First....I am envious of your stay and cruise. What type of villa do you have and what floor?
Is it as gorgeous as the photo have shown? Anything besides the pillows that have surprised you or set this resort apart from others?
Have a wonderful stay and cruise!
We are in a Lake View Studio on the third floor. I'll post photos soon to the VGF Villas and Views thread showing our villa and the view.
I'm quite impressed with the VGF. The CMs, both at the Villas and at the main hotel, are very friendly and helpful. The villa itself is very nice and seems to be quite spacious. We like having the walk-in shower. We've had showers off and on so we haven't spent much time walking around the outside of the resort. But the quiet pool and kids' water play area are quite handy.
The TV-in-the bathroom mirror may appeal to some, but for us its just a novelty easily overlooked.
VGF has a couple BBQ grills located between the entrance and the VGF parking lot. Quite easy to get to. Grilling utensils can be obtained from the CMs at the VGF front desk.
Our mini-frig does not have a freezer compartment.
There are no hidden Mickeys in the VGF lobby.
Have a wonderful vacation!
Bill
We are having a great time!
Some have reported that storage space is limited in the VGF studios. Are you finding that to be the case? DH and I like to unpack completely when we stay at WDW so is that possible for a couple staying in a VGF studio?
Good to hear you can request different pillows. Thanks for that tip.
Enjoy your stay and your cruise!
Space is at a premium, but we are making use of what is available. There is a large drawer underneath the bed that is usable, plus another one that is of little use since it can't open very far because it hits the nightstand. The nightstand has two drawers, one of which holds the ubiquitous Bible and phonebook. We moved the Bible and phonebook to the unused drawer underneath the bed, so now we each use the nightstand drawers for some of our clothes.
The bed also has space underneath it to store some luggage. However, like at BLT, there is a good sized alcove area by the door leading to the attached one-bedroom villa. We've put all of our suitcases, cooler, and bags in that area.
The TV armoire holds the Murphy bed, so not much storage space available with it. However, underneath the TV are two compartments with flip up lids. One houses the DVD player but the other one is empty so it can serve as a drawer. We've squirreled away a few odds and ends in both compartments. Also, the armoire has some about 18 x 18 inches of, for lack of a better word, countertop space on either side of the TV. It looks cluttered, but that is where we've put a bunch of things, such as purse, backpack, hats, lanyards, cameras, pins, etc. I'll post a photo soon.
The bathroom area has enough counter space and shelves to accommodate our needs, comparable to other DVC studios. BTW, there are no shelves in the 'second' bathroom that has the toilet and tub, but there is a double hook for the bathrobes.
We are only here for three nights, so we haven't needed to unpack most of our stuff. A lot of clothes that we''ll use on the cruise is still in one of our suitcases. In November, we will be at BLT for 15 consecutive nights. That is when we'll unpack a lot more clothes.
All in all, I have no complaints about the space. However, its just my wife and me and we are use to being really close to one another. If it was a family of 5, it would be an entirely different story.
Can you get into any of the rooms for which there are no pictures on your wonderful VGF thread?!?! I know, you've helped tremendously with that thread already...just wishful thinking! Have a great time!
I'm not going to try to see other rooms; our vacation time is going by quick enough as it is. There is a DVC ASA manning a DVC kiosk in the VGF lobby and we've thought about asking if we can see a Grand Villa. Don't know if we'll get around to asking, though.
