Hi Mexi, we arrive at the GF on the 3rd also, staying through the 6th and then over to the AOA for a family suite for 5 days. Enjoy your trip!
Tom
Tom We will miss you by a few days...looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your split stay...I know
Trish had lots of good things to say about her nice and roomy AoA room...
OK I finally sent my email to GF IPO with all of my information and also a few room requests. We have a standard room in the main building booked. I asked if all rooms had a daybed (CM said yes) and if all rooms had a full balcony (CM said she'd note that as a request because not all rooms have one). Also, the CM said even though I did online check-in, I wouldn't receive a text about my room until I've physically gone to GF and checked in. Is that correct? Hoping I don't have to also call IPO when I really don't have any major requests! But that sure doesn't sound accurate to me...
Put your worries aside
TJA all of the
standard rooms in RPC have a balcony...and only ONE has an enclosed balcony..and that's on the 5th floor and not likely to be assigned to you unless you requests it....The standard RPC rooms have two views...one of the beach pool/VGF/Poly..and the other is of the courtyard pool/CY area....both are lovely....most of the rooms with the cy pool view are closer to the lounge...which is on the 4th floor..but even rooms on the 3rd floor are not very far as there is an internal staircase that makes for easy access between the two floors...the rooms with a view of the beach pool are of a slightly bigger configuration...and have a wet bar with storage underneath in the room...not much difference in space honestly....if being close to the lounge is the most important thing than that's exactly what you should have on your reservation..noted through central reservations and also through IPO...WE have never on OLCI so I cannot answer about that...I do know that one of the amenities of staying CL is that you are greeted upon your arrival via ME or private transportation (or supposed to be!!??? lol) and escorted to the CL lounge or room for a more personalized check in experience...In our experience the rooms assignors at the GF do a great job of trying to accommodate requests....
And a ticker change,
Yep, so of course typing that I won't change is MY ultimate jinx....
And I changed to Poly CL
If it were only me I doubt I would change, because I just love love love the Grand. However, DH
not so much, actually not at all. He was going along with all of us, but that ended. Everyone is pleased here at la casa de Pas. Except me and my little man, but we will enjoy our trip. There's a pool, wine, and a castle view so it's all good, right?
Hmmmm...have you changed resorts??????????????????
..oh I had a feeling....lol...Wherever you end up....lol..I know its going to be a wonderful vacation! Its Diney after all!
Pas. you are still 181 days out, that leaves at least 366 possible resort switches!
Tom
Since I'm 30 days away from my first RPC stay, I'm going to ignore the last few pages with the negative comments. ;-).
I posted this on the CL thread too but quick question for you RPC pros. Are there any common room request(s) I should keep in mind for a standard view room? Eg, close to lounge? Certain floor? I've read through this thread but feel like a total amateur, I'm used to Poly and CR CL which are easy! Thanks in advance!
You are in for a treat
...RPC really does offer a very special resort experience....I posted quite a bit about standard view rooms in my post above to
TJA 4th floor rooms are on the same floor as the lounge...and if that's most important then I would simply recommend making that your request....
Hi! I've stayed at the GF a dozen times, but still need help. We have an Outer Bldg, Standard Room, Club Level-Access booked. Does that guarantee we will be in Sugar Loaf ("SL")? We love SL and I want to make sure that we will not be in some other building but permitted to use SL. I thought that the reservation, itself, should say SL, but maybe I'm mistaken. Thanks!
That seems to be the new terminology for SL...lol...wouldn't it just be simpler to have that room category say Sugar Loaf....
I would think they would step it up even more for Easter week, but I've never been there during that week. All I can tell you is that we could've paid a LOT less to stay at Poly for our trip the week of Memorial Day, but ultimately we chose RPC because the food is so much better (at least it always has been in the past); and we chose RPC over SL because of the views from the lounge and ambiance of the main building
Our kids are old enough to justify the extra expense (sometimes) because we can actually spend a good amount of time relaxing in the lounge....at 17 and 12, my kids can go to the parks alone if they want! I have to admit that I am upset by the empty dessert table pic that Baler posted, but I'm certainly not changing my plans...as long as they keep the champagne flowing -LOL! The food that
lucybalue listed sounds more like what I'm used to seeing, only she didn't mention the spinach-artichoke dip that I love mid day and the boiled eggs that they had recently added for breakfast! I hope those are still there!
Blueskies will be there in a couple of weeks and can update us
Let's hope she has good news!
Editing to add that this is still just my opinion of GF RPC...everyone likes different things,
but I hope you love it as much as I do!
I second that
I promise to be on a food fact finding mission...lol...for all of my fellow GF fans....cause thats what its always about!!!
What day's will you be at the RPC? We arrive on Feb. 23 and leave on the 26 to go to the BWI CL. As far as location goes I remember that the theme park views that look over the marina are a bit of a hike to the lounge. The big plus to us is the "secret" elevator that brings you down to the courtyard pool. I loved not having to hike through the lounge to get to the elevators and then out to the pool. I'm pretty sure it is a service elevator, but we used it almost every day. Many of the other rooms face the Poly and look out over the beach pool. I didn't like those balconies as much though because they are solid so you can't really see over them when you are sitting down. The great thing about the RPC is that it is not that large so none of the rooms are very far away from anything. It has been many years since we stayed at the GF so I am really looking forward to returning, and like you I am trying to ignore they negatives until we can judge for ourselves.
I see a DIS meet in your future!!
..lol..some of the nicest moments of our trips have been meeting up with friends that we have made right here...
That back elevator has always been meant for guest use...no worries...its def not a service elevator... and used to be referred to as the pool elevator...because in the early years ( aka the Grand Floridan Beach Resort
) there was only one pool..and that was the courtyard pool..so that other elevator tucked away in RPC was an easy way to reach the pool with out traipsing through the lobby in pool attire.... and as
Trish pointed out is nice and close to Gaspys too...
And you're so very right everything is in pretty close proximity in RPC on on the GF grounds too....its definitely one of the things that makes the resort so appealing to us....
How exciting! My brain is already spinning, planning the next possible trip! Wish it could coincide with one of yours!
We are doing a split stay this time around ....and of course ending at the GF....lol...Keep those trip planning wheels turning...nothing better for post Disney blues than planning another one! And yes...one of these days we really need to have our trips coincide!!!
All of the new resort specific merchandise sure does look GRAND!!! I am planning on a "bit" of shopping myself....
and BTW has anyone seem the new valentine MB....soooo very cute....
I heard that they turn the tap styles
pink!
Think that I might need one of those....
I would be disappointed also; however, I will say that I think it needs to be re-surfaced because when we were there in October, there were a few spots (seams) that hurt my back! I think I only went down the slide twice that trip because it took the fun out of it for me. FYI, when we were at BWI last month, the slide was being repaired, so they allowed BWI guests to use SAB (Stormalong Bay) at BC resort! Maybe they will allow GF guests to use the Poly pool? I would definitely ask!
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