Barbanellie
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Well, I'm very late posting this, but we caught Covid coming back home from our trip and the last few weeks have been foggy at best.
We stayed at Cabana Bay Jan 30-Feb 2 (before moving on to WDW). We had a standard view room, as there were just the two of us, and we intended on spending most of our time in the parks anyway. This was our 2nd trip to CBBR, and we chose to come back mostly because we'd really enjoyed the resort the first time, and because of the easy walk to Volcano Bay. Our room was on the ground floor and almost at the very end of Americana Building 6, so quite far from the lobby and food court, but close to Volcano Bay, which we liked.
We checked in around lunch time, easy painless process with the employee at the desk. Our room was ready already, so we were able to quickly settle in, eat lunch and go to VB. The room was fine, although we felt it would be due for a soft refurb. There were visible dents and scrapes on the walls and furnitures. Nothing major, but I do think that the retro style of the hotel means any small wear on the furniture makes my brain think of the room as "old". It's hard to explain, but it's as if my brain associates anything '60s-looking with scratches on it as if it actually were from the '60s, so it felt as if the resort was really old and outdated. We didn't find that on our first visit in 2018, probably because the resort was newer. Anyway, like I said, nothing major, everything was generally clean and in good working order.
The food court was nice. My husband ended up being sick for almost our 2 full days there (caught some kind of stomach bug from my mom who'd driven us to the airport...), so I spent more time wandering the hotel than we normally would (I thankfully did not get sick). Food choices were fairly varied, staff were friendly and there was always a lot of tables to sit at. I also bought a bunch of "stomach-safe" items to bring to my husband to munch on while he was recovering, and he was very grateful for the plain Cheerios. Small "me" complaint, but I did realize, being there so much more than usual, how loud this resort is. There is always loud music playing everywhere, I could never find a "quiet" spot to sit and relax, whether by the pool or in the lobby/food court.
We did make it to the parks some. Buses were always there when we walked to the bus stop, either coming or going, and there was always a lot of space to sit on. Getting to IoA for early entry was very easy as well. Ride was short and comfortable, no issue. On our check out day, we left our bags at bell services while we went to the parks and to do the Great Movie Escape in City Walk, waiting for our Disney room to be ready. Again, excellent service, I was very pleased with how simple it was to leave all our stuff while we were enjoying our last half-day at Universal.
Bottom line: I still think this is a fine resort, but I'll be ready to try somewhere else for our next trip, most likely Aventura (unless we'd get a super discount, I can't see us splurging on any of the three deluxes).
We stayed at Cabana Bay Jan 30-Feb 2 (before moving on to WDW). We had a standard view room, as there were just the two of us, and we intended on spending most of our time in the parks anyway. This was our 2nd trip to CBBR, and we chose to come back mostly because we'd really enjoyed the resort the first time, and because of the easy walk to Volcano Bay. Our room was on the ground floor and almost at the very end of Americana Building 6, so quite far from the lobby and food court, but close to Volcano Bay, which we liked.
We checked in around lunch time, easy painless process with the employee at the desk. Our room was ready already, so we were able to quickly settle in, eat lunch and go to VB. The room was fine, although we felt it would be due for a soft refurb. There were visible dents and scrapes on the walls and furnitures. Nothing major, but I do think that the retro style of the hotel means any small wear on the furniture makes my brain think of the room as "old". It's hard to explain, but it's as if my brain associates anything '60s-looking with scratches on it as if it actually were from the '60s, so it felt as if the resort was really old and outdated. We didn't find that on our first visit in 2018, probably because the resort was newer. Anyway, like I said, nothing major, everything was generally clean and in good working order.
The food court was nice. My husband ended up being sick for almost our 2 full days there (caught some kind of stomach bug from my mom who'd driven us to the airport...), so I spent more time wandering the hotel than we normally would (I thankfully did not get sick). Food choices were fairly varied, staff were friendly and there was always a lot of tables to sit at. I also bought a bunch of "stomach-safe" items to bring to my husband to munch on while he was recovering, and he was very grateful for the plain Cheerios. Small "me" complaint, but I did realize, being there so much more than usual, how loud this resort is. There is always loud music playing everywhere, I could never find a "quiet" spot to sit and relax, whether by the pool or in the lobby/food court.
We did make it to the parks some. Buses were always there when we walked to the bus stop, either coming or going, and there was always a lot of space to sit on. Getting to IoA for early entry was very easy as well. Ride was short and comfortable, no issue. On our check out day, we left our bags at bell services while we went to the parks and to do the Great Movie Escape in City Walk, waiting for our Disney room to be ready. Again, excellent service, I was very pleased with how simple it was to leave all our stuff while we were enjoying our last half-day at Universal.
Bottom line: I still think this is a fine resort, but I'll be ready to try somewhere else for our next trip, most likely Aventura (unless we'd get a super discount, I can't see us splurging on any of the three deluxes).
