Fort Lauderdale Grande

[coiran]

Has anyone stayed at the FLL Grande lately?

 

Ron

[beachfanatic]

yes, was there Nov 9th. Do yourself a favor and stay elsewhere. they need to finish the renovation first. They put you at the other end of the hotel by the street. The noise from the construction makes the pool experience less than relaxing....try the pier 66....or the renaissance

[booze brothers]

Has anyone stayed at the FLL Grande lately?

 

Ron

 

 

Ron, we still have time. When our son gets home, he'll keep trying priceline and if we get something good I'll let you know. If you don't mind posting your email, I'd be glad to get back to you personally. If not, I'll keep posting here. Mimi from PA.

[drjochen]

We had the Renaissance Ft. Lauderdale booked for a precruise stay. Now Princess changed us, without asking, to the Fort Lauderdale Grande, which has a lower rating and get much worse reviews at Expedia (4.4 vs. 3.5) etc. It also seems to be under construction! Of course, the price for the package remains the same....

 

Has anyone stayed there recently?

 

Btw., when I called Princess, they claim that the Renaissance Ft. Lauderdale does not participate in the precruise packages anymore - yet they advertise the hotel on their web page!

[coiran]

I just boked the Grande for Mar 2 and 17, 200y for $139 - it is cancwllable - I also have the LaQuinta on Mar 2 for $89 through quickbook, also cancellable. In the meantime I am going to try priceline for the Renaissance. We recently stayed there for $114 through hotwire.

Ron

rjandy@chartermi.net

[Cruising89143]

We had the Renaissance Ft. Lauderdale booked for a precruise stay. Now Princess changed us, without asking, to the Fort Lauderdale Grande, which has a lower rating and get much worse reviews at Expedia (4.4 vs. 3.5) etc. It also seems to be under construction! Of course, the price for the package remains the same....

 

Has anyone stayed there recently?

 

Btw., when I called Princess, they claim that the Renaissance Ft. Lauderdale does not participate in the precruise packages anymore - yet they advertise the hotel on their web page!

 

Here is a post that I started a few weeks back.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=453558

[drjochen]

So, I just called Princess asking them to honor my original reservation. They gave me the usual (friendly, but totally worthless) runanround about how the hotels are the same , they are not aware of any construction at the Grande (she promised me there would be no construction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). BS.....even the hotel webpage mentions the construction!

Bottom line: there is northing they will or can do. See, I wouldn't care, but since we had not bokked this hotel but a better one, I feel that I am getting screwed over before I even go on the cruise.

[booze brothers]

You could probably cancel your reservation but finding another hotel is going to be a problem. Lets just hope it isn't all that bad.