4merlurkerchris
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2001
- Messages
- 329
Hi,
The trip was wonderful.
The GF at Christmas was beautiful!! We arrived at the GF and there was no wait at all for valet parking and no wait for bell services. The concierge staff was contacted and met us and walked us up to the concierge desks on the third floor. We checked in there and got all of our itinerary information. We had made PS requests through the advance planners and everything was correct. Our room was not ready when we checked in at noon, so we went to lunch at the GF cafe and when we returned from lunch before 1:30pm, the room was ready.
We had room 4309 on the third floor. It was beautiful with a view of the marina and castle. Everything was fine in the room. We tipped housekeeping and turndown service and they left us thank you notes, towel animals and arranged my daughters' stuffed animals around the room. Turndown service also left us 2 pairs of slippers one night. The TV was small, and it had a built-in VCR. We also had requested a photo of Cinderella for my daughter and that was there. We also had arranged for the 3 foot Christmas tree from the Disney florist to be in the room and it was. The tree was beautiful and they leave you the box in the room so you can take it with you or ship it home. We took it with us. Mejay, a concierge staff member, bubble wrapped and packed our tree. She was amazing. I never would have asked them for that, but they asked us at check-in if we were shipping the tree or bringing it with us (We drove down from NY). When we told them that we would be bringing the tree home, they told us they would pack it up for us the day before our departure.
The hotel was decorated beautifully and the music of the the orchestra and piano player were great. They also had different holiday music acts at night. One night, a choir and another night, bell ringers. We really enjoyed it.
We ate at many different restaurants, but at the GF we ate at the GF cafe for lunch twice and it was good and we also had dinner at Narcoossees. That was great! The food in the lounge was plentiful at breakfast, not too much from 11:30-2:30pm (breadsticks, a few dips and cookies) the tea service at 3:00pm was good, with warm scones, pudding, jams and tarts. The 5:00pm service was good, usually 2 different dishes and at the kids buffet were corn dogs one night and chicken nuggets another. The evening service had cordials and pastries with cupcakes and brownies on the kids buffet.
The weather the first day had a high of 55 degrees and as the week went on, the weather got much warmer and we were able to swim one day in the new pool. The lines at the parks were non-existent. We walked on everything and there were tons and tons of characters around.
The concierge staff was great. We would see them all the time, as our room was on the 3rd floor, the same as where they are located. They greeted us each time they saw us. The advance planners I dealt with, Jeremy and Karen, were very helpful on the phone and there were able to secure PS at Chef Mickey's, Crystal Palace and Cinderella's Royal Table breakfast on very short notice.
Any questions, please ask!
Chris
The trip was wonderful.
The GF at Christmas was beautiful!! We arrived at the GF and there was no wait at all for valet parking and no wait for bell services. The concierge staff was contacted and met us and walked us up to the concierge desks on the third floor. We checked in there and got all of our itinerary information. We had made PS requests through the advance planners and everything was correct. Our room was not ready when we checked in at noon, so we went to lunch at the GF cafe and when we returned from lunch before 1:30pm, the room was ready.
We had room 4309 on the third floor. It was beautiful with a view of the marina and castle. Everything was fine in the room. We tipped housekeeping and turndown service and they left us thank you notes, towel animals and arranged my daughters' stuffed animals around the room. Turndown service also left us 2 pairs of slippers one night. The TV was small, and it had a built-in VCR. We also had requested a photo of Cinderella for my daughter and that was there. We also had arranged for the 3 foot Christmas tree from the Disney florist to be in the room and it was. The tree was beautiful and they leave you the box in the room so you can take it with you or ship it home. We took it with us. Mejay, a concierge staff member, bubble wrapped and packed our tree. She was amazing. I never would have asked them for that, but they asked us at check-in if we were shipping the tree or bringing it with us (We drove down from NY). When we told them that we would be bringing the tree home, they told us they would pack it up for us the day before our departure.
The hotel was decorated beautifully and the music of the the orchestra and piano player were great. They also had different holiday music acts at night. One night, a choir and another night, bell ringers. We really enjoyed it.
We ate at many different restaurants, but at the GF we ate at the GF cafe for lunch twice and it was good and we also had dinner at Narcoossees. That was great! The food in the lounge was plentiful at breakfast, not too much from 11:30-2:30pm (breadsticks, a few dips and cookies) the tea service at 3:00pm was good, with warm scones, pudding, jams and tarts. The 5:00pm service was good, usually 2 different dishes and at the kids buffet were corn dogs one night and chicken nuggets another. The evening service had cordials and pastries with cupcakes and brownies on the kids buffet.
The weather the first day had a high of 55 degrees and as the week went on, the weather got much warmer and we were able to swim one day in the new pool. The lines at the parks were non-existent. We walked on everything and there were tons and tons of characters around.
The concierge staff was great. We would see them all the time, as our room was on the 3rd floor, the same as where they are located. They greeted us each time they saw us. The advance planners I dealt with, Jeremy and Karen, were very helpful on the phone and there were able to secure PS at Chef Mickey's, Crystal Palace and Cinderella's Royal Table breakfast on very short notice.
Any questions, please ask!
Chris
Wish I was there now!
It's about time someone had something nice to say about the GF RPC. 
