Grand Californian Super Thread

[DmaxHawk]

Merry Christmas all!

 

[KCmike]

Any word on them adding more daybeds to hotel this year? We will be coming back to the resort in the summertime (hopefully!) and don't want to have to worry about it again.

 

[Nonsuch]

Any word on them adding more daybeds to hotel this year?

It seems very unlikely any more rooms with daybeds will be added. The rooms with 2 queens and a daybed are larger than the normal rooms, so it would require major renovation.
We will need to make due with the existing 39 rooms

 

[KCmike]

Time to start gearing up the planning again. Thought I would bump us again with a picture.

 

[deej696]

We visited the GC last week as we were having dinner at Napa Rose. What an amazing experience at their chef's counter! For anyone considering dinner here, I did a review here.

Next time we are in DL I'll do some better planning and hopefully land a room at GC Villas...

 

[DmaxHawk]

We visited the GC last week as we were having dinner at Napa Rose. What an amazing experience at their chef's counter! For anyone considering dinner here, I did a review here.

Next time we are in DL I'll do some better planning and hopefully land a room at GC Villas...

Great review Deej! It makes me want to try the Chef's Counter next time I go!

 

[KCmike]

Great review Deej. I don't know if I could throw down the money it would cost for that dinner. Here's another picture to get all of us going in 2012 excited.

 

[Lewdannie]

Hi,

can guests of the Disneyland Hotel use the Laundry Rooms at the Grand Californian?

cheers

Dean

 

[Nonsuch]

can guests of the Disneyland Hotel use the Laundry Rooms at the Grand Californian?

I'm not positive, but I think a room key is needed to access the laundry room.
Room keys are needed to access the ice machines, except the ones in the DVC wing.

 

[DizMe]

I have evolved (yes, it took some time, believe it or not!) into a dedicated GCH lover! What a fabulous hotel and totally worth the money IMO.

Just wanted to post that when I was there in December, I wrote down the taxi rates (flat rate) from GCH to the various airports and attractions if you use the taxi voucher from the hotel. The taxi vouchers can be obtained at the Guest Services desk. Here are the rates from GCH to:

SNA - $32
LGB - $40
LAX - $80
Universal - $100
Hollywood - $91
Huntington Beach - $40
Newport - $40
Knotts - $20

They have vans, so large parties can go together (and save money!).

 

[sierranevada]

Just had to posted that I reserved the Grand Villa from 7/12-7/15! So excited!! I have only stayed in the 2 bedroom villas and am really looking forward the the Grand Villa!

 

[DmaxHawk]

Just had to posted that I reserved the Grand Villa from 7/12-7/15! So excited!! I have only stayed in the 2 bedroom villas and am really looking forward the the Grand Villa!

Congrats!

Hope you enjoy it! Let us know how it is!!

 

[blackjackdelta]

Congrats!

Hope you enjoy it! Let us know how it is!!

Please take lots of photo.

 

[kailuagirl]

Hi,

can guests of the Disneyland Hotel use the Laundry Rooms at the Grand Californian?

cheers

Dean

Last month when I used them, I had to use my room key to get into the laundry room so I wouldn't think so. Are there none at the Disneyland Hotel? It was my first time doing laundry on vacation and I'm gonna do it everytime from now on and cut my packing way down

 

[blackjackdelta]

Last month when I used them, I had to use my room key to get into the laundry room so I wouldn't think so. Are there none at the Disneyland Hotel? It was my first time doing laundry on vacation and I'm gonna do it everytime from now on and cut my packing way down

One of the reasons we like a 1 bedroom and there is a luandy room for the Grand Hotel rooms.

Jack

 

[Tarijeno]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to the forums, and I'm planning a late summer/early fall family trip to Anaheim.

Here's the rundown of the plan. The trip was originally meant to be a late anniversary present for my two elderly parents. We three would all fly into SNA and stay for a week at the Grand Californian. I've noticed from past trips to Disneyland that my parents have required a lot of mid-day hotel breaks -- a problem when the hotel is a mile away. So, anyway, that has been the plan for the last month. Then my mother not-too-subtly suggested that we invite my sister's kids (3 of them), who would be 3,4, and 12 at the time of the trip, to tag along. The two youngest are big 'Cars' freaks, and I think Grandma would feel guilty not inviting them to tag along so soon after the Carsland opening.

So for the past week I've been pricing out GCH rooms through various websites (Disneyland.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, etc.) and I've run into a snag that actually brought me to this fine website: Anaheim won't allow more than 5 people to a hotel room, even when you're booking a room online, and our hypothetical group consists of 6 people.

I've read back through this thread, about 50 pages, and have read arguments including "Don't you dare try and jam 6 people into one of those rooms! What if there's a fire!?!?!" and "It's just one extra person. The hotel should let it slide." Is there a definitive rule on this matter? I would understand a harsh response if, say, my group were 6 22 year olds. But the 5th and 6th members of our group are 3 & 4 years old.

I'd consider saving up for a second, adjacent hotel room, but there are two snags in regard to that: 1) Putting the kids in a separate hotel room without constant supervision is a big no-no 2) A second standard room effectively doubles the cost of this vacation, and upgrading to a suite triples it... all for a tiny little 3 year old.

So I'm here looking for advice. We do have our hearts set on the GCH. Has anyone else had similar experiences to this? How did it work out?

 

[CrazyDuck]

Perhaps you should look at renting points for a 2 bedroom villa (can sleep 9). Then you can bring your sister too... You can probably rent a villa for not much more than the cost of a standard room. Check out www.dvcrequest.com.

 

[Nonsuch]

I've read back through this thread, about 50 pages, and have read arguments including "Don't you dare try and jam 6 people into one of those rooms! What if there's a fire!?!?!" and "It's just one extra person. The hotel should let it slide." Is there a definitive rule on this matter? I would understand a harsh response if, say, my group were 6 22 year olds. But the 5th and 6th members of our group are 3 & 4 years old.

It is highly unlikely any hotel employee will authorize you to exceed the occupancy limit.

 

[blackjackdelta]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to the forums, and I'm planning a late summer/early fall family trip to Anaheim.

Here's the rundown of the plan. The trip was originally meant to be a late anniversary present for my two elderly parents. We three would all fly into SNA and stay for a week at the Grand Californian. I've noticed from past trips to Disneyland that my parents have required a lot of mid-day hotel breaks -- a problem when the hotel is a mile away. So, anyway, that has been the plan for the last month. Then my mother not-too-subtly suggested that we invite my sister's kids (3 of them), who would be 3,4, and 12 at the time of the trip, to tag along. The two youngest are big 'Cars' freaks, and I think Grandma would feel guilty not inviting them to tag along so soon after the Carsland opening.

So for the past week I've been pricing out GCH rooms through various websites (Disneyland.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, etc.) and I've run into a snag that actually brought me to this fine website: Anaheim won't allow more than 5 people to a hotel room, even when you're booking a room online, and our hypothetical group consists of 6 people.

I've read back through this thread, about 50 pages, and have read arguments including "Don't you dare try and jam 6 people into one of those rooms! What if there's a fire!?!?!" and "It's just one extra person. The hotel should let it slide." Is there a definitive rule on this matter? I would understand a harsh response if, say, my group were 6 22 year olds. But the 5th and 6th members of our group are 3 & 4 years old.

I'd consider saving up for a second, adjacent hotel room, but there are two snags in regard to that: 1) Putting the kids in a separate hotel room without constant supervision is a big no-no 2) A second standard room effectively doubles the cost of this vacation, and upgrading to a suite triples it... all for a tiny little 3 year old.

So I'm here looking for advice. We do have our hearts set on the GCH. Has anyone else had similar experiences to this? How did it work out?

WELCOME: My brother had this wonderful decision process acouple of years ago and maybe he learned his lesson when we was booted from the place they were staying on the second day of a week trip. The hotel did call around and found him another room for $$$. The fire codes are there for a reason and scamming a hotel and getting caught my lead to a "defrauding and innkeeper charge". You like to gamble go for it. Jack

Jack

 

[sierranevada]

Perhaps you should look at renting points for a 2 bedroom villa (can sleep 9). Then you can bring your sister too... You can probably rent a villa for not much more than the cost of a standard room. Check out www.dvcrequest.com.

That was what I was going to suggest - plus you will have your own kitchen!