Adult/Quiet Hotel

[Lance]

Ok, since my last thread got deleted, because I used censored curse words/and/or badmouthed the kids...

anyway

I've stayed at FW, WL, Contemporary, FQ, Riverside, and POLY...

I only stay at Deluxe Resorts or above if I get a great AP discount... so thats out of the question unless I get a room for cheap..... so

I just got back from 2 nights a piece at FQ and Riverside, dreadful experience, because of the below...

1.) Brats ruin my WDW experience
2.) Dumb parents who can't tend to their own kids ruin my WDW experience
3.) I'm 26, my g/f is 23... we're not old farts or anything, but all we want is for people to be as respectful as we are... which is.... we're NORMAL!

So when we're guests, there is no banging the walls, no YELLING in our rooms, no playing obnoxiously loud music, no going outside of the room for conversation right next to our neighbor's door, no letting the door slam with the dead bolt out to keep the door ajar and make a loud bang, no stomping around in a floor above the first floor.... etc... yeah so, we're not jerks, and thats all we ask of others... but thats obviously too much to ask of some people.... so

So, if anyone could give me some suggestions on anyplace I could stay to remedy my dilemma, it'd be greatly appreciated... in WDW or not... I don't really care at this point... I'm clearly going to STRONGLY consider Mona Lisa and Gaylord next time, because I made the mistake of not staying there this time... I always rent a car... so thats not a problem....

thanks in advance!

and honestly, I'm not nitpicking here, this is the FIRST time ever I've had a problem... and they just happen to both happen at PO... never had a problem with crummy people next to us before.... honest....lol

 

[Lance]

We have had mixed experiences at FQ, but found it to be the quietest resort so far for us. Also we found that staying in building (I believe 2 - if you are facing the 'river' it is just to the right of the pool) on the top floor on the 'river' towards the parking lot was the quietest for us.

lol... thats exactly where we were, 3rd floor, building two, 12something... but again, we were next to morons, so it was awful, if we were one room away, would have been fine. We only stayed two nights, so moving wasn't an option, and I don't feel I should have to move, because of noisy, obnoxious kids...

THanks Shelley, I hope you have better luck than we did!

Well I wouldn't go to any of the All Star resorts then, cause those are always crowded and usually with familys with many children. Thats the only Disney hotel I've had complaints about noise with but you have to expect it when you are at a value hotel.. I've stayed at the dolphin the last 2 times I went and it was great. No complaints at all, but the on-site amenities are more expensive than the disney owned ones and you cant use your room card to charge at the parks. I stayed at PORS 3 times ago and didn't have any problems at all. I will be staying at FQ in 8 days since my gf liked it so much. We are both the same age as you and I definitely felt your frustrations at the All Star resorts but I have never had a problem with the Deluxe ones yet. Better luck next time I guess.

Definately will never stay at a Value resort, I know full well what to expect there, never step foot in one.... thanks Jay, hope you have better luck than us as well... I'm sure you will!

Perhaps look into getting a cabin at Fort Wilderness? :shrug:

That way you technically don't have neighbors...

You know, I've stayed in the Cabins..... about 9 times before. But here's the thing, its me and my g/f. She hasn't been to WDW as much as I have, she's stayed in a few WDW resorts before. So, we're trying to stay in as many as we can, fun thing to do..... and the Cabins are HUGE, and always expensive if their isn't an AP discount...

but yeah, don't get me wrong, I LOVE Fort Wilderness, and love the Cabins... I'll try and get her to finally stay there... lol... thanks

It's funny, because I've stayed at every on-property hotel (except Shades of Green) at least twice, and never had this problem. However, I found the Hilton by Downtown Disney to be absolutely horrendous as regards the problems mentioned by the OP.
I agree with a previous poster that a Wilderness Cabin might be a good option. In fact, the times I've stayed there it was so dark and quiet at night that it was kind of spooky. Another romantic, fairly kid-free option if off-property is OK is the Celebration Hotel, which is very nice.

Celebration Hotel is always on my shortlist, but for some reason I never pull the trigger, love Celebration as a whole... thanks



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and in response to the posters who continue to tell me to get out of WDW... first, thanks for BLAMING ME, like its my fault that I have crap luck and got stuck next to hick family from hell... thanks for blaming me for being respectful, and waiting on calling the front desk on these brats until we had enough.... honestly, give me a break... if you don't, I hope you have WDW vacation from hell, honestly, cause you sure as hell deserve it if you're going to post in here and tell ME TO LEAVE WDW... real class... makes me believe that the people who are posting telling me to leave WDW are in fact the same type people who absolutely don't give a damn about others.... when ALL I ASK is that you be A TINY bit respectful, I AM SPENDING just as much money as you are, we all are, so why can't everyone be respectful of others.... all I ask.... so why should I leave WDW? Why can't I stay on property??? Amazing to see some people's posts in here....

but again, I thank all of the helpful posters suggestions... all I wanted was some ideas for my next trip...

 

[mousefan1972]

I think others telling you to "get out of WDW" as you put it, is more due to your abrasive posting style than anything else. Your first thread (the one that was deleted) was very abrasive in the way it was written. We get that you had noisy, inconsiderate neighbors at Port Orleans. We get that you don't appreciate parents not controlling their kids' behavior, thus causing you to have a poor experience in WDW. Understood. But to repeatedly refer to the kids as "brats", call the parents "hicks" and "morons", etc, can you see how that might rub people the wrong way?? Perhaps tone it down a bit with your complaints, and you'll likely get more helpful replies. :shrug:

 

[Lance]

I think others telling you to "get out of WDW" as you put it, is more due to your abrasive posting style than anything else. Your first thread (the one that was deleted) was very abrasive in the way it was written. We get that you had noisy, inconsiderate neighbors at Port Orleans. We get that you don't appreciate parents not controlling their kids' behavior, thus causing you to have a poor experience in WDW. Understood. But to repeatedly refer to the kids as "brats", call the parents "hicks" and "morons", etc, can you see how that might rub people the wrong way?? Perhaps tone it down a bit with your complaints, and you'll likely get more helpful replies. :shrug:

Apologies if my post was "abrasive," I was merely trying to be as detailed as possible... no joke. My WDW experience was not ruined, only my six hours of sleep or so that I did get was poor....lol...

but, I'm being honest, those kids were obnoxious brats, and their parents are despicable... I'm not going to beat around the bush, censor myself and word it "nicely" because I'm on a WDW forum... sorry

but apologies all the same if people think I'm being obnoxious myself, I'm really not, they were really that bad... but its obvious people cannot relate... eh

 

[Cynderella]

Apologies if my post was "abrasive," I was merely trying to be as detailed as possible... no joke. My WDW experience was not ruined, only my six hours of sleep or so that I did get was poor....lol...

but, I'm being honest, those kids were obnoxious brats, and their parents are despicable... I'm not going to beat around the bush, censor myself and word it "nicely" because I'm on a WDW forum... sorry

but apologies all the same if people think I'm being obnoxious myself, I'm really not, they were really that bad... but its obvious people cannot relate... eh

#1 - its VERY easy to sound obnoxious when you are typing something out because we can't hear you so we dont know how youre trying to "sound". That's the first thing I thought of when I read your posts and then the later posts which seemed to get even more angrier when people weren't understanding you.

Now I am by no means jumping on you so let's get that straight and I totally understand the kid thing because I can not stand kids. But it is Disney world and unfortunately there are kids everywhere at every hotel. So as for a suggestion to your hotel request, perhaps the Gaylord or the other one you mentioned may be your best bet. :wave:

 

[RussJT]

I have two children (6 & 9), enjoy being around children, and expect to encounter children at Disney. However, I think some of the responses to the OP are going a bit overboard. He is not complaining about encountering children at Disney or in the hotel. He is complaining about what sounds like inappropriate noise... and it seems his complaint is more about the parents who wouldn't do anything about their children. I have seen many, many similar posts here that don't get this strong of a reaction.

The the OP, what I would do if I were you is quite similar to a previous post... ask for a top floor room (which you had), away from elevator, etc. I might also mention the previous issue with a loud group of children nearby, etc., and make a request to be as secluded from large unruly groups as possible. (It probably wouldn't change much, but it would be worth a shot.)

We didn't spend much time in our room the last time we were there, but I remember a few times where I reminded my kids that we were not at home and that there might be people in the next troom who were trying to sleep. It is common courtesy for parents to remind their kids to display at least a minimal amount of restraint when in a public place (especially in a hotel where someone else might be trying to sleep). I think that is all the OP is asking for. It is not like he is asking for the kids to be quiet while in the parks.

 

[DISMOM]

The end of April, beginning of May time line...the parks are full of kids...from other countries. Most of the US school systems are in class at this time of the year, but no so for other countries.
We went the first wk in May of this year, and the parks were full of non-Americans. Most spoke English, but we heard lots of Australian, British and other accents.

 

[kjd469]

I have two children (6 & 9), enjoy being around children, and expect to encounter children at Disney. However, I think some of the responses to the OP are going a bit overboard. He is not complaining about encountering children at Disney or in the hotel. He is complaining about what sounds like inappropriate noise... and it seems his complaint is more about the parents who wouldn't do anything about their children. I have seen many, many similar posts here that don't get this strong of a reaction.

The reaction from some of the posters is in part due to the "tone" of the first post the OP made, which was deleted, by the moderators....It was way overboard, and included name calling, "swearing" and ranting that was really unncecessary in order to make his point.

I feel for the situation the OP was in, and do not feel that anybody should have to listen to a family being thoughtless in the surrounding rooms. Good luck with finding quiter accommodations while still being able to enjoy WDW.

 

[Lance]

I have two children (6 & 9), enjoy being around children, and expect to encounter children at Disney. However, I think some of the responses to the OP are going a bit overboard. He is not complaining about encountering children at Disney or in the hotel. He is complaining about what sounds like inappropriate noise... and it seems his complaint is more about the parents who wouldn't do anything about their children. I have seen many, many similar posts here that don't get this strong of a reaction.

The the OP, what I would do if I were you is quite similar to a previous post... ask for a top floor room (which you had), away from elevator, etc. I might also mention the previous issue with a loud group of children nearby, etc., and make a request to be as secluded from large unruly groups as possible. (It probably wouldn't change much, but it would be worth a shot.)

We didn't spend much time in our room the last time we were there, but I remember a few times where I reminded my kids that we were not at home and that there might be people in the next troom who were trying to sleep. It is common courtesy for parents to remind their kids to display at least a minimal amount of restraint when in a public place (especially in a hotel where someone else might be trying to sleep). I think that is all the OP is asking for. It is not like he is asking for the kids to be quiet while in the parks.

Thanks Russ, appreciate the response!

We called the front desk twice. I've never called the front desk on anyone, EVER before. And I've stayed in places all over the world, traveled a lot. The front desk told us they were going to to talk to the parents. They obviously did nothing, so thats why I'm a tad bit pertubed.

And during check-in, I had a huge dilemma. I booked my first two nights at Riverside on Disney with my AP rate, but I couldn't get FQ at the same rate for the weekend. I was on expedia one day, and I got the same AP rate I got for Riverside at FQ on expedia. When we went to check-in at FQ, the CM told us that we were to be checking into RIverside, which wasn't correct, because we just stayed there... Expedia dropped the ball, I went to double check my email, I reserved FQ.... Expedia or Disney fouled up... whatever... so my g/f pleaded for a room at FQ, because we really wanted to stay there. Matt, the CM busted his hump to get us a room, and then we felt like jerks, but we asked for a third floor room, which he had to again bust his hump. We felt so lucky we got in, that we weren't going to push our luck with more demands, because we really appreciated what Matt the CM did for us.... so yeah asking for any other demands was out of the question for me, because I hate being a pest to CM's... I respect them for what they do, and I don't want to make their job any harder.... but yeah, I'll have to next time, unfortunately.

I would like to be fortunate enough to have children someday, but I know what I'm not going to be, and that is the people I have a problem with. I don't understand how some people think, if you're not going to watch your kids 24/7, why be a parent??? I understand parents need some time for themselves too, but going to WDW and letting them run wild, because you don't want to be bothered is incredibly disturbing to me. Its rude, and most importantly its unsafe. Yes its WDW, but whats stopping some psychopath from nabbing your kid??? "NAH, never could happen" - according to some, but why can't it???

But, again, you know what i'm saying Russ, its all about a little common courtesy, all I ask... so thanks very much, sir.






And in reply to others about my flagrant depiction in my "deleted" thread. Again, apologies, but I have to get fired up, because it was an unneccessary occurence. But my first thread was "deleted," so I started a new thread with less description...lol... So, yeah, its obvious to me, animosity is being carried over because I used curse words to describe rude people, and that was deleted, shame on me. I know, believe me. The "holier than God" crowd here is the reason I now come here sporadically and not a lot anymore over the years. I only wish you all could have been in the room with me, I'm sure everyone would have gone further than we did... lol...