Joel recently commented on Large Families at Walt Disney World as follows:
“You don’t need to post this comment, but I’m wondering why you don’t at least mention some off-site alternatives for large families. We have 5 in our family and since we don’t have the budget for a deluxe on Disney we nearly always stay off-site.
We usually are able to find a really nice 3-bedroom (or more) condo with kitchen and living room within a couple of miles of the front gate for under $600/week.
I realize it’s not for everybody, but a lot of large families would probably enjoy the off-site option if guided to something good like a condo or pool house.
Love your site, especially the “pick a week” application. Spot on!”
I actually do have material on staying off site, starting here.
But because there was no link to that material on the large families introductory page, the one Joel commented on, Joel was in fact 99.9% correct.
I’ve fixed that by adding a link on that page to the off-site material.
Thanks to Joel, I also added a link to the off-site material to the Large Families Looking for Value Pricing page in the large families section of this site.
I had some hesitation adding this links—because I have absolutely no doubt that first time visitors should stay at a Disney owned and operated resort, and the more options I put in the more complex this site becomes…and the site is supposed to make things simpler, not more complicated.
That said, larger families looking for lower prices have limited options in the current set of Disney resort offerings—basically, just one of a small number of hard to reserve family suites at All-Star Music.
When many more family suites come on line at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, things will become much easier for such families.
This resort is currently scheduled to open in 2012.
Large family options will become particularly easier if these six-person suites also include connecting doors, creating space for up to 12.
See the image (click it to enlarge it) for how such suites could be laid out.
Even then, these options will be more expensive than off-site options, so thanks again to Joel for his comment!
MORE ON WHERE TO STAY AT DISNEY WORLD
- For where to stay, see this
- For your next best choices, in order, see this
- For picking your resort based on appeal to kids, see this
- For picking your resort based on convenience, see this
- For where not to stay, see this
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- For what you get in each resort price category, see this
- For Walt Disney World resort price seasons, see this
- For resort reviews, see this
- For the value resorts, see this
- For the moderate resorts, see this
- For the deluxe resorts, see this
- For suites at the deluxe resorts, see this
- For the Disney Vacation Club (“DVC”) Resorts, see this
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- For a (geeky) overview of comparative room size, see this
- Large families should look at this, and also at
- Military/DOD families should look at this
- Tightwads should look at this
- Families seeking the most comfortable place to stay should see this
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