BRAND NEW CORONADO SPRINGS FAQ THREAD w/ PHOTOS (PART IV)

[eag119]

Siestas:

 

[eag119]

I tried to take nice pictures, but they ended up looking just like pictures that were already posted.
It was hot.

Here are the beds.

 

[DisneyPolve]

Coronado Springs Resort
Fax: (407) 939-1001 Have a great trip!!!

Thank you so much!!!

 

[KatMark]

Because we were out of town for my grandfather's funeral, I missed my single digit dance, so here it is!


We can't wait! CSR here we come! It looks like we will see some of you there!

 

[cheerful chickadee]

we're just back from our first stay at CSR and I have to say...I LOVED it! When we get settled in, unpack and rest a little (ok, maybe rest a LOT) I'll post a mini review.

 

[KatMark]

we're just back from our first stay at CSR and I have to say...I LOVED it! When we get settled in, unpack and rest a little (ok, maybe rest a LOT) I'll post a mini review.

Oh, I am so happy that you loved it. You were one of the few I was a little "iffy" about as to whether you would like it or not. I am so happy to hear this news and can't wait for your report. I've had to cancel our trip for this year so I'm living through everyone's great reviews!

 

[Stepharia]

I tried to take nice pictures, but they ended up looking just like pictures that were already posted.
It was hot.

Here are the beds.

Love your pics. 25 days to our trip to CSR. I can't wait.

 

[VegasMike21]

I must say these rooms look way nicer compared to the older rooms. One of the major reasons we decided to book our stay here instead of at Pop.

 

[PilotWife]

We leave next Friday (May 22-30) for my college graduation trip.....it took me a looonnngggg time and kids in between. Anyway, I talked my parents into going with us...we have never stayed at the CSR. I love everyone's pics and really hope that I made the right decision between CSR and POR.

Jennifer

 

[KatMark]

I tried to take nice pictures, but they ended up looking just like pictures that were already posted.
It was hot.

Great pictures. Thank you for sharing!

We leave next Friday (May 22-30) for my college graduation trip.....it took me a looonnngggg time and kids in between. Anyway, I talked my parents into going with us...we have never stayed at the CSR. I love everyone's pics and really hope that I made the right decision between CSR and POR.

Jennifer

We've never stayed at POR (the theme has just never appealed to us), but we have stayed at CSR seven times and I can tell you that we love it as did our kids when they traveled with us. Our oldest son, now 23, is upset he can't stay at the CSR in July because it was not one of the resorts with the package for the baseball tournament (he has to stay at the CBR instead). I think you will love it with the new queen beds, the great pool/slide, food options, night lounge, fitness center/spa. And I think for graduating college, with kids in between, that you deserve a massage--hint to your DH!

 

[DearDaisyinDurham]

Thanks everyone for all of the awesome pictures & reviews, getting very excited!! 2 weeks to go!!!!!

 

[MarkinNM]

Just got back from my 1st trip to CSR. I LOVE this resort! On my last trip, I stayed at POFQ, and I didn't care for the room there at all. But I totally fell in love with CSR. You've all seen pictures of the grounds, I'm sure, and they're just as lovely in person.

I tried to check in online ahead of time, but kept getting an error message, so gave up on that. Luckily, I was at the front of the line from the bus that arrived, so I didn't wait long. I had faxed in my room request a few days early, and got almost everything I wanted--a renovated room in Casitas 4 with a water view. Unfortunately, it was on ground floor and it was pool view of the "quiet" pool (which wasn't so quiet). I had room 4111, right around the corner from the health club. It was also a connecting room, and I was very nervous about the noise. I was able to hear my neighbors as if they were in the same room with me. But fortunately, I learned a long time ago that the most valuable item to bring on any trip is earplugs. As soon as I got the earplugs in, I couldn't hear anything outside my room. I slept really well here. The beds are super comfy. I don't know if they are double or queen, because I have a king at home, and everything else is smaller. The decor of the renovated rooms is fabulous. I really felt like I was staying in a deluxe every time I was in my room. The water pressure in my room was great, there was always plenty of hot water, the room safe and fridge worked fine.

I didn't eat at the resort, except for some quick food like yogurt and bananas that I bought at Rix Cafe. I just thought the prices were too high, and I wasn't on the dining plan. For instance, on day 1, I bought a small fruit salad and a banana (for breakfast the next day) and the price was $9. Ridiculous. For breakfast, I just made oatmeal in my room and had a small yogurt and banana I bought at Rix Cafe and that was plenty for me. (The gelato at Rix, though, was totally worth it. For $2 something, I got a big scoop of it in a cup.)

I ordered a case of water delivered from Costco and it was there when I arrived. I had to go sign for it at the business center, which is down in the direction of the conference center. In addition to the cost of the water and shipping ($7 something) I had to pay CSR a $10 handling fee. But they delivered it to my room for me. It was still totally worth it--24 bottles would have cost me $60 in the parks. It lasted almost my entire stay. I only had to buy a couple of bottles in the park on the last day.

Bus stop #2 was right behind my building, which was very convenient. I only had 20 minute waits a couple of times, and only had to stand a couple of times. Usually, there was plenty of room. The big problem with the buses was that oftentimes, the signs were wrong! The bus sign would say Epcot, when it was really Animal Kingdom, or it would just say CSR and you'd have to ask where it was going. A couple of the drivers seemed frustrated by this, too; I take it it's a technical problem they have no control over. I recommend you always ask when you get on the bus to make sure it's the right bus.

All the staff members at CSR that I came into contact with were very friendly and helpful, with the exception of one young woman working at Rix Cafe; either she was having a bad day or really hated her job. But she was the exception. Because I had plenty of everything in the room for just me, and I'm neat and tidy, I only had housekeeping come into my room twice during my stay. Once while I was there, to take out the trash and give me fresh towels and once when I wasn't there. When I got back to my room, they had been there and left the door ajar. That was NOT cool with me. Nothing was missing, but anybody could have walked into my room. Also, when I first went to use the coffee pot in the room, I found an old soggy packet of coffee in there already. Yuck. I really liked the valet staff. I tried to tip one of the valets one night for calling me a cab--he refused the money, saying it was his job, and I should just go and enjoy myself. I was flabbergasted. I'm used to going to Vegas where everyone has their hand out for a tip.

The quiet pool was almost always very busy. Probably because it was too hot to walk all the way over to the Dig Site, plus the water was colder in the quiet pool than the Dig Site pool. One night, some kids were out at the pool at 10:30 screaming their heads off (playing marco polo). I was seconds away from calling security to complain when some guy leaned out of his room and yelled "Shut up!" It was quiet after that. (If you're reading this, dude, THANK YOU.)

I didn't mind seeing conventioneers because I was traveling alone and prefer being around other adults rather than kids anyway, but I was also lucky and had the nursing convention going on while I was there. They were all cool, not rowdy at all, and it was mostly women. Some of them brought their husbands. The only time it would have been a problem was at meal time (had I wanted to eat there). Every eating establishment was jam-packed during traditional lunch and dinner hours.

I really must put a plug in here for Rix Lounge. I stopped there one night for a drink and to check it out. If you're an adult at WDW, there are precious few adult-only nightspots on property. This is a good one. It totally reminded me of a Vegas-style lounge. Great decor, comfortable seating areas and a nice long bar, great drinks (try the chocolate mintini--it is YUMMY and goes down really easy before it kicks your butt about 10 minutes later), great music playing in the background, and even a couple of tvs to keep an eye on whatever big game happens to be playing. It was really dead the night I was there (just 5 of us), so I chatted up the staff about why. They said most of their business comes from the conventions at CSR, and the nursing convention just wasn't the bar crowd, I guess. LOL. I suggested they should beef up their marketing to other guests, but they said Disney doesn't allow them to market alcohol, and because they don't really have a theme (the way Jellyrolls has the pianos), it's difficult. Too bad, because I really loved it and would have spent more time there if there had been more people hanging there.

Glad you had a GREAT TIME!!!

20 min wait seem like to me a LOOOONG wait in the heat, is that the norm??

So stay away from the food at CSR??

Once again great report!!

 

[caseybruna]

Hi everyone,
I have been lurking these boards and this thread for a while now, and I have finally booked my stay at CSR this september with the free dining plan. This will be my first time to WDW, all the way from Sydney, Australia. My boyfriend thinks I am mildly crazy because of how obsessed with planning I am. Thankyou so much to everyone for all your comments and pictures and advice you have posted on here, it was very helpful in making my choice to stay at CSR.

One question though which i can't seem to find the answer to anywhere, I know the pools in the resort close at midnight in the peak season, but do they stay open this late in September? If not, what time do they usually close?

Thanks again guys!

 

[Maybelle]

The bus stops were under cover so there was plenty of shade... and I really only walked two directions from my Cabana building 8B..to El Centro and to the Dig Site. We were too tired to do any exploring around the resort. Maybe the Casitas are shady. But the walk from Cabanas was HOT. Really hot for this girl from cold Western Pa.
~Emily

How long was the walk to El Centro from Cabana 8B? And the dig site looks pretty close...is it really? It's so tough to tell in the maps how spaced things are! I have a request for 8B, so just wondering.

Thanks.

 

[eag119]

How long was the walk to El Centro from Cabana 8B? And the dig site looks pretty close...is it really? It's so tough to tell in the maps how spaced things are! I have a request for 8B, so just wondering.

Thanks.

The walk from where we were in 8B (around the back) to El Centro was probably 7 or 8 minutes. My DH went down for coffee everyday and round trip with the stop for coffee took him about 20 minutes. The pool was fairly close. Again, we were around the back which made it seem farther away since we had to wind through the buildings to get to the path on the pool side.

~Emily

 

[eag119]

Glad you had a GREAT TIME!!!

20 min wait seem like to me a LOOOONG wait in the heat, is that the norm??

So stay away from the food at CSR??

Once again great report!!

I thought the food at Pepper Market was the best counter service we had during our whole trip, but we were on the dining plan. We also had several loooooong waits for busses while we were there. They seemed to be hit or miss.

 

[kaismahma]

Newbie here. I just wanted to say thanks for this thread. I would love to say that I ready every page. Not! But I did read at least 50 of them and found some great info. You all helped me decide to book CSR. I booked our trip last night for 08/31-09/05. We have never been to Disney so I have a little planning to do in the next 109 days before leave.

Thanks Again!

 

[eag119]

We leave next Friday (May 22-30) for my college graduation trip.....it took me a looonnngggg time and kids in between. Anyway, I talked my parents into going with us...we have never stayed at the CSR. I love everyone's pics and really hope that I made the right decision between CSR and POR.

Jennifer

You will love it! The beds are so comfortable, they are heavenly! I recommend the mojitos at the pool bar! Fantastic.

 

[banabobana]

Okay, so everyone here seems to really know about the rooms at CSR! My husband and I will be arriving on May 29th (soon! I wish it was now!) and we're celebrating our anniversary and I really have NO idea what to expect of the resort (other than the extremely in-depth posts here!), so I guess my question is this: what room would you all suggest we ask for? We'd prefer NOT to be on top of a pool with lots of kids (since kids aren't our thing--and of course, I don't mean that in a mean way, I like other people's children!) or right near a heavily foot-trafficked area.

I guess my question is this: what should we ask for that would be the most romantic? I've heard and seen that there are hammocks and bars! I like hammocks AND bars!

Suggestions!? We're totally non fussy about almost everything.

 

[eag119]

Okay, so everyone here seems to really know about the rooms at CSR! My husband and I will be arriving on May 29th (soon! I wish it was now!) and we're celebrating our anniversary and I really have NO idea what to expect of the resort (other than the extremely in-depth posts here!), so I guess my question is this: what room would you all suggest we ask for? We'd prefer NOT to be on top of a pool with lots of kids (since kids aren't our thing--and of course, I don't mean that in a mean way, I like other people's children!) or right near a heavily foot-trafficked area.

I guess my question is this: what should we ask for that would be the most romantic? I've heard and seen that there are hammocks and bars! I like hammocks AND bars!

Suggestions!? We're totally non fussy about almost everything.

I don't think any of the buildings are close enough to the pools to hear anything. We were in the Cabanas (8B) and it was full of families. All of the rooms around us were full. Maybe the Casitas? That might be a nice spot, close to Rix (the bar) and there is a quiet pool over there. The quiet pools had more adults than kids in them.