Christine
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 31, 1999
Hello everyone! Looking for a little feedback from some of you veterans who have possibly stayed at various resorts.
My extended family and I were trying to plan a trip to WDW the first week of November. This trip includes 12-13 adults and two children (3&2). Two of the adults are older and require electric scooters. One reason for the trip (at that time) is one of the travelers is having a major milestone birthday and that traveler is also coming of some significant chemo treatment for cancer. Trip cannot actually be booked for 2 more weeks as we are awaiting results of post-chemo scan to ensure there is a remission going on.
Most of the travelers desire to stay on the monorail line with a preference for the Contemporary. I think my stories of my trip last year (staying at the Contemporary) piqued their interest and it was a great location for my dad who was with us (ankle issues, requires electric scooter). It's also great with two little kids if you need to get back and forth during the day.
When I was at the Contemporary last year, we did use the bus a few times with the scooter (not a fan, but it works) so we don't really want to be at a bus-only resort. We could rent scooters that come apart and then use a car if we had to.
So here is the problem--during our desired week, all the deluxe resorts are booked. I called WDW to make sure it wasn't just something I was seeing online and it was confirmed. So that kind of blows that idea. I was starting to think a little bit outside those areas (Beach Club maybe, but booked) and after that I'm just not sure. My cousin (whose mother is the one with the health issues) wants to be sure her mother really feels like she's on vacation. No one wants a suite/villa as some adult always ends up on a pull out couch. So we need a lot of rooms too.
I would love thoughts on what you might do in my situation. We also can change the time but it has to be this one week in September. There is a lot more availability then, but the November week is the #1 choice. Wonder what is going on down there to cause everything to be be booked. Heck, I got into the Contemporary last year (summertime) with about 3 weeks notice with no issues.
My extended family and I were trying to plan a trip to WDW the first week of November. This trip includes 12-13 adults and two children (3&2). Two of the adults are older and require electric scooters. One reason for the trip (at that time) is one of the travelers is having a major milestone birthday and that traveler is also coming of some significant chemo treatment for cancer. Trip cannot actually be booked for 2 more weeks as we are awaiting results of post-chemo scan to ensure there is a remission going on.
Most of the travelers desire to stay on the monorail line with a preference for the Contemporary. I think my stories of my trip last year (staying at the Contemporary) piqued their interest and it was a great location for my dad who was with us (ankle issues, requires electric scooter). It's also great with two little kids if you need to get back and forth during the day.
When I was at the Contemporary last year, we did use the bus a few times with the scooter (not a fan, but it works) so we don't really want to be at a bus-only resort. We could rent scooters that come apart and then use a car if we had to.
So here is the problem--during our desired week, all the deluxe resorts are booked. I called WDW to make sure it wasn't just something I was seeing online and it was confirmed. So that kind of blows that idea. I was starting to think a little bit outside those areas (Beach Club maybe, but booked) and after that I'm just not sure. My cousin (whose mother is the one with the health issues) wants to be sure her mother really feels like she's on vacation. No one wants a suite/villa as some adult always ends up on a pull out couch. So we need a lot of rooms too.
I would love thoughts on what you might do in my situation. We also can change the time but it has to be this one week in September. There is a lot more availability then, but the November week is the #1 choice. Wonder what is going on down there to cause everything to be be booked. Heck, I got into the Contemporary last year (summertime) with about 3 weeks notice with no issues.