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Disney Vacation Club members often rent the “points” which they are granted as members of DVC to non-vacation club members.
At a going rate of around $12 per point, this perfectly legitimate and Disney-supported approach can greatly reduce the cost of a Walt Disney World visit for those either looking for a 4-person deluxe room (who […]

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One Bedroom Villas also mostly sleep 4. However, most One Bedrooms at the Villas at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and Bay Lake Towers do/will sleep 5.All these One Bedroom Villas have a private bedroom with a king bed; one bathroom (5 person AK and Bay Lake Villas have […]

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The Disney Vacation Club Resorts at Walt Disney World are time-share resorts whose rooms can also be reserved like any other Disney World resort hotel rooms. Moreover, the rooms at these resorts can also be gained (usually at a huge cost saving) by privately renting “points” from Disney Vacation Club members.
For most first time […]

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9 people: Some interesting new options emerge at this party size. You can still try for two connecting rooms at the Poly–$89/person per night.
The Two Bedroom Villas at the Villas at the Wilderness Lodge will not fit 9, but two DVC properties have Two Bedroom Villas […]

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This page recommends Walt Disney World accommodations for large families seeking deluxe accommodations, sorted by family size. See this page for an introduction to Large Families at Walt Disney World.
Click on the thumbnail above (when open, click again once or twice to enlarge) to see the recommendations below in chart form; the chart also includes […]

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This page recommends Walt Disney World accommodations for large families seeking lower prices, sorted by family size. See this page for an introduction to Large Families at Walt Disney World.
Click on the thumbnail above (when open, click again once or twice to enlarge) to see the recommendations below in chart form; the chart also includes […]

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Thus page and its links build on the general Large Families at Walt Disney World page by including options beyond connecting rooms, and covering family sizes of up to 12.
A large family is one that will not fit into a standard Walt Disney World hotel room—more than 4 people for Values and almost all moderates, […]

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Eligible military families*, and civilians who can travel with an eligible military sponsor, should consider a split stay (staying at two resorts during one trip) at Walt Disney World that includes Shades of Green, a deluxe resort owned by the U.S. Department of Defense, across the street from the Polynesian, based on its very low […]

(Note: this page may make more sense to new users if, before reading it, they first review Who this Site is For, and Summary of Instructions. Then again, it may not.)
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Some families—particularly those coming from the West Coast, and those driving from distant parts of the East Coast or Midwest–will have difficulty arriving at Walt […]

Note: the below focuses on “smaller” large families, and on those who are willing to risk asking for connected rooms, which Disney will not guarantee to provide. For more on larger families and options besides connecting rooms, see this page.

 
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I define a large family as one that Walt Disney World will not allow to […]

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This page summarizes Walt Disney World recommendations for four types of families with special circumstances: Large Families, Families on a Tight Budget, Families with Difficult Transportation Challenges, and Military Families. For each family type, links are provided to additional pages with more detail and specifics.
Families with unique physical, health or other challenges should review PassPorter’s […]

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This discussion assumes you are planning to stay at Pop Century but still have difficulties making the overall budget work.
(Those aimed at a deluxe resort, but worried about budgets—for example, who won’t go at all unless they can stay at a deluxe hotel, but can’t afford the Polynesian–should stay at the Wilderness Lodge and save […]