Why do 3BR GVs (only) Sleep 12?

[Cbtexan04]

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but my wife and I were looking over various room layouts for grand villas. We noticed that some of the villas (for instance, Animal Kingdom) had 5 beds (4 queens, 1 king) and 2 sleeper sofas. Assuming each of those sleep 2 people, that would mean 14 could comfortably sleep in the villa.

Just curious why the room capacity isn't 14? Taking a stab at the answer myself I would guess resort capacity reasons or simply "there's not enough eating/lounging space", but I feel like the same could be made for Studios that sleep 5!

 

[JETSDAD]

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but my wife and I were looking over various room layouts for grand villas. We noticed that some of the villas (for instance, Animal Kingdom) had 5 beds (4 queens, 1 king) and 2 sleeper sofas. Assuming each of those sleep 2 people, that would mean 14 could comfortably sleep in the villa.

Just curious why the room capacity isn't 14? Taking a stab at the answer myself I would guess resort capacity reasons or simply "there's not enough eating/lounging space", but I feel like the same could be made for Studios that sleep 5!

I believe there is only one pullout in the GV's which brings you down to the 12 count.

 

[Cbtexan04]

I believe there is only one pullout in the GV's which brings you down to the 12 count.

That makes sense for GFV. I might be mistaken in the number of sleeps in other resorts, but this is the floor plan we found for AVK (maybe it's not accurate):
http://k-systems.co/wp-content/uplo...imal-kingdom-villas-2-bedroom-6-1121-2060.jpg

 

[BillPA]

That is to provide options so you can split up the kids/teens/guests. It does not increase the legal capacity.

 

[DenLo]

I know that BLT's Grand villas have sleeping places for 14 but still limits the villa to 12 guests. Who knows why DVC decided to limit the number of guests for these GVs with an extra pullout couch in loft area. It could be for reasons due to fire regulations or just making sure all DVC Grand Villas officially sleep the same number of guests.

I think just knowing you have an extra bed makes gives you and your guests more options especially where a single adult or a teen doesn't have to share a bed with a child or another adult.

 

[drusba]

Actual legal resort capacity, which has to do with fire regulations and ability to exit from a floor, really has no impact since the addition of the currently allowable room occupancy per room per floor is actually significantly less than that which would be allowed by fire regulations.

There are in fact GV's that can hold 14 because there are sleeping spaces for 14, e.g., AKV Kidani GV's have the master downstairs with a king, two bedrooms upstairs each with two queens, a pull-out queen in the living room, and a pull-out queen (and another TV and dresser) in the area that is at the top of the stairs above the living room; those even have four bathrooms. As to why DVC maintains maximum occupancy for 12 in those (plus a child under three in a crib), the answer is: no one knows because DVC has never said why, but there is no legal/capacity barrier that prevents DVC from changing it to 14.