Originally Posted By grumpygrump We have a family of five and usually stay at DLH. This year we are staying at GCH as a special treat, but my oldest daughter wants to bring a friend for 1 night. I know it may not be permissible by the hotel, but can we fit 6 in a standard room at GCH? Our room is the one with a queen, bunk beds and a trundle bed. In addition to wife and me, we will have an 8 and 9 year old and then two teenagers (almost 14).
Originally Posted By RoadTrip The official capacity for the rooms is five. Even if you wanted to cheat a bit and try sleeping six, it would be very crowded. The Grand Californian is a gorgeous hotel with wonderful amenities but the rooms are NOT large. The average room is 340 square feet, which is about the same size as the rooms at the Disneyland Hotel. Certainly adequate for the official capacity, but not big enough to exceed that it my opinion.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy We had that bed configuration this past July. Adding one more person would be VERY tight. There isn't much extra floor room with the trundle pulled out. But the bunkbeds were a big hit with my two boys and my nephew!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Unless you want every inch of floor space covered in sleeping bags, I don't know how you'd fit six.
Originally Posted By grumpygrump Are the bunk beds too small for 14 year olds? My plan is to have them sleep in the bunk beds and my 9 yr. old son sleep in the trundle bed and then my wife and me and our youngest (8 yr old) sleep in the bed with us. She is a tiny little thing. would this work?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 The beds in my opinion will only hold 2 adults comfortably. I think 3 in a bed would not be good.
Originally Posted By boyumz We had 6 in a room once at PP. One kid slept in the closet (they have very large closets). He called it the "Space Pod". We had a blast!!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Ah! Hadn't thought of that. The closets at the GCH are big enough we used them for dressing rooms when for the kids to change into swim suits. One room was ready and the other was not, so we all used ours. The bunk beds are not full-size beds. They are quite a bit shorter.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins How are your kids about sleeping? Mine could sleep anywhere. A few of them might complain but they'd get a good night's sleep no matter how cramped. In fact, when we leave Disneyland, we leave the park at closing and drive all night. The kids sleep in the car and go to school in the morning. My husband and I have hosted my seven year old daughter in our bed before on weekend mornings (trying to squeeze in a few more minutes) and we don't even have a queen size. So I would say that anything is possible.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Hopefully someone else will pop in with the measurements but SuzieQ is right, the bunk beds and trundle are not twin bed size, they are shorter. If it's just for one night, I'd imagine that the 14 year olds could squeeze out some floor space. I'd just suggest that they understand that there is to be no complaining The other nights the 14 year old should be OK on the trundle.
