Grand Californian Super Thread

OK so I called Reservations # and you can add the Concierge service to a standard room.
We are 2 adults and a 3.5 year old. If I add the Concierge service to the Standard room then the 5 day package is costing me an additional $ 1000 . Would you say its worth the extra cost ?
What exactly does the breakfast include ? WHat are the other benefits ?

Please let me know.

TIA !


Unless you have deep-deep pockets, no way is concierge worth an extra $1000. Staying at the GCH is a treat already so I don't see the point of it.
How much breakfast and chocolate dipped strawberries can you eat in 5 days? Certainly not $1000 worth. For our family, I don't even think we could use $200 worth of breakfast and snacks. It's so easy to get carried away when planning vacations because these upgrades sound so nice.
 
I've got a question for those who have stayed in a room with bunk beds before.

We have a kid with us and she really wants a bunk bed room - it's her and me including two adults.

Can an adult sleep in a bunk bed? My friend won't fit, she's a lot taller than me. But I'm on the smaller side, 5'5". So we were hoping we might be lucky.

We had a bunk bed room during our last stay. DD who is 5'3" took the top and DS who is about 4'8" took the bottom. Neither had a problem. I would say the top is better for the shorter person, as DD would hit her head on the ceiling climbing the ladder to the top. if she was not careful. What can you do when your little brother doesn't want to climb up the ladder?!?
 
Are the standard rooms limited to a particular floor ? I mean they dont go any higher than 5th floor ?
If there is not a view (park, pool, DTD) then it is a standard room, and can be on any floor. Guest rooms are on the 2nd to 6th floors, with only a few on the 1st floor (in the new expansion).
 
OK so I called Reservations # and you can add the Concierge service to a standard room.
We are 2 adults and a 3.5 year old. If I add the Concierge service to the Standard room then the 5 day package is costing me an additional $ 1000 . Would you say its worth the extra cost ?
What exactly does the breakfast include ? WHat are the other benefits ?

Please let me know.

TIA !

Yes, we are in a concierge room on the 6th floor. I would think the noise could only get worse on the lower floors, though - so ask to be somewhere other than the front of the hotel if your DS is a light sleeper for sure! :)

As far as concierge - I don't know if I'd pay an extra $200 a night for it. We paid $100 a night and it's worth it to us. The breakfast is fruit, bagels, pastries and breads, cereal, and beverages. We have been eating breakfast there in the mornings and then bringing some extras with us for mid-morning snacks in the park. The lounge is also good for an afternoon snack (they have tea from 11-4 I believe with little tea sandwiches and pastries, cookies, chocolate covered strawberries, goldfish crackers, snack mix and beverages). From 5-7 they have cheese and crackers, veggies and dip, assorted fruit, and a hot appetizer. (Yesterday it was chicken teriyaki skewers.) So you could make dinner out of it. In the evenings (8-10 I think) they have several desserts (pastries, chocolate covered strawberries) and milk and cookies. At 8:15 they have storytelling for the kiddos - it's very cute. They put pillows and blankets on the floor and the storytellers are great with the kids. Some nights they also have "Songs from the Hearth" with a person playing guitar and I guess singing. There is a great view of the fireworks from the lounge & balcony and they pipe in the music from the show. In the lounge there are tons of games and puzzles, a TV and couches, coloring pages and crayons, a computer and printer, etc. You can also borrow DVDs to bring to your room. There is some sort of craft time for kids but we haven't been since it was mid-morning when we were in the parks.

It is the little things I like - being able to get a bottle of Perrier (which they don't have in the lounge but fetched from room service just because I asked) and not having to walk downstairs and pay $4 for it, for example. Also in the 6th floor lobby there are two people at the concierge desk to help with whatever you need anytime. The woman at the desk last night noticed my DD6's Tink nightgown and 30 minutes later stopped us in the hallway and told my DD that Tinkerbell had left a delivery for her. It was a signed photo.

When you are booking, are you getting a concierge room or are you adding concierge on to another room? I think if you try to add it on, then (a) you may not be on the 6th level; and (b) it costs more ($175 a night I believe). When I made the reservation, concierge rooms were sold out, so I just kept checking back and eventually one came open so I grabbed it and canceled the old reservation.

Hope that helps some! I'd be happy to answer any other ??s. :)
 

OK so I called Reservations # and you can add the Concierge service to a standard room.
We are 2 adults and a 3.5 year old. If I add the Concierge service to the Standard room then the 5 day package is costing me an additional $ 1000 . Would you say its worth the extra cost ?
What exactly does the breakfast include ? WHat are the other benefits ?

Please let me know.

TIA !
That is alot for what you get.. I stayed on Developers points I had to use up. We did save alot on food as we made do fo rthe most part with food offerings in the lounge (and the free liquor was a great deal)...but certainly not $1,000 worth. The breakfast had pastires, fruit, dry cereal, yogurt, juice...rest of the day was other light stuff, cheeses, fruit, little sandwiches, a few hot things.

Only other benefit was free DVD rentals :confused3
 
Thank you everyone. Now it makes sense . I was wondering why there were so many raves for the Concierge Service if it cost this much. thats bcos others are NOT paying THIS MUCH $$$ . OK , No concierge service. I was getting carried away with the holiday planning. As rightly commented ' stayign at the GCH is a treat already" . Thank you again everyone !
 
Thank you for your reply. How does one get Concierge service at $ 100 ?

Yes, we are in a concierge room on the 6th floor. I would think the noise could only get worse on the lower floors, though - so ask to be somewhere other than the front of the hotel if your DS is a light sleeper for sure! :)

As far as concierge - I don't know if I'd pay an extra $200 a night for it. We paid $100 a night and it's worth it to us. The breakfast is fruit, bagels, pastries and breads, cereal, and beverages. We have been eating breakfast there in the mornings and then bringing some extras with us for mid-morning snacks in the park. The lounge is also good for an afternoon snack (they have tea from 11-4 I believe with little tea sandwiches and pastries, cookies, chocolate covered strawberries, goldfish crackers, snack mix and beverages). From 5-7 they have cheese and crackers, veggies and dip, assorted fruit, and a hot appetizer. (Yesterday it was chicken teriyaki skewers.) So you could make dinner out of it. In the evenings (8-10 I think) they have several desserts (pastries, chocolate covered strawberries) and milk and cookies. At 8:15 they have storytelling for the kiddos - it's very cute. They put pillows and blankets on the floor and the storytellers are great with the kids. Some nights they also have "Songs from the Hearth" with a person playing guitar and I guess singing. There is a great view of the fireworks from the lounge & balcony and they pipe in the music from the show. In the lounge there are tons of games and puzzles, a TV and couches, coloring pages and crayons, a computer and printer, etc. You can also borrow DVDs to bring to your room. There is some sort of craft time for kids but we haven't been since it was mid-morning when we were in the parks.

It is the little things I like - being able to get a bottle of Perrier (which they don't have in the lounge but fetched from room service just because I asked) and not having to walk downstairs and pay $4 for it, for example. Also in the 6th floor lobby there are two people at the concierge desk to help with whatever you need anytime. The woman at the desk last night noticed my DD6's Tink nightgown and 30 minutes later stopped us in the hallway and told my DD that Tinkerbell had left a delivery for her. It was a signed photo.

When you are booking, are you getting a concierge room or are you adding concierge on to another room? I think if you try to add it on, then (a) you may not be on the 6th level; and (b) it costs more ($175 a night I believe). When I made the reservation, concierge rooms were sold out, so I just kept checking back and eventually one came open so I grabbed it and canceled the old reservation.

Hope that helps some! I'd be happy to answer any other ??s. :)
 
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Please let me know if there a way to work around this situation :

I have a reservation for a 5 Day package at GCH for 2 adults and a child which includes 5 day park hopper ( 2 day extra for price of 3 ). BUT I want to get an Annual Passport for myself. That would mean paying Double for entry to Theme parks ( AP and PArk Hopper tickets)
I was wondering if there is a way around this ? I was told I can change the Tickets at the Theme park but I would prefer to buy it online.

Do you think they would agree to take one adult ticket off from my Reservation and add the AP to it instead ?

I have to pay my deposit in an hour so would appreciate an reply ....

TIA ~
 
Please let me know if there a way to work around this situation :

I have a reservation for a 5 Day package at GCH for 2 adults and a child which includes 5 day park hopper ( 2 day extra for price of 3 ). BUT I want to get an Annual Passport for myself. That would mean paying Double for entry to Theme parks ( AP and PArk Hopper tickets)
I was wondering if there is a way around this ? I was told I can change the Tickets at the Theme park but I would prefer to buy it online.

Do you think they would agree to take one adult ticket off from my Reservation and add the AP to it instead ?

I have to pay my deposit in an hour so would appreciate an reply ....

TIA ~


I'm not sure if this is helpful, but I know at WDW in this situation you'd have to exchange your ticket at the parks. APs can't be part of packages. Not sure about DL, but I suspect it's the same.
 
Thank you for your reply. How does one get Concierge service at $ 100 ?

I don't know . . . when I called to book the concierge room was only $100 a night more than the standard room! (Technically, $110.) Our rate was "summer special," but I don't know what the summer special was exactly. Maybe you are getting a lower rate on the standard room? Our choices were standard room $336 or concierge $446. I think there are an awful lot of different rates floating around out there. When I was checking periodically online, I saw all kinds of crazy rates - the same room cost less for 5 nights than 4, or the theme park view was less expensive than the standard. I guess it just depends what rate (or special rate) they have available at any given time. I think they must have X number of rooms at each rate, and so if someone cancels a lower rate that lower rate stays with the room and you can grab it.

It is late, I hope that made sense! :)
 
I called Reservations and they said APs can't book packages . If I want to convert my park hopper ticket to an AP it would have to be done at the Park.

Thanks for responding to my question .
 
Thank you mrswh . I got different qoutes online and over the phone which I did find strange. I realized that I need to keep checking until I get the best quote.




[QUOTE=mrswh;37880264]I don't know . . . when I called to book the concierge room was only $100 a night more than the standard room! (Technically, $110.) Our rate was "summer special," but I don't know what the summer special was exactly. Maybe you are getting a lower rate on the standard room? Our choices were standard room $336 or concierge $446. I think there are an awful lot of different rates floating around out there. When I was checking periodically online, I saw all kinds of crazy rates - the same room cost less for 5 nights than 4, or the theme park view was less expensive than the standard. I guess it just depends what rate (or special rate) they have available at any given time. I think they must have X number of rooms at each rate, and so if someone cancels a lower rate that lower rate stays with the room and you can grab it.

It is late, I hope that made sense! :)[/QUOTE]
 
Thank you mrswh . I got different qoutes online and over the phone which I did find strange. I realized that I need to keep checking until I get the best quote.

Keep in mind that the online rates don't include tax, but the rates they quote on the phone do! :)
 
The outside fireplace.

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The outside fireplace.

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It is just on the other side of the fireplace. If you walk back from the bigger hot tub back towards the walkway of the arcade, play place for children and back towards the main lobby area you will see it. The kids and I sat there drying off one day after we swam. I thought it was unique myself. I didn't remember reading about it either.
 
It is just on the other side of the fireplace. If you walk back from the bigger hot tub back towards the walkway of the arcade, play place for children and back towards the main lobby area you will see it. The kids and I sat there drying off one day after we swam. I thought it was unique myself. I didn't remember reading about it either.

What is this "play place for children" of which you speak? :hyper2: I don't remember seeing it the last time we stayed at GCH!
 













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