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

[mrsap]

For DVC Members interested in the new VGF 2, it looks like existing members will get first shot at buying in starting March 3rd.

Coming Soon! The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

 

[bobbiwoz]

In a VGF studio right now, is there a pull down sleep sofa, or pull out sleep sofa? We were there in December, and it was a pull out.

Thank you.

 

[mrsap]

In a VGF studio right now, is there a pull down sleep sofa, or pull out sleep sofa? We were there in December, and it was a pull out.

Thank you.

Pull down Murphy bed.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Nice, thank you.
I think three adult women could do it!

 

[mrsap]

A friend of mine is at VGF in a 1 bedroom and she sent me a few pictures I thought I’d share…










I’ll add her room number/view to page 1 once she leaves.

 

[DeeBee3]

Is that carpet under the bed badly worn? or is it the pattern?

 

[sndral]

A friend of mine is at VGF in a 1 bedroom and she sent me a few pictures I thought I’d share…



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Seeing the door leading to the master bedroom closet in the 1 br. reminded me of how huge that closet is!

 

[mrsap]

Is that carpet under the bed badly worn? or is it the pattern?

Pattern! Here’s the old carpeting…



vs. New…

 

[mrsap]

Seeing the door leading to the master bedroom closet in the 1 br. reminded me of how huge that closet is!

It really is big!! Took this when we stayed last time. We fit all of our suitcases/bags in there.

 

[CarolynFH]

A friend of mine is at VGF in a 1 bedroom and she sent me a few pictures I thought I’d share…

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I’ll add her room number/view to page 1 once she leaves.

Thanks! DH and I both remember a huge French door fridge when we stayed a number of years ago. Looks like they replaced it with the same size top-freezer fridge that’s in other resorts e.g. SSR and BWV.

 

[drusba]

For DVC Members interested in the new VGF 2, it looks like existing members will get first shot at buying in starting March 3rd.

Coming Soon! The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

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As DVD will now actually be selling points for the new studios, that means it has already filed necessary documents with the Orange County Comptroller to allow that to happen. I checked and there were three filings recorded on Feb 4 for documents executed on Jan 12 -- an amendment to the VGF ground lease, an amendment to the declarations, and an amendment to the DVC Membership Agreement for VGF. If interested in reading those, you can find the three documents by going to "https://or.occompt.com/recorder/web/?" Click "Accept" on the Disclaimer, which then takes you to a search page. On that page, put in dates Feb 1 begin and Feb 19 end. Then under Grantor put in Disney Vacation and change Exact Match to Wildcard Search. Then, on the right side of page, uncheck the line that reads "Uncheck box to search specific document type." A list of document types will come up and click on "Condo Related." Then click on the "Search" button. That will bring up the three documents recorded on Feb 4. To view any document click "View Image."

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Thanks! DH and I both remember a huge French door fridge when we stayed a number of years ago. Looks like they replaced it with the same size top-freezer fridge that’s in other resorts e.g. SSR and BWV.

Interesting!
Here's a picture of the refurbed 2BR that was shared several posts back. That is what we also had pre-refurb. Maybe that 1Bedroom had an issue with the fridge and they either didn't or couldn't source the correct replacement?

Here was the fridge from our 1st dedicated 2BR stay and I have a picture of the same fridge in a 1BR (2BR lockoff) from a pre-opening sales event

 

[mrsap]

Interesting!
Here's a picture of the refurbed 2BR that was shared several posts back. That is what we also had pre-refurb. Maybe that 1Bedroom had an issue with the fridge and they either didn't or couldn't source the correct replacement?

Here was the fridge from our 1st dedicated 2BR stay and I have a picture of the same fridge in a 1BR (2BR lockoff) from a pre-opening sales event

We had the white fridge as well in our 1 br. (Nov. 2020)

 

[CarolynFH]

We had the white fridge as well in our 1 br. (Nov. 2020)

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Thanks - the one you show is what we had - I remembered it was larger and more upscale than the ones at BWV, so I guess I put French doors in my memory bank as opposed to the middle drawer and the built-in cabinetry . But the really interesting thing is that there's a cupboard above the fridge shown in your post of the refurbed 1 BR, so the cabinetry is different and wouldn't accommodate the one you and @KAT4DISNEY show from the pre-refurb and the refurbed 2 BR. Maybe the 1 BR dedicated are different? We had a 1 BR lockoff that time.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Thanks - the one you show is what we had - I remembered it was larger and more upscale than the ones at BWV, so I guess I put French doors in my memory bank as opposed to the middle drawer . But the really interesting thing is that there's a cupboard above the fridge shown in @mrsap's post, so the cabinetry is different and wouldn't accommodate the one you show.

If they couldn't or wouldn't source the proper replacement then that would have been the way to finish it off when they replaced with a smaller fridge. Looks like a front vs an actual cupboard. They could have taken the lower freezer front from the original, cut it down and added the upper trim. I'm looking at how the wide bottom piece of trim seems to match the wide bottom freezer trim.

VGF doesn't have any dedicated 1BR's - all lockoffs - so that shouldn't have been a difference. I'm still leaning towards this being a replacement much like when a studio fridge would fail they'd plop in whatever - usually with no freezer but I've seen some that were significantly smaller too.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Thanks - the one you show is what we had - I remembered it was larger and more upscale than the ones at BWV, so I guess I put French doors in my memory bank as opposed to the middle drawer and the built-in cabinetry . But the really interesting thing is that there's a cupboard above the fridge shown in your post of the refurbed 1 BR, so the cabinetry is different and wouldn't accommodate the one you and @KAT4DISNEY show from the pre-refurb and the refurbed 2 BR. Maybe the 1 BR dedicated are different? We had a 1 BR lockoff that time.

And it's not quite as "Grand" is it!

 

[CarolynFH]

If they couldn't or wouldn't source the proper replacement then that would have been the way to finish it off when they replaced with a smaller fridge. Looks like a front vs an actual cupboard. They could have taken the lower freezer front from the original, cut it down and added the upper trim. I'm looking at how the wide bottom piece of trim seems to match the wide bottom freezer trim.

VGF doesn't have any dedicated 1BR's - all lockoffs - so that shouldn't have been a difference. I'm still leaning towards this being a replacement much like when a studio fridge would fail they'd plop in whatever - usually with no freezer but I've seen some that were significantly smaller too.

So you mean make a false cupboard above the fridge? That makes sense. Now I wonder how many of the 1 BR kitchens have the large fridge and how many have the smaller one!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

So you mean make a false cupboard above the fridge? That makes sense. Now I wonder how many of the 1 BR kitchens have the large fridge and how many have the smaller one!

Yes, a false cupboard would be my guess.

 

[mrsap]

And it's not quite as "Grand" is it!

I just realized we have the same fridge!! We bought it when we finished our basement! We just wanted a second fridge… it’s definitely nothing fancy! Definitely a step down from the white fridge that was there!!

 

[Sandisw]

Thanks - the one you show is what we had - I remembered it was larger and more upscale than the ones at BWV, so I guess I put French doors in my memory bank as opposed to the middle drawer and the built-in cabinetry . But the really interesting thing is that there's a cupboard above the fridge shown in your post of the refurbed 1 BR, so the cabinetry is different and wouldn't accommodate the one you and @KAT4DISNEY show from the pre-refurb and the refurbed 2 BR. Maybe the 1 BR dedicated are different? We had a 1 BR lockoff that time.

I had a 1 bedroom a few weeks ago and I had the white fridge. The room was 5th floor and renovated.