No towels, linens for 5th/9th guest

[honeycomb111]

For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms, the DVC website has a disclaimer that no additional bedding, linens, or towels will be provided for members booking with points. So it seems safe to assume we need to bring towels for the extra person. The bedding and linen situation is not as clear. Which bed has no sheets and blanket/cover? Or is it just a pillow and pillowcase that is needed for the 5th/9th person?

 

[sethschroeder]

You can easily ask for extra towels. Everything else you would need to bring if you are booking (on points) rooms that officially hold 4/8 but are allowed to hold 5/9.

Unless its changed there is no sheets, no pillow, no nothing for the additional guest. Think of it like back in college when you go to a hotel that has 2 beds but you have 5 people with you and the check-in deck doesn't care if you have an extra person in there.

 

[DonMacGregor]

For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms, the DVC website has a disclaimer that no additional bedding, linens, or towels will be provided for members booking with points. So it seems safe to assume we need to bring towels for the extra person. The bedding and linen situation is not as clear. Which bed has no sheets and blanket/cover? Or is it just a pillow and pillowcase that is needed for the 5th/9th person?

As a DVC owner, you are allowed to exceed the stated room capacity, IN THOSE ROOMS YOU ARE REFERENCING SPECIFICALLY ("resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms"), by one additional guest. So, in a room that sleeps 4 you may have 5 guests, and in a room that sleeps 8 you may have 9. There are beds and linen up to the stated room capacity. All provided beds have linen.

What it allows you to do, is bring additional bedding, like an air mattress, and place it in the room during your stay. The disclaimer merely advises you that if you bring an additional bed (air mattress, folding camp cot, whatever), Disney won't provide you with sheets, blankets, or pillows for it.

You can always ask for extra towels.

 

[justadreamaway77]

I believe you need the whole shebang including something like a blow up mattress

 

[honeycomb111]

Thank you for the explanation. I was trying to figure out if the pull down bed by the TV did not have sheets. It sounds like sheets and pillows are provided for the Murphy beds, sleeper sofas, sleeper chairs, and pull down beds for the TV. The disclaimer made it sound like one of those may not have bedding and I was confused!

 

[DonMacGregor]

It sounds like sheets and pillows are provided for the Murphy beds, sleeper sofas, sleeper chairs, and pull down beds for the TV.

That is correct.

 

[Sandisw]

As a DVC owner, you are allowed to exceed the stated room capacity by one additional guest. So, in a room that sleeps 4 you may have 5 guests, and in a room that sleeps 8 you may have 9. There are beds and linen up to the stated room capacity. All provided beds have linen.

What it allows you to do, is bring additional bedding, like an air mattress, and place it in the room during your stay. The disclaimer merely advises you that if you bring an additional bed (air mattress, folding camp cot, whatever), Disney won't provide you with sheets, blankets, or pillows for it.

You can always ask for extra towels.

Just to clarify, this only applies to the one bedrooms (and the 2 bedroom lock offs) that are at resorts that have studios that sleep 5 already.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

The 1BRs that have 4 sleep surfaces but may be booked for 5 are:

• BCV
• BWV
• VWL/BRV

At those resorts, 2BRs have the following bed arrangements:

• BCV/VWL dedicated: 1 king, 2 queen beds, 1 queen sleeper sofa for 8 sleep surfaces; can be booked for 9
• BCV/VWL lock-off: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 queen sleeper sofas, 1 murphy for 9 sleep surfaces; can be booked for 9
• BWV: All lock-offs, 1 king, 1 queen, 2 queen sleeper sofas, 1 murphy for 9 sleep surfaces; can be booked for 9

Note that the sleeper sofas may technically be doubles in a couple cases.

 

[DeeBee3]

Just from personal experience, we had a 5th guest at BWV in August - just as stated above all the sleeping surfaces (pull out couch, sleeper chair, murphy bed) have bedding. The towels are no big deal - housekeeping was great with us. I'm sure that could vary.

We had 2 kids and 3 adults so it wasnt an issue because my kids are little so 1 kid slept in the king with parents and the other slept with grandma. If you have teens or adults, I could see how that might be an issue.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Just to clarify, this only applies to the one bedrooms (and the 2 bedroom lock offs) that are at resorts that have studios that sleep 5 already.

I was assuming we had established that when the OP qualified their question with "For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms..."

 

[CaptainAmerica]

As a DVC owner, you are allowed to exceed the stated room capacity by one additional guest.

I don't think that's always true, is it? Aren't there rooms that officially sleep 5 that you can't bring a 6th to?

 

[DonMacGregor]

I don't think that's always true, is it? Aren't there rooms that officially sleep 5 that you can't bring a 6th to?

Again, I was responding to the specific question posed by the Op, who qualified the question with "For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms..."

 

[Sandisw]

I was assuming we had established that when the OP qualified their question with "For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms..."

Just being sure! People would read that and think it meant all!

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Again, I was responding to the specific question posed by the Op, who qualified the question with "For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms..."

OP was not asking about a room with beds for 4 that can add a 5th, he was asking about a room with a stated capacity of 5. The problem is that Disney adds the disclaimer to THOSE rooms as well, which doesn't really make any sense.

 

[Stargazer65]

Again, I was responding to the specific question posed by the Op, who qualified the question with "For resorts that can accommodate a 5th or 9th guest in some rooms..."

Don, make sure you clarify that this only applies to certain rooms, not every room!!!

LOL

 

[DonMacGregor]

Don, make sure you clarify that this only applies to certain rooms, not every room!!!

LOL

 

[JETSDAD]

OP was not asking about a room with beds for 4 that can add a 5th, he was asking about a room with a stated capacity of 5. The problem is that Disney adds the disclaimer to THOSE rooms as well, which doesn't really make any sense.

None of the rooms that have this notice have a stated capacity of 5 and none have a sleeping surface for the 5th guest. This disclaimer is only on the rooms that allow an additional guest beyond the stated capacity and that don't have a sleeping surface for the additional guest.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

None of the rooms that have this notice have a stated capacity of 5 and none have a sleeping surface for the 5th guest. This disclaimer is only on the rooms that allow an additional guest beyond the stated capacity and that don't have a sleeping surface for the additional guest.

I haven't run every single room type at every single resort, but I know, at a minimum, the booking tool still thinks Saratoga 1BR sleeps 4.

 

[JETSDAD]

I haven't run every single room type at every single resort, but I know, at a minimum, the booking tool still thinks Saratoga 1BR sleeps 4.

SSR has the notice because until just recently that was the case and they haven't updated the booking system for those rooms (I'm not certain if they are 100% done with the reno so could be waiting for that). The pics still show the old rooms as well.

 

[honeycomb111]

OP was not asking about a room with beds for 4 that can add a 5th, he was asking about a room with a stated capacity of 5. The problem is that Disney adds the disclaimer to THOSE rooms as well, which doesn't really make any sense.

Haha that is what caused my confusion. I own at Riviera and didn't understand the disclaimer for a studio. I just booked my first stay today for next year.