Well, based on your comments, you both seem to possess such a spirit .
Thank you, you're too sweet
pas, thanks for the reminder and tribute to our dear Sarah.
I can't believe it is a year since we lost her, I miss sharing her thoughts here on the FAQ and elsewhere. What a loss for all who were lucky enough to know her.
I know, time passes so quickly, and it is a great reminder to treasure every moment
Thank you, k&a&c'smom..it is indeed a hard time, but we are trying to make the best of it, and visit whenever possible. In the meantime, Disney is always our sweet respite. We try to visit THERE as much as possible too.. Tho, of course, cost prohibits as many visits as we would really like! lol
Darn costs!
I always look at our vacations as the "light in the end of the tunnel". No matter how bad my days are Disney is my happy place
I am sorry for your mom, it must be difficult, my gramma had dementia for a few years before we lost her. She thought I was my mom and my son was my brother, which was okay by me AND it kept her content. She was the best! And we are here when you need to get your mind off things, if only for a moment
Happy New Year my Grand friends. 30 days until I'm home again, home again jiggity jig!
Tom
29 now!
Arriving on Feb 2nd, counting the minutes
One month dance
Happy New Year to my Grand friends!!! We will be having a bad snow storm this Thur. into Fri. But I'll be back at the Grand in 15 days to get away from this cold weather for another week. Enjoy tonight!!!
AWESOME!!! LUCKY DUCK!!!
Just wanted to pop in and wish all of my GF friends a Happy New Year .
Happy New Year
Happy New Year!!!!
Been so busy at work but now need to finish packing. I will try to get some different pics. Circusgirl did such a great job I will just try to get any sugarloaf and villa pics that i find.
We arrive just in time for desserts tomorrow night. Yippee! Desserts!!
Safe travels!!! I will hope the snow is all melted for your return! Enjoy the Grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy new year, everyone!
trishadono, have an amazing trip, i am looking very forward to your pics/ posts!
Me too!!!!
Happy New Year!
pas What a special friend you are to remember and honor your dear friend...
Awww
She was amazing. And her spirit definitely remains here
She loved the GF, and she loved life, she was such an inspiration to many!
BlueSkies, mickeynut, k&a&c'smom, grannyminnie, DisneyDmbNut, Candy Orlando, mousemommy1, bethclayton, mariamouse, trishadono, pas130, KonaKaiTom (hang on for the snowstorm), and all my friends on this thread, HAPPY NEW YEAR
I hope that we can all have at least one trip to the GF this year. Have been keeping up, just not posting. All is well in Connecticut, at least for now. Very cold weather and snow coming. Would love to be by the pool at the GF now! Candy Orlando, I loved reading your trip report. How grand it is to be going back so soon!
For Sarah, she is missed, but not forgotten. Circusgirl, thank you for the beautiful pictures. Can never get enough of the Grand!
Happy New Year to you!!! My Poly trip has changed..shocking I know
But I will be in Sarah's other WDW home..Beach Club. I will definitely be hopping over to GF in August, my Bree wants to do the 1900PF dinner, and I want to give Candace a
Snow, snow, snow...is is August yet
Hello Everyone. I am totally new to this thread and you are all so kind and friendly with one another.
My family's disney story is this: we took our first trip, with our older two kids in 2010, when they were 4.5 and 3 years old. I had a great pin and we had a 1BR at the boardwalk. we loved it. One year later, we had twins and our life got so busy. We felt badly for the older two kids because of all the new changes, so when the twins turned 1, we left them for a week at Grandmom's, while we took the older two on a surprise trip and stayed at the Poly for the first time. OMG, we loved it. Last year, my husband surprised me by wanting to go back with the older two children and we stayed at the poly again. All of us love it there.
Well, this year, it's time to take the twins (just before they turn3). We are going 2/24-3/4 2014. We booked the room offer but the poly was not available. Initially, I booked the beach club because the price was pretty good but we really want the monorail for 4 kids and young twins that will need naps each day. we still wanted the poly but with all the construction and monorail outage, I am hesitating even wanting to go back.
Just before midnight last night, and before the offers expired, I snagged a room at the GF. I'm happy to be on the monorail again but I had a few questions:
for midday naps, how will I get back from MK or EP to the GF with no monorail?
is there a walkway between the GF to the MK or between the GF to the Poly?
should I still consider going back to the poly? (when we stay there, we either take the monorail to MK or walk to the TTC and go directly to epcot-will I miss that feature at the GF?)
I'm just so torn. the poly has room at the club level and that would be a huge splurge for us. I'd hate to to club level for the first, and only time, at a place that is under construction with limited access to monorail-scared I will regret it.....
just not sure what to do.....
I love your DISname BTW (huge fan
) We were booked at the Poly with a GREAT rate. But, keep in mind, the construction is directly by the Hawaii (CL) building. So there is no getting away from it unfortunately. You can take the boat from MK to the GF. And the monorail from Epcot will not be affected by the construction, so monorail to MK, boat to GF. I just love the boats! You will unfortunately have to fold strollers for the resort boats at MK, unlike on the Epcot side where they roll aboard.
That said, I see you are going next month and the construction isn't really intrusive just yet....SOOOOOOO I may stay at Poly
if that was my first choice. UNLESS you are staying club level at the Grand....
I am not sure if I helped at all, but honestly the construction will affect Poly guests later in the year as the pools close, etc....more so than the guests arriving within the next 2 months...IMHO. And if you stay at the Grand, there is still a walkway between GF and Poly.
Hi! I'm a newbie planning my first trip to GF with my family this August. I heard that GF has some room rehabs starting this month? What exactly does that mean? Thanks!
Thank you! Good to know that we will not have to worry about any noise in our building.
We are sure there is a schedule at the GFR, but we were not privy to it. In any event, according to a trusted source, an entire GFR building will be closed at a time, not a floor-by-floor rehab in which other floors are kept open.
All the best.
Thanks for the inside scoop!!!