How expensive for a family of 5!

[nixieh]

Hi everyone

Looking at going to DLP in Feb for half term as not doing WDW next year and thought it would be nice to go for my bday. The problem is I really wanted to stay at the DL hotel as it's my 40th but because there are 5 of us we could only have a fam room at £1300 for 2 nights which is crazy. Especially as my 3 kids are under 12 so have free accomm and park tickets! For a family of 4 the prices was only £800ish so it seems really excessive to have to pay an extra £500 for what I would guess is basically an extra bed in the room.

I have provisionally ended up booking a family room at Newport Bay instead for £800 because apparently that was the last one avail that week so the lady I booked with told me best to book it or I might end up with nothing.

So my question is, what are the family rooms actually like, are they worth the huge amounts of money you have to pay for them?

There is so much info avail about WDW but I am having real probs getting lots of info about DLP!

Thanks in advance

[sarahc]

Hi! I am trying to find you some pics of the family rooms and will post them if I do! The other alternative would be to book rooms with interconnecting doors which I know is possible but I doubt this would be cheaper: could be worth a try though?
We stayed at Newport Bay and liked it there. It is a huge hotel though so breakfast can be a bunfight if you don't get there early ie before 8am! We always had 7.30 time slots which were fine.
If you want more info you could also look at the following:
dlrpmagic
dlpfoodguide

Will try and post pics later!

[Guest]

Not stayed in a family room but agree that the Newport Bay is a nice hotel, but it is HUGE and can involve long walks to your room and busy breakfasts. Probably too late now and may not be your thing anyway but if you are driving, the Davy Crockett Ranch has 2 bedroom lodges that accomodate up to 6 people and I'm sure would be cheaper. We've stayed there also and loved it.

[Tom Morrow]

I am feeling your pain, it drives me nuts how a family of 5 is just not catered for when it comes to hotel accommodation (not just Disney but everywhere). Inter-connecting rooms mean that you need to pay double:angry:

[Guest]

We're a family of 5, (2 Adults, 13yo, 3yo and 18months) and will be staying at the Explorers Hotel, in one of the Captains Suites.
Plenty of room and not too expensive either.
I realise it's not a Disney Hotel, but it is wonderfully themed.
And it has a several restaurants, a pool, and big playarea for the kids.

[Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by HeidiB

We're a family of 5, (2 Adults, 13yo, 3yo and 18months) and will be staying at the Explorers Hotel, in one of the Captains Suites.
Plenty of room and not too expensive either.
I realise it's not a Disney Hotel, but it is wonderfully themed.
And it has a several restaurants, a pool, and big playarea for the kids.

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Just had a look - this looks great with a good discount if you arrive on a Sunday

[Guest]

we are!

[nixieh]

Thanks everyone for the advice, might check out the Explorers Hotel but we wanted to travel by Eurostar so wouldn't have a car, how far away is it from the parks. We are only going for 2 nights so don't really want to spend ages travelling.

Thanks

[Guest]

not allowed to post links on here, so I'll pm you

[Guest]

We stayed in family room at newport bay ,we did have one at the DLH but due to the eurostar being cancelled ( fire at waterloo) disney put us up for 1 night in the NPB,in my opinion the DLH was a rip off as we had 2 connecting rooms with enough room for 8 really -double and single sofa bed in one and 2 doubles and single sofa bed in the other .The npb was lovely -2 doubles and a double sofa bed ,lovely big room and for a fraction of the DLH price .If we went back again then we would go to the NPB but as we drive we normally go to Davy Crockett ranch .Will try and find the NPB pics
LIz