Please, Please keep posting pics!! I'll be at the GF in less than 3 weeks and I am SO excited. My Disney BFF is coming in from Chicago and we're not going to any of the 4 parks while we're at the GF; we're just going to relax, shop, do the Pirates cruise, a day at Typhoon Lagoon with rented chaise lounges, dinner at Narcoossee's, Artist Point and 1900 Park Fare and a breakfast at my favorite Boma. Because it IS all about the food.
We were concerned that we would run out of things to do but now I'm wondering if we'll have time to do everything!
Sounds like you have a great trip planned
. We are (tentatively) booked at the GF in August for a short 4 or 5 day trip and we are also going to make it a resort only trip. We do enjoy going to the parks, but we tend to spend more time at the resort than the parks anyway, so just spending every day at the Grand relaxing, swimming, etc., without worrying about running into a park sounds so relaxing to me
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Hi Everyone,
I am 44 days away and in full planning/freaking out mode.
If i call today and make certain requests, do I also have to call in or write in the 4-3 days before just curious. I switched to Club Level/Outer Building today and now I am second guessing my decision. The difference in price was too good to pass up. Anywho, any and all comments are welcomed. THANKS EVERYONE
I would call CRO and have your request added, but I also agree with
BlueSkies that I would call IPO and tell them as well
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My hubby and I just returned a few days ago from a trip to Jackson, Wy.
I hope you had a great trip
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I have often wondered why they do not pipe in the music like they do in the CL lounges at the CR
....especially onto that 3rd floor balcony..?? It used to be piped into the marina area in front of Gasparilla's..but not sure if it still is.....
I've wondered this myself
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I just want to say that today is our 180 day mark for our November trip! The GF IPOs must have been up early and they did a great job getting my ADRs. I got my itinerary from the IPO at 8:04 a.m. with all of my confirmations! We couldn't get BoG but we will keep trying - the IPO said they'd check daily and I'll be checking as well. You never know when that elusive ADR is going to pop up!
I didn't have a lot of hard-to-get ADRs other than BoG and CRT breakfast. I was up this morning at 6:30 and thought I'd take a peek just to see what was available for those two and there were no BoGs and a couple of 9:00 or later times for CRT. I didn't book those myself since there were a couple to choose from so I figured the IPO could just book that with the rest of my reservations. But - then good news! When I got my itinerary this morning the IPO got me an 8:05 a.m. ADR (which is what I really wanted)! So I'm guessing they were up even earlier than me to get the 8:05 time slot!
The only other ADR they couldn't get was a lunch at Beaches and Cream. I thought that was odd 180 days out but I was on the fence with that one anyway and ended up asking them to book me a Fantasmic lunch package instead (thanks
for that suggestion
Blue!)...and they confirmed within an hour that the package was booked.
Besides BoG, I am waiting for confirmation at V&A's and Morimoto Asia. Since Morimoto Asia isn't even open yet I knew I'd have to wait on that. And apparently V&A's doesn't open up ADRs 180 days out. When I called to give the IPO my credit card number I asked to make sure I was right about the seating times for the Queen Victoria room being 6:30 and 8:30 because I wanted to make sure to put the right time on my form and he said they were talking about changing some things around at V&As but they were still waiting to see what the changes were going to be...so I'm not sure what that's going to mean but I knew in advance I wouldn't have that ADR confirmed today either.
I checked my
MDE and everything popped up in my account, so that seems to be working nicely! I'm feeling good about all our vacation plans
Glad you got (almost) everything you wanted
. Good luck with getting BoG, just keep watching and I'm sure something will become available
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Hello again all.....I'm getting so close to my trip, and I'm so excited to try GF for the first time. I'm just enjoying reading and re-reading the posts here. Thank you all so much for such a great thread with all the help!! I just can't believe it's almost here!
Glad everyone here has been of help with answering any questions/concerns you may have had about the GF
. Have a great time and enjoy the GF
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When DD and I were at WL in Jauary I took these from the 2nd floor main building balcony when we stopped for a visit
Great pics,
Trish....thanks for sharing
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Congrats to all who have a trip planned. It is cold and wet in my neck-of-the-woods today. So, I did the best thing. I finished booking our trip for May next year. We already had our RPC booking. Today we booked the NYC part of the trip and our international flights. I am now sitting here with a huge grin while the rain splatters and slides down the window.
No rain here (yet), but it is cold.....woke up to temps in the 40s, with a high of only 55
. Went from 80s yesterday to 50s today....where is summer????
Congrats on getting the rest of your trip booked, sounds like an awesome trip
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I am still debating changing from WL to Sugar Loaf for my late August trip. The construction plans have me a little spooked and at least at the Grand I won't have to worry about losing beach access during my trip. I'm guessing the work at WL is likely to start after I'm gone (I leave on 9/8) and if I could be certain of that I would love to have one more stay before the big project starts.
It seems like construction is just a revolving door lately at Disney......one major project hasn't even finished and they are starting another one
. I understand updates need to be done, but there has been so much new construction lately that there doesn't seem to be a good time to go without construction going on somewhere
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Checking in! DH, DD4, & I are headed back to the GF November 15-22 for my bday again! After last trip DH pretty much threw down and insisted we only stay there. This is from a guy who when I met him always stayed in the cheapest place possible because "a room is just a room" and "you just sleep there"
I've totally converted him.
This morning is our 180+ so wish me luck! Cannot wait to go back!
Yay for another trip back to the GF
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Good luck with your ADRs
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It's getting close, you're going to have a great time
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