Lorana
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2001
The Treehouses are really nice, though they are really far from everything if you don't have a car -- and the entrance to the Treehouses is gated, so uber/lyft cannot pick you up/drop you off at your treehouse. We were along the river near the bus station and didn't have a car, so it felt like eternity to get anywhere (as we were far enough away that it was too long a walk back to the main SSR. So we had to catch a bus to the main area, then a bus there to the parks).7 is a very likely number where we would get a Treehouse. But 2 of the participants would be under the age of 9.
We had 9 people in the Treehouse, when we took my brother's siblings & their kids to Disney for a long weekend last July - 5 adults, 2 teens, and 2 twin kids age 9. It was a little crowded, but it was still fine, and we all really enjoyed being together. I think the only challenge was that one of the adults was in the sleeper chair and not thrilled with not having their own room. ;-) Also remember that the third bedroom is small, and has bunk beds, not 2 queens. And the second bedroom has only one queen.
Also, a VERY important learning for the Treehouse is that the central air is controlled in the main living space, and that if you shut the doors to the bedrooms and someone turns off the AC, those bedrooms can get very warm overnight in July. ;-) (Not that I know this from personal experience or that my Brother-in-Law kept turning off the AC rather than using a blanket instead of a sheet....)
All this being said, we would absolutely do the Treehouses again, especially if we were doing a resort stay and/or had a car rental.