Do we know when in 2021? Just moved (6th rescheduled trip) from Poly DVC to GF DVC in March 2021. I wanted Poly bad but dont want to risk them closing the main pool and more restaurants closed. Another poster on different board said that there is a stipulation with DVC and poly and they could close the whole resort and not have to keep DVC open. Yet I heard people were being moved there. I would think a Disney would not do that but they have done some pretty weird stuff lately. I feel bad for the people who have an October stay and just found out this week they had to move. Anyhow I really don’t want to spend money on DVC for Grand Floridian if it will be under construction either. Any suggestions for room preferences when staying at a standard DVC studio at GF?Yes, 2021 for the Villas.
From this map it looks like DVC building is close to the pools?
Did you try calling and ask?
Thanks so much! I rented points - I’m not the member- but member services told the owner that the info they have is the pool will be open. We just didn’t want to risk it. It’s so hard. There are so many mixed feelings on GF. Some say it’s so run down at DVC and then some say it’s beautiful.Yes! The main pool is literally steps out the back door. Courtyard pool is a little further to the right of that one (when looking from the DVC building.) I can look and see if I have any pictures from my last room, if so I’ll post.
As far as the refurb, there is no set time right now, just 2021. It’s a ‘soft’ refurb, which means no construction or anything like that. It’s kind of like a freshen up. Sorry, I’m not aware of what they can do with the DVC side of Poly. I can’t imagine they can shut down the DVC resort side when owners are paying dues, but then again, I never read any of my contracts
ETA: here is a picture from our November DVC stay. That rock wall is the Beach Pool slide! Just exit out the back door, walk down that little covered path and then make a right and it’s right there... or....go out the back door, make a right and walk towards the beach... there’s a back gate to enter there, too! There’s also an amazing splash area if you have little ones!
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Path towards beach/pool when exiting to the right out of the back door.
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Buy a really nice cake!Gosh I just really hope CL is back by the time we go next May, because losing out on the Poly half of our split is bad enough. I guess we could spring for a TPV instead if we can't be in the main building. I just want to have something special for my birthday.
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GV is mostly the rooms facing the interior where the courtyard pool is. Look at a map and you see Big Pine Key, Conch, Boca Chica have one side that faces water the other will be GV.
Poly and gf rooms pretty close to same size. The rooms set about the same(look at pix on disney site). The difference is that GF does not have the 2 closets as you enter is one big one with sliding doors.Joining this thread now! We had a reservation at the Poly from 10/23-11/1 that was just moved to GF. Not gonna lie, I'm a little bummed, but also kind of excited to try a new place we likely won't be able to do again! We have four small kids (8, 6, and almost 3 year old twins) and this placed always seemed too scary, like staying in a museum of priceless art
We have an "outer building garden view." Does anyone know if these rooms are large enough for two pack n plays? We fit two in the poly rooms no problem, I didn't know if the layout was different here. Thanks!
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The spas are not currently open however many of the gyms are.
