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What do you think about the Family Sleeper? Can two people book it? It appears to be considerably less than the Deluxe Bedroom. I know there's no private shower/sink/toilet but it spans the car and I suspect there's much less traffic down there. How about noise from the trucks? Noise/traffic at the showers and bathrooms downstairs? Leg room?
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Frank in SBA


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This is for families, as many as four two of which are children, can be very comfortable. The bathroom and shower facilities are very close by.
It is reasonably quiet so two should be very comfortable.

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Yes, two can usually book the family bedroom. The advantage is that there are windows on both sides of the room and it is much roomier than a standard bedroom. The restrooms,shower, and luggage racks are close by. The lower bed is wide like in a deluxe room and two small adults could double up or one could even curl up using a child bed with feet wrapping around to the large bed if you both want lower beds. There is little foot traffic. The negatives: I find a/c circulation not too good in the family room and a portable travel fan is a must at times for us. Also there can be noise from the wheels...especially if there's a flat wheel and once we had a squeeky shock absorber spring in one of the trucks that sounded like it was right below my ear when I was in bed. Also, the windows are very small which is terrible if there is a third person who is seated in the center of the room.
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Yes, two can usually book the family bedroom. The advantage is that there are windows on both sides of the room and it is much roomier than a standard bedroom. The restrooms,shower, and luggage racks are close by. The lower bed is wide like in a deluxe room and two small adults could double up or one could even curl up using a child bed with feet wrapping around to the large bed if you both want lower beds. There is little foot traffic. The negatives: I find a/c circulation not too good in the family room and a portable travel fan is a must at times for us. Also there can be noise from the wheels...especially if there's a flat wheel and once we had a squeeky shock absorber spring in one of the trucks that sounded like it was right below my ear when I was in bed. Also, the windows are very small which is terrible if there is a third person who is seated in the center of the room.
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Two people can book the family bedroom. It is much larger than a standard bedroom and does have windows on both sides. The negatives are that the windows are very small and I find the family bedroom hot and stuffy in summer as the a/c vents seem insufficient. A travel fan is a must in summer. I have experienced noise from a flat wheel and from a sqeaky spring in the shock absorbers which sounds like it is right next to your ear when in the lower bed.
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