My wife and I spent the night at the Grand Hotel o...

My wife and I spent the night at the Grand Hotel on October 18-19 and had a terrific experience. We decided to upgrade to a lake-view room, and we couldn't have been happier with the room we were given (364). Great view, very comfortable beds, nice furnishings. But, more importantly, every staff member we interacted with during our stay was friendly, helpful, and efficient, including the servers at dinner and breakfast and on the porch and in the Cupola Bar, the people at the front desk, and the young guy on the entrance steps who took our picture more than once. The hotel itself is, obviously, just beautiful, inside and out. We spent part of an afternoon on the big porch, having a drink and taking in the incomparable view. We enjoyed our food at both dinner and breakfast and had excellent service at both. But more than any single thing, the experience as a whole--the surroundings, the views, the sense of history and elegance (dressing up for dinner, something we normally would shy away from, is actually a nice touch in this context)--was really great. (We were also extremely lucky with our weather: two fantastic Fall days.) Five stars all the way.