I just got back from 6 days staying club level at DLH. I went with my 2 college aged daughters. I booked club level from the start, so can’t answer the upgrade question-sorry. We were on the 9th fl of Adventure Tower and the lounge is on the 11th fl of the same tower. I had requested a room close to the lounge when I booked the room. I called a week before check in to be sure my request was still on the radar. I was told that all club level rooms are in the Adventure Tower unless you book a suite. First, check in. As I was waiting in the line for regular check in, there was a CM coming through the line doing a “pre check in.” When she took my name and looked up to see I was club level, she pulled me out of that long line and called the club host. My family was taken up to the E Ticket lounge and checked in within minutes. I was offered a room that was ready on the 9th fl or I could have waited for a room on 10th or 11th fl. Since we had a long travel day, I opted to just get to my room. We were given a tour of the lounge and services. As a bit of pixie dust, at check in, I mentioned that we were headed to the park that night for F! and we’re going to try to ride Indiana Jones since it was going down for refurb the next day. As we were getting a tour of our room, the host handed me our room keys and shared that he had loaded a FP for Indy onto our tickets so we’d be sure to be able to ride Indy that night. It was a wonderful surprise!
We enjoyed the food and beverage options. Breakfast is 6:30-10:00 and consisted of Mickey waffles, deviled eggs, fruit/yogurt bar, cold cereal, etc. “Lunch” is 11-4 and is just snacks like pretzels, chips/salsa, veggies/dip, Uncrustables, etc.
Breakfast and lunch options do not change. Dinner is 5:00-7:00 and changes each evening. My kids and I loved the choices and ate there every night except two. Dessert is 8-10 pm and has soooo many options! Great way to watch the fireworks too! We went to the parks early most mornings, so missed breakfast. Instead, we took some fruit, granola bars, and Uncrustables the day before and kept them in our fridge, then ate those for breakfast. We also took snacks and drinks to the park with us so we had daytime snacks without spending park prices. In addition to food, there are many beverage choices. There is a fridge full of soda and juice that is available anytime the lounge is open. There are decanters of water and OJ at breakfast and then of water, lemonade, and iced tea the rest of the day. There are also many alcoholics options and these are available and included any time the lounge is open(no happy hour only choices). I saw mimosas in the morning made by the concierge staff.
Overall, I found that the extra cost of the room was worth it for the food and drink we received. We still had F! Dinner pkg, WoC dessert party, lunch at the parks at times, and Napa Rose chef counter reservations(as well as our share of churros and Dole Whips!), so not like we only ate lounge food. I just think that if you add up breakfast, lunch, snack/beverage, and dinner costs at the park, you’ll find the club level less expensive than eating in the parks for a week.
