Hi All,
DW and I are back from our trip to the happiest place on earth! Overall the our stay at the GF was fantastic and I cringe each time I read a review that includes things Ive never encountered at the GF and hopefully never will (mildew in bathrooms, stained furniture, etc
). Ill try to keep my trip report brief, but detailed.
Arrival was smooth, Bell Services were top notch, check in CM was earning her ears, so that did not go so great, she was nice, but we had requested King Bed if available and she confirmed this, but low and behold when we arrived at our room it was 2 queens and a connecting room. The good news was it was in Boca Chica on the 4th floor and the room was beautiful and clean so we did not want to chance it and request to move to a new room. Only issue was that the new LCD TV did not work, a CM member came and fixed the problem within an hour he had to go back to his shop and get a new digital converter for the TV he apologized, made no excuses and gets Thumbs Up for positive, helpful attitude.
Mousekeeping was fantastic all week - plenty of H2o+ products, turndown service each night with chocolates and fresh towels.
All in all, I can count on one hand the number of CMs that werent towing the Disney Line and none of them were at the GF. All CMs at GF were helpful, friendly, and really made us feel welcome and glad to be back.
Ill try to post pictures of the room we stayed in the near future it was fully wall papered with Mickey Motif paper in the bathroom area, trees shaped like Disney Characters a golden type wall paper in the bedroom with matching drapes. All the furniture was new and just like everyone else describes it. Our view was of the quiet pool and the main building which looks beautiful anytime of the day.
All food at the GF was good Gaspies was a great place to get a quick breakfast, lunch or dinner. The GF Café has changed their menu a bit and is no serving more upscale food with better presentation than I previously remember (at least at dinner). We attended our first afternoon tea and had a great time and delicious treats. Our favorite is the favorite of many readers of this thread
drumroll please
NARCOOSSEES
OMG
staff, food
, location, food
, service, food
excellent!!! Our servers at the GF were all terrific I cant imagine a better place to spend ones Disney Holiday.
Off Topic our least favorite meal was dinner at the California Grill; it left much to be desired. CG seemed to be more about location, location, location then about good food, but it was our first and last time to dine there our server and other CMs were way more interested in turning over tables, then insuring that current guests were having a good time/meal.
We had a great time swimming at the quiet pool, everything was well maintained and I cant believe the staff has to take in and put out the cushions on the pool chairs each day thats a lot of work. I also notice the level of detail in the public bathrooms throughout the GF someone magically appears and fixes the tissue boxes, toilet paper, roll towel paper, etc
between each visit or at least close to it. There were so many details taken care of throughout the entire resort (too numerous to name) that we noticed over our stay, it still amazes me that Disney is able to keep everything looking so good.
We did the GF Photopass shoot and our CM was fantastic we had a rough start as her camera would not sync up to the wireless device they carried. She finally ended up going manually and while I thought our session would be cut short she gave us a full 30 minutes and took 82 photos in all. I still have not had time to download all our digital photos or look at the photopass photos that is also on the agenda for today.
Overall we had a great time at the GF and have already booked a trip to Disney for next Christmas.
The worst part of the trip was coming back to reality as we were spoiled by the magic of Disney (which is one of the main reasons for so many repeat visitors) everyone is friendly (off topic, soap box and YMMV, personally I have found that you get back what you give at Disney, even when things are not so great a positive friendly attitude goes a long way toward resolving any issue/situation rather than telling a CM what they have to do or must do, putting them in a naturally defensive posture).
I almost forgot they were putting what appeared to be the finishing touches on the Sago key building. Mouse surplus was removing furniture and workers were taking out carpets, framing, etc
Painters were working on the fourth floor dormer rooms it appeared that almost all of the marina facing rooms of the building were painted on the outside.
Ask any questions, Ill try to answer them in a timely manner.
Okay time to start planning our trip to GF for next year!!!
Shame on you grannyminnie.
i would love to do concierge, but it was not financially possile this year. hopefully after DH gets out of schooL!
. The code ends today 12/9.
I just thuoght it had to do with something in Victorian times. 
