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 Description:
Built in the grand Victorian style of the early 1900's with a strong
Key West influence.
Convention Space:
40,000 sq. ft. of meeting space at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort
& Spa Convention Space.
Rooms:
900 guest rooms (839 standard rooms/61 suites)
Points of Interest:
*Aviary: The
Chinese-style aviary in the lobby was crafted in Spain and houses
Australian Rosy Bourke parrots.
*Antique Lace:
Antique lace pieces, made around the turn-of-the-century, are on
display in the main lobby.
*Big
Bertha: The
organ was built nearly a century ago in Paris by Gavoli & Co.
and used from 1909 to 1955 in Ramona Park, and amusement park in
Grand Rapids, MI> The instruments include pipes, drums, bells,
cymbals, castanets, and a xylophone played by a piano-roll score.
*Chandeliers:
The
two large chandeliers in the lobby are 16 feet tall and 14 feet wide
at the base. Each weighs approximately one ton and has 44 candelabras.
*Maps: The
gallery located near the entrance to Victoria & Albert's
features eleven original maps of Florida dated from 1775 up to the
period of railroad tycoon Henry M. Flagler's railway lines.
*Mizner: The
name comes from Addison Mizner, an architect who specialized in
"Gatsbyesque" mansions in Palm Beach and Boca Raton.
*Narcoossee's:
The
name comes from the city of Narcoossee in Osceola County.
*Piano: The
piano in the Lobby is a Victorian piece obtained from an estate in Georgia.
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