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| Location | Disneyland Resort,Anaheim, California, U.S. |
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| Opened | January 2, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-02) |
| Theme | American Craftsman |
| Rooms | 948 |
| Suites | 44 |
| Villas | 71 |
| Operator | Disney Experiences |
| Website | Official website |
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Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa is a hotel located at theDisneyland Resort inAnaheim, California. The hotel was constructed as part of a major expansion of the Disneyland Resort in 2001. It was constructed and operated byThe Walt Disney Company. The hotel was designed in theAmerican Craftsman style ofarchitecture. It also features aDisney Vacation Club wing that opened on September 23, 2009. The hotel has a private entrance toDisney California Adventure Park. In 2017, Disney remodeled the rooms, along with the lobby.[1]
The hotel was designed by architect Peter Dominick of 4240 Architecture Inc. (formerly part of Urban Design Group Inc.). It has 948 rooms, in addition to 44 suites and 71 villas.
Craftsman style buildings often usegarden themes, which was Peter Dominick's inspiration for the hotel's forest theme. The reception hall is based on the interior of theSwedenborgian Church inSan Francisco, increased in scale to accommodate the large reception desk. The central lobby has a large fireplace and arching beams overhead, and is furnished with chairs and sofas arranged around small coffee tables.
Many of the items found throughout the hotel have been crafted by modern practitioners of theArts and Crafts style, and some earlyRoycroft items are on display in the lobby.[2]
Some of the hotel's rooms are tributes to variousCraftsman-era architects and designers such asFrank Lloyd Wright,Charles Rennie MacKintosh, and theGladding, McBean Company.
Its name is based onDisney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, its sister resort andWalt Disney World's flagship resort hotel.
TheDisneyland Monorail passes through the hotel on its way to the Downtown Disney Monorail station.[3] The Monorail does not stop at the hotel.
The hotel opened on January 2, 2001, as a part of the parks expansion forDisneyland Resort.
On September 18, 2007, the Disneyland Resort announced an expansion of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa that would increase accommodations by more than 30 percent and include the firstDisney Vacation Club villas in Anaheim.
The 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) expansion on the hotel's south side added more than 200 hotel rooms and 50 two-bedroom equivalent vacation villas and marked the West Coast debut of Disney Vacation Club, Disney's vacation ownership program. During this expansion and renovation, a swimming pool was added as well as a 300 space underground parking garage. Peter Dominick designed the ambitious expansion to complement the existing hotel. The project was completed in September 2009.[4]
With the completion of this major expansion, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa became the fourth-largest hotel in Orange County.[5]
TheDisney Vacation Club villas, added as part of the hotel's expansion, include kitchens, living and dining areas and other home-like amenities. The guest rooms feature the same decor as the hotel rooms in the original structure and continue the Californian Craftsman motif.
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| Established | 2001 (2001) |
| Owner | Disney Experiences |
| Head chef | Andrew Sutton |
| Food type | California cuisine |
| Coordinates | 33°48′28″N117°55′17″W / 33.80778°N 117.92139°W /33.80778; -117.92139 |
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| Reservations | Recommended but not required |
Napa Rose is a restaurant in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa that opened in 2001 as part ofDisney's expansion of its Anaheim property from one theme park (Disneyland) into a multi-parkresort complex.[6] It specializes inCalifornia cuisine and has aNapa Valley wine theme.[7] The restaurant's design is inspired byScottishArt Nouveau designerCharles Rennie Mackintosh.[8]
Napa Rose's head chef, Andrew Sutton, formerly of the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek's restaurant in Dallas,[9] was hired fromAuberge du Soleil in Napa Valley, and former general manager andsommelier Michael Jordan[citation needed] was hired from thePatina Restaurant Group.[7] Disney hired Sutton and Jordan in order to raise the credibility of its food and wine program.[7][10] The restaurant has won multiple awards[11][12] from different organizations, such as the Wine Spectator, Zagat, The Southern California Restaurant Writers and the Orange County Business Journal.[13]
Craftsman Bar & Grill, formerly known as White Water Snacks, is the refurbished quick service restaurant located in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.[14] Initially opened in 2001 with the hotel, it re-opened in 2019 under this new name with an expanded pool deck and revised menu.
At about 3:00 am on December 28, 2005, aChristmas tree in the main lobby caught fire after electric maintenance workers replaced lights on the tree. All 2,300 guests at the hotel were evacuated within four minutes. The fire was contained by the hotel'ssprinkler system and by theAnaheimFire Department. Two guests were treated for minor injuries, one of which was a severe headache. Guests were returned to their rooms by 7:00 am.[15]
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