So we're likely going back to the same resort as we stayed at last time (CSR). It's because we had such an amazing stay and even though we would like to explore some other resorts -- there were so many positives about CSR for our family's needs, we don't want to risk switching.
Though there's still some underlying fear that the resort might pale to our previous experience. Or that part of our appreciation of its awesomeness had a lot to do with the village and building we ended up in -- being that we just really lucked out with being fairly close to the main building, on the first floor, right around the corner from a quiet pool, and across the parking lot from the first bus stop. Basically -- it was ideal for us.
Basically other villages or buildings might not be as awesome because of their different positioning on the resort or in proximity to a quiet pool and bus stop.
So now the other decision-maker in the party is wondering ... rather than just waiting and seeing where we end up in the giant resort ... is there any way we can snag the same building (or even the same room) as we had last year?
I know there's no real way to guarantee this. But any tips on how you go about putting in a request and ways to do it that may make that little wish come true ... it'd be much appreciated.
I know we can put a village preference and then two placement preferences when you do online check-in. We did that last time and we got the two placement requests (near a pool and near a bus stop) but not our village preference. That worked out fine. I'm wondering what the likelihood of us getting the same building if we put the village we were in and the near pool and near bus options again? Or if it's all pretty random? We'd requested Cabanas last time because we'd seen lots of reviews that it was the nicest, quietest, best for families and closest of the non-preferred rooms to El Centrado. We got put in Building 4 of Casistas. And after walking around the resort -- we think we preferred our area better than Cabanas. But Casistas is the largest village, it seems, and I think we just got lucky in being that close to the quiet pool (or maybe not given our other preferences we ticked off).
We didn't go in and explore the Ranchos area -- just skirted around it on the walking trail. It looked peaceful but it's definitely a bit of a hike to the main building and we'd prefer a quiet pool over the Dig Site proximity. We do spend a lot of time on the resort because of a health issue in our family. It's really more of a 'resort' vacation for us than a 'Disney Parks' vacation. We'll probably only spend 'three days' in the parks and then we'll likely only be spending late-afternoon and/or evening in the parks, if last year is any indication. And we'll be doing one or both of the water parks. The water parks and the pools are a BIG novelty and vacation selling point in our family and a very special treat. So basically ... being near a quiet pool (and having it almost feel like our own personal, private pool for hours each day) was a huge thing for us last year and something we hope to be able to recapture on some level this year. Though, we completely understand every vacation and experience is going to be different.
We're really just hoping for the best and hoping it lives up to our first time Disney experience. So nervous it won't!
Can you really capture that kind of magic twice? Yikes.
Though there's still some underlying fear that the resort might pale to our previous experience. Or that part of our appreciation of its awesomeness had a lot to do with the village and building we ended up in -- being that we just really lucked out with being fairly close to the main building, on the first floor, right around the corner from a quiet pool, and across the parking lot from the first bus stop. Basically -- it was ideal for us.
Basically other villages or buildings might not be as awesome because of their different positioning on the resort or in proximity to a quiet pool and bus stop.
So now the other decision-maker in the party is wondering ... rather than just waiting and seeing where we end up in the giant resort ... is there any way we can snag the same building (or even the same room) as we had last year?
I know there's no real way to guarantee this. But any tips on how you go about putting in a request and ways to do it that may make that little wish come true ... it'd be much appreciated.
I know we can put a village preference and then two placement preferences when you do online check-in. We did that last time and we got the two placement requests (near a pool and near a bus stop) but not our village preference. That worked out fine. I'm wondering what the likelihood of us getting the same building if we put the village we were in and the near pool and near bus options again? Or if it's all pretty random? We'd requested Cabanas last time because we'd seen lots of reviews that it was the nicest, quietest, best for families and closest of the non-preferred rooms to El Centrado. We got put in Building 4 of Casistas. And after walking around the resort -- we think we preferred our area better than Cabanas. But Casistas is the largest village, it seems, and I think we just got lucky in being that close to the quiet pool (or maybe not given our other preferences we ticked off).
We didn't go in and explore the Ranchos area -- just skirted around it on the walking trail. It looked peaceful but it's definitely a bit of a hike to the main building and we'd prefer a quiet pool over the Dig Site proximity. We do spend a lot of time on the resort because of a health issue in our family. It's really more of a 'resort' vacation for us than a 'Disney Parks' vacation. We'll probably only spend 'three days' in the parks and then we'll likely only be spending late-afternoon and/or evening in the parks, if last year is any indication. And we'll be doing one or both of the water parks. The water parks and the pools are a BIG novelty and vacation selling point in our family and a very special treat. So basically ... being near a quiet pool (and having it almost feel like our own personal, private pool for hours each day) was a huge thing for us last year and something we hope to be able to recapture on some level this year. Though, we completely understand every vacation and experience is going to be different.
We're really just hoping for the best and hoping it lives up to our first time Disney experience. So nervous it won't!
Can you really capture that kind of magic twice? Yikes.
