Just got back today from a 6 night stay at CSR. It was just my son and I. We stayed in Cabanas 8A (thanks to everyone for recommending this location, its amazing!!!!!). Super close to the main pool and bus stop #4. The bus system at CSR was honestly the best i've experienced in disney. I couldnt believe how amazing it was. We waited no more than 5 min for a bus. And would you believe we didnt stand on the bus once? Not once! Both there and back.
Shocking!
The grounds are gorgeous and serene. So beautiful. Loved the hammocks, nice touch. The flowers around the resort is so gorgeous. The rooms itself are very nice and spotless. Mousekeeping was amazing, even thou we didnt get any towel animals, Lol! Wait i lied, we got one.
But they were great with replenishing the shampoo's towels etc whenever they were used up.
Pepper Market buffet (breakfast) was really good. I cant believe its a QS credit. Really good selection for a QS! Didnt try lunch thou. We did have dinner one time. I had pasta, it was pretty good! For dessert i had cheesecake, yummy! My son had nacho's and inhaled the whole thing, so it must've been good.
The pool is awesome. Love the fact that there's QS food and mug refills at the pool, in addition to the bar. VERY convenient. My son loved the ping pong table and arcade by the pool. The slide is a lot of fun, i think its a tad longer than the one at POR. We didnt use the beach volleyball but it looked like fun. The CM's doing the poolside activities during the day were really good. They had movies at night but we didnt get a chance to watch any. Honestly my first impression of the pool wasnt positive thou. I wasnt wow'd by the appearance. The pool seemed bigger in pictures. I honestly think i prefer the pool at POR for some reason. I find it nicer with all the water falling from above, even thou it is a smaller pool than CSR (but not by much i think).
CSR is a beautiful resort with a great bus system, better than any other resort i've seen to be honest. As i said, we didnt wait longer than 5 min for any bus. I heard one guest say one time they waited an hour for a MK bus, but something did happen. Theyre just not sure what.
My one and
only complaint is regarding their wifi. They have the WORST wifi connection EVER, it was the worst i've ever experience in all my years on this gorgeous planet of ours. It was beyond frustrating. I relied on wifi so my son can keep in touch with his dad (phone charges from canada are atrocious believe it or not). Another disser i met up with at the resort had stayed at casitas and said the wifi was great. So maybe it was just the cabanas 8a section?
I dunno. I know it wasnt my phone cause we had several devices which didnt work. You'd think a convention resort would have better wifi. sheesh! It did frustrated the ____ out of me.
You have no idea. For my entire stay, 6 nights, i think i had a connection only 3-4 times, TOPS....and it was brief, maybe 5 minutes. Then i'd be disconnected. Thats absolutely disgraceful. Having said that, I cant say i'd never stay here again because of the terrible wifi, but its just something i wanted to mention.
Other than that, its a great resort. Gorgeous, convenient. Very friendly staff. We loved it!
Prior to our stay at CSR, we did a 2 night room-only at Movies. We loved this resort as well believe it or not. A lot of fun. Better arcade which my son thinks is very important LOL!
After weighing out the pro's and con's from value to mod, and after looking at our experiences with movies and CSR (and previous year with POR & POP), I honestly cant say that my experience at disney was enhanced by the beauty of a mod level resort. The wifi was better at Movies, CSR was atrocious....re: theme, we liked the theme at both (despite the obvious differences). Both resorts have a fridge. My son used the pool waterslide at CSR only twice, he just doesnt care for them. I only used the hot tub once. CSR is nice, but im not sure i'd go out of my way to book a mod in the future. POR is my true love to be honest, the boat to DTD is awesome, and i find the grounds prettier. And even thou the pepper market buffet is a great value, overall i prefer POR food court.
For our next trip I have to think about long and hard if the appearance of the resort is worth the extra $$$. Essentially, thats all it is for us since we dont really benefit from all the extra's that mods offer. The only mod that would sway me would be POR because of the boat to DTD (love it). It helps that the grounds are gorgeous, and the pool & food court are great as well.
Im all over the place arent I? Lol.
our fave value so far. Havent tried AoA yet.
