We have stayed in Sequoia Lodge on 6 previous occasions, and have always stayed in the main building. When we go in February 2014, we will be staying in a lodge for the first time. We have 4 kids, so need 2 rooms, so budget didn't stretch to main building this time. Hope we don't mind the walk to the main building for breakfast on the cold, dark mornings, that's my only concern.
In November I stayed in a Golden Forest Room. The bedrooms are on the 6th floor of the main building and are as described by bad-pink-tink, there is no difference except the addition of a fancy coffee machine! We had a lake view room and this was really pleasant and a nice surprise as we had not paid extra for this!The Golden Forest Lounge itself was quite interesting, but in my opinion, not worth the extra! The main advantage was that it was relatively peaceful and quiet compared to downstairs and there was plenty of character interaction if this is your thing! The breakfast is standard for the hotel. You can use the lounge all day and in the evening and it really is pleasant to walk back from the parks and then enjoy complimentary soft drinks or hot chocolate before turning in.If you are around the hotel at 16.00 there is a complimentary "High Tea" with pastries and hot drinks. We tried it one day, but I would rather have all my time in the parks, I can have pastries at home anytime!
Hi Trekkie101. Sorry not to reply earlier, was watching my team in the FA cup at Port vale which is a fair haul from Cornwall! I have a fairly poor photo of the view from the room, but am having trouble loading it! I will get it on here as soon as I can.FYI the view had the top of some trees to the right of the room above which I got panoramagique ascending, the centre of the view was lake Disney with the circus tent convention centre in the near distance and the Hollywood Tower Hotel in the far distance i could not see anything from Disneyland park! Not a vibrant view, but as Basil Fawlty would have said, what do you expect to see from a DLRP hotel window, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or even herds of Wildebeest sweeping across the Serengeti!As you could probably tell from my earlier post I like good value for money, must of us Cornish do! And I certainly would'nt pay extra for the view as I tend to spend very little time in my room at Disney.