Well our first vist it CBR is just over...but I have to say that it was wonderful. We arrived last Saturday night around 8:00, and were about 4th in line for check-in, and I do have to say that it was a SLOW process.
I had sent a request for a king room in Aruba, we were granted a standard room in Jamaica. I was disappointed at first, but I was glad with Jamaica in the end (do still wish we could have had a king room though!). We were assigned to room 4109, which was a corner room. We stayed there the first night, and when we returned from the parks on day 2-we found the carpet next to the bed closest to the bathroom was wet. When we showered for dinner we realized that our shower was leaking all over the bathroom floor, and going into the "bedroom" area, which was why the carpet was wet. Long story short-we called maintenance and the front desk and were assigned to 4113.
We had no other room issues the remainder of the week, except for cleanliness. When we first moved to room 4113, I noticed a piece of cracker on the floor in the dressing area. Instead of picking it up, I decided to leave it to see how good housekeeping was. Needless to say it was still there when we left this morning! I did notice quite a bit of mildew buildup on the bathroom walls also. We also did not receive any towel animals-or any special treats for that matter!
Now on to the good stuff!!!!- Although I had been disappointed with our room assignment-we really liked Jamaica 41. It was quiet, close to the bus stop, and although the walk to Olde Port Royale was a bit long we enjoyed it. The quiet pool was nice, as was the "big" pool. Although it was closed one entire day (possibly Wednesday?). The biggest plus was that Jamaica was the first stop for all buses except for Downtown Disney.
The food court had a nice selection of food-we ate breakfast there everyday and usually had cereal,yogurt, fruit, etc from the grab and go market. After we checked in on our first evening we did have dinner at Shutters. The food was not bad, but certainly not worth the prices...I recommend just sticking with the food court at the resort.
I read so many negative comments regarding the Disney Transportation service, so I was a bit nervous about that. I have to say that I was quite impressed by their service. We had a CM at our bus stop several mornings, doing research. I truly believe that Disney is trying very had to improve this service. Like I mentioned earlier, we were the first bus stop for almost all trips, and we found return buses were very quick. The only park that I noticed the buses were a little slow picking up was the Animal Kingdom.
I guess that is all for now-still a little tired from our trip back, but if I think of anything else I will post it. Feel free to ask any questions!!!
