The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners & Lovers Group - 2.0

[limace]

There are no VGC rooms with fireworks views. Your trip sounds fab!

 

[NVDISFamily]

There are no VGC rooms with fireworks views. Your trip sounds fab!

Interesting. For some reason I could have sworn I've seen some YouToube videos of people having views of fireworks while visiting the Grand Cal but I will clarify that they were very much blocked quite a bit by the buildings. I could see with VGC being back in the corner that it does make sense that there may not be fireworks views

 

[Heroes_or_Villains]

Okay. Change in plans. Going to book a 2BR and bring the family matriarch (great grandma to the kiddos) on this trip. She lived about 5 miles away when I was a kid and took me on many trips to Disneyland over the years. She will be 89 years young for this trip and is looking forward to sitting on the balcony sipping her coffee and just enjoying the sound and sites of the resort. We will definitely try and borrow or rent a wheelchair to get her into the middle between the parks one of the nights for fireworks. It would be nice to have views of them on the other nights. Any room suggestions for a dedicated 2br that would best suit our needs?

Also any suggestions on having a wheelchair ready for us on arrival and for use during our trip.

You could rent a wheelchair at the mobility desk which is just outside the entrance of Disneyland (right side of the promenade if facing the DLR entrance). Or if you need a length of stay rental, I think Disney has some preferred providers you can book directly with where they will bring the wheelchair to you so you don’t have to pick it up at some offsite facility. We’ve used the daytime rentals before but not the length of stay ones. There should be a wheelchair rental info page on the Disneyland website that will give you the details.

 

[limace]

Interesting. For some reason I could have sworn I've seen some YouToube videos of people having views of fireworks while visiting the Grand Cal but I will clarify that they were very much blocked quite a bit by the buildings. I could see with VGC being back in the corner that it does make sense that there may not be fireworks views

There are-but those are hotel rooms not DVC.

 

[NVDISFamily]

There are-but those are hotel rooms not DVC.

Sounds good! I’d say 99% of the time we would prefer a view of DCA (really hope they trim some of those trees) but for this trip with Grandma I think she would love to see some fireworks if able. Not a worry as this just gives us more reasons to get her out of the room

 

[NVDISFamily]

So excited! Just did some research and we did our first post on DISBoards on 4/16/22 to ask about how we can buy VGC. Just got our points loaded today and booked our first stay at VGC in the Spring of 2023!!! Thanks and much love from my family to all of my VGC neighbors. Thanks for putting up with my madness
Hope to keep being active on here for many years to come!

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

So excited! Just did some research and we did our first post on DISBoards on 4/16/22 to ask about how we can buy VGC. Just got our points loaded today and booked our first stay at VGC in the Spring of 2023!!! Thanks and much love from my family to all of my VGC neighbors. Thanks for putting up with my madness
Hope to keep being active on here for many years to come!

YAAAASSS! Congrats and Welcome Home. Love VGC! So many memories ahead for your family.

 

[PortlandFan]

Okay. Change in plans. Going to book a 2BR and bring the family matriarch (great grandma to the kiddos) on this trip. She lived about 5 miles away when I was a kid and took me on many trips to Disneyland over the years. She will be 89 years young for this trip and is looking forward to sitting on the balcony sipping her coffee and just enjoying the sound and sites of the resort. We will definitely try and borrow or rent a wheelchair to get her into the middle between the parks one of the nights for fireworks. It would be nice to have views of them on the other nights. Any room suggestions for a dedicated 2br that would best suit our needs?

Also any suggestions on having a wheelchair ready for us on arrival and for use during our trip.

Disneyland contracts with ScooterBug for Wheelchairs and Scooters - they drop/pickup directly with the Bell Desk at VGC. Super nice and easy as pie. The Bell staff is trained on how to use each device and gives a brief tutorial. And as a bonus, if anything goes wrong they have spares right there in their storage area

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

Apologies that my search didn't give me the answer, since I'm sure it's here somewhere.

Which villa size (studio, 1BR, 2BR) is most likely to fill a waitlist request around Christmas? I know my chances are extremely slim regardless, but I want to request the most likely option(s).

TIA

 

[AZMermaid]

Probably one bedroom. You can have two WL at once. So you can either break the stay into smaller ones if you’re ok with split stay. If the both come through and it’s the same category, MS can merge them. Or WL two categories for the full stay

 

[boiseflyfisher]

Apologies that my search didn't give me the answer, since I'm sure it's here somewhere.

Which villa size (studio, 1BR, 2BR) is most likely to fill a waitlist request around Christmas? I know my chances are extremely slim regardless, but I want to request the most likely option(s).

TIA

Probably 1 bedroom, but honestly, at this point I would book something else that you are able to cancel. The odds of a waitlist coming though are probably very small. Regardless of the size of villa there are only 23 of each type unless you are looking for a grand villa and then there are only two.

 

[GoingSince1990]

There are no VGC rooms with fireworks views. Your trip sounds fab!

We've been able to see the fireworks from Grand Villa room 4513 (the one that overlooks the pool). Not a perfect view, but still enjoyable.

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

We've been able to see the fireworks from Grand Villa room 4513 (the one that overlooks the pool). Not a perfect view, but still enjoyable.

That's awesome! Was this on the top floor of the Grand Villa or bottom? I would guess that 4505, 4507 & 4509 (if you were viewing from the bottom floor) and/or 5505, 5507 & 5509 would also have fireworks views.

 

[GoingSince1990]

That's awesome! Was this on the top floor of the Grand Villa or bottom? I would guess that 4505, 4507 & 4509 (if you were viewing from the bottom floor) and/or 5505, 5507 & 5509 would also have fireworks views.

Those photos were taken from the bottom floor. The GV window in the photo actually extends the full two floors; you can see the reflection of the railing from the section of the top floor that overlooks the bottom floor (this is where the pool table is) in the photos.

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

Those photos were taken from the bottom floor. The GV window in the photo actually extends the full two floors; you can see the reflection of the railing from the section of the top floor that overlooks the bottom floor (this is where the pool table is) in the photos.

Nice! So I think any of those rooms potentially could see fireworks. Thanks for sharing your photos - totally hope to stay in the GV someday!

 

[NVDISFamily]

Those photos were taken from the bottom floor. The GV window in the photo actually extends the full two floors; you can see the reflection of the railing from the section of the top floor that overlooks the bottom floor (this is where the pool table is) in the photos.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing this info! Based on what I saw on some YouTube videos and the placing of the rooms on the map I was guessing you might be able to see some fireworks in the higher rooms on the pool side.

Nice! So I think any of those rooms potentially could see fireworks. Thanks for sharing your photos - totally hope to stay in the GV someday!

The nice thing about picking a GV at Grand Cal is you get to pick what GV you want, pool vs park view, as the park view is the assessable one (major downside is the all in one washer/dryer combo).


I'm tempted to try and take some of our WDW points and try and merge our stay to upgrade to a GV if able in March..... Kind of want to do it so our welcome home stays for each resort are in GVs. That would be 17 nights in 3 GVs for 2023. Starting DVC with a bang LOL

Edit - 446 more points to upgrade to the GV. Sorry VGC, your March point chart for that GV is too brutal for me. Going to have to do the GV during a less crazy month

 

[JPP0715]

Just scored a 1 bedroom for Feb 28- Mar 3!!!!! is there a good room/location to request?

 

[scoobdoo]

Here now. First stay. Are room refurbs on the horizon? Sorely needed.

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

Here now. First stay. Are room refurbs on the horizon? Sorely needed.

2024 Full Refurb for VGC

 

[elenex]

Here now. First stay. Are room refurbs on the horizon? Sorely needed.

Agreed. Can't wait for 2024. But willing to overlook it for another year or 2.

The funny thing is, on my last stay I mentioned this to a couple of cast members in the lobby and they looked at me like I had 2 heads. I think the lack of other local DVC resorts has desensitized some to this fact.