jessic2422
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2012
When is BBB opening at the GF?
When is BBB opening at the GF?
Dd24 and I like to walk over to Traders at Poly for the outdoor seating. You can see the EWP from there and hear Hawaiian music. Sometimes it’s nice to be outdoors with good weather.Staying at the GF in october. I am not wanting to make a dining reservation the first night. Thinking of doing dinner in one of the lounges with just my husband and I. I know california grill is an option for that, do any of the GF restaurants have lounges like this?
Hope you and your family have great trip.
Thanks!
Thanks for the pic! How is the atmosphere at RPC with the band there? How were the evening food offerings?Arrived yesterday and stayed RPC for the first night. Took a photo of where they moved the band for the refurb.
Are there any bad views from a standard view room at GF?
Which would seem more crowded late August - SAB or GF pools?
I’m torn. We have reservations at Poly for our anniversary. We usually stay at YC. I love the relaxed feel of Poly and have stayed there many years ago but the GF is just so beautiful. It’s like the YC only on steroids. I love the white, clean look to the buildings. I just don’t want to be at Poly with GF constantly in my view wishing we were there. While I feel Poly will be more relaxing, I just don’t care much for the darkness of the rooms
Ok now, which pools are more crowd in late August, GF pools or Poly pools?Not that we've found.
SAB.
Ok now, which pools are more crowd in late August, GF pools or Poly pools?
Ok now, which pools are more crowd in late August, GF pools or Poly pools?
Are there any bad views from a standard view room at GF? And do all SV rooms have balconies?
I’m torn. We have reservations at Poly for our anniversary. We usually stay at YC. I love the relaxed feel of Poly and have stayed there many years ago but the GF is just so beautiful. It’s like the YC only on steroids. I love the white, clean look to the buildings. I just don’t want to be at Poly with GF constantly in my view wishing we were there. While I feel Poly will be more relaxing, I just don’t care much for the darkness of the rooms
Ok now, which pools are more crowd in late August, GF pools or Poly pools?
Thanks for the pic! How is the atmosphere at RPC with the band there? How were the evening food offerings?
We just returned from a 5-night stay at GF. We stayed in a garden view room and did the QS dining plan to try something different on both counts (never stayed in a GV room and never did the QS dining plan!). I got my room-ready text and wasn't thrilled with our room as I noticed right away it was a dormer room/5th floor. I didn't tell my family and just decided to go with it. Heck, we are on a roll and determined to keep trying different Disney things, so why not try the dormer room. We were in Conch Key room 7516. First thing I noticed was the balcony chairs were different and "higher" so we could sit in them and see over the paneling on balcony! I did find myself standing most of the time, though, to get the full effect. We were happy with the view. We could see the water parade each night, but no fireworks. That was fine with us because we could step outside on either side of our building and see the castle in plain view. We liked being close to the dock - it was nice when returning late from MK via boat.
We had GREAT housekeeping. We happened to stop in our room twice while it was being serviced and we had a different person each time, but I'm not sure about the other 3 days. Our room was always spotless and we were well kept with toiletries and towels. After the first day, we returned to our room to see our bathroom had 2 cloths on the counter with miscellaneous items laying on them. Nice touch!
The GF lobby was spectacular as ever. We did not mind the band being lobby-level at all. However, we were not staying in RPC this time, so I'm not sure how it would "feel" from up there. We did hear pounding one afternoon when we stopped inside to shop. Again, not sure how this would feel if we were in RPC for good portions of the day/night.
We stayed at GF for a while on Easter Sunday to enjoy the resort. There were a lot of Easter activities and fun all around. Chairs were "taken" at the courtyard pool so we opted to sit in the kiddie section which was totally fine! I think a lot of families with little ones went to a park after the candy scatter, so we were essentially alone there.
Onto some pictures!
Conch Key GV Room 7516.
Room view during the day.
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Room view at night.
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View outside the front of Conch Key (looking to the left when leaving building).
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View outside the back of Conch Key (looking to the right when leaving building).
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Our room 7516, large red dot. Very close to stairs and elevators.
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To be continued later.....