![]() The Disneyland Resort announced it would provide all guests of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel a free night's stay.Third-party notices are provided solely for your information and include the original copyright and license. All guests were returned to their rooms by 7:00 AM some were sent to other hotels in the area. Two guests were treated for minor injuries, one of which was a severe headache. The fire was contained by the hotel's sprinkler system and by the quick work of the Anaheim Fire Department. All 2,300 guests at the hotel were evacuated within four minutes. ![]() At about 3:00 AM PST on December 28, 2005, a Christmas tree in the main lobby caught fire after electric maintenance workers replaced lights on the tree.When the project was completed, the Grand Californian became the third-largest Disney owned hotel worldwide, up from its then-current 4th place standing. ![]() The new expansion was known as The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. Other elements of the project included a rooftop deck for viewing fireworks, a new swimming pool, and about 300 underground parking spaces. Those vacation villas, which include kitchens, living and dining areas, and other home-like amenities, marked the West Coast debut of Disney Vacation Club. The 2.5-acre expansion on the hotel's south side added more than 200 new hotel rooms and 50 two-bedroom equivalent vacation villas. In September 2007, in response to a growing demand for guest accommodations in Anaheim, the Disneyland Resort announced an expansion to the hotel that would include the first Disney Vacation Club accommodations on the west coast, and increase the hotel capacity by more than 30% to nearly 1000 rooms. It does, however, share many thematic elements with Disney's Wilderness Lodge (also designed by Dominick) at the Walt Disney World Resort. The two hotels do not share themes, though, as the Grand Californian is a Craftsman theme, while the Grand Floridian is of a Victorian theme. Its name is based on Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, its sister resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. Some early Roycroft items are on display in the lobby. Many of the items found throughout the hotel have been handcrafted by modern practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement using traditional techniques. The glowing nook in front of the fireplace features rocking chairs in which to enjoy the fire. ![]() The central lobby is a living room done in immense scale with a massive fireplace and vast arching beams overhead and furnished with comfortable chairs and sofas arranged around small coffee tables. The reception hall is based on the interior of the Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco, increased in scale to accommodate the large reception desk. For the Grand Californian, the theme was taken from a garden idea and scaled up so that the garden became a forest. Many Craftsman homes have a garden theme. The interior design of the hotel also features the Craftsman motif, albeit on a larger scale. The exterior evokes the feel of National Park Service lodges of the Western United States, particularly the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park and, to a lesser degree, the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. Despite the large scale of the hotel (750 rooms), the architecture still captures the key elements of the Craftsman style: wide sweeping roofs, projecting beams, exaggerated braces, and colors that blend with nature. The Storytellers Cafe features a large tile mural that is a reproduction of an original design by the Gladding McBean Company for a Robin Hood Room in the Wilmington public library.ĭesigned by architect Peter Dominick of Urban Design Group Inc., it is based on the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s. For instance, two of the Guest Suites, as well as the California Boardroom, pay homage to Frank Lloyd Wright the Napa Rose restaurant features a rose motif in the glass design which was inspired by Charles Rennie MacKintosh. Many of the hotel's rooms and features are tributes to various Craftsman-era architects and designers. The entry is officially only open to guests of the Resort hotels and guests re-entering with handstamps.
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