Originally Posted By 4Disnee Hey nemopoppins, I dont know why the hotel is so full I was really surprised when I booked back in April. But DH was excited about a room at the Grand with a DTD view. All I know is that I will not be on the floor. LOL We leave in about 16 hours so I will be sure to fill everyone in on our stay and if we have a sleeping bag or not. LOL Thanks everyone for all of your help with this sleepless matter.
Originally Posted By raer If you can get a room with bunk beds, there is a trundle under the bottom that makes 3 beds there.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Sleeping bags are meant for camping and not for an "elegant turn-of-the-century" themed hotel>> FWIW, the style is an elegant arts-and-crafts, but the the theme is a forest. So the idea of the sleeping bag is so kids can pretend to be camping. But of course most people don't know about the theme, and just think it's tacky for a kid to get stuck with a sleeping bag instead of a roll-away or a sofa-bed for $350. Now I have a question. How and how often do they clean the sleeping bags?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Just an opinion/experience... I truly am frustrated with Disney for designing these small rooms when they promote "family" vacations. The Grand rooms are small especially compared to the Disneyland Hotel rooms. I've roomed in a 2 Queen bed room with 4 of us and I won't do it again. It was way to crowded. 3 is ok, 2 ideal. So, a combination of 5 people (adult and kid mix) just seems way to tight in my mind. With that said, my godkids LOVED the sleeping bags. We had a suite mind you, so everyone had a bed BUT the kids still loved sleeping on our patio in their bags and also on the floor of the "parlor." They were 4 and 7 at the time. I can see a teenager or even pre-teen thinking "huh?" I LOVE the Grand, stay there every chance I get. I get the concept of the sleeping bags but I would NEVER book a room of 5 people that was mainly adults and teens - just too small. If the rooms were like DLH's and had the 2 Queens and a day bed - no problem.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe I believe I have read they clean them after each use. The part that gets me...have you ever seen an expose on hotel rooms? That alone creeps me out, let alone the thought of sleeping on the floor of one! I would rather sleep on the ground, in my sleeping bag, outside in a forest some where! LOL..but, I love camping...although, to me...I wouldn't appreciate camping INSIDE a hotel room I am paying THAT much money for! Although, the idea of sleeping in the sleeping bag outside on the balcony is pretty cool. Now, that would be a different story...as long as it is safe. THAT, could make it interesting enough for me to WANT the sleeping bag!
Originally Posted By tlovesdis My niece actually liked it! She was 31/2 the first time and 5 the second time. The third time my cousins daughter used it. She was 11 and didn't mind either!
Originally Posted By velo As a family of 5, we've frequently had to resort to a sleeping bag. We feel lucky to get a roll-away at times. I've never thought our family was "big" - just typical. I've never understood why some hotels (family-type) think that anything over 4 people is too much.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Our DS would love the bunk beds but I dont think that my mom and MIL would like to sleep along with him nor my DH and myself. LOL I was wondering if I should bring our own bag that way I know that it is clean and I wont have to worry about it. I guess that I should not stress over this but for some reason I am and it really bothers me. I know its stilly but when you pay for 5 people I would like a bed for 5 people not 4. LOL Oh well we will see what happens here tomorrow morning. Thanks again everyone and I will talk with everyone when we get back.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"<<Sleeping bags are meant for camping and not for an "elegant turn-of-the-century" themed hotel>> FWIW, the style is an elegant arts-and-crafts, but the the theme is a forest"<<< The wording trekkeruss, "elegant turn-of-the-century themed hotel" as I said earlier, comes from DISNEY'S OWN SITE! They did NOT say the theme was a forest! I think that Disney probably knows what kind of theme they had in mind.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<The wording trekkeruss, "elegant turn-of-the-century themed hotel" as I said earlier, comes from DISNEY'S OWN SITE! They did NOT say the theme was a forest! I think that Disney probably knows what kind of theme they had in mind.>> I am going by what I learned on a tour of the GCH. Everything in the hotel is meant to evoke being in a forest, from the coloring on the hotel, to the beams in the lobby being the trunks and limbs of giant trees, and the carpeting which is the forest floor covered in leaves and plant life.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>"elegant turn-of-the-century themed hotel"<< Yes, but that sort of lodge hotel would typically have been found in a forest or national park setting, not Manhattan. Add to it that the hotel is also adjacent to DCA's 'forest' and there you go. See also: <a href="http://www.sierragatewaymap.com/ahwahnee.html" target="_blank">http://www.sierragatewaymap.co m/ahwahnee.html</a>
Originally Posted By dlkozy IMHO, the GCH is more like the Ahwahnee Hotel located in Yosemite. The look is similar and they have a REAL forest right outside their hotel. But they would NEVER consider giving a guest a SLEEPING BAG to sleep in while at their 4 Star Hotel! If the GCH wants to be a 4 Star Hotel, like they claim they are-they have to act like a 4 Star hotel! It is a shame that they didn't make their rooms big enough to accomodate families-guess they were expecting, (or hoping) people would get two rooms instead of one.
Originally Posted By mamacita Forest theme or not; if I wanted to sleep in a sleeping bag, I would go camping. :-D The rooms at the GCH are small and we much prefer the PPH or DLH to the Grand. The GCH's lobby during the holidays is beautiful but I cannot take the chance on getting a sleeping bag.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Hello everyone we are back. Well it all worked out ok and yes our DS did have to sleep on the floor. When we checked in to the hotel the CM said well we have a room with 2 queen beds and do you need a bag for the 5th person. I said well is there someplace for him to sleep like a couch? We were told no. So I asked if the bags were washed between guests and was told yes or he hope so. So we requested extra blankets to put down on the floor with the bag. When we got to our room it was so so little I was shocked just how small it was. We have never been in a room with a view at the Grand and that will be the last time that I will pay for a view room they are just way to small for 5 people. Well stay in one that over looks the parking they are much larger and they come with a couch. There was not much floor space to put a sleeping bag and someone so he slept between the bed and the sliding door. We had a great trip and the room was clean but just no more view rooms for us at the Grand. LOL
Originally Posted By cinderella143also I agree with you dlkozy!!!! Sleeping bags are meant for camping and not for an "elegant turn-of-the-century" themed hotel>> FWIW, the style is an elegant arts-and-crafts, but the the theme is a forest"<<< >>>>>The wording trekkeruss, "elegant turn-of-the-century themed hotel" as I said earlier, comes from DISNEY'S OWN SITE! They did NOT say the theme was a forest!<<<<< It certainly does NOT look like a forrest to me and I am HUGE on symbolism and not face value. I feel like it is an elegant lodge but for sure not a forrest. I anger at having to pay 300 + for a room and not even for a bed. Like was said before, if I wanted to sleep on a sleeping bag, I would go camping and that is a heck of a lot cheaper than 300 dollars!!!! I just can't understand why it wou ld be so important to say "I stay at the GCH" when you are stuck on the floor in a sleeping bag that the employees say "they hope is cleaned between people." Gorss. I can get a clean bed in an elegant, classy hotel for 1/2 the price elsewhere.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Hello cinderella143also, When I booked thur AAA Travel online I was not informed that our DS would be sleeping in a sleeping bag. I would have made our ressies at some place else If I would have know. I did not pay for the insurance and was not going to pay a fee to change hotels. I dont feel that it is important to say that I stay at the GCH either. We do enjoy the GCH but I will never pay for a room with a view or sleep in a sleeping bag again that is for sure!
Originally Posted By cinderella143also >>>but I will never pay for a room with a view or sleep in a sleeping bag again that is for sure!<<< I wouldn't either! But I am glad that it worked out for you guys while you were there!
