We are currently at Grande Vista. Grande Cove is currently open 12- 9 and Copa Loca is only open from 11-5. (The food hut by the pool in the golf village is closed for example.). The Grill is open Thursday-Monday from 5-10, with reservations recommended . Fitness Center is open with masks and limited occupancy (15) at a time. The Kid's Zone is closed. Some chairs at the pools have been eliminated to promote social distancing, which already makes finding a lounge chair on a warm sunny day especially challenging. We're here for a few more weeks...Has anyone been there lately? I am interested in what is open and closed, and if there is enough pool seating to have a chance during spring break in mid March. Thanks!
Over all the years and all the trips we have taken to Grande Vista, I have never seen the food windows open at the Golf or Club Village pools.The food hut by the pool in the golf village is closed for example.
Perhaps the reason you never experienced the food hut being open has something to do with the time of year you are at Grande Vista or even the time of day. The food hut didn’t open until President’s Day weekend and it was only open in the afternoon (from maybe 12 to 4 or 5?). They had a limited menu of snacks, sandwiches and beverages. We typically request a room by the Golf Village pool, so it was a great convenience to us and others.Over all the years and all the trips we have taken to Grande Vista, I have never seen the food windows open at the Golf or Club Village pools.
We'll be there on Saturday too. The woman who called me from Preferred Check told me the good news - the activities are returning to Grande Vista. When I last checked the What's Open/Closed list: https://hub.vacationclub.com/properties/marriotts-grande-vista/, it still shows most of the stuff being closed. Maybe they'll be reopening on Thursday (1st check-in day for that week).
Are they enforcing the mask mandate issued by the mayor of Orlando? Just got a notice about that from Lakeshore Reserve where we check in mid March. I believe in masking but outdoors at 6 feet ? Are people wearing masks in/around the pools?Checked in today. I'm guessing close to full occupancy right now based on how the main pool looked at 3 PM and the parking lots. Lots of activities and the only things closed are the spa and the indoor kids gym. There are daily aquafit classes and a rotating list of other ones. 15 people allowed in the gym.
Main pool was MOBBED today, so if you're looking for a pool chair better get there early. I haven't wondered around to the other pools yet, but will update.
It was upper 80s here today and we saw 92 on the car driving down from our overnight in Florence, SC (by the way, I could not steer you away from the Residence Inn there enough...). Looking forward to our 22 nights here!
This is probably because of CPAC happening in Orlando this weekend.Last night it was hopping. People were walking around, cars at the stop lights instead of just red lights with no cars at them. I didn't care about the traffic!
Yes, CPAC added quite a bit of traffic around the Convention Center (it was held at the Hyatt next door). DH saw them carrying out that hideous gold statue of Trump out, LOL.This is probably because of CPAC happening in Orlando this weekend.
They're definitely doing a refurb in 95.it appears to me that some buildings are closed since I don’t see any cars parked outside of them.
I think the lounge chairs is a regular thing during peak seasons, though it is probably impacting other weeks now too and those peak weeks even more since they have removed a lot of lounge chairs for social distancing. I also think that, while the parks are open, people may only be going a couple or few days of the week instead of every single day. Putting more pressure on the pools.We just checked out yesterday. Enjoyed the resort but there were NO LOUNGE CHAIRS. place had lots of people that we didn't mind at all, but if you wanted a lounge chair by a pool and didn't get one first thing in the morning, you were out of luck. We usually go off season. After Thanksgiving or first week of February. I don't know if this is because of Covid and limiting chairs or this is a regular thing. Or, people can't go to theme parks as much because of attendance caps or need of reservations.
I would request a room with sun so you could use that as a backup. Our room only had sun very early in the morning.