Hi, we just got back last night from a stay at CBR May 1-9 and we loved it. There were 3 adults and 3 kids in our group. We stayed in Trinidad North (preferred room) and had connecting rooms as requested. We loved these rooms. One was a corner room and they were quite spacious. The decor was great and the rooms were very clean as was the rest of the resort. The pool was so fun with great theming and my two oldest loved the water slides (my 5 year old with life jacket). The pool did get quite crowded at times, but we could always enjoy ourselves. It was very hot last week and I think people were probably leaving the parks like us to get in the pool! The kiddie area was fun too. The scenery is beautiful and the place is so quiet. We never heard anything once on our room and when walking along the path. There was an alligator in the lake which a group of us enjoyed watching one night from the bridge near the main pool. Our room was in between the Old Port Royale bus stop and Trinidad North bus stop and we tended to use the OPR bus stop. Usually we had 2 stops after us before leaving the resort and when returning I think we were stop number 4. This was only a problem for us b/c our 1 year old did not want to wait for 4 stops once we got to the resort. Otherwise, it was not a problem. The buses seemed very crowded when leaving a park when closing as expected. Otherwise, we almost always got a seat. It was a pretty quick ride to DHS and Epcot, but in my opinion it took a little too long for MK at times. One morning after getting on at OPR bus stop it took 30 minutes to get to MK. Other times we got to MK in 15-20 minutes. We only went to AK once and I don't recall thinking that was too long. Sometimes we walked right on the bus and other times we waited up to 15 minutes. We liked to food court. We had breakfast and lunch there and tried different areas. The food was pretty good. Lots of drink choices and the gift shop has snacks and drinks too. The gift shop had a nice selection. My kids did the Pirate Adventure Cruise and LOVED it. Highly recommend it. By the time they actually sail away with the kiddos, you have about 90 minutes to sit by the pool kid free if you don't have a younger child like us
. Trinidad North to the main pool and cafeteria took about 2 minutes and we could walk with thru the parking lot or along the water. We did both depending where we were intending on going. The CMs were very friendly! Everyone complains about how big it is, but we actually walked from Custom House to Trinidad North with all of our carry ons the first day we were there and were fine instead of waiting 20 minutes for the internal bus. We did the airline check in thing when leaving. We used Garden Grocer. Worked out perfectly! Overall, we would stay here again, but we plan on trying out different places. My family thinks that CBR and POP are both great and have not chosen one over the other. Hope this is helpful to some of you! Enjoy!! We did!
I don't know why...The only thing I can think of was I remember being sick with a migrane while we were there that time and it really spoiled the vacation. It was very hot Thurs, Fri, and Sat, so we hit the parks early, left in the middle of the day, and went to the pools, then back to the parks in the evening. I took lot's of pics and we saw the alligator in the lake also (pics coming soon)...can't wait go back!
) and I must say that it's the dis, all the great trip reports and pics that keep me going. Please keep on sharing everyone 
