*The Official VILLAS AT DISNEY'S GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT & SPA Owners & Lovers Group*

[Airb330]

Checked out of a dedicated two bedroom today. It was in bad shape considering the soft goods refurb.


1. Door to primary bedroom didn’t lock
2. TV in living room appallingly crooked
3. Two “hot” knobs on the kitchen sink
4. Loose exposed wire on lamp in primary bathroom
5. Tub bubbles didn’t work in primary bathroom

 

[sndral]

Does any one know how many points are being sold at VGF 2.0 and what the total is for VGF 1.0? I think VGF 1.0 has about 2,500,000 points but wasn't sure.

My calculations - derived from DVC news’s numbers:
VGF1 2,520,800
VGF2 1,800,000
Total 4,320,800

 

[lizdis1]

Did a small VGF add on this week-- excited to have some more points!

 

[GrumpyInPhilly]

Checked out of a dedicated two bedroom today. It was in bad shape considering the soft goods refurb.


1. Door to primary bedroom didn’t lock
2. TV in living room appallingly crooked
3. Two “hot” knobs on the kitchen sink
4. Loose exposed wire on lamp in primary bathroom
5. Tub bubbles didn’t work in primary bathroom

Yikes!

 

[Okw2020Soto]

Never stood at VGF, still fairly new to DVC 1.25 yrs old
Saw the price and just had to convince my wife to add so lucky she said yes lol
So we added 50pts and can’t wait to stay in July
Add us as well

 

[Airb330]

Yikes!

Yeah it was fine overall but I made sure to tell them and also emailed DVC. I only did it end of stay as I didn’t want to deal with maintenance or anything as it was a first trip for a lot of my extended family. The TV was so freaking obviously crooked it was laughable though! I just hope most can be fixed before the next family stays there. The wire bothered me the most while the water faucet knobs were actually kind of funny but I figured I might as well get them to address it also!

Now I am ‘grumpy in Philly’ because we landed to 45 and stormy weather tonight

 

[Her Dotness]

Checked out of a dedicated two bedroom today. It was in bad shape considering the soft goods refurb.

Yanno, I'm not that surprised, sorry to say.

We tried a 1-nighter in a refurbed Poly studio barely a month after they reopened. Unimpressed.

There was still construction dust all along the outer edge of the front door sill. The tub drain stopper was not only loose and easily removable but had about a 2" rod that a kid could easily have used as a weapon. Besides that, the house phone didn't work. It was an adventure getting our stored luggage delivered.

DH used to work as a phone tech and quickly determined it was just a cracked clip connector at the phone end. All it needed was a new cord. DH was told it'd have to wait Saturday to Monday for the phone company to come fix it even after he explained how simple the fix was. Really bizarre they haven't any spare cords or phones on hand.

Airb330's experience and ours really make me wonder what's going on with construction and maintenance oversight! Doesn't seem that it's anywhere near what one would reasonably expect, though I know Disney is dependent upon guests promptly reporting such things.

 

[mrsap]

Interactive In-Room TVs Now Available at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

This interactive television system is now be available at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and The Villas. Additional work to support this new system may be performed in the coming weeks.

 

[RKS03]

We just bought in direct with the great incentives. We love BWV (our original resort) but given the resale prices and time left on contract we decided to go with VGF and we’re very excited.

 

[RKS03]

Interactive In-Room TVs Now Available at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

This interactive television system is now be available at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and The Villas. Additional work to support this new system may be performed in the coming weeks.

I read an article that suggested it only works with chromecast apps. I hope that doesn’t mean it’s not compatible with Apple products. The two companies used to be so close but I guess with Jobs further removed as well as Iger things have changed.

 

[Her Dotness]

I read an article that suggested it only works with chromecast apps. I hope that doesn’t mean it’s not compatible with Apple products.

I saw mention of that, too.

If true, DH will be sooooooo not happy. We're Apple-only peeps.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Interactive In-Room TVs Now Available at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

This interactive television system is now be available at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and The Villas. Additional work to support this new system may be performed in the coming weeks.

What exactly does this mean?

 

[Her Dotness]

What exactly does this mean?

It's a means of putting onto the room tv videos on your mobile devices, sometimes called "throwing a video" to the tv.

You won't get Disney+ on the tv, for instance, unless you subscribe to that service and have a device compatible with the Chromecast app. Other streaming services you subscribe to could also put shows onto the tv from your tablet, phone, etc.

 

[mrsap]

What exactly does this mean?

I’m quoting Orlando Theme Park News…

“This interactive television system will personalize the in-room TV experience by welcoming Guests upon arrival. Guests will also be able to enjoy streaming in their room with complimentary Disney content and connectivity for their personal device to stream their subscribed content (Disney+, Hulu, etc.). Standard channels, park hours, resort amenities, and information will also be available.”

I hope that helps!

 

[BWV Dreamin]

It's a means of putting onto the room tv videos on your mobile devices, sometimes called "throwing a video" to the tv.

You won't get Disney+ on the tv, for instance, unless you subscribe to that service and have a device compatible with the Chromecast app. Other streaming services you subscribe to could also put shows onto the tv from your tablet, phone, etc.

So unless you subscribe to streaming services , and you cast the channel from your mobile device, then you will have no tv channels in your room?

 

[BWV Dreamin]

What about “free” channels like Pluto, XUMO, etc?

 

[mrsap]

So unless you subscribe to streaming services , and you cast the channel from your mobile device, then you will have no tv channels in your room?

The above mentioned is in addition to basic TV channels. It’s a fully interactive TV.

 

[Her Dotness]

So unless you subscribe to streaming services , and you cast the channel from your mobile device, then you will have no tv channels in your room?

Oh, no! Throwing videos from your devices is an extra feature--if you have a device with Chromecast.

It's in response, from what I've read, to guests wondering if they'd be able to get Disney+ on the room tv by paying extra rather than being subscribers.

Any streaming service that you want to watch on the room tv has to be one you've a subscription for is my understanding. I might be mistaken. Hasn't been a lot of specifics on this released yet.

 

[Her Dotness]

We have an interactive tv in the bedroom that's really cool to use.

DH likes to put Disney+ movies onto the tv for the larger screen than his iPad's, especially if it's something we both want to see.

We can throw YouTube videos to our tv, so maybe you can the channels like Pluto, etc. on Disney's new tvs. Dunno for sure.

 

[CarolynFH]

Just wanted to put in here that we have only Apple devices, and they can cast Disney+, etc., to smart TVs without a Chromecast device or Roku stick. Hopefully that’s what the GF will have - TVs that can accept online content like D+, Hulu, etc. via multiple sharing technologies. The basic requirement should be that the guest have one of the several various devices that can receive the online content (D+) and cast or share it to the TV in the guest’s room, not that they have a specific brand e.g. Chromecast.