Life is GRAND at the Grand Californian Hotel

This hotel definitely lives up to its name and did not disappoint!  Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa was absolutely gorgeous both inside and outside!

In October, my husband, kids and I spent a week at this amazing hotel. We had made our reservations in June and have been counting down until our stay there. We had visited the hotel’s lobby and a couple of its restaurants during previous Disneyland visits and this hotel just kept calling our name! Sooooo, we answered and booked a stay. :)

When you walk into the hotel, the first thing you see is this beautiful work of art that serves as their main entry doors. GORGEOUS! The sunlight hits it just right and it is stunning!

Aside from just the overall architecture of the hotel, my favorite thing about the hotel is the light fixtures. Everywhere you turn, there is a different design. These three are my favorites.

 

Wouldn’t this make an awesome living room? At least a couple times a day, we would come down to just sit here.

Here is the same area from the 3rd floor. Throughout the day, a pianist entertained us with beautiful music. Of course, I happened to take a picture when they weren’t playing (though I was hoping they would be there!). The fireplace was such a cozy place to just relax.

These gorgeous gigantic chandeliers  hung high above the seating area. From our floor, we were at level with them. Don’t think I didn’t think about just jumping from the railing, hopping on the chandelier and swinging on them like they do in movies. :)

I don’t remember where this view was from, but I think it was above the stained glass doors. I think that balcony was the seating area on our floor. If ever I get to build a home from scratch, this is what I want to see when I walk into the front doors of my house!

Somehow, even the creepy crow statue looked beautiful in the Grand Californian! My older son for some reason really liked this bird and wanted me to take a picture of it. Oddly, I like how the picture turned out.

 

And lastly, my older son and I’s favorite part of every evening – the milk chocolates left in our room after they turned our beds down. They left them EVERY night. :)

If ever you have the opportunity to stay at this hotel, I HIGHLY suggest it. We purposely spent just a few hours a day at the parks so we could come back to the hotel and just relax.

It has its own private entrance to California Adventure and you even get early bird entry into both parks with your stay. That alone was worth it. We were able to ride Star Tours without waiting 80 minutes like everyone else! :)