Resort Thread Disney's GRAND FLORIDIAN Resort & Spa + Construction Updates!!

[mrsap]

Some pictures posted today on FB.

 

[kylenne]

I’m down again next week at CR and will try to get some lobby pics when I’m on my lounge crawl.

 

[mrsap]

I’m down again next week at CR and will try to get some lobby pics when I’m on my lounge crawl.

That would be great, thank you! Enjoy your trip!

 

[2vets]

I’m there in a few days and staying CL - I’ll need to scout out fire stairs if the main staircase is still closed… Guessing the elevator waits are really annoying right now! (@mrsap - ofc will get pics - sorry to miss you @kylenne! Hope you have a great time!)

 

[mrsap]

Latest Look at Birdcage Bar Under Construction in Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort Lobby

We’ll start our look at the construction site from the second floor before moving to the lobby level to get a better idea of the scale of the new bar.

Disney has previously announced that construction will last through the holiday season. An opening date for the new lobby bar hasn’t been announced.

 

[lotsohugginbear]

One day we all wake up to find glorious new carpet in the lobby.
I know they are doing construction, but the carpet is a real eye sore
at this point. I hope they go with something similar to the
carpet in the outer buildings.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Hadn’t seen the birdcage top posted…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1958182725669490771

 

[2vets]

Yes, top was on yesterday. Be warned, anyone staying in the main building - the noise right now is a lot. I’ll post more in the CL thread. Added a second picture. You can see them drilling into and discarding the marble.

 

[PolyRob]

Yes, top was on yesterday. Be warned, anyone staying in the main building - the noise right now is a lot. I’ll post more in the CL thread. Added a second picture. You can see them drilling into and discarding the marble.

Oh wow, so it really is getting ripped up. RIP Disney character inlays!

 

[mrsap]

Yes, top was on yesterday. Be warned, anyone staying in the main building - the noise right now is a lot. I’ll post more in the CL thread. Added a second picture. You can see them drilling into and discarding the marble.

I honestly wouldn’t have expected anything less than noisy right now, based on the amount of construction going on in the lobby at this time. Club level and a glass of wine (or 3) might help you ignore it lol

 

[Choppygirl]

I booked a CL room the other day for May and the cm told me about planned work going on at the resort. Is there something else on the horizon or do they just hedge their bets when there is existing work?

 

[mrsap]

Posted on FB 2 days ago.

Also, as a side note, it appears there’s spa water available in the lobby alongside the construction walls lol

 

[Dave006]

@mrsap now that the framing of the new lobby bar is ready. It looks like the actual bar is only taking up (1) small section between (2) support pillars. Once the construction walls are cleared it may indeed flow with the larger lobby space. Fingers crossed.

Dave

 

[focusondisney]

@mrsap now that the framing of the new lobby bar is ready. It looks like the actual bar is only taking up (1) small section between (2) support pillars. Once the construction walls are cleared it may indeed flow with the larger lobby space. Fingers crossed.

Dave

It looks to me like it will be almost the exact same size as the birdcage was. The picture @GADisneyDad14 posted a few days ago shows how far out the birdcage & its surrounding wall came. The structure of the bar comes to almost the exact same spot on the carpet. I think a lot of people are looking at the construction walls & wrongly assuming the whole area will be the bar.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I booked a CL room the other day for May and the cm told me about planned work going on at the resort. Is there something else on the horizon or do they just hedge their bets when there is existing work?

Generally speaking reservation CMs don't really have any special info about future projects that aren't already noted on Disney's website or that gets sent to guests in pre-arrival e-mails - and the posted info at the moment has no specific end date. We micro-focus on specifics involving dates, details, etc around here but that's not really how phone CMs would be trained or have specific knowledge. So I would tend to lean they were just talking generically vs something specific that they have saying XYZ work will be occurring in May.

That being said, GF is 37 years old and Disney seems to be in a maintenance/capital project sort of mood with these older resorts that often need work in different places. Between room renovations, exterior work, roof replacement, and now the lobby a lot of GF has been touched here lately - but we just never know what else may be in store.... pool refurbs, other maintenance projects, etc.

Sorry that's not that helpful, but hopefully you'll be enjoying a beautiful new lobby looking down from your CL room come May 2026.