Originally Posted By hayden WE ended up with the Grand CA for the dates March 27 thru 30 as the Disneyland and paradise pier were Sold out.. Okay do they have a warm pool this time of year and what kind of pool is it the pictures show nothing really .. will be travelling with a 4 year old and it says theirs a wading pool.. And any help with this Hotel will be appreciated.. Also we now have to drive as the Kids Fly Free was sold out.. We also have a tag along 11 year old... Thanks
Originally Posted By SuzieQ The pools are heated year-round. The wading pool is a 1.5 foot deep circular pool. There is also a pool with water slides (including one for smaller children), and a regular swimming pool. There are two hot tubs.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee You will love the Hotel it is really nice. Our 9 year old DS loves the pool. We have taken him there since the Hotel opened and it is his favorite and ours. Enjoy your trip!
Originally Posted By MsLindanne The Hotel is great...just one thing though...the rooms have those little refrigerator filled with all kinds of goodies...if you take one of the items out...it will register with the front desk via a computer that your buying the little item, even if you just look at it and put it back...so to avoid charges...just don't touch. We stayed there when it opened and my son racked up a bill for over $80.00 for just looking. Yikes! Fortunately, I explained what had happened and they credited my credit card. I am sure it happens a lot but just an fyi. Otherwise it was very nice and your going to love it! Have fun! ºoº
Originally Posted By hayden okay Thanks .New ? I know how to park at the Disneyland Hotel does anyone know where the parking is for the Grand californian??Thanks in advance
Originally Posted By retlawfan There is a valet at the front doors($12/day). Or you can self park accross the street in a secure lot for free.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^Thats what we do. I pull up in front of the hotel to unload the luggage and family then park in self-parking.
Originally Posted By hayden Thanks Again, starting to get excited about this now.. My son says we also get into paradise pier a hour early .. I told him we will find all that out when we get there... sounds like a great hotel just always stayed at the disneyland and this one seems more complicated but also it will make this trip special since its been since May 05 since our last drive from oregon..
Originally Posted By 4Disnee The little refrigerators in the room that are full already of goodies. You can request for them to lock them from the front desk. We were told about it at checkin and they asked if we would like it locked and we of course said yes please. lol So now we always request for it to be locked before we go to our room.
Originally Posted By out numbered mom While you are there, you should do the lobby evening story time. There is a huge fireplace, and they have a ranger come by at about 7pm and all the kids come down in there pajamas and sing songs, listen to stories and talk about what they did at the park that day. My 4 yr. old twins loved it.
Originally Posted By tooele13 There are tons of things to do when staying at the GCH. There's the "Grand Quest" which is a scavenger hunt for kids. Upon completion of it they get a character cookie form white waters. It's loads of fun and they learn a lot of fun information about the hotel. They give you an events sheet the night before. There's was also a brisk walk around 7 am (i think) around DCA before it opens, dh did this with my dad and enjoyed it. My two kids 4 and 7 loved the pools. There's a big slide and a little slide. The 7 yo (a good swimmer) loved the big slide. The 4 yo still swims with floaterd and loved the little slide. FYI, the slides closes when the lifeguards are off duty. I don't remember the exact time, but it was a few hours before the pool closed. (may be it was because we went in Oct and it was not poeak season, i'm not sure). Have a great time. Don't forget to use vacation planning.
Originally Posted By raer We requested a little fridge for our room & housekeeping brought us one to use.
Originally Posted By pjhootch We were there last week and the pools were pretty cold, although heated. They are theoretically heated to about 80 degrees, but the younger children were all finding them too cold to swim, especially after dark. The temps hit 82-84 degrees last week, and there were some young kids in the pool during those two days, but in the evenings every child under the age of 5 wound up in the hot tubs. Most of them didn't seem to have parents attached and a few of them were even diving (with goggles) in the hot tub :-(
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^ Sounds like everytime I've stayed there. I do wish one of the hot tubs was adults only. It would be nice since there are two.
Originally Posted By hayden Thanks a lot We are now Happy to be stuck with the Grand Ca and are really excited by all we have read.. Thanks again
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I wish parents would keep their little ones out of hot tubs. Not just because it makes it harder for audults to enjoy, but because they are too hot for kids, it's just not good for them.
Originally Posted By stitchcrazy At WDW in December my husband and I were staying at Coronado Springs and a little guy about 4-5 was in the hot tub complete with floaties and a bucket...like you'd use for sand on the beach...which he used to fill and throw in both his parents faces continuously. Kind of sad and annoying on a number of levels.
