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We stayed in June, and I don't recall every seeing them sit out, and we never actually asked for them. However, one morning one of my sons said he wasn't feeling well and we were on the first floor checking in. A manager was around, and he immediately asked one of the CMs to go get us 4 bottles of water. The CM came down with full sized ones, and the manager gave them to us and then asked him to run back up and get us some small ones to take to the parks, so he came back with the smaller 8 (or is it 12?) oz dasani bottles. So obviously they have them. Whether they now hand them out like at many other CLs I don't know, hopefully someone else will.
Not a fun thing to wake up to on any morning. I peeked into the hall to find all of the hallway double-doors shut. (We were near 3 sets bc of being close to the elevators.) DH went into the stairwell to make certain we were alright while I called the front desk. The desk let us know—after holding for about 3-5 minutes—that it wasn’t really an evacuation, thank goodness. The reason they gave was completely different from what the CL CM told me the next morning; desk said workman accidentally did it but CL said it was a ventilation issue in the kitchen upstairs. I tend to trust what CL said was correct. That morning, CL hustled to get breakfast out earlier than usual because so many people had already been up so long. I thought that was very thoughtful and I was impressed by that. I also learned from that situation that I will always check for stairs near me in hotels from now on & keep my shoes near the bed just in case.
We had the same thing happen a little over a week ago at AKL!!! Ours happened at 11:10 at night though. We were outside for almost an hour. I never did find out what happened, probably should have asked in the lounge the next morning. It would be nice to be comped for that night’s stay though. I wonder if they actually do that???For those of you who read my previous Gran Destino reviews, this also helps give a better idea of where our room was. If this were the 14th floor, our standard CL room would’ve been the one immediately to the right of the triangle suite on the left. Room 9433. Great view from there!
Also—since you posted an evacuation route photo...I never think of looking at evacuation routes, but we did awake to a loud evacuation notice at 5am on Sunday morning while we were there. A pre-recorded lady’s voice was (ironically)pleasantly, but loudly, saying, “Please evacuate the building.”
I just booked a quick weekend std cl for dh and I for 9/14-15. I felt bad he gave up Labor Day weekend so dd and I could do mnsshp and girl stuff.For those of you who read my previous Gran Destino reviews, this also helps give a better idea of where our room was. If this were the 14th floor, our standard CL room would’ve been the one immediately to the right of the triangle suite on the left. Room 9433. Great view from there!
Also—since you posted an evacuation route photo...I never think of looking at evacuation routes, but we did awake to a loud evacuation notice at 5am on Sunday morning while we were there. A pre-recorded lady’s voice was (ironically)pleasantly, but loudly, saying, “Please evacuate the building.”
I just booked a quick weekend std cl for dh and I for 9/14-15. I felt bad he gave up Labor Day weekend so dd and I could do mnsshp and girl stuff.
We arrive 9am Sat and depart 9:30pm on Sun, I booked 2 nights so we have a room all day departure. With the AP discount it was still less than one night at a mono cl resort room.
I am so impatient , touring plans still doesn’t h e a building map. I may just beat them to it.
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There's no limit in the CL that are self service. Poly is one that is. You can take out as many beers as you can carry, I suppose. More than 2 for sure.
For the few days I was there in Nov we saw them stock a couple cases of full size Dasani in the morning which were rapidly taken by guests & when we asked for some we were told that’s all they put out. We joined the rush the next morning.
