OVERVIEW: LARGE FAMILIES LOOKING FOR DELUXE ROOMS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
This page recommends Walt Disney World accommodations for large families seeking deluxe accommodations, sorted by family size.
(Click here for an introduction to Large Families at Walt Disney World.)
Click the image to see the recommendations below in chart form.
As always, when more than one similar option is available, recommendations are made based on appeal to kids and transportation convenience.
All prices are for the 2015 Fall price season. See this for when to go to Walt Disney World.
Prices will be higher during most other parts of the year, but in similar proportions. See this for price seasons at Walt Disney World.
DISNEY WORLD DELUXE ROOM OPTIONS FOR LARGE FAMILIES
Basic Recommendation for families of up to 5 people: Disney’s Polynesian Resort. Cost/ Person/ Night: $107, for families of 5.
6 people: Your best bet is a Deluxe Room at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge.
These concierge service rooms hold 6 in a mini-suite, with two queens in the bedroom and a queen sized sleeper sofa in a sitting room. Cost is $171/ person/ night. For a review of these rooms, click here.
Another great option, a little easier to reserve (as there are a few more such to choose from) is a Two Bedroom Villa at the Disney Vacation Club (DVC) property the Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge.
If you reserve through the WDW website, this will cost $173/ person/ night (but see below for renting points).
The Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge are not as convenient as the Polynesian, but are even more kid appealing. A Two Bedroom Villa provides one bedroom with a king bed that sleeps two, and one with two queens that sleeps 4. In addition, you get a kitchen/dining/living room combination with a sleeper sofa that sleeps two more.
The least expensive way to get a 2 Bedroom Villa at the Wilderness Lodge is to rent points from a DVC member. If you are successful at this, you will pay $87-101/person/ night. See this for details on how to do so.
7 people: The Two Bedroom villas at the Wilderness Lodge don’t hold 7 (or 8) well.
A better choice for parties of these sizes is a Two Bedroom Villa at Kidani Village.
Cost of Two Bedroom Villa at Kidani Village: via Disney Website, $157/person/night; via renting points, $80-92/person/night.
8 people: Same approach as “7 people” above. Two Bedroom Villa at Kidani Village: via Disney Website, $137/person/night; via renting points, $70-81/person/night.
9 people: Same approach as “7 people” above. Two Bedroom Villa at Kidani Village: via Disney Website, $122/person/night; via renting points, $62-72/person/night.
10 People: If the group must all be in the same space only a Grand Villa will work. Grand Villas at Jambo House are the best choice for first time family visitors.
A Grand Villa has three distinct bedrooms—two sleeping 4 each in two queens, and one sleeping two in a king. Two more sleeping spaces are available in sofa-beds in the common rooms.
A Grand Villa at Jambo House will cost about $236/person/night for 10 people if your reserve though the WDW website; if you can manage to rent points, the cost drops to $108-124/person/night.
Another less expensive option for a group this size is to have most of the group together but up to 4 or 5 in a nearby but not in connected space.
There are some families or parties for which this might actually be a benefit. For example, they may want to group the littlest children and their parents into an 8 person space, and reserve a 4-5 person space for childless couples, grandparents, and/or teenagers, all of which may either benefit from the privacy and/or contribute to the peace of mind of the party of up to 8 by being in a separate space.
If this describes your group, then your best bet is both a 2 Bedroom Villa and a separate Studio at the Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge.
This gives 4 bays, not 6 as in a Grand Villa, and of course one of the bays will not be connected to the rest. But the price will be much lower than a Grand Villa.
This same option works for families that don’t necessarily want this separation of part of their party, but are willing to accept it because it is cheaper than a grand villa.
In cash, renting both a Two Bedroom and a Studio at the Villas at the Wilderness Lodge will be in total $149/person per night for 10 people; if you can rent points, the cost drops to $72-83/person/night.
11 People: Your basic options are a Grand Villa at Jambo House or a Studio and a Two Bedroom Villa at Kidani Village.
A Grand Villa will cost $214/person per night if you reserve through the website, and $98-113/person/night if you rent points.
A Studio and a Two Bedroom at the Villas at Kidani Village will cost (in total) $149/person/night if you reserve over the website, and $71-81/person/night if you rent DVC points.
12 People: Your basic options are a Grand Villa at Jambo House or a Studio and a Two Bedroom Villa at Kidani Village.
A Grand Villa will cost $197/person per night if you reserve through the website, and $90-103/person/night if you rent points.
A Studio and a Two Bedroom at the Villas at Kidani will cost (in total) $137/person/night if you reserve over the website, and $65-75/person/night if you rent DVC points.
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
- 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
- For a (geeky) overview of comparative room size, see this
- Military/DOD families should look at this
- Families seeking the most comfortable place to stay should see this
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Hey thanks this helps a lot. But would you consider doing a revision with 2019 prices and new locations?
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Hi Leonie, thanks for the reminder–I’ll fix it soon!
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We are looking to rent DVC points in order to get a grand villa in October 2019. It is a sort of family reunion where our matriarch would like us all to stay in the same space. We have 9 adults, 3 children over 2, and one infant in a crib. Our dilemma comes with the possibility of needing to add another infant in a crib. Do you know if that is at all possible? I know the first infant is covered, but do you know if they will allow another to be added?
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Sarah, I believe so, but your point vendor will know for sure.
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Is Bay Lakes Villas at the Contemporary not recommended for large families on their first visit?
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Tyler, my rankings of the DVC options for first-timers are near the bottom of this: https://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/04/26/walt-disney-world-resort-hotel-reviews/ BLT comes in 4th…
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