Grand Floridian Outer Building Construction Celebrates Completion
After a little more than a year of work, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa finished a large portion of its “practically perfect” renovations this week. For the first time since March 2022, the outer buildings of the resort appear to be void of all construction equipment.
Recently, crews completed the exterior work at both the Sugar Loaf and Sago Key buildings, the last of the outer buildings to receive necessary work on siding, ventilation, and fire escape staircases.
As of this morning, the crains used for the work as well as extensive scaffolding and tarping no longer covered Sago Key. In another sign of completion, the walkway connecting Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa to the Magic Kingdom also reopened.
Protective fencing did remain outside of the Sago Key landscaping this morning, though one can expect that to come down in the near future as well.
With the resort’s 35th annivesary just a month away, crews will now turn their attention the Grand Floridian’s main building. So far, much of the retheming at the resort took subtle cues from “Mary Poppins Returns” at Citricos, one of the resort’s fine dining establishments, as well as the guest rooms.
Construction is expected to continue until Fall 2023 with work focused on enhancing the already-elegant aesthetic of the resort’s main building. It will certainly be exciting to see how everything comes together at the resort over the next few months, espeically with its anniversary experience on the horizon.