The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners & Lovers Group - 3.0

[LilyJC]

We finally got our little refurb blurb!

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[AstroBlasters]

Hoping to see a refurb’d one bedroom tomorrow…. but… we will see!

 

[PortlandFan]

Hoping to see a refurb’d one bedroom tomorrow…. but… we will see!

standing by for photos

 

[AstroBlasters]

standing by for photos

I promise if I get one that I will flood this board with photos like a digital YouTube room tour

 

[ClaraOswald]

Oh man...I just know that after I see refurbished 1-bedroom pics, I'm going to be so sad to be in a studio this winter.

 

[BlueGreen5]

We finally got our little refurb blurb!

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This is really unfair timing. Many people who will be affected by this are past their holding period deadline. I don’t assume most people follow these boards and so I would think this is going to catch a good number of people by surprise. The cynical part of me wonders how intentional this was.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I wonder what exterior areas are being refurbished if only the balcony area is not available….

 

[ehh]

We finally got our little refurb blurb!

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What the heck is a "standard refurbishment"?

 

[BlueGreen5]

What the heck is a "standard refurbishment"?

…Much better than a “substandard” one

 

[VGCgroupie]

I wonder what exterior areas are being refurbished if only the balcony area is not available….

On Monday when we went to Storytellers they were getting ready to unload a fair amount of scaffolding.

 

[Disfamwa]

I was there last week and they opted to schedule maintenance on the AC from 11pm to 7am, so the whole villas building had no AC during that time. It got very stuffy in our room (we have small kids so I didn’t want to sleep with balcony door open). It made zero sense why they didn’t schedule the maintenance during the day when people are more likely to be out of the room.

The pool and hot tub closest to the Craftsman bar are also under refurb. The other hot tub’s heater stopped working while we there and they didn’t seem to be in any rush to fix it. The pool situation at the grand kind of bums us out because during our last 3 trips they have one area of the pool complex unexpectedly close and be out of service.

On a positive note, I felt like our room was over all in pretty good shape considering it’s past due for the refurb and we love all the food options at the grand!

 

[ClaraOswald]

Oh man, the AC thing would be a nightmare for me and my rheumatoid arthritis. When I overheat, my joints are horrible.

 

[VGCgroupie]

So in an interesting turn of events... I am now the proud owner of 38 DIRECT VGC points.

 

[jhogan4]

I've been emailing member services about the renovations in the DVC wing. They were unwilling to say what the "hard goods" renovations in the units will consist of, but they said nobody has stayed in a renovated unit yet (to their knowledge). So, I am hoping the photos we saw were just test rooms for the flooring and Murphy beds.

I also put in a request to let DVC guests pay for club access, especially with the new 5th floor club coming online next year. Maybe if enough people request this we'll get some movement. Please email member services!

 

[ClaraOswald]

I've been emailing member services about the renovations in the DVC wing. They were unwilling to say what the "hard goods" renovations in the units will consist of, but they said nobody has stayed in a renovated unit yet (to their knowledge). So, I am hoping the photos we saw were just test rooms for the flooring and Murphy beds.

I also put in a request to let DVC guests pay for club access, especially with the new 5th floor club coming online next year. Maybe if enough people request this we'll get some movement. Please email member services!

I would definitely consider paying an upcharge for club level if they would let us! We seem to spend more time in the hotel now that we're DVC members so it would be a nice upgrade.

 

[tx911]

So in an interesting turn of events... I am now the proud owner of 38 DIRECT VGC points.

And a member of the 1000 club!

 

[VGCgroupie]

And a member of the 1000 club!

Yep!

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

Yep!

Did they insist on Feb UY? (Or maybe that's what you wanted, can't remember)

 

[VGCgroupie]

Did they insist on Feb UY? (Or maybe that's what you wanted, can't remember)

It is what I wanted But when he called he did say Feb UY points came back available. I was too excited and shocked to think to ask him if they were Feb only

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

I gotta get me a west-coast based guide! My guide never knows when VGC points become available