Originally Posted By drawbridge Okay, we'd been going back and forth trying to decide on a resort hotel. We booked at GCH after deciding that having breakfast on our balcony was the winning amentity. Now I just read a review that someone got a room without a balcony! I thought ALL rooms have them. Does anyone know how many rooms don't? Just trying to weigh the odds, I guess it's too late nowanyway. We did not even have a choice of room view due to low availability so I'm really concerned now we will get the worst possible room, like no balcony with parking lot view. Sorry for rambling but now I'm wishing I would have gone with DLH! Please, someone make me feel better soon...
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Why don't you send a note to vacation planning. See if they can arrange the free autographed character pictures and tell them how much you are hoping to have breakfast on your balcony. They might be able to help you get a balcony room blocked.
Originally Posted By retlawfan Most of the rooms DO have balconies. I have never stayed in a room there without one. I would never choose DLH over the GCH. You made a great choice. Enjoy it!
Originally Posted By drawbridge Thanks you guys! I'm sure we will absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I just had a panic moment and I'm done now. I will use the tip about VP to try and secure a good room and some dinner ressies!
Originally Posted By dsnymomi2 Yes, I think the only rooms w/no balcony are the ones facing the street. Right? And only a hand full at that. You will have a blast! I love waking up before anyone else and drinking my coffee on the balcony. One year we had a room overlooking Grizzly River Run and it was so amazing to hear the water flowing just at dawn. we would leave our sliding glass door open slightly at night. So relaxing!!
Originally Posted By DisneyDana The rooms that have no balcony are the ones over the Monorail track. Out of the 745 rooms, there are about 25 rooms that do not have a balcony and 3 of those are a suite. They are mostly standard view and face either the Brisa Courtyard or Disneyland Drive. There are a few that face towards DCA.
Originally Posted By drawbridge Okay, good, odds are in our favor atleast. Problem is we arrive late on a Friday and the hotel appears booked up. I hope You Snooze You Loose doesn't apply here! Now the big debate in the other section is whether or not you can smoke on the balconies! (I hope not)
Originally Posted By DVC_dad ....hummm not sure about those rooms with no balcony, however when I stayed there this last time I had a room with a very literal view of the roof of another building and a brick wall beyond that. I have wondered if its due to us using DVC points to stay there, as we had booked many weeks in advance. I will admit though that the GCH is my personal fav at DL in spite of the view (or lack there of) that we had.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 If I remember correctly the whole hotel is non-smoking. So I dont think that smoking on the balconies is allowed.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Oh yes, please stay where you can smoke. Have you guys seen what skipping only 6 days is doing to that poor guy on Survivor? OMG
Originally Posted By GoofBall I did not realize there were non-balcony rooms here, they would be a huge disappointment. I do not think you can smoke on the balconies - officially, anyway. They make you sign an agreement on check in to acknowledge that their non-smoking policy is throughout the hotel.
Originally Posted By wolfchild Yeah, if they find any traces that you were smoking either in the room or on the balcony you get a $200 fee charged to your room automatically. They made that very, very clear to us when we checked in last time.
Originally Posted By drawbridge I am glad to hear that - and just to make my last post very clear- I am NOT a smoker and was hoping it was NOT allowed. I was not sure how close together the balconies were to each other, I hate smoke. The Smoking Ban thread in the General discussion, there is someone saying it IS allowed and they will even bring you an ashtray. I really hope that is not true. I want to be able to use my balcony if I am lucky enought to get one.
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Wow! I like that about the charge for violating the smoking policy! That's new since I was there July 2004. My son and I both have asthma, and it infuriates me when I stay in a non-smoking room and it reeks of smoke. I am anti-smoking, but not anti-smoker, but the lack of consideration by those who would smoke in a supposedly non-smoking room is deplorable.
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Really? I knew the no-smoking policy, but I didn't know about the enforcement. Wonderful!
