Hotel Room
We will be in a Parlor Suite just like last time. Before our last trip, we debated whether or not to get a regular room or not. I am so happy we went with the suite! Our son slept in the front room in a pack n play at night. We had hoped he would nap there too but it was really bright so that didn't work out. But it was great to have the extra space. Some days he napped in our bed and I sat in the front room.
This time around, he will be too big for a pack n play. We were thinking about buying one of these toddler inflatable beds (only around $30 at walmart.) We would put it in our checked baggage. His crib sheets would fit it.
I like the idea of this to prevent him from rolling off of a bed. At home, right now, he's still in his crib. We are planning to move him to a toddler bed around his birthday this Fall. Right now he rolls all over when he sleeps. So it will be interesting to see how he does in a toddler bed. That will probably help us decide what to do about the hotel room.
I don't like the idea of him being so close to the floor. I am easily grossed out, I guess. (I try not to think too deeply about hotel beds and whatnot.) So putting him on the pull out couch in the front room may be an option. If he still a wild sleeper, we can bring inflatable bed rails. They would take up less luggage space than the bed.
But I have a hard time thinking he'll want to stay in that room by himself. It wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in our bed every night. He never sleep with us at home but for vacation, we'd make an exception if we needed to. I'd still prefer he sleep on his own though. We'll just have to wait and see how it goes once we are there.
Right now, I am leaning toward trying out the pull out bed and bringing the bed rails.
Here are some photos I took of our room the day we left....
Front room with pack n play....(In the bottom right you can see the handle of our stroller. It fit nicely in the corner for 'storage.')
Front room without....(I wish we'd put the bed out to see what it was like but we never did.)
The bedroom. We used the 2nd bed as suitcase storage. This time we'll just pile it on the luggage thingy in the corner though in case I move to the 2nd bed. If our son moves into our bed, I just don't think I'd be able to sleep. I need space.
Our next Disney vacation after this will be Disney World in Florida (2019) where we can't afford a suite. It's going to be an adjustment to be in a regular room at Pop Century...haha! At least by then, we will no longer have a stroller or bed rails or anything.