We visited the third week of July 2004. This was when they were replacing the carpeting on the stairs in the lobby, and they were doing a lot of work on the landscaping while we were there, trimming trees and such. One must keep in mind that two hurricanes have recently passed the area, and, I suspect, some of the problems with landscaping are related to that. If they visited two weeks ago, this might have been the case.
I attended a conference at GF, and, actually, my room was paid for by my employer. That said, I thought the resort was absolutely beautiful. Up to that point, my favorite resort had been AKL, and I would stay there again, but, the lighting was much nicer at GF. I didn't see any problems with housekeeping at all, our room was clean, and the common areas in our building were clean (we were in building 8). We are DVC members, and I would probably not use my points to stay at GF, but, the resort was comparable to other resorts that I have stayed at in Florida, in terms of upkeep and cleanliness for the cost of the room (such as Sundial resort on Sanibel).
