Originally Posted By pecos bill Mr X, this argument seems to have run it's course. Not only am I over it, I am bored with it.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I do have to laugh at what SPP posted in this thread... what did that user add to the conversation?" Then..... go ...... over ....... it...... again...... verrrrrrry ....... slowly........
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA I am not going to convince you. I think it’s ridiculously over priced. I’ll convince you to stay somewhere else though.. ♥ love-dca
Originally Posted By debtee I hope you have a wonderful time at the GCH Jenn31. We have stayed at the GCH three times now and they have all been long stays of 7 days or more. Each time has been fantastic! We just love the magic of the GCH!
Originally Posted By tashajilek I understand some peoples arguement that its to far to walk from harbor but has anyone ever considered renting a car? i rented a car from lax for 5 days for $112. Between the price of the shuttle and walking it was worth taking the car. Staying off property doesnt have to be a pain. I would stay at the gch if i had the money but fact of the matter is i would rather go to DL 2-3 time in the year opposed to only once. Im glad you got a really good deal and make sure to post you stay afterwards.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy Congrats Jenn31 on getting that great deal for your trip! (My heart started racing when I read how much your origional package was going to cost - and it wasn't even me who was going to have to pay for it!-lol) Maybe you can write a trip report and tell us about the Villas at the GCH. That sounds like something we would really like. We have stayed at the Grand several times before, but the addition of a kitchen would be a huge bonus for us. Have a wonderful trip!
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy I just had a look at the Villas here: <a href="http://dvc.disney.go.com/dvc/guest/resorts/resortDetail?id=ProspectsGrandCalifornianLandingPage" target="_blank">http://dvc.disney.go.com/dvc/g...dingPage</a> The mini kitchen looks like it will be a big convienence, and the room looks very comfortable!
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance They look really nice, I wonder if the view is really that good?
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I find it pure snobbery to call HoJo's a tacky resort. It is by far the more rational choice when one considers they can save 200 dollars a night over the Grand for a room that is as good, if not superior. Think about what you can do with an extra thousand dollars in the budget for simply making that degrading walk down Harbor. Hell, you could always put a paper bag over your head.<< I agree. It never ceases to amaze me when ordinary middle class folks shell out $300+ per night to stay at a hotel without batting an eye.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>But I do hate that walk from Hojos. It has nothing to do with snobbery and no paper bag will be necessary. It has more to do with the urban sprawl Dave talked about. After staying on-site, I've determined its what I want in my vacation. << We stayed at HoJos once. It was OK. The rooms were big. As for the walk, I kind of like being off property, as I enjoy leaving behind the outside world when I step into the parks. It helps me enjoy them even more. As for "urban sprawl" I might have agreed in the old days before Harbor Blvd. and the Hotels got their face lift some years ago. If I truly want to be immersed, I'll go to WDW.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>What an awful thing to say! First of all GCH is not a "status" symbol<< At $300 or more per night I would disagree.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 A "status" symbol is something you buy or display in order to say "look at me!" It's not just something expensive. So staying at the GCH doesn't really qualify as "status symbol," just "something expensive that some people consider worth the price and other people don't."
Originally Posted By ecdc Well said. I don't get how this is still going on and turned into this attack on "snobbery" just because some of us think it's worth it to spend more to stay at GCH. I guarantee you if we started quizzing everyone here on their spending habits, we'd find any number of things that some people spend more money on than others, regardless of income or status. People taking this personally and then responding personally is just weird.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance A lot of people tend to take things too personally on this site I've found. It is weird.
Originally Posted By ecdc By way of example: I don't pay for cable TV - seems like a waste of money to me. So even someone spending $50 for the basic cable package is spending $600 more a year on television programming than me - $600 I can easily put towards GCH since that's more important to me than having DirecTV or cable. And that's for the cheap package. How many people here insisting that GCH is a rip off or not worth it or a snob's paradise pay over $100 a month for their cable bill to have the Premium service, or pay $300 a year for the NFL Sunday ticket? We've all got our likes and dislikes and what's important to us and what we like to spend our money on.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>By way of example: I don't pay for cable TV - seems like a waste of money to me.<< It depends. If you can get good reception with an antenna I would agree. Where I live you get squat with antenna. But that brings up the point: having alternatives. If you have good reception and network TV floats your boat then it doesn't make sense to have cable. I'm not saying that you have to be nuts to spend $400 a night to stay at the GC, I just question the value. And yes, it's horribly expensive. As far as it being "statusy" I've know more than a few folks who have bragged to me the they always stay on property. Me? I'd rather stay at the Holiday Inn and either have a longer vacation or more of them. We stayed at the DLH some years ago (before the GCH was built) and I was very underwhelmed (except at checkout time when I saw the bill).
Originally Posted By ecdc And I've got no beef with that. That's my whole point - we all spend money on what we enjoy, right? I love to vacation; I'll never spend money on a luxury car. I love eating out; I can't fathom spending $100 on a pair of jeans or a shirt. But telling me I can put a paper bag over my head for expressing my dislike for the walk down Harbor? Yikes! Again, it's people taking what other people like and dislike personally that I just don't get.
