Originally Posted By MickeyMommy I have a DTD view room booked at the GCH for the end of this month. SuzieQ, I know you have said how much you like these rooms. Do you, or anyone else, have any recommendation for room location? I think I remember you saying you were above World of Disney once? Can you see the fireworks there? Are there any DTD view rooms that aren't so good? There will be 5 of us, two adults and three kids 7,8, and 11, so the queen with bunkbeds should work out great. I think the bunkbeds will be a hit with the boys. Do all of the DTD rooms have balconies? Any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 We have DTD view rooms booked at GC for our Halloween trip so I'd love to know more info about them as well. We have 5 people, but I'm hoping we get two queen beds, and a day bed instead of the bunks.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy stagemomx3, we just had that room lay-out (2 queens and a daybed) this past November, but from what I understand, there not many of these rooms, and that they are all in the front of the hotel with a standard view. Does anyone have more info on this?
Originally Posted By pennyring We had a DtD view. I'm trying to remember what we were above... I do believe the view was of Naples and we could see the fireworks quite clearly above Indiana Jones. It was as though they'd built the roof overhang at a perfect height so that you could see fireworks in the little space between the roof and the Indy facade. This was back when they were doing the Believe! fireworks though, so I'm not sure if there is much of a height difference for the current fireworks.
Originally Posted By pennyring Maybe the 4th floor? It was several years ago, so I'm not positive. We were on the lowest floor facing DtD though. So even if you're "low" you could still see fireworks.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I've stayed DTD view 3 times, twice looking at World of Disney and once looking at Naples - all able to see the fireworks perfectly. We have been on the 4th and 5th floors.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 We are thinking of upgrading to a DTD view room, but not to sure about the noise level. Is it alot noiser with all of the people outside? Or do they do a better job with those rooms? Also do they have the queen and bunkbed rooms with that view? Thanks, I think it would be neat to people watch from our room. And if you can see the fireworks from your room, then taht is an added bonus!!
Originally Posted By pennyring The sliding doors are amazing. Door open = noise from DtD. Door closed = almost completely silent. When we stayed, I was going to take a nap in the early evening and there was a drummer RIGHT outside our room. I closed the door and the drumming was almost completely silenced. Awesome.
Originally Posted By Niele We had a 2BR Artisan Suite a few years ago and it was a long walk to the lobby but right out our door were stairs leading almost directly to the courtyard between DL and DCA. Not only that we had a direct view of Grizzly Peak and the monorail out the front and could still see the fireworks in DL from one of the bedroom's lanai. It was really nice.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy Wow, that sounds like the perfect location Niele! A 2br suite must have been so nice. Do you remember the room number? Not that we would be getting a suite, but maybe we could get a room close to it. Thanks!
Originally Posted By Niele We were on the 3rd floor and the room numbers were 3450 & 3452. You could actually ask for the one bedroom with the "352" ending (on whatever floor) and that was the one that had both views. The balcony with table and 4 chairs faced out towards Grizzley Peak and the bedroom balcony was where you could see the fireworks. The view from this was not that great but you could see people entering both DL and DCA. It was just so neat to see fireworks when we first got there (late check-in). The additional bedroom was facing Grizzley Peak and the monorail.
Originally Posted By raer We just got back from a stay at the GCH & we had a DTD view. We were on the 4th floor right over Sephora. We had a balcony & could see the fireworks perfectly from our room.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 Thanks raer! Have you done your trip report yet? I love to see pictures too! *wink*
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy Thanks raer, do you remember your room number? What type of bedding did you have? I am hoping to get the bunkbeds for the kids. My 7 year old nephew will be joining us, so we will have 3 kids plus my husband and I. The bunkbeds with trundle would probably be best, but we could do any configuration.
Originally Posted By raer We had the bunk beds & they have a trundle underneath as well & a queen bed. I think we were in room 4153. My kids loved the beds & it was a nice break for us not to have them fight over who was sleeping where & with whom. We had a nice little balcony with a table & chairs that made it nice to watch the fireworks or to just relax outside & enjoy DTD.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy That sounds awesome raer, just what I am hoping to get! I'm really looking forward to the DTD view. We have had the standard veiw once, and park view once. We had the pool and Paradise Pier view park view, but I think it will be alot more fun to see the coming and going of people in DTD, and to hear the music. Only one week to go!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <We had a 2BR Artisan Suite a few years ago and it was a long walk to the lobby but right out our door were stairs leading almost directly to the courtyard between DL and DCA. > We were down in that end too (regular room), and those stairs rock. Saves you a lot of walking to DL. The only trouble is you can't get back IN that way, so you had to use the standard DTD entrance to the Grand.
