Will we be too crowded???

[tmk0730]

Hi everyone! We are staying in October for the first time at BLT and I'm looking for your input. We invited friends to go with us and they accepted. The parents of the friends decided they too wanted to go to Disney to see their granddaughter's first trip and would stay at a value and join us each day. Well DH and I feel bad they won't be with the whole group so we are considering inviting them to join our reservation. I'm wondering if you think we will be too croweded. Here's the details:

We will be in a dedicated 2 bedroom.

Our family is myself, DH, and our two children who will be 4 and 11 months.

Our friends are husband and wife and their 5 year old.

Would adding the two grandparents be just too much or do you think it could work?

I know that we are allowed to have this many people in the room, I'm just curious what you all think about comfort level.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tmk0730]

I should also point out a few other things. The baby will still be in the PnP and our 4 year old in all honesty usually ends up in our bed during vaction anyway. Since we usually get a one bedroom and he won't stay on the sleeper alone, he usually just crashes with us in the king bed. Since we have a queen at home we really don't mind since the king has plenty of room. So our entire family will fit into the master bedroom if that makes a difference in your opinion. Thanks again!!!

 

[n2mm]

I don't think you would be too crowded at all, but my only concern would be with your friends and family out numbering you and DH and kids, it might start to feel like it's not YOUR vacation anymore. I guess it all depends on how comfortable you are with your friends parents and your relationship with them. I would never want to travel and not be able to relax at my own resort and feel like I have to entertain others the entire time. Heck, I've got grown kids that I don't like to share a room with. When my adult son wants to go, we get him a room at a value and we stay at a DVC resort. He likes that and so do we!

 

[snowbunny]

I personally wouldn't do it...it means the grandparents (or part of the other family) will be sleeping in the living room, correct? Which means that you won't be able to use that space after they go to bed (which in the case of my parents, is like 9 pm). For that many points I like to be able to hang out in the living room in the evenings and balcony after the kids are in bed. I would let them stay at another hotel and come over to your villa to socialize.

 

[Anal Annie]

My only thoughts are who's gonna sleep in the living room? I would ask them who would volunteer for that. The Grandparents may not feel comfortable doing that and may prefer their own space... You can throw it out there as an option for them & see what they say.

 

[dvc deernut]

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, i agree, we usually get a 2 bedroom if another couple is joining us. Dw and i take the master bedroom and friends take the bedroom with the 2 beds. Then if either couple wants to get up early or stay up late they can go relax in the livingroom. We did it once with 2 people in the pullout and felt that was too many. It wasnt as relaxing. We wouldnt have anyone stay with us in the livingroom kitchen area.

 

[BBG-BLT]

We always stay in the 2BR but its just our family. There are 6 of us but with little kids we always need some time int he room where it is quite so the baby can sleep (either for a nap or early bed time). We find that people without kids (GPs) - well they tend to be loud and wake them up.

Also our kids tend to get a little over tired at WDW and sometimes are not at their best. With you only having 2 kids my guess is that it will be easier to deal with but for us we can tend to get a bit snappy when everyone is tired. Tend not to like a lot of people around watching when the kids are melting down and not at their best

So a bit crowded for my taste

 

[VrBchJ]

This arrangement would not work for me personally. Could you suggest the Grandparents rent points for a studio at your same resort? That way you could have your space with the other couple and the Grands could have their own room near you.

 

[Deb & Bill]

I agree with the previous posters. You are outnumbered by your guests. Even without planning this, they may tend to take over your vacation. Go by yourself for this trip and help your friends get a one bedroom or two bedroom for them and the grandparents.

 

[jodifla]

Hi everyone! We are staying in October for the first time at BLT and I'm looking for your input. We invited friends to go with us and they accepted. The parents of the friends decided they too wanted to go to Disney to see their granddaughter's first trip and would stay at a value and join us each day. Well DH and I feel bad they won't be with the whole group so we are considering inviting them to join our reservation. I'm wondering if you think we will be too croweded. Here's the details:

We will be in a dedicated 2 bedroom.

Our family is myself, DH, and our two children who will be 4 and 11 months.

Our friends are husband and wife and their 5 year old.

Would adding the two grandparents be just too much or do you think it could work?

I know that we are allowed to have this many people in the room, I'm just curious what you all think about comfort level.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

It depends on the players. It COULD work, but I think I'd ask the whole family to stay in the other room, and leave the living room clear. Grandparents can take the bed, parents can take other bed or sleeper sofa, and child can be on an air mattress on the floor.

 

[cvjw]

I wouldn't put that many people in a 2 bedroom. I think having your friends parents on the pull-out sofa in the living room would be awkward for everyone involved. You would also lose use of the living room and kitchen if another family was using that space as their sleeping quarters. My kids always got up early when they were little. If yours do, you would be confined to the bedroom area only until the other family using the living room woke up and got dressed.

 

[M5ward]

Add me to those who wouldn't do this. I would feel very crowded. In a two bedroom, I like the living room to be a common area available to everyone; if someone has to sleep there, that closes that room off.

 

[magicaldisney]

Another NO. First, I think (just my opinion) logistically it's just too many people to put in a two bedroom comfortably. Second, been there, done that with having people with a big group sleeping on the sofa......NEVER AGAIN. The people on the sofa were not ones to stay up late so 10:00 came around and we were all sent off to our rooms because they wanted to go to sleep. We had just gotten back from the parks and everyone wanted to sit around and talk and we couldn't. We closed up Artist Palette at SSR every night, that was the only place we could all go and sit around and talk!!!

 

[Sandisw]

I don't know if I would do this. It really does put your vacation at a different level adding the grandparents, especially if you don't know them all that well.

It is one thing inviting friends, but adding people you are not close with can cause issues that could end up changing the way the whole vacation happens.

 

[Donna M]

Don't invite them to stay with you. You need the living room area free since little kids will be going to sleep early.

Since the grandparents are planning on getting their own place, let them, (they aren't your relatives!). They may not even want to stay with you. They don't know you like their children do and they would probably feel more comfortable having their own space to get away from all the little kids for awhile. (We're older and plan on getting two places next year when we invite a family with little kids to join us.)

Don't feel guilty at all. You can't be expected to provide accommodations for everyone who invites themselves down. Remember that you didn't even invite them, they invited themselves. They can be invited to hang out in your place during the day.

 

[Pakey]

We have twice stayed in a 2 bedroom with 6 adults (no children) and I would never do it again. We tried it at OKW and SSR. Even with the larger OKW villa, it was just too crowded.

 

[castleri]

I would suggest as someone else said that the grandparent's might want to consider renting a studio at the same resort where you are staying if it would be about the same amount of money. If they are nervous about renting maybe you could do it as a transfer and make the reservation for them. Of course maybe they can get one of the special offers that Disney has and it will be more economical for them to stay in a value depending on the time of year you are going. I know that when we have gone the last couple of times it has been good to have some time away from the kids as much as we love them and maybe the grandparents would feel the same way. And for those who think the grandparents may want to go to bed early - Not all grandparents go to bed at 8 - some are in their 40's and may be up the latest of all - some like me in my 60's are the ones the 23 yo granddaughter wants to go to WDW with because they do the rides, watch the fireworks and close the parks -
Whatever you decide I hope you have a wonderful trip and I think it is great you want to include the grandparents in every aspect of the child's first trip and if you think it will work by all means ask them after you run it by your friends first.

 

[pickles]

are the grandparents gonna babysit...that may change their value in my eyes. otherwise I would agree maybe a separate studio same resort. If they are babysitting and KNOW that is their job so you and the other couple can go out without kids..then that could be worth the sacrifices

I almost like the idea of putting them all into one room and leaving the lr clear

 

[dclfun]

I wouldn't do it. We've had that many in a 2 bedroom at OKW and it felt crowded. If someone woke up in the night and wanted to get a drink from the fridge, they couldn't do it as there was one couple sleeping in the living room. These were all my grown kids whom I love dearly but I realized I should have gotten the GV or another villa. Space and privacy is a good thing on vacation and as was mentioned, these grandparents invited themselves along. I know if it were myself ( I'm a Grandma now) I'd never accept the kind offer of staying in someone else's villa and would pay my own way in my own room. They may also be wanting some alone time and peace and quiet. They can visit in your villa and then go back to their own resort to sleep. Think also about the crowd in there during breakfast or in the bathrooms.---Kathy

 

[Sammie]

Count me in as another that would not do it, heck I would not even do it if they were related to me. I have been down that road at Disney World too many times and what starts out as a smooth ride turns into a bumpy one full of pot holes.

The other thing is this, you invited your friends, who invited the Grandparents, that would make a huge difference to me.

If they invited themselves, or the friends invited them, I agree with the others. They have taken over your vacation and you have not even left town.

With the ages of your children they are going to need naps or everyone is going to suffer. With that many in the villa you are really pushing the comfort level, and bathroom usage and I for one do not enjoy my villa when someone is sleeping on the sofa bed, unless they are small children.

If the grandparents are dead set on coming, they need their own room.