I posted this on the club level thread, but when I posted it I was thinking it was in the Grand Floridian thread

. So when I realized it wasn't, I thought I would put it here as well just in case it helped someone or made someone feel better about the second floor RPC Deluxe King Rooms. I did edit it a touch
I know none of the recent GF conversation has been directed at me, but I'm going to butt in here and give my $0.02 about RPC deluxe king rooms

, just so maybe some people won't be so scared to book them after hearing all of these bad stories about the second floor rooms. It's one row of rooms by itself (plus the laundry), 4201-either 4208 or 4209, just above Gasparillas. We stayed in 4207 in Sept 2014, and we requested one of the second floor rooms! That seems so odd after reading recently of how everyone dreads having to get one of them if they are in a Deluxe King room, but I want to reassure people that there are some people out there (us

) who actually want them (well, except for 4201 because of that darned tree they should get rid of or at least trim!). We decided that having the picture perfect theme park view and balcony was more important to us than the bigger room and floor location. I love outdoor space, and was worried that I would really miss the balcony, and my DH was set on having a fireworks view. So after a lot of debate we requested and got the second floor rooms. They ARE slightly inconvenient, you have to take an elevator up 1 floor to get to the lounge. But for us the elevator was almost never used so it came right away, and though we agreed it wasn't ideal we also agreed we thought it was worth it for the view. I do wish there was a set of stairs so you could avoid the elevator, but it is what is it... Also, just to be clear, coming from the main lobby you had to take an elevator to the third or fourth floor, then walk down to the back elevator and go down 1 (or 2) floors to the second. But for some reason this didn't bother us much, probably because we always just stopped in the lounge to get a snack or grab a drink or diet coke for the room. It is super convenient to Gasparillas and to the pool/grounds, the elevator also goes down and comes out just beside Gasparillas. So you can get to the pool in your suit without going through the lobby, or go that way to get to the boat dock or pool or anywhere else on grounds. So the moral of this story is we stayed in one of the second floor rooms by choice and were happy there, so if you've never stayed in either you might not mind the second floor rooms as much as you think! You have a wonderful view, a spectacular balcony and the extra elevator wasn't that bad