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Why? Because there is an occupancy limit at all Walt Disney World Resort hotels. At both Value and Moderate properties (except at Disney's Port Orleans Resort-Riverside), the limit is a maximum of four guests per standard room, plus one child under the age of three in a crib. At most Deluxe Category resorts, the allowance is often increased to five people per standard room, plus a crib sleeper under the age of three.
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Sized-to-fit suites are another solution to the more-than-five-people problem. You'll find these arrangements at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, a Moderate category lodging, as well as at Deluxe Resort Hotel pr