Refurbishment coming to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort lobby

[TrainsOfDisney]

Please join me in two month in which I blather on that (almost) all the topiaries aren't really topiaries.

I was ready to type my “but the topiaries!” reply but you beat me to it! Haha.

I loved buying a gingerbread shingle from the house and then settling in for some Christmas music performed by the Grand Floridian orchestra and then catching a bus to the studios for some comedy warehouse and Osbourne Lights. Those were the days

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

I think what's genuinely at risk of leaving is the ability to purchase goods from the gingerbread house. There will likely continue to be a gingerbread display of some sort regardless of whether or not they feel traffic flow allows for the current queue situation to persist.

I could see a smaller display staying. I don't think they will do a house unless they can make money from it

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I don't think they will do a house unless they can make money from it

How could they not be making money from it?

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

How could they not be making money from it?

They definitely are making money from it. I was responding to another person's comment that there will be a display, but there is a risk that people won't be able to purchase items from the gingerbread house due to queue constraints. If Disney can no longer have a queue for purchases (and people can't make purchases), then I think a large gingerbread house could be in jeopardy. Purchases likely fund the creation of it. But a smaller display would remain.

I don't think gingerbread house will go away. I think the location will change to move some traffic off the monorail loop and potentially somewhere else where there is already a lot of people present to drive up sales. I think they could be using construction this year as an excuse to test a different location.

I'm staying at GF this holiday season and am glad it may not be so crowded in the lobby. I'm likely not the only one.

 

[James Alucobond]

Iconic Grand Floridian Staircase Updated with New Mural During Lobby Renovations

Walt Disney World has revealed a new mural for the iconic grand staircase at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

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[Tha Realest]

Iconic Grand Floridian Staircase Updated with New Mural During Lobby Renovations

Walt Disney World has revealed a new mural for the iconic grand staircase at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

blogmickey.com

This looks good. Suggests a more vibrant flourish of colors for, say, the carpeting?

 

[jah4955]

This looks good. Suggests a more vibrant flourish of colors for, say, the carpeting?

Now when brides have their pictures taken on the grand staircase, this could become an extra indication of where they are.

 

[James Alucobond]

Suggests a more vibrant flourish of colors for, say, the carpeting?

The artwork and the samples on site suggest something more in the teal family than olive this time, which would be more consistent with the rest of the renovation.

 

[DCBaker]

Photos from today:

 

[monothingie]

The new bar makes the lobby appear so much smaller in scale.

 

[jmuboy]

Lots of work moving into the tea room now.

 

[KDM31091]

That flooring in the new bar has zero relevance to the resort, as usual for the new projects.

 

[Alice a]

That flooring in the new bar has zero relevance to the resort, as usual for the new projects.

Agreed. This pattern of tile laying (herringbone?) was a thing 10 years ago. It was all over HGTV. It dates this area.

Black and white checkerboard would have been a more timeless call.

 

[jmuboy]

I’m trying to be patient with this refurbishment but I do hate the tile as well!

 

[networkpro]

Agreed. This pattern of tile laying (herringbone?) was a thing 10 years ago. It was all over HGTV. It dates this area.

Black and white checkerboard would have been a more timeless call.

Herringbone been around since the 15th century.

 

[Tha Realest]

The tile work is atrocious, gives me a worrisome concern for how the rest of the lobby is going to look, and continues the muted Home2Suites decor choices seen elsewhere at the resorts.

 

[Tha Realest]

What I see when I bend over to clean up my youngest’s spilled free cereal in the Drury Inn and Suites on I-Drive.

 

[Alice a]

Herringbone been around since the 15th century.

I’m aware of this. Checkerboard has been around since the Roman Empire, however, its popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries would better evoke the style of this hotel and the era it’s set in.

 

[jmuboy]

I guess good news- bar stools will obstruct the view to much of this tile work

 

[Tha Realest]

These floor tiles are so garish and out of place I wonder if Zach Riddley came back from Abu Dhabi and did it for the love of the game.