Anyone know where the disability rooms are at Caribbean Resort?

[freemore]

I understand there are only 21 disability rooms at the Caribbean Resort, possibly because there are no elevators I guess. Does anyone know where the disability rooms usually are? Thanks

 

[SueM in MN]

The resort has 2,112 rooms.

The current ADA requirements apply to hotels designed and constructed after January 26, 1993. Since CBR was constructed in about 1988 or 1989, those guidelines would not have been required at that time. They did renovate a few years ago and would have probably come up to the requirement at that time.

The current requirements for the number of accessible rooms, call for a hotel with 1001 rooms and over to have 20 handicapped rooms plus 1 for each 100 over 1000 (plus 1 room with a roll-in shower for each 100 rooms).
I'm not sure if the 21 rooms you mention are the roll in shower rooms, but that may be what it is because that does meet the 1 room with a roll in shower for each 100 rooms.
(The 'handicapped' rooms in the requirement are ones with grab bars, raised seat toilets, but not roll in showers).

From what I have read/heard over the years, it sounds like the handicapped accessible and roll in shower rooms are distributed around the resort. You are right that they would all be on first floor because there are no elevators.
If you want a room in a specific area, you can make the request at the time of your reservation. From what I have read, just needing a handicapped room may not get you a 'preferred' location. So if you want one in that area, be sure to ask if there will be a higher fee (as there is for that location for people who don't need accessible rooms).

 

[dclfun]

Yes, they are located throughout the resort and as Sue mentioned if you want a preferred location which is considered one of the buildings close to the food court, then it is an extra charge. CBR is very spread out and from some of the buildings its a long hike to get from point A to point B.---Kathy

 

[soarinfan]

Aren't the handicapped rooms spread out in all the resorts in different locations?

 

[SueM in MN]

Aren't the handicapped rooms spread out in all the resorts in different locations?

 

[freemore]

I had requested a kingsize bed with a roll in shower and I think it cost $15 more for the Kingsize bed but I did not ask for a preferred room and was only charged $15/day for the Kingsize bed. I had also requested Jamaca but when we checked in the CM told me all of the handicapped rooms were in Martinique so I said that would be fine. And we were really glad when we found out the cheerleaders were across the lake and near Jamaica I guess. Actually it all turned out to be wonderful because we were so close to the Food court and the room was a corner room which had two windows and we were very happy with the room. My husband commented that it looked like it had been freshly painted and it did. We needed a large room because we had two ECV's and knew that CBR had the largest rooms of the moderates, but actually the room had more space in it for the 2 ECV's than the rooms we had at The Wildnerness Lodge, which was a big surprise. I suppose the King Size Bed made the difference but we could have squeezed another ECV in that room the way it was laid out. DH did want me to aks why the Disney TV stations were I think 3 and 1/2 hours off of Eastern time? He couldn't understand why it would be a half hour off? For some reason he wonders about these things : ) I also wanted to say how good the Salmon was at the Counter Service, apparently the same as they served at the sit down restaurant. I love Salmon and had it 4 nights in a row with Mashed potatoes, corn and wonderful cornbread, I know that doesn't really sound good together but it sure was good at the time. Also we really enjoyed the entertainment at the banana cabana. It was soft and relaxing, we loved the Island beach atmosphere of the Caribbean and enjoyed scooting around the lake on our ecv's.