Lives3 & BCV - Totally agree on 1900... Our wait for dinner there was one of the nightmares for wait time! We had 8:05 pm reservations, and I'm sure we weren't seated until almost 9. I did make a trip up to the podium again at some point, wondering if my beeper didn't work. The check-in gal was on the verge of a meltdown too because she had a lot p.o'd people standing around. She said a lot of large tables weren't clearing out as quickly as they would have liked. It also sounded like the people waiting were comparing reservation times and finding people with ADR's 20 and 30 min later than theirs were getting seated earlier. The natives were restless....
However, waiting in the lobby of the Grand Floridian wasn't so bad. I was bothered more by Liberty Tree Tavern (during the Halloween party..and you couldn't wander further than the front porch), and Tusker House . Tusker House was the last thing we did in a Disney Park because we had to go back to the GF and catch our bus to the airport. That was sad, because it was the worst experience with checking in and waiting...and that's the note we left on. But going back to the GF helped with that...concierge was great with printing boarding passes, and bell service people with bag storage out front were so nice.
Most of our reservations were later times, due to the fact that this trip was planned only a month out..and was under a month when I made reservations. So I was lucky to get what we ended up with...Narcoosees, Ohanas breakfast, Garden Grill for lunch, 1900 for dinner and then for breakfast, Liberty Tree for dinner..then Tusker House for lunch. We did the character swoop...5 character meals in two days. We weren't even hungry most of the time - but hey, we only had 3 nights!
We had a pool cabana for a half day too, and Chris was there. Very nice guy, and couldn't do enough for you.
We were booked in a GV (but also had the strange 'landscape view' listed on the confirmation on Disney's website). I think we were originally assigned a
2nd floor room in Conch Key, but were upgraded to the corner of Boca Chica, 3rd floor, right above Narcoosees (I think it was considered theme park view). It had a balony on both sides of the room...castle and water view on each. I loved the location for the boat dock to MK and the Poly; we used that frequently. I'm sure whoever had that room was probably upgraded elsewhere, as their luggage was in the room when we arrived. After a phone call (and worrying they were going to make us switch!), they came and took the other luggage away.
The castle is lit with 'spookier' lighting all night on Halloween party nights (fun to see the difference between that and a 'regular' night).
