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

[mmmears]

Hello fellow GF fans!!

Haven't caught up...just had a bit of time to pop in....Back to reality is no fun!

Tom & pas ....... It's almost trip time ...woohoo...

Hoping to figure out how to resize and post all of the pics that I took just to share here with you all....Wish me luck!

Hope that you all are having a terrific Tuesday. .. preppy GF gal who is happy to have been able to book a bounce back for 2016!!

Welcome back, Blue! I'm sorry that reality is no fun. Looks like you have another ticker coming up soon, though!

 

[pas130]

Hello fellow GF fans!!

Haven't caught up...just had a bit of time to pop in....Back to reality is no fun!

Tom & pas ....... It's almost trip time ...woohoo...

Hoping to figure out how to resize and post all of the pics that I took just to share here with you all....Wish me luck!

Hope that you all are having a terrific Tuesday. .. preppy GF gal who is happy to have been able to book a bounce back for 2016!!

Welcome home my grand friend bounce back.... Details.....

 

[KonaKaiTom]

Hello fellow GF fans!!

Haven't caught up...just had a bit of time to pop in....Back to reality is no fun!

Tom & pas ....... It's almost trip time ...woohoo...

Hoping to figure out how to resize and post all of the pics that I took just to share here with you all....Wish me luck!

Hope that you all are having a terrific Tuesday. .. preppy GF gal who is happy to have been able to book a bounce back for 2016!!

Nice to see you back, Blue -- In exactly 29 hours and 30 minutes I will be arriving at the House of the Mouse!!!! I hope you had a wonderful trip!

Tom

 

[BlueSkies]

Thanks for the welcome back friends!!!

Tom Your trip is almost here!!! Have the best time! !! F&W will be awsome! Do not miss the pumpkin ice cream macron...It is scrumptious. ..You know it's always about the food!

pas Hope that my pics got you even more excited. ..I'm so excited for your first RPC stay...!

Gonna try and post a pic or two here...I tried to resize them..hope it works...or Trish is going to have to give me more lessons. ..lol...

 

[BlueSkies]

Still not working...says file is too large! ...I have been trying to re size them...ugghh..back to the drawing board. ...

 

[BlueSkies]

Woohoo...did it..had to crop the heck out of the picture though...lol...

 

[Sue M]

Blue thanks for the pics! It's a long time till August! Home sick with the flu, so these are the highlight of my day lol!

 

[Nonsuch]

Welcome to the GF thread! I'm impressed that you read the entire thing!...

Reading this long thread is like a time machine. Our trip this past February took place while this thread was already active.
I was excited to see the carving station added to RPC, then disappointed it was taken away.
The RPC certainly seems much better than the Grand Californian club lounge (there is no dedicated CL floor, and the lounge is roughly the size of 4 hotel rooms).

 

[pas130]

Thanks for the welcome back friends!!!

Tom Your trip is almost here!!! Have the best time! !! F&W will be awsome! Do not miss the pumpkin ice cream macron...It is scrumptious. ..You know it's always about the food!

pas Hope that my pics got you even more excited. ..I'm so excited for your first RPC stay...!

Gonna try and post a pic or two here...I tried to resize them..hope it works...or Trish is going to have to give me more lessons. ..lol...

Of course it did, and I showed DH..guess what? He loved them!!!!!! 6 days! and Tom goes today!!!!!!!!!

Blue thanks for the pics! It's a long time till August! Home sick with the flu, so these are the highlight of my day lol!

feel better my friend!

 

[drwadadli]

I have a question but I realize this may not be the right thread to post it on but I also know there are a lot of people watching this thread and I might be able to get a response.

I once read that if a housekeeping CM makes a small towel figure (not the big Mickey head or swan found on the bed), that it is a gift to you and yours to keep. Is this true?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Dispro1]

I have a question but I realize this may not be the right thread to post it on but I also know there are a lot of people watching this thread and I might be able to get a response.

I once read that if a housekeeping CM makes a small towel figure (not the big Mickey head or swan found on the bed), that it is a gift to you and yours to keep. Is this true?

Thank you in advance.

I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, perhaps that would explain the reason they may no longer be making the towel animals?? I heard that they have stopped, but other than the fact that I haven't had any in my room in a VERY long time, I can't say for certain that this is true either.

 

[trishadono]

I have a question but I realize this may not be the right thread to post it on but I also know there are a lot of people watching this thread and I might be able to get a response.

I once read that if a housekeeping CM makes a small towel figure (not the big Mickey head or swan found on the bed), that it is a gift to you and yours to keep. Is this true?

Thank you in advance.

AT CBR back in 08/13 my housekeeper was in the room when we got back one day. She insisted she made the towels for us to take home and asked if i liked them??? I am not a animal towel person so I had to sneak them out of the room and throw them out so she would think i took them home. I did leave her a nice tip tho. She had kids at home and sounded like trying hard to earn some extra $$.

 

[mexi]

Blue...welcome back! Thanks for the pretty picture.

 

[pas130]

TOM!!!!!!!!!! Have a blast!!!

 

[OregonGirl]

Hi everyone!

Hubby and I will celebrate 4 years together in a RPC Deluxe King from March 1-5 with a Deluxe Dining Plan, followed by a week long cruise in the Caribbean.

For those of you staying RPC Deluxe King, I would love photos of the room. I am undecided over my preference for the turret (with no balcony) or the regular rectangle with balcony. So excited about going, I'm not even sure I want to request one or the other so we can be surprised, but I still love whatever photos I can get my hands on!

This will be our first time at GF but we are seasoned Deluxe CL people. I just can't stay anywhere else. I demand luxury on my vacations and it's one of the few times we allow ourselves to all out splurge.

Nice to meet you all and thanks for sharing your photos, reviews and tidbits!

 

[dansdad]

Hi everyone!

Hubby and I will celebrate 4 years together in a RPC Deluxe King from March 1-5 with a Deluxe Dining Plan, followed by a week long cruise in the Caribbean.

For those of you staying RPC Deluxe King, I would love photos of the room. I am undecided over my preference for the turret (with no balcony) or the regular rectangle with balcony. So excited about going, I'm not even sure I want to request one or the other so we can be surprised, but I still love whatever photos I can get my hands on!

This will be our first time at GF but we are seasoned Deluxe CL people. I just can't stay anywhere else. I demand luxury on my vacations and it's one of the few times we allow ourselves to all out splurge.

Nice to meet you all and thanks for sharing your photos, reviews and tidbits!

Check out the Deluxe Room Photo post, post #5 of this thread, for pictures. Make sure you check out the first page for tons of very useful information to help you have a Magical stay at the GF!

 

[followthatmouse]

Stopping in for my single digit dance!!! 9 days until my first RPC experience

Very exciting, pas!!! Have fun with the packing and safe travels to our lovely GF!

I just emailed our ADR requests to the IPO. I am giggling inside just thinking about it.

Ooh, I see new refillable mugs are coming ...

 

[grannyminnie]

Welcome back, Blue! Hope your stay was GRAND!!

Very exciting, pas!!! Have fun with the packing and safe travels to our lovely GF!

I just emailed our ADR requests to the IPO. I am giggling inside just thinking about it.

Ooh, I see new refillable mugs are coming ...

Pas, have a GRAND time! Stroll the GF grounds for me...

 

[Babsy]

I have a question but I realize this may not be the right thread to post it on but I also know there are a lot of people watching this thread and I might be able to get a response.

I once read that if a housekeeping CM makes a small towel figure (not the big Mickey head or swan found on the bed), that it is a gift to you and yours to keep. Is this true?

Thank you in advance.

I highly doubt it. I always took the animals apart and put the towels with the dirty towels in the bathtub for the maids to take away. People would say online that they were made with worn out towels, but they didn't look worn out to me. They were obviously brand new sometimes. I seriously doubt that Disney intended to give away all those cloths/towels everyday.

If people started taking them home, i expect that is why you don't see them much anymore.

 

[pas130]

Hi everyone!

Hubby and I will celebrate 4 years together in a RPC Deluxe King from March 1-5 with a Deluxe Dining Plan, followed by a week long cruise in the Caribbean.

For those of you staying RPC Deluxe King, I would love photos of the room. I am undecided over my preference for the turret (with no balcony) or the regular rectangle with balcony. So excited about going, I'm not even sure I want to request one or the other so we can be surprised, but I still love whatever photos I can get my hands on!

This will be our first time at GF but we are seasoned Deluxe CL people. I just can't stay anywhere else. I demand luxury on my vacations and it's one of the few times we allow ourselves to all out splurge.

Nice to meet you all and thanks for sharing your photos, reviews and tidbits!

I will try to take as many as I can! Disclaimer: I am HORRIBLE remembering to take pics. This is my first RPC trip, it is a dream come true! I requested a turret room, but either way I am in the main building so it's ALL GOOD!! Having a balcony with a TPV is not too shabby either Have you seen the page one pics? They are gorgeous!

Very exciting, pas!!! Have fun with the packing and safe travels to our lovely GF!

I just emailed our ADR requests to the IPO. I am giggling inside just thinking about it.

Ooh, I see new refillable mugs are coming ...

Packing? I have to pack ??? LOL ( OP here, Original pack-crastinator) How nice is the Grand IPO? When I emailed them after I upgraded from Sugarloaf to RPC King, she sound as excited as I was LOL. Which is AWESOME!

Welcome back, Blue! Hope your stay was GRAND!!

Pas, have a GRAND time! Stroll the GF grounds for me...

I will I will, I actually had a dream last night that I threw a fit because I missed evening offerings and Wishes LOL #grandproblems The ONLY thing getting me through the next 5 days is Halloween and the fact I am working 3 out of the next four nights. Monday will go quick I am sure and we leave for the airport at 3:30am for our 6a flight on Tuesday! I am SO excited!!!!!!!