VandVsmama
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2011
I need your help, oh wise Disneylanders. ODD will be going on a big choir trip for a week and that trip is going to fall over YDD's birthday. Originally, I was planning for DH & I to do an adults-only trip to WDW in late Jan/early Feb of next year (my sister would be taking care of the kids during that time), but now that this big choir thing has come up, those tentative plans are a little up in the air.
For YDD's birthday when this choir trip happens, YDD will be turning 13. Big milestone! YDD wants to go to WDW, but her b-day is in the summer and it's just too dang hot for me & DH to want to go to FL again...especially when we will probably be going to Orlando in June 2022 when DH will have a work convention to attend in Orlando.
DH said that he's burned out on DL. YDD wants to go to Universal Studios and to DL if WDW is a no (WDW is definitely a no go this time). So I'm trying to put together some plans for how I could make this more palatable for DH. We've stayed twice before at the DLH & really like it there. We've also stayed a few times at various off site hotels and have enjoyed our stays there, too.
Both times we've stayed at the DLH, we've walked past the GCH several times and every time we walk past, DH remarks, "We should stay THERE next time. Look at how close it is." What I would really like to do for YDD **and** DH is for us to stay 3 nights either at GCH or DLH in a club level room. In June 2018, we went to WDW and stayed 1 night in a club level room at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. That was awesome. DH loved having all of the "free" snacks and drinks that were available throughout most of the day.
So I feel almost certain that GCH club level would make DH pretty happy. He'd be able to quickly go take a break in the room. He, YDD, & I would be able to grab some snacks and treats when we wanted, etc., etc. The trip is far enough away that I can budget for the extra hotel cost, so that won't be an issue.
If any of you guys have stayed at GCH or DLH club level, what did you think of it? If you've stayed at both, which do you prefer?
Also, have any of you stayed at GCH in a room with 5 people? The reason I ask is we might end up bringing 2 additional people with us on the trip and they'd share the room with us, so we'd need a 2 queen + day bed set up.
Thoughts?
For YDD's birthday when this choir trip happens, YDD will be turning 13. Big milestone! YDD wants to go to WDW, but her b-day is in the summer and it's just too dang hot for me & DH to want to go to FL again...especially when we will probably be going to Orlando in June 2022 when DH will have a work convention to attend in Orlando.
DH said that he's burned out on DL. YDD wants to go to Universal Studios and to DL if WDW is a no (WDW is definitely a no go this time). So I'm trying to put together some plans for how I could make this more palatable for DH. We've stayed twice before at the DLH & really like it there. We've also stayed a few times at various off site hotels and have enjoyed our stays there, too.
Both times we've stayed at the DLH, we've walked past the GCH several times and every time we walk past, DH remarks, "We should stay THERE next time. Look at how close it is." What I would really like to do for YDD **and** DH is for us to stay 3 nights either at GCH or DLH in a club level room. In June 2018, we went to WDW and stayed 1 night in a club level room at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. That was awesome. DH loved having all of the "free" snacks and drinks that were available throughout most of the day.
So I feel almost certain that GCH club level would make DH pretty happy. He'd be able to quickly go take a break in the room. He, YDD, & I would be able to grab some snacks and treats when we wanted, etc., etc. The trip is far enough away that I can budget for the extra hotel cost, so that won't be an issue.
If any of you guys have stayed at GCH or DLH club level, what did you think of it? If you've stayed at both, which do you prefer?
Also, have any of you stayed at GCH in a room with 5 people? The reason I ask is we might end up bringing 2 additional people with us on the trip and they'd share the room with us, so we'd need a 2 queen + day bed set up.
Thoughts?