Those are all johnsonet's photos, aren't they beautiful?! It just seems like me, since I've been posting so much today.
Good point about the pool elevator, btw, much easier for the 2nd floor rooms.
Good to see so many GF fans here today, isn't it? 
Oops...sorry!
I need to try to spread my love out more, instead of being on the thread for a whole day.
No, unfortunately that's their normal way. Of all the IPOs I've dealt with, they are the least chatty. They usually get the job done, but without any warm and fuzzies.
I wanted to second johnsonet's info. I can't think of any way from the second to the third floor except by elevator.
Figment1990 - so close! I know what you mean about making so many plans at the GF while staying elsewhere, we always do the same. And I smiled at your comment about the smell of the lobby, I was just saying the same to a CM in booking and they didn't know what I meant! The flowers smell so wonderful.
A few times we went all the way down the hall, used the back elevator, went back to the lobby and up the stairs to the 2nd floor -- honestly I didn't find RPC to be more conveniently located than any other room at the GF...
Well, I'm obviously losing it, here is a photo from allearsnet of the small staircase from the 3rd to 4th floors, and it continues to the 5th.
Now I know I'm not crazy. And I just remembered why my DD and I had to take the elevator from the 5th floor that trip - b/c the main building was being refurbished and there was new carpeting and paint going on that staircase and it was sectioned off 
That would've been August 2007.I have to agree about the IPO office -- they were helpful, not the least chatty or particularly friendly. So different from BC and AKL...
I will 3rd the information about the elevator. It was actually a problem for us -- it took forever to get an elevator on the 3rd or 4th floors just to go down to the lobby or monorail floor. So much so that we were worried we'd be late a few times... Really ridiculous, IMO, and our one complaint against staying RPC again -- we felt trapped!
This was our thinking as well -- but they are definitely not available for guest use...
When we stayed at AKL and Poly, we really just used the stairs most of the time... I really don't understand the set-up at the GF.
Standard guestrooms average about 448 square feet and typically have two queen sized beds, (or one king sized bed) and a daybed (in rooms with 2 queen beds). There is also a spacious armoire, television, table with two chairs, walk-in closet, fridge, small safe, iron and ironing board, nightstand, telephone (with an additional one in the bathroom), ceiling fan, hairdryer, Mickey lamp, make-up mirror and double marble sinks in a vanity area separate from the tub and commode. In the vanity area, H20 brand toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, and shower cap are found and there is a retractable clothesline in the shower. A coffee maker is available in each room.
Most rooms lead out onto a patio or balcony. A typical guestroom sleeps 5, but the Lodge Tower and Concierge Deluxe rooms sleep 4. Dormer or "attic" rooms at the Grand Floridian are in the upper floors under the gabled roofs. These rooms are slightly smaller than the Standard guest-rooms but appear larger because the vaulted ceilings. A private balcony compensates for the lack of room size. Dormer rooms sleep 4 adults.
There are 26 one, two and three-bedroom suites available. Suites have two queen sized beds, or one king sized bed, and a separate parlor area with a wet bar. These rooms can sleep between 4 and 10 adults, depending on the suite type. These suites may include a hamper and upscale line of toiletries in the bathrooms, padded satin hangers, and larger screen televisions.
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they start on the second floor...and I think the greatest number of regualr CL rooms are located on the 3rd and 4th floors...
I'm pretty sure that it's possible to purchase a CD of the GF lobby piano music at Sandy Cove . . . does anyone know if there is also a CD of the band that plays in the evenings?
Having a cruddy day and just wishing that I was sitting in the lobby listening to all that music that is so quintessentially GF . . .
