The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners Group

[franandaj]

WOW!!! What do you think the chances are of finding the person who stayed in your room just before or after you on the DIS boards (or anywhere for that matter), and it looks like we are both from Washington???? That is crazy. I wish you could of left us all your fridge condiments and such.

Love this room, we wish we could get it every trip.

Me and kikiq (I know I didn't get that right) had the same thing. I cancelled one night on memorial day weekend and she got the night that i cancelled, we are both locals, it was funny when she posted about her stay and I realized she got the room the night we canceled because as locals we can stay one night and it's totally fun!

 

[franandaj]

I got my Destination-D tickets this morning! Anyone else going?

 

[MCSfromWA]

WOW!!! What do you think the chances are of finding the person who stayed in your room just before or after you on the DIS boards (or anywhere for that matter), and it looks like we are both from Washington???? That is crazy. I wish you could of left us all your fridge condiments and such.

Love this room, we wish we could get it every trip.

That is pretty crazy. And that we are both from Washington state! We will have to better coordinate in the future so that we can leave the condiments next time. I really like the location but I know that we will have a different villa when we next go in October because we reserved a 1 bedroom for that stay. I think after the October trip it will have to be a 2 bedroom villa because I really appreciated the extra space. So did my family.

 

[wdw4life]

I got my Destination-D tickets this morning! Anyone else going?

I am! I've been on the waitlist for a studio since the beginning of March and I'm not holding my breath it will come through. Booked a room at the DLH JIC.

 

[franandaj]

I am! I've been on the waitlist for a studio since the beginning of March and I'm not holding my breath it will come through. Booked a room at the DLH JIC.

I think I got the last one bedroom in the beginning of March, I waitlisted for Thursday night and it came through within about a week. We're staying Th, F & Sat.

 

[nunzia]

I got my Destination-D tickets this morning! Anyone else going?

We are. (friend and I..DH likes Disney, but is not a freakish sort). We're staying through Sunday since they announced the Scavenger Hunt...

 

[franandaj]

We are. (friend and I..DH likes Disney, but is not a freakish sort). We're staying through Sunday since they announced the Scavenger Hunt...

We thought after two days of presentations that we would be way too tired for the scavenger hunt (fatigue issues related to disability). So instead we're going to have brunch at Goofy's!

 

[nunzia]

We thought after two days of presentations that we would be way too tired for the scavenger hunt (fatigue issues related to disability). So instead we're going to have brunch at Goofy's!

That works too! I'm sure we will be awful at the Hunt..we're big fans but compared to many, total dolts...soo...just trying it as something we've never done before.

 

[ajf1007]

We're going 10/2 - 10/9, booked a 2 bedbroom, but I didn't put a request in for a specific room. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know how much it is to rent a cabana by the pool?

 

[blackjackdelta]

We're going 10/2 - 10/9, booked a 2 bedbroom, but I didn't put a request in for a specific room. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know how much it is to rent a cabana by the pool?

Poster on another thread said $110/ half day, $180/whole day.

Jack

 

[sierranevada]

We're going 10/2 - 10/9, booked a 2 bedbroom, but I didn't put a request in for a specific room. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know how much it is to rent a cabana by the pool?

we had #3522 (a dedicated 2 bdrm) and it had an awesome view of WoC! And Jack is correct on cabana prices.

 

[Nonsuch]

we had #3522 (a dedicated 2 bdrm) and it had an awesome view of WoC!

Please post some pictures of the view from 3522 (WoC and daytime)
Thanks.

 

[buzzboysmom]

Subscribing

 

[kikiq]

Poster on another thread said $110/ half day, $180/whole day.

Jack

And if the prices seem a little pricey, try to find any chairs/lounge chairs on a beautiful sunny day without the June Gloom especially the holiday weekends. I think it's well worth every penny to have chairs reserved, frig with water, fruit plate AND a flat screen TV in the cabana. At least that what was offered over Memorial Day weekend.

Also saves wondering where there will be shade or sun if you decide to camp out all day.

 

[Disney Princess]

We're going 10/2 - 10/9, booked a 2 bedbroom, but I didn't put a request in for a specific room. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know how much it is to rent a cabana by the pool?

I wouldn't request a specific room number as most people agree that limits the room assigners abilities. If that room is not available, they won't know what to give you. I personally requested high floor, theme park view. We would rather be high up than looking at a specific something, so we put that first. We did theme park view second as it would be nice, but not a deal-breaker. If you specifically want a WoC view, make sure you say "Paradise Pier" theme park view so they know. Enjoy your trip!

 

[Nonsuch]

We're going 10/2 - 10/9, booked a 2 bedbroom, but I didn't put a request in for a specific room. Any suggestions?

Did you book a lockoff or dedicated 2-bedroom?
This is a color coded map of the villas.

3522 is a dedicated 2-bedroom located directly below the Grand Villa, and will have the best angle for WoC. Otherwise, higher floors are better for overall views of Paradise Pier.

This would be my room request for a dedicated 2-bedroom:
3522, 6500, 5500, 4500, 4506, 3500, 3506, 5518, 4518, 3518

Of course, you might rather have a pool view. Some people like the ground floor, for easy pool access.

 

[ajf1007]

Poster on another thread said $110/ half day, $180/whole day. Jack

Thanks for the info! That's a great price even for the whole day! I'm hoping that it will be warm in October, enough for the pool. Am I overreacting?

we had #3522 (a dedicated 2 bdrm) and it had an awesome view of WoC! And Jack is correct on cabana prices.

Great! Thanks, that's good to know. So you could watch WOC from your room and didn't have to scramble to see?

And if the prices seem a little pricey, try to find any chairs/lounge chairs on a beautiful sunny day without the June Gloom especially the holiday weekends. I think it's well worth every penny to have chairs reserved, frig with water, fruit plate AND a flat screen TV in the cabana. At least that what was offered over Memorial Day weekend.

Also saves wondering where there will be shade or sun if you decide to camp out all day.

I think that's a great price for ensuring a spot! I think it makes a huge difference and if all of those things come with the cabana, I may just sleep there

I wouldn't request a specific room number as most people agree that limits the room assigners abilities. If that room is not available, they won't know what to give you. I personally requested high floor, theme park view. We would rather be high up than looking at a specific something, so we put that first. We did theme park view second as it would be nice, but not a deal-breaker. If you specifically want a WoC view, make sure you say "Paradise Pier" theme park view so they know. Enjoy your trip!

Great advice and good point! I will take your suggestion and see what happens. This is our first trip to DL and I feel so out of sorts and lost in trying to plan our trip. I was so excited that I got a 2bedroom for when we wanted it, I think I got the confirmation number and did a dance, not asking any questions and definitely not putting a requests in there. Think it's too late?

Did you book a lockoff or dedicated 2-bedroom?
This is a color coded map of the villas.

3522 is a dedicated 2-bedroom located directly below the Grand Villa, and will have the best angle for WoC. Otherwise, higher floors are better for overall views of Paradise Pier.

This would be my room request for a dedicated 2-bedroom:
3522, 6500, 5500, 4500, 4506, 3500, 3506, 5518, 4518, 3518

Of course, you might rather have a pool view. Some people like the ground floor, for easy pool access.

I don't know which I booked Like I said above, I got a 2 bedroom when we wanted it and I think I blanked out after that! Anyway, I think the higher floor is the way to go. I'm such a DL newbie! I still haven't figured out anything else. We have the room booked, but that is IT!: I'm trying to figure out dining, etc. I'm actually starting to stress out over vacation.

 

[bwvBound]

I got my Destination-D tickets this morning! Anyone else going?

After a registration mix-up on the website, I received my confirmation by email today. Don't yet know where we are staying ... have reservation for DLH but will likely stay somewhere off-property. (I had two nights at the GCV but couldn't get the third and had to quit the waitlist back in May in order to bank our points.)

 

[franandaj]

We're going 10/2 - 10/9, booked a 2 bedbroom, but I didn't put a request in for a specific room. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know how much it is to rent a cabana by the pool?

Great advice and good point! I will take your suggestion and see what happens. This is our first trip to DL and I feel so out of sorts and lost in trying to plan our trip. I was so excited that I got a 2bedroom for when we wanted it, I think I got the confirmation number and did a dance, not asking any questions and definitely not putting a requests in there. Think it's too late?

I'm trying to figure out dining, etc. I'm actually starting to stress out over vacation.

No need to stress, you have plenty of time for a DL vacation. You can't make dining ressies until August and there is plenty of time to check out the menus on allears.net. Also you can usually make dining ressies sometimes the day of your meal. Only Blue Bayou is required in advance and even that doesn't have the same "call at opening on the day reservations open" strategy as WDW does.

Personally I can't imagine paying that much money for a cabana, but I'm not a hang out by the pool all day person. I go down to the pool, put my towel down, go in the pool, sit in the jacuzzi and go back to my room. The OPs have some good suggestions for a room request, upper floor, park view.

Go ahead and put in the request, it can't hurt!

 

[ajf1007]

No need to stress, you have plenty of time for a DL vacation. You can't make dining ressies until August and there is plenty of time to check out the menus on allears.net. Also you can usually make dining ressies sometimes the day of your meal. Only Blue Bayou is required in advance and even that doesn't have the same "call at opening on the day reservations open" strategy as WDW does.

Personally I can't imagine paying that much money for a cabana, but I'm not a hang out by the pool all day person. I go down to the pool, put my towel down, go in the pool, sit in the jacuzzi and go back to my room. The OPs have some good suggestions for a room request, upper floor, park view.

Go ahead and put in the request, it can't hurt!

Well you've calmed me, thanks!! It's just the whole stepping out of your comfort zone thing. I've started looking at the restaurants and eating options so I'll start to narrow everything down soon I guess. Still trying to decide whether to do an eating ressie with WOC or not. I think I'll head over to allears.net and check it out.

I definitely love relaxing by some kind of water source. I couldn't do it every day, I due tend to get ADD after a bit, but I know we're going to be running all week so I wanted to make sure that for 1 day, relaxation was my goal. I'm even thinking about scheduling a massage to finish up the trip! I'm definitely calling today and putting in my request for the Paradise Pier view, upper floor. Thanks again for the sanity check!