(2014-2020) Disney's GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT & SPA + VILLAS Information & Questions

[Kristina4109]

I am loving reading your descriptions, especially because here in L.A. it's been particularly gloomy - cloudy with highs in the 60's. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

 

[Candy Orlando]

It's so warm and there are no clouds in the sky, we decided to sit at the pool for a while. It's funny the four of us are reading and writing on our iPhones. The Grand really is our home!

 

[BlueSkies]

Hello fellow GF fans...

I know that everyone is probably busy with all of their holiday plans..shopping, baking, traveling... Wanted to take a minute to pop in...see what Candy is up to....

It's so warm and there are no clouds in the sky, we decided to sit at the pool for a while. It's funny the four of us are reading and writing on our iPhones. The Grand really is our home!

Sounds wonderful....

MickeyNut Thinking of you today while I was baking your yummy peanut butter cookie recipe....

Hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend... preppy GF gal whose MBs will be shipping soon...

 

[Sue M]

I'm sitting in front of the fireplace in the Wilderness Lodge with my husband. The lodge Christmas tree is decorated with beautiful ornaments from the Midwest. The lodge is lovely at this time of year.

Candy

Love sitting by that WL fireplace any time of year! But lobby must be spectacular at Christmas!

We came back to the Grand for Grand Gaspy burgers. I can't eat them but everyone else loves them.

My daughter loves those burgers too. I like the flatbreads & make your own salad. Used to love the lobster mac & cheese. Sad they discontinued it.

 

[jd99]

We arrive late day on Christmas and are bringing along some decorations for our room. Is there somewhere to plug in lights if we want to decorate the balcony? We are staying at the Villas at the GF in a studio.

 

[grannyminnie]

Hello fellow GF fans...

I know that everyone is probably busy with all of their holiday plans..shopping, baking, traveling... Wanted to take a minute to pop in...see what Candy is up to....




Sounds wonderful....

MickeyNut Thinking of you today while I was baking your yummy peanut butter cookie recipe....

Hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend... preppy GF gal whose MBs will be shipping soon...

Hey, Blue...I'm also popping in these days for Candy's "play by play"! Just to read about sitting by that WL fireplace is so dreamy, especially knowing that the big, beautiful tree is setting the Christmas scene!

Mickeynut, are you doing alot of baking this year? I have done some, but as I may have mentioned before, I did "cheat" with some boxed mixes! People still enjoyed the cookies tho.

 

[KonaKaiTom]

Thanks for the updates Candy -- while it is 20s and flurries are flying up here, it is daydreamingly wonderful to know that it is pool weather at the Grand -- I do get a kick out of watching the lifeguards standing around the gas heater with winter jackets on this time of year!

Enjoy your vacation!

Tom

 

[ahcupcake]

Good Afternoon my fellow GF lovers......

Sorry I've been MIA, no excuses other than being lazy and a sick dog..My crazy Disney dog, Eeyore ate one of those rope chew toys UGH. So after xrays and blood work he had it surgically removed this afternoon..Vet just called he did well and maybe he can come home tomorrow

Congrats, safe travels & to those who have trips coming up
Welcome home to those who have just returned, looking forward to reading about & seeing pics from your trips

Waving hi's to grannyminnie, BlueSkies & MickeyNut

 

[Candy Orlando]

Saturday night Minnie and Mickey were at the Grand dressed in Victorian Christmas outfits. They were very festive. There was a long line of happy people waiting to take photos with them.
I forgot to mention that the roasted chestnuts the Grand serves their guests outside the front door has become a family tradition.
I love the Christmas music they were playing outside as you entered.
The Grand is truly Grand at this time of year.
Candy

 

[grannyminnie]

Good Afternoon my fellow GF lovers......

Sorry I've been MIA, no excuses other than being lazy and a sick dog..My crazy Disney dog, Eeyore ate one of those rope chew toys UGH. So after xrays and blood work he had it surgically removed this afternoon..Vet just called he did well and maybe he can come home tomorrow

Congrats, safe travels & to those who have trips coming up
Welcome home to those who have just returned, looking forward to reading about & seeing pics from your trips

Waving hi's to grannyminnie, BlueSkies & MickeyNut

Ahcupcake, you really should feed that dog so he doesn't take to eating his chew toys!!! Glad he's better now...
And glad you popped in to say hi!

 

[KonaKaiTom]

Today is a magical day-- as in my trip is officially paid for at 45 days out!

Tom

 

[mickeynut1]

MickeyNut Thinking of you today while I was baking your yummy peanut butter cookie recipe....

Those are favorites around here .....hope you had fun baking .

We arrive late day on Christmas and are bringing along some decorations for our room. Is there somewhere to plug in lights if we want to decorate the balcony? We are staying at the Villas at the GF in a studio.

I can't answer your question, but hopefully someone else who has stayed in the villas will be able to help .

Hey, Blue...I'm also popping in these days for Candy's "play by play"! Just to read about sitting by that WL fireplace is so dreamy, especially knowing that the big, beautiful tree is setting the Christmas scene!

Mickeynut, are you doing alot of baking this year? I have done some, but as I may have mentioned before, I did "cheat" with some boxed mixes! People still enjoyed the cookies tho.

I agree about the WL. It's beautiful anytime of year, but Christmas is just amazing . It's so relaxing sitting in front of that huge fireplace taking in the gorgeous holiday atmosphere .

I baked some goodies yesterday for DH to take to work today, but I plan on doing a little more today to have some goodies here at home . I've slowed down a bit, though, and don't do as much as in years past because as I get older, time either gets away from me or I'm just too tired from all of the other preparations . I don't blame you for "cheating" a little, sometimes that's the easiest/best way to do it .

Good Afternoon my fellow GF lovers......

Sorry I've been MIA, no excuses other than being lazy and a sick dog..My crazy Disney dog, Eeyore ate one of those rope chew toys UGH. So after xrays and blood work he had it surgically removed this afternoon..Vet just called he did well and maybe he can come home tomorrow

Congrats, safe travels & to those who have trips coming up
Welcome home to those who have just returned, looking forward to reading about & seeing pics from your trips

Waving hi's to grannyminnie, BlueSkies & MickeyNut

Hi ahcupcake......good to "see" you back .

I'm sorry your pup had to have surgery, but glad everything went well and he's doing good .

Ahcupcake, you really should feed that dog so he doesn't take to eating his chew toys!!!

 

[grannyminnie]

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! The weather here is bad for last minute shopping, but looking at the big picture, some of you have it worse! I sure would love to be sitting in the lounge in RPC right now, or better still, in the quiet of the lobby, enjoying the beautiful decorations.

 

[BlueSkies]

Just wanted to pop in and wish all of my fellow GF fans a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! and a HAPPY HOLIDAYS! too....

Hope that you are enjoying the holiday magic where ever you may be! Many blessing to you all.... preppy GF gal who hopes Santa knows that she has been very good all year long...lol...

 

[Candy Orlando]

Merry Christmas to all my Grand friends!!!
Candy

 

[splashmt]

Please help me to understand....
We are planning a trip in mid August. Can we still get on the monorail at around 8:15 for a 9am ropedrop at the MK? I see that it says that the monorail is going to run starting at 7am, but then other info I see says it starts later. like at 8:30. Was this previous time changes, but not in effect now/this summer? Thanks.

 

[ahcupcake]

Good Morning to my fellow GF lovers

MERRY CHRISTMAS

For those wondering like I was the 2015 planning DVD's are available, ordered them a few day after Thanksgiving and it took about 2 weeks..

Ahcupcake, you really should feed that dog so he doesn't take to eating his chew toys!!! Glad he's better now...
And glad you popped in to say hi!

Ha Ha......He acts like he never eats, just sucks it up like a vacuum cleaner sometimes I think we should have named him Hoover instead of
He came home yesterday morning and is doing great

Hi ahcupcake......good to "see" you back .

I'm sorry your pup had to have surgery, but glad everything went well and he's doing good .

Mickeynut
Thanks, as I said to grannyminnie he came home yesterday, but he came home with 3 different meds, special food plus we had to get him some over the counter Pepcid

Saturday night Minnie and Mickey were at the Grand dressed in Victorian Christmas outfits. They were very festive. There was a long line of happy people waiting to take photos with them.
I forgot to mention that the roasted chestnuts the Grand serves their guests outside the front door has become a family tradition.
I love the Christmas music they were playing outside as you entered.
The Grand is truly Grand at this time of year.
Candy

Ahh sounds lovely......Thanks for the updates Candy

Just wanted to pop in and wish all of my fellow GF fans a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! and a HAPPY HOLIDAYS! too....

Hope that you are enjoying the holiday magic where ever you may be! Many blessing to you all.... preppy GF gal who hopes Santa knows that she has been very good all year long...lol...

Merry Christmas Blue

 

[mevelandry]

Hello everyone! (and Merry Christmas)!

DH and I were at WDW around thanksgiving and decided to go and see the Gingerbread House. We walked for a few minutes on the GF as well and we were very impressed (I don't know if there was a lot of changes since we had been there to dine at the GF Café 3 years ago but at that time it seemed to us that it did not have the wow factor... Now we like it a lot!!!)

During our last trip we've been upgraded to a CL suite at the Yacht Club and fell in love with the Club Level perks.

I want to surprise my husband for his birthday in April and I booked a "Club Level Outer building -Standard room" at GF for our last night in WDW after the Cruise (we have two free nights somewhere else and we'll keep GF for last... But we'll check-in as early as possible!) after our cruise. It was expensive (thank you credit card!j but I'll save every penny I can find...

I'm so excited but I am just getting started in getting to know the GF.. I have a few questions:

1)I heard it was the best CL you could have (more choices and champagne for dinner) ...Is it true?

2) Being outer building CL, I believe we'll be in the Sugar Loaf building. The rooms have been renovated, right? (Because I disliked the old decor and I am in love with the new rooms, it was my #1 criteria for booking at the GF).

3) When you are CL outer building, do you have access to the Main Building or just the Sugar Loaf?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Sue M]

Happy Christmas!!
We are spending it up in Whistler. A white Christmas indeed!

 

[ahcupcake]

Hello everyone! (and Merry Christmas)!

DH and I were at WDW around thanksgiving and decided to go and see the Gingerbread House. We walked for a few minutes on the GF as well and we were very impressed (I don't know if there was a lot of changes since we had been there to dine at the GF Café 3 years ago but at that time it seemed to us that it did not have the wow factor... Now we like it a lot!!!)

During our last trip we've been upgraded to a CL suite at the Yacht Club and fell in love with the Club Level perks.

I want to surprise my husband for his birthday in April and I booked a "Club Level Outer building -Standard room" at GF for our last night in WDW after the Cruise (we have two free nights somewhere else and we'll keep GF for last... But we'll check-in as early as possible!) after our cruise. It was expensive (thank you credit card!j but I'll save every penny I can find...

I'm so excited but I am just getting started in getting to know the GF.. I have a few questions:

1)I heard it was the best CL you could have (more choices and champagne for dinner) ...Is it true?

2) Being outer building CL, I believe we'll be in the Sugar Loaf building. The rooms have been renovated, right? (Because I disliked the old decor and I am in love with the new rooms, it was my #1 criteria for booking at the GF).

3) When you are CL outer building, do you have access to the Main Building or just the Sugar Loaf?

Thanks in advance!

Congrats on your upcoming GF stay!

I'll try and answer your questions as best as I can!



1. Yes they serve Champagne in their lounge from 5 to 7pm
~~ 7-10am breakfast items cold/hot cereal, pastries (last time I was at the GF they had cold cuts ham,turkey & cheese)
~~ 11am -1pm snacks chips, dips, veggie slices
~~ 2-4pm Tea Time scones, trifle
~~ 5-7pm Appetizers, hot & cold...cheeses, crackers... 2 or 3 wines & Champagne
~~ 8-10pm Cordials & desserts

2.Yes you will be in Sugar Loaf and yes all the rooms have been renovated

3.No RPC(main building) access, you'll just have access to SL


Hope this helps!