Originally Posted By Dalia3001 I will totally check out the one at the Great Mall. I like getting her clothes for Christmas, etc., and she likes them. : )
Originally Posted By nemopoppins ^^^Then you should really like the outlet. For instance, I had seen a jacket for $14 at the outlet that I bought less than a year before at Disneyland for $40. Finds like this happen a lot, but it's really hard not to buy something you like at Disneyland because you can never know if it will make it to the outlet. But the outlet would be very useful in getting real good bargains for your neice. With the prices, you'll be able to get her a lot.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Well, we're back from the Mickey themed room. I loved it. It was a regular two queen room with daybed connected to the themed room that used to be one of those smaller rooms that no one liked getting stuck with that could only fit double beds. Now it's roomy with two twin beds and VERY cute. There is a full bathroom in each of the rooms. Our Mickey room was in the Sierra (Dreams) tower on the DTD side on the fourth floor.
Originally Posted By rtjl72 i know that i splurged big time this last summer, but i really do vote for the dreams tower at the dlh. it is a short walk to the monorail(when working) and close to shopping and restaurants. we had a 3 bedroom suite for dh and myself, ds- his wife and 2 kiddies and dd- her husband and daughter. we had an 8, 3 and 1 year old. it was just so perfect for us. we added concierge to that and were able to have milk for the kids whenever with snacks and drinks available to whoever was hanging out at the hotel. i priced out 3 rooms versus a suite and the suite was the most cost effective. yes, expensive no doubt about it, but probably a once in a lifetime gift to our children. we may all come again, but we will share in the expenses next time.
Originally Posted By Dalia3001 Wow, both sound great! Nemopoppins - I think that the themed rooms would be a wonderful solution when their kids get a bit older and can sleep in their own room without one of them waking up and needing to be walked around. Rtjl72 - I love the three bedroom suites too! I got one at the GCH for my family (7 adults) after our wedding and though it was super pricey, I've never felt better about blowing that much money. The lot of us are so rarely all together, and after going through a long illness, I felt like I had no better place to spend my money. Concierge is a much better deal when you can get so many in for one price, too! We have a 2 bedroom suite booked for them in the DLH for now, and I am going to ask for the Dreams (Sierra) Tower. They have concierge at the moment, but may cancel it. We have a regular room without concierge in the DLH for my husband and I. I will request the Dreams tower for us too. For us, the upgrade from a standard room to a room with concierge is a lot, almost $300 difference, and I don't think that's worth it. We could go out to eat for three meals a day and not hit that budget, unless we ate more than we ever had and went to Napa Rose every night or something. I have a feeling they will cancel concierge on their suite as well, but I think it will be fine. Without all of us being able to hang out in there, it makes a bit less sense. I'll be brining them a microwave, and a bunch of food. I'm scouring the boards for ideas about snacks and taking care of kids at DL...I love reading these message boards! : )
Originally Posted By rtjl72 no, really- the 3 bedroom suite can be totally 3 seperate rooms. all have double connecting doors. if you want to be by yourself there is not any problem what so ever. you just close your door to the connecting room and viola!(we had a bout the same family dynamics with babies and kids as you are looking forward to). the living area has it's own half bath, so you can even have use of that room at all times without having to bother the bedroom area for use of the bathroom. we were lucky enough to be on the same floor as the c. lounge. how convenient that was!!!! and also this gave us ready access to the elevator from the lounge that goes straight to the ground floor. i can even give you our room numbers and you could ask for those excat rooms(pool view). i worked with salvador at the front desk- he was soooooo awesome! and you would only have to pay concierge fee for 1 suite. i priced out 3 rooms with c. and then the suite with c. and the suite was a saving of over $2000.
Originally Posted By Dalia3001 I agree with you, and understand the layout of the rooms and that we would be pretty private with the three room suite. We would save some money that way, and be able to all enjoy the concierge lounge, so it would really work out well. However, I think that my in-laws are a bit nervous about having us so close to their family dynamic, as they are anticipating a lot of crying at night. I am sure we would be fine, and we would all have completely separate sleeping areas, but I think that they just want their own space a bit more than they would get with us in another adjoining rooms. They haven't quite said that, but it is the feeling I'm getting. I guess I don't want to have to put them in the position of saying "we need our space, we don't want to share our suite with you" in so many words. I wonder if I'm being too sensitive, lol. Maybe I should check to see if a three bedroom suite is available, and what it would cost, and then present them with that option as well. I just really got the feeling that they wanted a bit more privacy, so that they could have some time to be completely on their own. We don't see each other very often at all, and I really want them to be comfortable and not step on their toes. I have only met my sister in law once, and we have never met our niece and nephew before. My sister in law is a really sweet and charming lady, and I have no doubt that we will get along very well. But I can understand (or guess, having no children of my own) that with a six month old and a 3 year old, you might want some time without newly met relatives there to really be able to try to relax and have as much as a family atmosphere as possible during their first big vacation. All that being said, we could just ignore the connecting door, and treat our part of the suite as a separate room, I suppose. I guess I should maybe just man up and say straight out what I am thinking, that there is another option, but I thought that they wouldn't want it because they sounded like they needed a bit more time completely to themsleves? Maybe I or my husband can broach the subject with my mother in law who will be there too. She is really understanding and open, and knows them very well. She has stayed in our home, and I feel close enough to her to have this conversation with her in private, I think. She might be able to give me a little more insight. It would be a bit easier to feel all of this out if we didn't live so far away from each other! It's a long way from Brisbane to San Jose.
