luvdsny
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- Jan 31, 2000
...the little sad face that is.
My mom and sister just got back from Disneyland (they cut their trip short by 3 days due to the kids ((ages almost 5 and 6)) feeling homesick), and after their initial high rating of The Grand Californian and DCA, they have decided that it is just too non-Disney for their tastes.
This is their take on the GC and DCA: The hotel is gorgeous, very fancy, but they must have spent all the money on the hotel's lobby because the rooms were waaaaaaaaaay too cramped. 2 adults and 2 children were stepping on eachother. The bathrooms have no doors so privacy was an issue. Housekeeping didn't refill their soaps/shampoos and left dead flowers in the little vase for the whole stay. And housekeeping was unable to clean their room until 5:00 and 6:00pm...which made nap time a bit unpleasant. Room service was waaaaaaaaaay too slow and waaaaaaaay OVER PRICED! (and that coming from MY mom is someting, because money is not an issue for her). They felt that the hotel was not meant for children. The shops were all upscale and pricey. The restaurants were good, but very expensive (again this worries me coming from MY mom...LOL). The doorways were narrow and extremely heavy--noticeable to those who are pushing strollers. Which BTW, when you rent a stroller it is for your whole stay, so you take it back to your hotel with you...and since they are new jogger-style strollers they take up a lot of space in an already crowded room.
About DCA--nice but just too 'something' (they can't quite put a word with it) I think they are leaning towards too 'fancy' and not enough 'Disney' (which may be exactly what the developers were hoping for) atmosphere. Nice park, but not necessarily for young kids. The lights at night from the park were pretty. Very expensive (again...MY mom).
Disneyland--they LOVED it!
The Disneyland Hotel--they LOVED it! (they walked around and did Goofy's Kitchen, which they said was wonderful!)
Downtown Disney--will take your breath away...but not geared towards children (we already knew that!)
And most of the CM's that they encountered were bending over backwards to assist them. They had nothing but positive experiences with the CM's--which is very, very important to me and my family.
Anyhow, with that said, my mom is now trying to talk me and my family into staying at The Disneyland Hotel (which is our main stay normally) because it's a bit less, bigger rooms, and more Disney atmosphere.
I haven't decided yet. Mayve we could stay at the GC for a night or two, then move to TDH...I'll have to think on this one for a bit.
<font color=red size=4>HAVE A DISNEY DAY</font>
<font color=navy size=3>M-I-C...see you at The DIS Convention, K-E-Y...why? Because we LOVE Disney, M-O-U-S-Eeee...</font>
My mom and sister just got back from Disneyland (they cut their trip short by 3 days due to the kids ((ages almost 5 and 6)) feeling homesick), and after their initial high rating of The Grand Californian and DCA, they have decided that it is just too non-Disney for their tastes.
This is their take on the GC and DCA: The hotel is gorgeous, very fancy, but they must have spent all the money on the hotel's lobby because the rooms were waaaaaaaaaay too cramped. 2 adults and 2 children were stepping on eachother. The bathrooms have no doors so privacy was an issue. Housekeeping didn't refill their soaps/shampoos and left dead flowers in the little vase for the whole stay. And housekeeping was unable to clean their room until 5:00 and 6:00pm...which made nap time a bit unpleasant. Room service was waaaaaaaaaay too slow and waaaaaaaay OVER PRICED! (and that coming from MY mom is someting, because money is not an issue for her). They felt that the hotel was not meant for children. The shops were all upscale and pricey. The restaurants were good, but very expensive (again this worries me coming from MY mom...LOL). The doorways were narrow and extremely heavy--noticeable to those who are pushing strollers. Which BTW, when you rent a stroller it is for your whole stay, so you take it back to your hotel with you...and since they are new jogger-style strollers they take up a lot of space in an already crowded room.
About DCA--nice but just too 'something' (they can't quite put a word with it) I think they are leaning towards too 'fancy' and not enough 'Disney' (which may be exactly what the developers were hoping for) atmosphere. Nice park, but not necessarily for young kids. The lights at night from the park were pretty. Very expensive (again...MY mom).
Disneyland--they LOVED it!
The Disneyland Hotel--they LOVED it! (they walked around and did Goofy's Kitchen, which they said was wonderful!)
Downtown Disney--will take your breath away...but not geared towards children (we already knew that!)
And most of the CM's that they encountered were bending over backwards to assist them. They had nothing but positive experiences with the CM's--which is very, very important to me and my family.
Anyhow, with that said, my mom is now trying to talk me and my family into staying at The Disneyland Hotel (which is our main stay normally) because it's a bit less, bigger rooms, and more Disney atmosphere.
I haven't decided yet. Mayve we could stay at the GC for a night or two, then move to TDH...I'll have to think on this one for a bit.
<font color=red size=4>HAVE A DISNEY DAY</font>
<font color=navy size=3>M-I-C...see you at The DIS Convention, K-E-Y...why? Because we LOVE Disney, M-O-U-S-Eeee...</font>