Grand Californian Super Thread

[mrswh]

DS needs his milk in the morning when he wakes up and also at bedtime.He can't drink cold milk right out of the refrigerator and needs it to be room temperature.
Since GCH rooms don't have any microwaves, any suggestions on what I can do/ take to warm the milk ?
Reservations suggested I can use the microwave at WWS but that's open only unril 10pm and besides it won't be convenient going ALL the way theta to warm just a cup of milk !
Looking for suggestions pleaseeeee

Get the Horizon milk boxes that can stay at room temp as long as they are unopened - no problem! (You should be able to get them at Target.)

 

[pearl12970]

Thank you for both helpful suggestions !

How about picking up some "shelf stable" milk and seeing if he'll drink that? If he will, just bring some along and pop it open when he wants a cup.

Or you could bring a couple of old baby bottles or a reusable aluminum or plastic water bottle to warm the traditional milk in and then pour it in a cup for him to drink.

 

[pearl12970]

Thanks mrswh !

Get the Horizon milk boxes that can stay at room temp as long as they are unopened - no problem! (You should be able to get them at Target.)

 

[ipdenc]

Does everyone tip housekeeping at the GCH? How much is fair? Where do you leave the tip?

 

[DmaxHawk]

Does everyone tip housekeeping at the GCH? How much is fair? Where do you leave the tip?

We do. They seem to take extra care of your room if you do. At least from what I've seen.

I usually leave 5 or 6 bucks, no idea if thats "fair" or not. What we usually do is write "thanks" on the note pad and leave the money under it.

 

[funatdisney]

We do the same thing. We use the notepad and write, "Thank you from Room XXXX, Have a grand day!"

 

[DmaxHawk]

We do the same thing. We use the notepad and write, "Thank you from Room XXXX, Have a grand day!"

Clever. I like that.

 

[tdashgirl]

Does everyone tip housekeeping at the GCH? How much is fair? Where do you leave the tip?

Yes, we tip at every hotel. Usually $1-2 a day. I dunno if that's cheap or reasonable?

 

[Momrow]

Does everyone tip housekeeping at the GCH? How much is fair? Where do you leave the tip?

We tipped $5/night. There is a little notecard in the vanity area, that is where I left it. If I ran into her during the day I gave it to her myself.

 

[funatdisney]

Clever. I like that.

Thank you. Never knew what to do with the tip. I just didn't want to leave it around and I wanted to thank the staff somehow, so I came up with this idea. I hope that it is well received.

 

[DmaxHawk]

Thank you. Never knew what to do with the tip. I just didn't want to leave it around and I wanted to thank the staff somehow, so I came up with this idea. I hope that it is well received.

Same here. I ended up just leaving $5 on the table one time with no note and was surprised to see it was still there after the room was serviced. I'm guessing that they didn't think it was theirs and am glad to see that they are honorable enough not to just take any money that's lying around.

 

[Nonsuch]

Same here. I ended up just leaving $5 on the table one time with no note and was surprised to see it was still there after the room was serviced. I'm guessing that they didn't think it was theirs and am glad to see that they are honorable enough not to just take any money that's lying around.

I leave the tip in a envelope or folded note, addressed "housekeeping"
$5 each day, rather than a lump sum when checking out.

I have no idea if tips are pooled together or shared in some way, so I like to spread the money around. In the same way, I give a tip to both the pick and delivery bellman.

 

[Raindown]

We tipped $5/night. There is a little notecard in the vanity area, that is where I left it. If I ran into her during the day I gave it to her myself.

Yea, I usually leave $5/night in the bathroom/vanity area.

 

[AlaskaMomof2]

Hi, I've been following this thread for sometime. We have officially made our plans for Disneyland. We are coming Sept 25-Oct 1. We will be staying at the Grand from the 28-1st however they are booked the few days prior so I am looking at other hotel options for our first 3 days. The Hyatt and Doubletree Suites are the two I have narrowed down. Anyone have an opinion or knowledge on the two properties? The Hyatt just went through a big refurb, so new beds. Big plus in my book, however a couple of negative housekeeping posts on Trip Advisor. Doubletree seems to get tons of great reviews, and the price is pretty incredible, $87 a night! Anyone's advice would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I always leave a sheet of stationery from the hotel with $5 on the bed for housekeeping daily.

 

[caimakale]

The rule of thumb that I use is $1 per person per night. For us (family of 5) that's $5 per night. I make sure to leave the tip on the desk/bath counter every day to make sure the housekeeper doing the work gets the tip.

Similarly, I tip $1 per bag for helping get my luggage in/out of the car and $1 per bag when it gets delivered to/picked up from our room.

 

[CrazyDuck]

We always leave the tip on the pillows... They never forget to take it!

 

[fidoprincess]

We do $2 per person per day, so for the 5 of us, we left $10 each day and a little extra when we left BUT that is mainly because we received such great service. We also had the daybed to make up so that is more work too.

My ds slept til noon or later every day so our mousekeeper cleaned our room last and I knew it was not the best timing for her. I am sure she was even late some days by the time he got ready. A few times, she had to clean around us because we got back the same time as he was getting up but she was always so gracious and sweet. We enjoyed talking to her and she also had a partner, a male, who helped her make the beds and bring in the towels. We ALWAYS had a ton of towels and more than enough of the toiletries and coffee. Really, she was so sweet that she hugged me when we left and I made sure to tell the front desk how great she was!

We also realized that the person who does the turn down service is NOT the same as the one that makes up the room so we left her a little tip too in the evening and then each night we had tons of coin chocolates! We certainly "got our money's worth" out of that tip. Seriously, we got maybe 30 coins each night! We had so many no one could eat them all and I brought a bunch home.

 

[funatdisney]

Same here. I ended up just leaving $5 on the table one time with no note and was surprised to see it was still there after the room was serviced. I'm guessing that they didn't think it was theirs and am glad to see that they are honorable enough not to just take any money that's lying around.

That happened to me one time a long time ago, and I think that is how I came up with leaving a note. I was impressed that they didn't assume that it was theirs. I made sure I left a note every time after that.

 

[tnkrbell13]

We are staying Friday night 9/10 for the WOC verizon party. We are blocked out on Sat so planned to just utilize the pool, etc. Are we allowed to stay all day at the pool if check-out is 11?

 

[KCmike]

Looking towards GC from Redwook Creek Challenge