HairyChest
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2012
Just got back from a 1 week stay at the Grand during star wars weekends. This is my 3rd time staying at the grand. Polynesian and the Grand are my favorite resorts but after this trip I think the Grand has pulled ahead. Im going to just throw some random thoughts and expiriences here:
-Beds were soooo comfortable
-Pool was open until 11 but they said you can swim after that as log as you aren't loud
-ordered water from staples and wasn't charged any fees by the Grand for delivering there and it was free shipping, going to do this from now on
-the resort expirince was the highlight of the trip, so relaxing!
-décor, theming, convinience were all perfect!
-pool view room was beautiful and looked amazing with the blue water contrasting with the white buildings.
(Pic of view below)
-ordered room service a few times at 2 am, food is alllll great with the pasta being my fave (pic of the chicken dish below)
-hdmi is available on room tv for connecting so your bluray players and videogame systems will connect easily
-turndown service with chocolates and goodnight card everynight in our room was such a nice touch(see pic below)
-star wars weekends was ammaaazing especially the darth vadar peanut butter chocolate cupcake and the fireworks, best ive ever seen!! (you will love it even if you hate star wars)
-went broke buying star wars and trader sams things but i love em! (Pic below)
-even though people say disneylands fantasmic is better, I enjoyed it even more perhapsbecause I go to Disneyland all the time and the Hollywood studios version was fresh, I wish I would've seen it before
-nemo show at animal kigdom is amazing!!!
-trader sams was awesome and beautiful, highly recommended.
-I stayed at universal after Disney and that was the right move, didn't miss the magic like I thought, this was better then starting with universal (make sure you stay 2 nights, not 1, that's too short to enjoy hotel change)
-if you like the Polynesian resort don't think you will like royal pacific, it was a letdown, Portofino theming and rooms are waaay better and worth the extra money each night.
as of now my Orlando hotel rankings are:
Grand
Polynesian
Portofino bay (universal)
Wilderness lodge
royal pacific (universal)
Port orleans riverside royal rooms
Art of animation
here are a few pics from the trip:
-Beds were soooo comfortable
-Pool was open until 11 but they said you can swim after that as log as you aren't loud
-ordered water from staples and wasn't charged any fees by the Grand for delivering there and it was free shipping, going to do this from now on
-the resort expirince was the highlight of the trip, so relaxing!
-décor, theming, convinience were all perfect!
-pool view room was beautiful and looked amazing with the blue water contrasting with the white buildings.
(Pic of view below)
-ordered room service a few times at 2 am, food is alllll great with the pasta being my fave (pic of the chicken dish below)
-hdmi is available on room tv for connecting so your bluray players and videogame systems will connect easily
-turndown service with chocolates and goodnight card everynight in our room was such a nice touch(see pic below)
-star wars weekends was ammaaazing especially the darth vadar peanut butter chocolate cupcake and the fireworks, best ive ever seen!! (you will love it even if you hate star wars)
-went broke buying star wars and trader sams things but i love em! (Pic below)
-even though people say disneylands fantasmic is better, I enjoyed it even more perhapsbecause I go to Disneyland all the time and the Hollywood studios version was fresh, I wish I would've seen it before
-nemo show at animal kigdom is amazing!!!
-trader sams was awesome and beautiful, highly recommended.
-I stayed at universal after Disney and that was the right move, didn't miss the magic like I thought, this was better then starting with universal (make sure you stay 2 nights, not 1, that's too short to enjoy hotel change)
-if you like the Polynesian resort don't think you will like royal pacific, it was a letdown, Portofino theming and rooms are waaay better and worth the extra money each night.
as of now my Orlando hotel rankings are:
Grand
Polynesian
Portofino bay (universal)
Wilderness lodge
royal pacific (universal)
Port orleans riverside royal rooms
Art of animation
here are a few pics from the trip:
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. We have never had a bad nights sleep at any resort we've stayed at, but I have found the GF (and Poly) to be the most comfortable.
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Nice to live vicariously through your report! Thanks for sharing.
