It's not so much which is best location. It's a small resort, and more about what you prefer. Our pref is to be by the Courtyard pool. Either in Boca Chica or Big Pine Key. I ask for an unobstructed view. Some rooms have a view of the pool house
. Some prefer a marina view. Both of which are considered standard views at GF and Poly.
Thanks for the link Tom. I noticed on our last stay in August they discontinued the flatbreads (although not on menu, you could still order) and pizza replaced it, they've had the make your own salad bar for awhile. Wish they'd bring back to lobster mac & cheese!! I've always enjoyed my meals at Gaspys! And the Beach Bar!! Crab cakes, mmmm!
Not all the Big Pine rooms look at the pool house. Our last stay in Big Pine we looked out over the pool, it was a great view. Have your request with unobstructed view. As an added bonus, we could also see the higher fireworks from the balcony!! Best view ever!Oh goodness I do not want to look at the back of the pool house! Maybe I should change my request... I honestly would rather have a nicer view than a king bed! What do you think?
Our first stay in Big Pine we had a lagoon view too! Looking out at Poly. But our last room was my fav, a standard garden/pool view and could watch Wishes too!! Although the lagoon view we could see the Electric Water Parade. Hmmm, hard to make up my mind which my fav is, now that I think about it, lol!
Our first stay in Big Pine we had a lagoon view too! Looking out at Poly. But our last room was my fav, a standard garden/pool view and could watch Wishes too!! Although the lagoon view we could see the Electric Water Parade. Hmmm, hard to make up my mind which my fav is, now that I think about it, lol!
Are you packed yet?
Talk about the true Monorail tour...
It was almost $900 cheaper to fly in the night before, so decided to spend the night there. The flight was in the budget so figured if I was spending it anyways, why not complete the loop.
There are very few "bad locations" at the Grand Floridian. The resort is so small, that the buildings are all easily accessed. Typically, I've gotten garden view in Sago or Big Pine Key - in Sago, my garden view was a view of the marina - and that isn't considered an upgrade, and in BPK, I've had a view of the pool, the back of the poolhouse building and of the Poly.
Awesome....<---Jealous..LoL
We stayed at the GF the first week in December and took the AK bus around 4pm in the afternoon for our dinner reservation at Yak & Yeti. There were only a few pople on the bus at that time of day. You would only have standing room only first thing in the morning. If you plan to go for the evening entertainment than you we have a mostly empty bus. I was surprised at how short of a trip it was to AK from the GF. The bus goes directly to AK from the Grand and I think it was about ten minutes from the resort. We might have had a speedy driver, too.
As others have said, most of the garden view rooms are very nice. You can request a marina view and it is still considered a garden view room. We had a booked a garden view room and were delighted to get this lovely view, looking at the Poly, in Big Pine Key. Even though is faced the lagoon it was considered a garden view because it had a big pine tree in front of the balcony. Here is a picture of the view we had.
We stayed at the GF the first week in December and took the AK bus around 4pm in the afternoon for our dinner reservation at Yak & Yeti. There were only a few pople on the bus at that time of day. You would only have standing room only first thing in the morning. If you plan to go for the evening entertainment than you we have a mostly empty bus. I was surprised at how short of a trip it was to AK from the GF. The bus goes directly to AK from the Grand and I think it was about ten minutes from the resort. We might have had a speedy driver, too.
The return trip had a few more people on it. I would guess that it was full but it wasn't bad at all. The bus stopped at the Poly first and then the Grand.
