We stayed last November, during free dining. Just my opinions:
The good:
-Food court had good options, good size.
-Pool itself was nice.
-Refurbished room was nice, very quiet.
-No issue with getting our room request (Jamaica 45).
-Bell services was helpful.
The bad:
-BUSES. Yikes. No bueno. The resort was at capacity due to free dining and they were not prepared.
-Did not care for the chopped up seating area at the pool. Also very small seating area for the size of the resort.
-Resort is LARGE. Considerably larger than POR or CSR where we've previously stayed. Too large to even spend any time walking around taking in the resort, like we've done elsewhere.
The ugly:
-So large we couldn't even walk from Custom House to our room - had to take the internal shuttle, and have our bags delivered (not allowed on internal shuttle). Luckily we arrived late and bell services was only 20 minutes behind us.
-There was an instance when the bus depot behind Old Port Royale got so crowded, people had to wait behind it in the parking lot because there was no room. Buses would fill quickly and never made it through all the bus stops. No formal line at the bus depots, so people would waltz up and board before people who had been waiting there for 20+ minutes. People were losing their minds.
Hopefully CBR is better prepared to be one of only two moderates offered under free dining this year.