carrielovesdisney
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2011
We are looking into staying at Coronado Springs in October with 4 kids ages 8-3. I have heard it isn't kid friendly. It looks beautiful. But I am so unsure...
My family stayed at CSR in December 2010. It was me, my husband, and two kids, ages 8 and 10. We loved it! The resort is fairly large, but unless you have mobility issues, it is not unreasonable. The landscaping is beautiful and the amenities are great. The pool is huge and has a great waterslide. Additionally each section (Ranchos, Casitas, and Cabanas) has its own quiet pool right next to the buildings. We picked CSR because it is the most upscale of the moderates, and the only moderate to have a dedicated bus line. Because it is a convention hotel, it doesn't share buses with any other resort. This made the transportation so much easier at the end of a long day.
I would highly recommend CSR. We are going back to WDW in September of this year, and after much agonizing about maybe trying something diferent, we finally decided to go back to CSR. But then when free dining came out, we we able to save enough money to upgrade to Wilderness Lodge instead. So no CSR this year, but it will always be our first choice of moderates.
Thank you! I am a little nervous because there is a convention while we are there. Will this effect the food court? How was your experiences?
The main thing about the conventions is that there are people walking around a lot with the name tags on , that type of thing. My husband thought it took away a little from the magic. However, I thought the resort was beautiful and the kids loved the pool and we all loved the Arcade as DH and I could sit at a table outside of it and the kids were in the arcade ( they were 8 and 10 at the time). The main pool was always packed when we went (during a busy time) but the quiet pool we often had to ourselves, which the kids loved. It does have a busy feel to this resort everywhere, but we never had any problems with getting food. The food court is a little different there than some places and the quick place stop didn't really meet our needs other than refilling our mugs, which was easy. Although I thought this was an excellent resort, now that I've found POR, I would probably not go back, as POR's food court is outstanding and has so many excellent attributes, to me that exceed here. However, we enjoyed our trip here.
and they are not taking up space on the buses or at the pool.I just laugh at those people (and you'll see them around the Epcot resorts too, especially at night). I've been to conventions and had those silly name tags and as soon as I left the convention meeting room, that tag came off.
I am curious because we have thought about staying at CSR when just my Dh and I come back until I read that the air conditioners have motion sensors on them and at night when nobody is moving around the room the a/c cuts off.
Have any of you who have posted here that say you love CSR not have an issue with your a/c cutting off at night?
I can't sleep in a hotel room without any air blowing. I would wake up hot all night.
Now someone said you can call maintenance every 2 days and have them come and do some kind of bypass to your a/c unit that will allow it to stay on but who wants to do that every 2 days and wait hours in your room waiting for someone to come fix your air.
Is it not an issue for those of you who stay at CSR?