Just got home from Cabana Bay last night and have a few notes:
- They are having some issues with lazy river. One night they closed early and the next day opened late. The TM that we talked to said something about damage to the concrete in the river. Today someone commented on Facebook that the lazy river being closed for unscheduled maintenance and that there is a flag on the reservations page to that effect. Just a head's up to anyone who is going in the near future.
- We found a solution to the "no fan in the toilet area" problem. I picked up a travel size can of Febreeze (maybe at Five Below or Target) and it worked perfectly.
- Saturday night, the Bayliner Diner was an absolute MESS around park close. The lines to order food were almost to the registers. The coolers were completely cleared out of prepared food (salads, sandwiches, etc). They were SERIOUSLY understaffed and under-prepared. I texted the hotel info number and they said that the hotel was sold out and that they were doing their best. Personally, I would think that if you don't have enough staff, you should proportionally reduced what capacity is, but anyways...Then I tried the Hideaway food area (near the lazy river pool bar) and they were also closed. So lacking any options and completely unwilling to wait 45+ minutes to order food, I wound up using the snacks in the room as a meal. So my advice is that if you are going at a busy time (or any time), make sure that you have a Plan B. I have a free trial for Uber Eats, but didn't have a chance to get it set up before I left. Big mistake! We've stayed at Cabana Bay probably 10+ times so it never dawned on me that it would be a problem, but apparently it is part of the "new normal" right now.
- The bus service was as good as usual.
Overall, we had a good stay and none of the issues were terrible or deal-breakers. If anyone has a questions that they need answered about current operations, let me know and I'll help if I can.