet (found queen size worked best) to drape over the pack n play so that lights could be turned on and such while little ones were sleeping.

Be careful with how much/thick of covering you put on and how well it covers all areas. If it covers well enough to prevent or decrease air flow, it will also decrease the oxygen available to the child.

 

[Bete]

but some people use an eye mask and wear it through the night to block out light. Whether a two year will wear this through the night that's hard to say.

You could probably use some sort of child's tent in the room as her own cubbie hole to sleep in, too. I would think that would be dark enough.

I could even see using the open closet area and blocking off the one side with the black garbage bags.

If you are in a room with double beds you might be able to squeeze her in between the two beds in the middle area on the floor. Since she is small this should block almost all light there.

A final idea would be to tape light weight rope to garbage bags and then tie those ropes to the curtain rods to block the window.

 

[Beccabunny]

You might also want to consider staying offsite in one of the many timeshare or rental communities that are so close to WDW, or Bonnet Creek which is not owned by Disney but is on Disney property. You can get a two bedroom condo, often for less than what you would pay at Pop. The baby would have her own bedroom and not have to sleep in the bathroom.

 

[I Love Pluto]

They sell portable "tents" to put over a bed for a child to sleep quietly in.
Maybe that would help???

 

[iheartmickey1111]

Thank you everyone for the VERY helpful ideas! I will definitely write them down for future use! Went to book a normal room at Pop today and they are completely booked...ALL the Value resorts are. So we are staying in one of the Pirate Rooms in Caribbean Beach instead, which has a perfect area to put her. Thanks for all the help! That's why I come here!

 

[smitch425]

Thank you everyone for the VERY helpful ideas! I will definitely write them down for future use! Went to book a normal room at Pop today and they are completely booked...ALL the Value resorts are. So we are staying in one of the Pirate Rooms in Caribbean Beach instead, which has a perfect area to put her. Thanks for all the help! That's why I come here!

I hope your crowds aren't too bad. Have a fantastic trip!

 

[SoonerSarah]

With a garbage sack, you could possibly use thumbtacks. I don't know if that would be OK with the hotel or not.

I use a basic flat sheet, so it's pretty thin, and I drape it over the top, it doesn't completely cover the top, I leave a few inches along one of the side that is closer to the wall. But, we do this and then take it off when we go to bed.

 

[dclfun]

I hope you have a great trip! My dd's family stayed in one of the pirate rooms for dgs's 3rd birthday and he LOVED it. You're right- it should offer the perfect solution for your little one. I'd suggest that if she has trouble with light, that you contact housekeeping to see if they have a solution. I'm an adult but I also have trouble sleeping with light coming into the room- don't know if the rooms at CBR have the overlapping window curtains but if not, the clothespin or clip idea works really well and you could also use it to connect the pirate curtains between the room and bathroom. Here's to restful sleep for everyone!

 

[dzorn]

With a garbage sack, you could possibly use thumbtacks. I don't know if that would be OK with the hotel or not.

I use a basic flat sheet, so it's pretty thin, and I drape it over the top, it doesn't completely cover the top, I leave a few inches along one of the side that is closer to the wall. But, we do this and then take it off when we go to bed.

No you should not use thumbtacks in a hotel leaving holes in the wall.

Denise in MI

 

[seashoreCM]

I would not use a cover, even thin cloth like a sheet, directly on the crib. The cover could move or slip and then cut off air circulation.