Those of you that have two kids...do you share one regular hotel room?
We have a 9 year old and a 2 year old. My husband works nights and so naturally stays up late even on vacation. Tiptoeing around sleeping kids every night in a little hotel room is not an appealing option. Plus I doubt the 2 year old will go to sleep if she can see us.
Last time we went before our youngest was born, my mother went and shared an adjoining room with our daughter (AKL). Time before that we got a junior suite at CSR which worked well.
So I guess my options are either adjoining rooms again (but those aren’t guaranteed and obviously my kids can’t be alone down the hall!) or a one bedroom villa (I’d have to rent points I guess). Either way will be pricey! (AKL or maybe WL, we’re thinking)
Some friends of ours think we’re nuts to not just share a room with the kids. Just curious what others do!
I had to google SWMBO- Gave me a good laugh when I figured it outDo what works for you. When the kids were little it worked. Our last trip we took in-state a month ago was the last time we get one room. "Kids" are now 15 and 17. I need my sleep since I do 90% of the driving, DS is 6'3", and DD and SWMBO are night owls. I'd stay home before I do that again.
This is what we do. We put DS to sleep with a sound machine & have drinks or play/read on our phones until we are ready to sleep. We stay at poly or CR b/c they have separate full bathrooms with doors so we can take showers & get ready without waking him up.This is part of the reason we started staying deluxe. We put the kids to bed with a sound machine going and have some drinks on the balcony They are always so tired at Disney that they are usually asleep in minutes!
We won’t share a hotel room as a family. Since we had one child we have always gotten a suite anywhere we go. We own dvc now and mostly do one bedrooms for our family of five. If I had to do one hotel room, I’d stay home.
We have 4 kids, 2 under 3, and all 6 of us regularly sleep in a regular hotel room. They just get off their sleep schedules for the most part when we are in hotels. We have a 13 night stay coming up in June in regular rooms. I can never get why people can’t a) spend a few nights in smaller quarters- we’re on vacation not buying the room to live in- b)have 2 kids of any age/sex share a bed. My brother and I shared hotel beds through our teen years in the same room as our parents without any problems, we just each had our own side and stayed on it. Or I shared with my mom and my brother with my dad. But on here even people with same sex kids say they need 3 sleeping surfaces and c) have smaller beds than they sleep in at home. I always read about people who just can’t sleep in a full bed. It isn’t that much smaller than a queen in the grand scheme, and you aren’t buying it, just sleeping in it for a few nights.
However, I’ve read these issues come up so many times over the years that I have to conclude that possibly we are the odd ones, or else a less vocal majority, because it is a frequent, recurring topic.
I mean, in a perfect world we would
always get a 2 BR club level room for our family, but unless someone else is paying it just isn’t happening!