 Hey friends today, we are checking in to Disney's Grand Floridian resort, and we're gonna be doing something I've always wanted to do. We're gonna have a cookout at the Grand Floridian. I'm so excited I plan on giving you a full resort tour, show you my room, and then we're gonna cook out on the grill Maybe rent a boat and go explore around Bay Lake and just have a beautiful Grand Floridian kind of day. Any hoos, let's go do this. I have cooked out at a lot of different Disney resorts I've cooked out at Disney's Wilderness Lodge at the Treehouse Villas But I never cooked out here at Disney's Grand Floridian and I always thought it would be a cool thing To have a cookout at the Grand Floridian, even saying it, a cookout at the Grand Flow just sounds so fancy And any Disney Vacation Club resort actually has grills that you can use so all you have to do is just look for them I was browsing around the DVC rental store site looking at the guaranteed Available reservations and I found a super cheap rate here at the Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian So I reached out to the world of DVC. We set everything up about a bang about a boom We're gonna have a cookout and I love that We're gonna actually start the resort tour now I got my room number already, but I wanted to show you the grilling area This is right outside the Villas building itself. The Villas building is right there They have some nice furniture to grills. It's first come first serve They have utensils on the inside that you can actually go get and it's just very nice. It's very clean I love it. I love it. I think it's gonna be so fun. They even have a basketball court right next door, too But that's gonna be a little bit later on right now I want to head up to the room get checked in show you the room and Kind of just unwind a little bit The last time I stayed here at the Grand Floridian I stayed over in the Mary Poppins themed rooms, which is over on that side of the resort Over here is where the Villas are and these rooms are much bigger and they have a lot more amenities to them You know what I mean? I have like the full kitchens and everything like that. That's a new style of room So I'm excited to show you guys everything that you get inside the room at one of the Villas If you guys are looking into staying at a Disney resort, whether it be a full vacation or just a Staycation like one single day. I highly encourage you to look into renting DVC points through the DVC rental store I've always thought I can never afford to stay here and you'd be shocked at how cheap some of the room Rates are like I was looking at Animal Kingdom Lodge the other day It was a hundred and thirty dollars a night. That is so crazy when I wanted to book to Grand Floridian here It was three hundred dollars. I always thought it was thousands of dollars and right now I think on that site because I usually check every day They have a Boulder Ridge coming up in the next two weeks at Disney's World in a Slodge for only two hundred and sixty dollars And I was really thinking about booking it, but I highly suggest it I have all of their links in my description so you guys can check it out It is definitely worth it. It can save you thousands of dollars. Trust me. Trust me Let's head on up to our room so I can give you guys the room tour and Soak up the AC because it is incredibly hot outside and I love coming in the Villa's building I like they have this nice little Penguin fountain right here. I always point it out and I also just like looking straight up once you get in here Look at that Isn't she a beaut Clark? We're staying in a deluxe studio and we are on the third floor and once I got off the elevator It reminded me of the time that I Was accidentally walking around the Grand Floridian in my Grand Floridian bathrobe. Do you guys remember that? I don't know if you've seen that video or not, but it was hysterical. I Just absolutely loved the Victorian style charm the Grand Floridian offers. It is so nice in here I like everything. I like the headboard because it has these curved sides to it I don't even know why I just like it They have some Mary Poppins artwork over here and the happiest millionaire the bed looks nice Even underneath the bed no space to lay down But they got you covered because there are dresser drawers in the bottom of the bed Which is so funny just can't sleep under there But that's okay because they have plenty of other places to sleep You have the day bed over here You got the couch and then you also have another pull-out bed. I think right here as well. I'm pretty sure this is oh Yeah, we'll get to all that we'll get to that then over here once we walk in we have the nice little kitchen area Got the microwave a Keurig no mr. Coffee here, but I don't see any French vanilla creamer No, no French vanilla creamer. Is this a double fridge? Look at this. It's got a freezer I don't think I've ever seen a freezer in a room. Hey, where's the Bud Light? But I've never seen a freezer in any of the rooms before that is so crazy This is nice. Wait, what's over here? Oh? Oh, well very fancy. There's the bath robes There they are the Grand Floridian bath robes Very nice closet here got some backup laundry detergent That is definitely coming home with me I'm taking that Also, I have to say a big rip to the H2O products. That's gonna be so sad to see them go That's actually H2O laundry detergent. I'm gonna like keep that forever I mean, it's gonna be something I could probably sell in eBay for a lot of money in the future They have two bathrooms here. You've got the traditional tubby tub nice little tub here with the commode and Got some more H2O products. They're locked up though That's the only bad thing and it's split because then on this side you got the sink and then you got the stand-up shower Look at this. This looks really good. I like this. I wouldn't mind taking a shower It's got the fancy shower head that makes it look like it's raining Got some more H2O there. Yeah, I like it a lot in here Also, I didn't have a Mary Poppins shirt So I wore my Remi's ratatouille shirt and I like it. I think it fits the Grand Floridian perfectly It also comes with a microwave oven too. Look at that some fancy plates Oh, no, not fancy plates paper plates. I thought they used to have fancy plates. I guess they changed things up a little bit cutbacks Now let's get back to those sleeping arrangements. First. Let's pull down this day bed I don't know if you'll leave these tables here or not. I don't know I Tell you it's really hard to pull these down with one hand, but let's see. Oh, it's coming out fast No, it's not it stopped. There's a safety there. Okay. Good. Good. Look at that Kind of folds up there. Well There we go. Oh look at that That is such a nice mural a Mary Poppins mural and you got like an extra bed here so you got two beds right here and Plenty of space and then over here You've got another bed that I was gonna show you before but It's a sleeping Dumbo. I love it Sweet dreams, so where would you guys want to sleep? Very nice very comfortable. I like it four pillows. That's a plus. I Like this one too. It's very nice very comfy. I like the Mary Poppins mural Okay, but it's pretty obvious the winner's got to be the Dumbo the sleeping baby Dumbo You can't go you can't go wrong with this at all. I Actually want to take a nap right now But now let's take a look at the balcony and this is one of the most important parts of a resort for me personally I love balconies. I love views. I love coffee and sunsets So it definitely ranks up there high on whether or not I think a resort is worth it or not One of the things I love about this balcony here at the Grand Floridian is you can hear That nice like Grand Floridian music as you sit out here It is so nice. Look at this. I Love it so peaceful and they got the Polynesian over there You got the Grand Floridian wedding chapel right there You can see the ferry boats going back and forth the contemporary This is a good view. I like it a lot The furniture is not too bad either look at this That's solid metal right there. No plastic stuff. We don't need that. It's a Grand Floridian here. I Say this all the time, but I can spend hours sitting on a balcony at a Disney resort But we have a lot we want to do today. I guess that maybe rent a boat definitely gonna do a little cookout and In fact, we need to get groceries. We need to get some groceries delivered to us In fact, I think we're actually gonna have our groceries delivered And I think we had a knock on the door looks like it's here Hello there hello there Yeah, so thank you. This is some very nice room service. You got some you've got some wieners there Some watermelon some water some chips. Look at this some snacks Watermelon some burgers chips. Oh my lord Labor day cookout here at the Grand Flor. I like it Sean's telling me he can get underneath this bed here. I Can't get on it. Look at him This is what you get for being six nine are you six nine how tall is five six five, okay This is hysterical This is when you know your friends watch your videos when they try to get underneath the bed Here is a quick look at the map of the resort We are staying here at the villas over here is the main building and then big pine key is the other Disney Vacation Club building Those are where the Mary Poppins themed rooms are it's pretty massive It's better to stay over here because you're close to everything else But the rooms over here like I said, I just think they're much more accommodating and they have a lot more amenities Now that we got our groceries Compliments to Sean for the delivery We're gonna go explore around the resort a little bit and then start cooking out you have a little cookout Maybe check out the boat like I said, I don't know I just like kind of going boat and I feel like Labor Day cookout boat, you know, we'll see if it's possible Maybe it's not in our cards We embarked on going around and exploring the resort and we came across some cornhole to have set up here It's actually Labor Day. So it fits perfectly, you know, oh shark fest, too Looks like they've got some Nagio shark fest cornhole. I wonder if I can get one in on the first shot. Let's see Not gonna not gonna retake this. We're just gonna go for it one-handed Yep We'll give it a go. How about a who? No Cornhole has never been my game But if we're gonna be outside grilling or maybe going on a boat They guys should swing into the Grand Floridian grab some sunblock I have some sunblock that the second star collective actually sent me so she is so awesome Thank you Shannon, but I forgot it at home and yeah It's very hot and I will get very burned today. So let's go see if they have any. Hopefully they do I Had to stop into the main lobby and just soak up the AC a little bit listen to the piano It's so nice in here. So calming. I'm hoping that we could actually rent a boat I don't know what time they stopped renting out the boats, but Sean's already dressed up like a captain. So I was like I was like Sean, where's your cat mat? I let him borrow mine. Sean's ready. I'll have to switch on and off. Yep It looks like they do sell some block here at the sandy coast. So I got the good old Sport 50 4-in-1 performance. So I'm gonna give it a close my eyes Oh wait, I gotta take my glasses off I learned better because then it's almost impossible to clean your glasses, but I Don't know if they opened up the boat renting back yet again I don't know if it's available, but we're gonna see but I'd love to take out one of these little pontoon boats Just go explore around Bay Lake or seven seas Lagoon technically Looks like we're in luck and the boats are available. So we're gonna rent out a boat just for a little bit and head out on the high seas Right here at the Grand Floridian captain's shipyard, they've got the firework cruises They got the guided bass fishing and then the boat renting hits $45 for 30 minutes But you get 10 guests in there. So you have 10 people, you know That's definitely worth the same thing that goes with the firework cruise You have 10 people that want to split a firework cruise for $400. It's only $40 Let's go captain. It's time to go boating Shred off the Disney wish. Yeah Learned how to drive that baby What you learn how to drive the Disney wish? Wow, these are big boats though These are bigger than the ones over at the contemporary. I feel like We are now on the boat and my friend Haley from this cupcake actually just was walking by and her friend Taylor So we were like hey come on the boat. I mean it was just me and Sean So now we got more friends. Are you ready captain? Yes? We're good to go. Take me to Cinderella castle I'm backing up backing up backing up Look at that Cinderella castle straight on right there No way this is a no wake zone. Yeah, I'll live happily ever after There it is that's the one What a shot I Think we're parallel to Main Street, USA right now. They go straight. Yeah, like if we went straight we'd be going to write down Main Street, USA Little standout while we're boating It does feel good Now Nate is taking over the boat Captain Maro Seven seas ago Momentarily delayed because there's a ferry crossing in front of us they have the right-of-way, but look at that Look at all those people heading to Magic Kingdom, and we're just driving by All right captain Sean take us home bring us in Don't crash though we got to go right there. She's waiting for us Well, that was a lot of fun I like to go out boating all the time especially here on like you know Bay Lake It's so nice. There's so many things that you get to go see and it was cool to see Haley and her friend Taylor So nice to invite them along the boat is up to ten people and it was just me and Sean So might as well invite other people to have fun and now time to eat time to cook out We're gonna have ourselves a little grand Floridian cookout. Maybe we'll make this a tradition When you want to start grilling you actually go into the front desk area and they have a little bit of everything for you it's actually you know you're grilling utensils and All you have to do is give them your room number and then return them clean when you're done Look at that got a lighter spatula fork All the utensils here's the grills They look pretty good. They look good. Yeah, which one you got two of them this one looks better so I think we'll do this one and Of course, we already have our groceries and when it came to deciding what we wanted to eat You know, I was thinking in my head, you know, you're at the Grand Floridian one of Disney World's most Luxurious restaurant. He wants a medium. Everyone's been asking for us to cook them a burger It's been really awesome like all the cast members are like hey, what are you guys cooking? But anyway, when we were trying to decide on what we were going to eat We're at like the most luxurious Disney resort and instead of going all fancy with some steaks We decided to go with a good old hot dog and hamburger cookout Here is our spread. We got some turkey dogs. We've got some Chuck brisket burgers We've got some water Malone some kettle cook chips some ketchup mustard some all-purpose seasoning and some Cona spiked island seltzers This is everything you need That's all well. We sure got some big beans No big beans. That's not classy enough. Not classy enough All right, Sean's gonna try lighting up the the grills here. There are instructions think you might want to stick it down here Once grill is lit turn knob. Yep, right there It's lit once grill is lit turn knob to high and preheat grilled for five to seven minutes Yep, so put these all on high There they go Yeah, it's all lit Yep Oh, all right. We did it. You did it. Yes. Oh, by the way, Jenna Lars is here. Look at that. I Got a season those burgers all purpose this stuff Good stuff. Oh, yeah, get it. Oh, yeah, look at that. I watch my finger. You got the trigger finger Gonna roll those dogs. I like I like my I like my hot dogs burnt I like them just like I like my steaks Pittsburgh style, you know, you know, just push those back there That's the way. I don't think the burgers are ready. Not yet. Not yet Monorails and a cookout. Look at this. This is crazy. I love it Come on over It's 98 degrees out we need someone to stand in front of the grill It is so hot out though, like if we're grilling right now Lars is a pit master here He's like, hey, you guys got butter to grill the buns You're gonna grill the buns. You gotta grill the buns. Yeah As the dogs and the burgers are cooking we've got some chips some water Malone Some Kona spiked island seltzers just hanging out While the food is cooking up me and Sean are gonna play a little one-on-one Yeah, the basketball court right next to the grills here Are they ready? Those burgers are ready. Hold on. Hold on now. We got to crank the heat down I got a nice quarter turn on them. Oh, where's the grill marks? Oh, that was not bad not bad Nice All right, you got to put those hot dogs on the top. They got to go up top there All right, we got to put these hot dogs on the top shelf here Gonna flop them up here. We want them nice and they got a plump up here. Oh I'm dropping my dogs There we go double decker double decker hot dogs Yeah, there we go. How you doing? Thank you You guys want a hot dog? Are you sure? I mean, we're cooking up look Well enjoy dinner We're also drinking these Kona spiked island seltzers. This is a starfruit lime Monterey all coming in I'm blinded by the light All right, let's get a hot dog here. Let's get a dog. Let's get a dog. I want this one right here. Oh There we go. Let me get the plates. Yeah. Yeah Take this dog right here this bun right here We're doing this all with a little fork here There we go pit masters That's the way It's very toasty and hot. Thank you. You guys want a hot dog hot dog hamburger anything. All right, we'll have fun Nice meeting you too. Enjoy your Labor Day Official dog tastes the dog. Hey. Hey. Hey. There we go Oh Good This is a toasty bun, but we're about to have one of these nice brisket burgers. Which one should I go for this one? I'm feeling a connection to this one take the one in the back. That's the way Look at the monorail coming in right now as you're Preparing your burger. Wow. Isn't that cool? What a labor day. I've never had a labor day like this The people that cook out in Florida How do they do it? I don't know. It's so hot. It's September. It's so hot right now, and we shouldn't play basketball Yeah, we should have played basketball either There were mistakes made today. We sat in the sun Got a boom now. We're eating some hot dogs All right, enough of the cookout. That was a lot of fun though. Seriously was so cool just to be able to say you had a cookout at the Grand Floridian and Even seen the monorail just drive above us as we were flipping our hamburgers such a unique thing And I definitely want to do it more do it at different resorts If you guys haven't seen like when I cooked out wilderness lodge and the tree house and a couple of other places It's always a good time and it is so hot out. It is the hottest Summer since like 1903 they said it's the hottest September not summer hottest September since 1903 I read or I heard on the radio and now we're going to the pool our friends actually have a private cabana So we're gonna be hanging out by the pool with a private cabana going down the water slide and join some more Grand Floridian time Here at the Grand Floridian pool they have private cabanas that you can actually rent out And it's really cool because it comes with snacks desserts fruits drinks and they come up and they serve you and it's a nice place to actually retreat so we're gonna be hanging out one of them Here is a look of everything that you get when you stay or you rent out one of the private cabanas comes with some snacks It comes with the Lars comes with comes with the Jen and then Jen's dad Look at that. It's really cool. And also you do get some fruit. You get a dessert plate You get a hidden Mickey with the towels Jen actually made these really custom cool Grand Floridian cups And also our cabanas and cocktails cups. I don't have mine though. I forgot it But they are very fancy and then also you get water you get you know water soda get a private little fridge there It's really comfy. It's very nice. Oh It does has a TV fan Everything Wow There is a lot to this Very fancy. They do To rent out a private cabana. It's around $250 depending on the season and you have it the whole entire day the whole entire day You can come and go as you like you can order food. It does not include alcohol, but you do have an Actual service where they actually go to the bar and bring stuff back and it's kind of cool Like especially of a big family because you have somewhere that you can just have your own You know hideaway just for the whole entire day if you want to spend the day at the pool And now I think we're gonna go down the slides. We're gonna go ride go down the waterslides here at the Grand Floridian I brought the GoPro so you might hear a little change in audio You know I mean sometimes the audio changes over because it's a different camera, but I do love me a waterslide It's hard for me to tell you guys what my favorite waterslide at a Disney Resort pool is but I do like this one But I feel like there's a lot of better ones. I mean, I like how they have like the rock work here But here's the waterslide itself Goes all the way up there and you actually fly down this you go super fast All right, here is the waterslide and look at the Grand Floridian over there. It's so nice. I Like it a lot. We'll go down multiple times We gotta wait for the green light this time I think I'm gonna do it facing me so you guys can see but I'm scared. I'm scared. All right. I'm flipping around I have no idea why I'm so afraid of going underneath this waterfall Especially since we're in water, but it is kind of scary and all it honestly makes me feel like I'm drowning But I'm gonna show it for you guys for you guys All right green light ago Look at this speed look at this speed Whoa That's hysterical Alright, I think I am done with the pool for now. I'm actually whooped I mean, this was a very big big day today. We did so much. We're on boating. We weren't cooking out We played some b-ball. We ended up hanging out at the pool. That's a great day like I got a lot done today and Now I think I'm just gonna head back and call it a night like I am whooped But I had so much fun and the cabana was really cool the cabana actually We did find out it was $2.99 plus tax, but there are discounts available for it and I think that's so awesome it's available all day and Yeah, I think we're gonna head back Something I want to point out to you guys before I start to make my way back up to my room I always judge resorts on how fancy their furniture is in the lobby I don't know why I just look at chairs and I'm like whoa, and that's very fancy and the couches Look at that look in the bottom look at the bottom on the couches there. That's very very fancy They have this thing right here. This is very cool And then they have these chairs that kind of feel like someone's hugging you I've actually seen a video with someone dressed up as like one of these chairs and then when someone sat down They came and grabbed them so now I'm afraid to sit on them because that would be frightening and I think they used to have an Espresso Machine over here, and it's gone now. They must have another cup back or something, but I remember I used to get a Espresso all the time And with that, I think we are done here today Honestly, like I said, I couldn't ask for a better day today It was so much fun getting to hang out with some friends do some pretty Incredible things you know what I mean? Like it's been a wonderful little staycation here at the Grand Floridian Villas and Thank you to the world of BBC. They sponsored this video. They gave me the points for it and Like I said, check out all their links in the description. I'm telling you I only I only do these sponsored videos I only do things that I like agree with and that I can a hundred percent back and People ask me all the time for tips like coming to the Walt Disney World Resort And I always tell them first thing rent DVC point so I'm always backing things that I'm actually passionate about and I'm passionate about that world of DVC and DVC retail store the rental store. It's it's definitely a great idea So I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye