Just wanted to post that we got back a week ago. We had a great time. This was the first year we drove, so we had our own car and I think that made a difference. We checked in at 12:30 and to my surprise our rooms were ready. (last time we stayed at the Poly and our room wasn't ready till almost 5 pm, not a good experience). We were traveling with DSis and DBIL and had connecting rooms. The only thing I requested was rooms near each other and as close as possible to OPR. We ended up in Jamaica 44 first floor. The rooms were really nice and overall clean. They seemed slightly bigger than the CSR room we stayed in before.
Our room looked out to very nice courtyard with benches and tables with umbrellas. I think this was the smoking section, but we only saw a couple of people smoking there. It was nice to just sit there while waiting for each other. We were close to the quiet pool which we used a number of times. There were always people there, but it was never crowded. The laundry room was by the pool as well and it was very clean. It is a little expensive $2 to wash and $2 to dry, but I thought it was worth it. I did 2 loads at the same time and it was great. I was the only one doing the laundry the time I was there. The also have a change machine which is great if you need quarters and you don't have to walk all the way to OPR for change. From Jamaica we were just over the bridge from OPR, not a long walk at all. The main pool was very nice, my kids really liked it, but it was crowded and it was sometimes hard to get a chair at the main pool. The pirate pool/playground was also nice but very crowded, and it seems it was geared for the younger crowd. Last year we went to
Disneyland and stayed at HOJO and they had a similar pirate pool, but my kids said that the HOJO slides were better, because they were geared for older kids. My boys are 8 and 6, just for reference. The pirate pool was one of the main reasons I booked CBR, but it turned out that we really liked the resort, but not because of the pool.
We had our car with us, so decided to drive to the parks, on the morning we were going to MK we figured we would take the bus. When we got to the bus stop there were already a bunch of people waiting, we heard people saying that they've been waiting for about 20 minutes for MK bus. There were a couple of Epcot buses, HS and AK buses come by, before a MK bus finally came. We waited about 20 minutes, so I guess some people waited for about 40 minutes, one lady was calling the front desk from the bus stop to complain. When the bus came there were already a lot of people on the bus, and the next stop was Aruba, and only a handful of people were able to get on there before the bus was completely full. I know a lot of people at that bus stop were unhappy being left behind. Next time we went to MK we drove. Dsis and Dbil took the bus a couple more times and said it wasn't that bad. They did say that taking the bus back after wishes was a nightmare, there were people screaming and 2 men almost got into a fight.
Housekeeping was fine for most of the week, one day we came back around 1pm and our room still wasn't cleaned. I called housekeeping to ask for towels and to not have our room cleaned that day. We had two different 2 CMs bring us towels about 30 minutes apart, and still had a housekeeper try to clean our room, and I had to sign a paper saying that I didn't want it cleaned that day. The last day we probably got a different mousekeeper because our room was so much cleaner than the previous days, which goes to show you that it just depends on who you get.
Overall we had a great time, when we checked in we were told that the resort was at capacity, but it never seemed overly crowded. It was like two vacations in one. After crowded parks, we would come back to CBR and it was quiet and relaxing.
I'll be glad to answer any questions
Ahh it feels like forever!
(sorry for my disdain)
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