I belong to this one Disney group on FB and a fellow member is there now at the GF and she had some major pixie dust...So these pics are courtesy of
Kristi Walker...She & her family were pixie dusted with the Cape Coral Suite, so I'm sharing her pics...Someone correct me if I'm wrong I think the Cape Coral Suite is located in Sago Cay
What an awesome upgrade!!! Great pics,
ahcupcake, thanks for sharing
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Thank you to all who took the time to offer their sympathies. Even though my mother was 90 and well deserving of going on to a better place, we still miss her.
I am soaking up all this info!!! You people are full of helpful things. I can't wait until September and my trip. We're staying in an outer bldg CL and today put a request in for 3rd floor. Hoping for an awesome view. I also just reworked my schedule so we have more resort time and can take advantage of the lounge.
September will be here before you know it
. I wouldn't worry about the view. Having stayed GF SL, the views are either of the marina or the courtyard, both of which are great, IMO
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Just booked a cabana for two days of our trip! Thanks everyone for all the advice about the cabanas. I'll take pics to post when I come back. A little luxury by the pool is the icing on the cake for this vacation
35 more days!
Can't wait to see your pics and hear all about your trip when you return
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We love a cabana day. I took quite a few pics. I think one or two of our posters were wondering about food options. I looked through my photos and found a couple of relevant pics ... I hope. They include food and beverage menus (I hope they are legible), the fruit selection in the cabana and my boxed sandwich (delicious) from the lunch menu.
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Love the pics, thanks for posting
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I just changed my bounceback from WL CL to Sugar Loaf, so I am here to sadly bid farewell to the Lodge for its several years of construction, but gladly tuck in at the Grand for a late summer fabulous girlfriends trip.
My friends haven't stayed at the Grand before so I am really looking forward to their experience as well as my own. In celebration of this moment, here are some photos. Trisha sweetly asked to see some of the old pictures a while ago, and I finally had enough time to upload some photos to Flickr to port over here.
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Sounds like a great trip, you and your friends are going to have a great time
. Thanks for posting the beautiful pics, makes me wish I was there now
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Gorgeous pics, Circusgirl! A lovely GF feast.
What makes the deluxe rooms deluxe club level in the main building? I am thinking of making the switch like
@Circusgirl to GF from WL. I am torn. I am trying to find the best option for a little section off to the side to put my son in his pack and play for sleeping.
The deluxe rooms are quite a bit larger than standard (around 600 sq ft compared to around 400 sq ft). I looked back in this thread and on page 103, post #2058 (
animalkingdom15) there are a couple of pics of an RPC deluxe king. HTH
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We are thinking of either a DVC villa rental or just booking a hotel room for next April for a few nights.
Any recommendations on which is the best of the outer buildings. I am not sure if any have had a refurb recently.
All rooms have been refurbed as the GF went through an extensive refurb last year. As far as which building is best, that is a personal preference, but my two favorite outer buildings are Big Pine Key and Boca Chica. Both overlook the courtyard pool and while BPK is closer to the main building and beach pool, BC isn't that much farther. With that said, the GF isn't as spread out as it seems and while some buildings are closer to the main areas than others, none of them are far away. Sago Cay and Conch Key are closer to Gasparillas and bus/boat transportation, while BPK and BC are closer to the main building/beach pool. HTH
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