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We had just entered the Graceland Suite and no matter how the rest of the day had gone it no longer mattered. This was divine. You enter through double doors into a foyer area with a beautiful hanging light fixture. Over to the left are two very modern cheetah covered chairs on either side of a sleek chrome table with three modern art pictures hanging side by side above the table. A chrome lamp sits on top of the table. The lighting throughout this suite has dimmers everywhere and has large circled recessed lighting in the ceilings. The living room is gorgeous. Everything is done is neutral colors but nothing is bland. It's rich, luxurious tones. There's a sofa with crushed velvet scuplted designs, a large wooden square coffee table with Elvis books, two end tables made of wrought iron and stone with lamps on each table. There is a large checkered area rug done in two different beige tones over a beautiful hardwood floor. Two striped arm chairs are on either side of the coffee table with another silk chair and a leather chair and ottoman in the corner by the window. A very large entertainment center is on the wall next to the leather chair with a huge TV, DVD player, playstation 2 and stereo inside. The draperies in the entire suite are silk and pictures don't do them justice. Just behind the sofa is an exceptional black baby grand piano complete with sheet music. Kate could play a little and believe it or not I was quite surprised at Andrew. He sat down and did not bang on the keys like I worried he might. Instead he took one finger at a time and played each key separately. Hmmmmmm. Future piano lessons maybe. Behind the piano is a formal dining area with a round wooden table and eight upholstered chairs with a dramatic hanging light fixture overhead. A buffet sits behind the table on the wall but is made of hammered chrome with a large picture of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Fabian, and Ricky Nelson hanging overhead. Across from the table is a separate room with a kitchenette(full size stainless steel refrigerator, sink and glassware bar with a coffee maker. Oh yeah, there is a phone in every nook and cranny, even the kitchenette. When they do turndown they also put ice everywhere, the kitchen, the bathroom, the bedroom, the dining area. Coming back toward the foyer from the kitchenette is a half bath (LOL). It's bigger than most regular size bathrooms! Beautifual marble counters and another phone! Back again toward the foyer is the office. Yes, office. Glass top desk with leather chair. Chaise lounge beside the desk and unique decorative pieces behind the desk. I can't say enough about the lighting in this place. It's unique and very mood setting. To the right of the foyer is a whole other world!! You enter the bedroom again through double doors and a huge dresser greets you complete with jewelry drawer. The bed is a king size bed with chocolate brown leather headboard, lighter brown suede bedcover, black satin sheets and pillows, pillows, pillows. Two bolsters covered with mink are on the bed and the throw cover on the L shaped sofa under the window is also mink. The bedroom has a plasma TV on the wall with a Bose stereo system. All the stereos are Bose. Next to the plasma TV is a firplace built in to the wall on a raised black marble hearth. The fireplace is instant fire, just flip a switch. The fireplace is also a multi-sided fireplace that not only is seen in the bedroom but also in the bathroom shower and tub area. Go through two more double doors and you're in the room everyone wanted to take home with them. The bathroom!! This place was unbelievable!! It was as large a bathroom as I've ever seen. The jacuzzi tub could easily fit five people and it sat directly under the large window. The shower area, actually two shower heads, was in the tub area also with a tiled floor that sloped so the water would run off. Glass doors separated this area from the huge double sink area with marble countertops and gold trimmed mirrors. The toilet area was separate, very large with dimmer lights again, a toilet and a bidet. The closet had a huge dresser inside again with jewelry drawers, lots of hanging space, an iron, an ironing board, a safe and of course robes. You would really have to see this place to appreciate it. I have digital pictures that I've taken and if I figure out how to post them I'll do it soon. After taking showers and basking in the suite's glory for a while we decided to go down and see if we could get into The Kitchen for dinner. We had dinner there but were not impressed so we canceled our reservation we had there for the character dinner the next night. After dinner we returned to the cabana for the dive-in movie (The Hulk). We had a very pleasant evening by the pool but we did have to go to a lifeguard and point out that someone was using our chairs to the cabana. He picked up their clothes and shoes and put them on a chair just beside the cabana. When they returned they said "oh, we see you moved our stuff. That's OK." I guess they didn't know you had to reserve and pay for cabanas. After the movie we went back up to the room, Andrew had actually fallen asleep watching the movie in the chair by the pool. When we got back to the room they had delivered some goodies I had ordered for the kids from the Hard Rock store along with cookies and milk. This day had certainly turned around quickly but we were off to bed because we had a breakfast date with Spiderman.
