Adventures by Disney Grand Canyon Day 1 Part 2

We were up early this morning and had breakfast in the Grand Hotel restaurant. We arrived at the hotel yesterday after our fantastic 1 hour taste of the Grand Canyon. We were all feeling pretty great when we arrived at the hotel.

I must admit, I had no idea what to expect from the hotel. I had read the “fair” reviews of the hotel on several places online. Prior to the trip, I spoke to my travel agent and expressed my concerns. She assured me the Disney Adventure Team was working with the hotel to ensure a positive experience.

When we pulled up the grounds were simple, yet clean. The lobby inside, rustic, few amenities, but clean. We got our room keys and had about an hour before dinner.

Grand Hotel Lobby

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The room is basic but, again, was clean. It was no Amara, but no one said it would be. I think the rooms have ammenities of a Disney value/moderate resort. The restaurant food, I would consider Pop Century level (Disney value hotel). This is a no frills hotel. However, our time in the room was going to be very limited considering we are at the Grand Canyon.

Grand Hotel

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Grand Hotel

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During dinner last night, an adult Native American man sung, while a young boy (12 years old), dressed in traditional attire, did several dances for us. He was quite good! The hard part about this was they were explaining the history of the various dances, in the midst of all of us eating a buffet. So it was noisy. After these gentleman, another Native American entertained the dining room with wooden flutes – and he had quite the assortment. Wonderful soothing music and very enjoyable to listen to.

Native American Dancer