Swan Questions

[Terk-1]

I am staying at the Swan for the first time and have some questions. I know they have smoking & non-smoking rooms, but are these by floor or by room? What I mean is do they have smoking rooms on certain floors and non-smoking rooms on other floors? I booked a non-smoking, king bed standard room, but was upgraded to a water view room. Are non-smoking king bed rooms available? Do you get the same tv channels as you in a Disney resort (i.e. the zippa-dee-doo-daa channel)? Also, does Mears go to the Swan?

 

[CBRorBust]

I am hoping some of the Swan/Dolphin experts will answer some of the floating Swan/Dolphin questions. I honestly tried reading the nearly 2000 post FAQ thread, but could only make it to page 4!

Here's a bump

 

[ww52]

I can only answer one - we got the "zip-a-dee-doo-dah" channel for a day or two, then instead it was a channel guide that listed all the channels - including several Disney info channels - but we didn't get them. I never called to ask why. It was disappointing - maybe just a temporary situation.

I'm sure some Swan experts will be able to answer your other questions.

 

[jwfla422]

We've stayed at the Swan several times and have always stayed in non-smoking rooms. On some stays we were lucky enough to have a studio room and these were non-smoking as well (to my knowledge). I have a non-smoking nose so if they were ever smoking rooms I couldn't tell.

I'm not sure how the smoking room assignments work, whether it's specific floors or sections of the resort. I do know we have stayed in a king room with a water view that was non-smoking.

And, yes, Mears does go to both the Swan and Dolphin. It's a beautiful resort, you'll love it and I've heard such wonderful things about the new beds, we haven't been at the Swan since they've renovated and I CAN'T wait to try these beds!! We're heading up in November! Have a great time!! (I know we will)

 

[ww52]

The beds are every bit as good as all the hype/comments. Every person is our party of six agree - and we're still talking about them to people when we talk about our trip.

 

[pooh2001]

We have stayed in the Dolphin - sister hotel across the water.
The TV shows one channel on what to do in at the S/D and a bit about WDW. But they are not WDW resorts. The are owned by Starwood Corp.

When we stayed in the CR - we had 3 WDW channels - things to do at WDW, times of shows, early entries, etc.
Not available at the S/D.

The font desk concierge is very helpful with PS, times, directions,
information. You just have to ask them during normal hours (about 7 am to 11 pm).

We have only had a non-smoking room.
If it it a medical requirment for you - have it stated on your
reservation.

Also - you can join Starwoods and receive points towards
stays in the future or other items (we received a $50 GAP gift certificate for our points) . Call 1-888-625-4988 or go to
www.preferredguest.com


enjoy your stay.

My DH loves the Dolphin (they have an office
area with e-mail, fax machines, computers with Word on them).
Yes, my DH brings work with him. We go to the pool in the AM.
Great time to use the pool - 9 am. Then we hit the parks around
noon (after lunch - hint EE parks thin out by then) and eat dinner somewhere in the parks (yes we make PS) before heading back after fireworks.

 

[Mrs.A]

We just got back from the Swan, it is wonderful!!!!

I'm pretty sure the whole resort is non smoking now. People were outside smoking. I didn't smell smoke anywhere in the resort. And I can smell smoke a mile away.

 

[Terk-1]

Thanks all for the info. Am really getting excited about this trip!!!

Mrs. A: I too am pretty sensitive regarding smoke and was curious on how the Swan does their rooms.