Resort Thread Disney's GRAND FLORIDIAN Resort & Spa + Construction Updates!! **LOBBY REFURB STARTED 4/14**

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Infrastructure Work Underway for All-New Grand Floridian Lobby Bar

As you can see in our photos below, some plumbing work is underway as crews lay the first bit of infrastructure for the lobby bar. Before we get to the construction photos, here’s a look at concept art for the refreshed lobby. We can see that the lobby bar replaces the birdcage, but retains nods to the Grand Floridian relic.

Going back to our visit this morning, you can see that the area of work is uncovered, with exposed dirt and pipes as crews continue to work on the area. As you might imagine, the smell of dirt was noticeable, but minor.

The early infrastructure work appears to be related to drainage, perhaps for sinks or other types of drains such as in-floor drainage.

We visited early enough this morning to be outside of work hours, but Disney notes that “construction will be noticeable during daytime hours, [and] efforts will be made to minimize disruptions”.



Elsewhere in the lobby, work was continuing on refreshing the check-in counter area. In case you missed it, front desk operations have shifted.

 

[JonT36]

We are going again in August and staying at GF. We have stayed before, so the lobby refurb is not a big deal. Other than walking through the lobby to get to the monorail or cutting through for quick service, the only spots we went to were the general store or the lobby bathrooms. Knowing that no time was spent in the lobby by us, we had no problem booking. It was nice to walk through, but the rates outweigh the lobby; hopefully still has the smell though. Compared to Wilderness lodge or Polynesian or Contemporary, we spent a lot more time in the lobbies there.