Done and dusted. But still a lovely time :)
Jun 17, 2025 iaaron97 Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Hi, My honest review of the hotel is that I always wanted to stay here to see the grand reception/entrance and we booked a year in advance and the grand lobby was under construction which was an eyesore when we went and it was such a bummer… but can’t be helped as Edna Mode says “I don’t look back darling, it distracts from the now” things have to…
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Hi, My honest review of the hotel is that I always wanted to stay here to see the grand reception/entrance and we booked a year in advance and the grand lobby was under construction which was an eyesore when we went and it was such a bummer… but can’t be helped as Edna Mode says “I don’t look back darling, it distracts from the now” things have to progress and be updated.
We stayed in DVC and tbh, the light fixtures are not that cute (tacky) and the carpet was ugly, it gave modern vintage, more than vintage back in the day, and the ornaments are giving TJ Max vibes in the entrance area to the building. The bathrooms could be grander, a role top bath would be nicer, but they are clean, minimal limescale, well stocked with towels and you get the highest standard of cleanliness and the bed is the comfiest ever. I do like the updated rooms better, but when comparing with the most luxurious hotel in france, the chandeliers in disneyland hotel in paris and rooms are nicer and it doesn’t even have the word “Grand” in it, however i’m unsure if it’s fair to compare these hotels together, so sorry but my brain did. But I do still love the hotel and the theming is still kept throughout.
The one thing I hated was that they store the wastebins and towel bins outside the room and sometimes the corridors of the building between the rooms smell, because of this, maybe they should install automatic febreze or something like they do in carehomes to block out the smell of this, but the convenience of them was handy because you can just dispose of your unused towels.
We also got housekeeping and we didn’t know you werent entitled to this as we were new to DVC, so very thankful for this! Maybe they do at Grand Floridian no matter what, but we learned in other DVC hotels that you don’t get this.
Still had a pleasant stay, so thankyou, staff are lovely and the restaurant and amenities were lovely. Bathbomb store is cool and the stores inside the hotel were also very presentable and had nice things to purchase (All 3)
The monorail was kinda annoying as its only convenienct for Magic Kingdom and we actually found that it felt further out than other hotels we stayed in. (You have to change over for Hollywood or EPCOT at another station and its time consuming in my opinion) we thought it would be in a prime location
and the monorail would make things more convenient but I don’t feel this way now.
I’ve experience a few hotels and Idk if i’d stay here again, but it was Good.
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