Rooms at the Grand Californian

Last week I did write about the hotel, but not about the rooms. There were specific things that I wanted to get to there that would have made the post too long.

First of all, I know that there are bigger (and I assume fancier) rooms than what we had. I know there are options where they bring you cookies and milk at night. We did not do any of that, because staying at the Grand Californian was already a big indulgence.

The rooms are still nice. They fit in with the design of the overall hotel, and they have little touches of Disney. That print on the wall appears to be of the Seven Dwarfs' cottage, and there are some familiar faces on the shower curtain.

Almost immediately after getting to our room there was a knock at the door, bringing us Ghirardelli chocolates and asking if we wanted the beds turned down.

On subsequent nights it happened while we were out, but the chocolate and turn down service continued.

I think every room has a balcony, with courtyard views being more standard, but some other views (like Downtown Disney) being available. There was a table with two chairs, and although we never used that, we did use the sliding glass door itself for fresh air and natural light.

There was another nice touch in the bathroom. Outside the bathroom were two lights. One immediately turned on the main light.

The other turned on some overhead lights but at a gradual rate. In theory, if you wake up in the middle of the night needing to go to the bathroom and are not so groggy that you hit the main light switch, your eyes get a gradual introduction to the light instead of being blinded by brightness. I think I have seen similar setups before, but they were always connected to the fan.

Finally, I need to give a special mention to the towels. I have complained before (not on the travel blog) about fluffy towels that feel like they are depositing lint on you instead of getting you dry. These towels were perfect, both comfortable and drying. Well, Mom thought they were a little heavy, but I loved them.

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