Originally Posted By familyguy We have a family of 6. Can we fit in 1 room with 2 Queens and a rollaway bed? Does the hotel offer a rollaway bed? How much is it per night if they do? We figure if they have a rollaway we can do my, wife and I and our little 5 year old in one bed, our two girls in one bed, and our 8 year old on the layaway. I know we dould probably have to say thatwe were a family of 5, but maybe not. Any info you have is helpful!
Originally Posted By fkurucz You can probably get 6 people into a suite, but its gonna cost you, pilgrim. Its been a few year since we stayed there, but IIRC the limit is 5 to a room. I'ld suggest getting two rooms or a suite at a crosswalk hotel on Harbor.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip If you try to stuff 6 people into a DLH standard room, all of the magic you are paying for will be gone. I'm a huge fan of staying on site, but in your situation I would find a nice suite off-site which will probably run you less than a DLH standard room. Six in a DLH room is kind of like 5 in an All Star. Sure, you could probably do it. But why on earth would you want to?
Originally Posted By Golfing Goofy We stayed at the DLH a few weeks ago in the sierra tower on the 10th floor, overlooking DTD. Our room had two queen beds and a twin size sofa bed (great for one person). The room was pretty big. The bed closest to the window had a small desk with a chair next to it. There was a night stand between the beds and the other bed had room on the other side of it for our extra suitcases. The closet was tiny, but there were four pull out drawers under the tv and fridge. We had a round table in the corner with two chairs. I don't know, with little kids you really don't need all that much room. I guess it depends on if you will survive sharing a bed with your youngest. Good luck.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip << Our room had two queen beds and a twin size sofa bed (great for one person).>> That would probably work. The two times we've stayed at the DLH we've had a room with one king bed and a room with two queen beds. We've never had a sofa bed in addition. Make sure they know you need that sofa bed and you may be assigned a room that has one. Our rooms were never very large, but I've head from many sources that DLH room sizes are all over the place... there is no 'standard size'. Our rooms were perhaps smaller than some since our group size was 2 the first time and 3 the second. Good luck.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf I believe the max capacity at any of the Disney hotels in a regular room is 5. You try and cram more in than that you are taking a risk. For a group of 6 I would recommend staying down the road at Embassy Suites or Marriott Suites. Both are very nice and accomodate six very nicely (at $150-175 a night). Marriott has a Starbucks downstairs and Embassy has full cooked breakfast.. And both offer free parking and access to ART.
Originally Posted By WendyT We have a family of six and our hotel of choice is the Marriott Residence Inn Maingate. They have a variety of room sizes, some up to 700sq feet, and all of the rooms have a kitchen. They have a buffet breakfast with hot food that can save a lot of money for a party of six. We stayed there over Christmas and were very pleased.
Originally Posted By familyguy Even though the number in our family is big, our size is actually small. Our 5 year old boy even sleeps with us at home sometimes, so we're used to that. Our two young daughters could share a queen very easily and our 8 year old boy, as you can imagine, would extremely easily enjoy a couch bed. I'm thinking we're going to fit pretty well. I don't really think the Disneyland hotel is keeping an eye on every guest making sure they aren't trying to fit 6 in a room that only holds 5. I don't know that we would be in that much danger of being "caught". But maybe you guys know different.
Originally Posted By LuLu I believe someone posted once that they did get kicked out for being over the maximum number of guests. It's a fire regulation and they will have to require you to leave or get an additional room (if available) if they find out you have 6 in a room. Note that it isn't a "sofa bed" or "couch bed" but a chair that opens into a twin bed.
Originally Posted By Golfing Goofy Actually, we had a sofa, not a chair. (It was long enough for three adult to sit on.) It didn't open up like a sofa bed, you just took the back pillows off and put sheets on the seating part. I am 5'4 and I was able to "stretch out." We had 5 in the room and it worked out great for us.
Originally Posted By familyguy With all of the guests in their hotels, are they really going to be watching every room to see how many people are going in and out of them? What are the odds that we would be "found out" if we had six (2 being really small children) in a room? We have never experienced any of the resort hotels (too expensive) and we probably never will if we have to get a suite or 2 seperate rooms in order to do it. We thought we would go out of our way and spend the extra money to bless our kids with a DLH experience this time, but we can't do it if we need more than one room. We can barely afford one room. Your thoughts?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Personally familyguy, if one room is a stretch, I would look to stay somewhere like the Embassy Suites or Marriott Suites where you can all fit comfortably and legally. It's a big risk if they do turf you out. And as it's the DLH, I don't think it's worth it. Some of the onsite perks are nice, but the rooms are really normal hotel rooms. If budget is an issue, I personally would prefer to take my family where they fit that is cheaper (but still nice) and spend the savings on either an extra day, a special meal, maybe souvenirs if you are not a frequent visitor. If it were I, I would not risk it personally.
Originally Posted By rtjl72 and wouldn't it be nice to get maybe 2 rooms somewhere else? you could have 2 bathrooms there and getting ready would be so much easier and less time consuming. so off to the park that much quicker!
Originally Posted By familyguy We stay somewhere else all the time. It would be a one time experience to be on site at the resort. We're not concerned with being cramped. we are a close family anyway. Our 5 year old sleeps with us at home half the time. He's just kind of a mommy's boy. I can't really see how we would get "caught". My parents did this kind of thing all the time back in the day when I was kid at the motel 6. They only allowed 4 people to a room back then and we had 5. One of us kids would "duck down" in the car as we pulled into the parking lot. Ah...the good ol' days. Anyway, we are just a rather low income family who has a pretty once in a lifetime opportunity to have a "full on" Disney experience like we've always dreamed about, but have never had the money for. We could pull it off with one room, and we know from seeing our friend's room there on our last trip that our family would very easily fit. Just thought we'd throw this idea out there to see if any of you had done this kind of thing before. I guess it really didn't seem too far fetched to us, but I guess it isn't practiced as often as maybe I thought it would have been. Interesting.
Originally Posted By disnyfans Hey family guy we are a family of 6 and we stayed at Paradise Pier in November and we just took an air mattress for one of our kids. We had 2 queen beds and a couch day bed. So we fit great. Even with the air mattress. We had housekeeping come in daily and didn't have any problems. We left the air mattress blown up too.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"Just thought we'd throw this idea out there to see if any of you had done this kind of thing before..."<<< familyguy, you might want to check out community standards for this site. That being said- most posters have now told you the rule and why and yet you still want someone to give you their blessing. Not me.
Originally Posted By familyguy Just checked the standards! Thanks a lot for that heads up. I seem to be in the clear! Thanks for your genuine concern.
