Caribbean Beach Resort FAQ's Part II

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Counting down the days till I am at CBR!

We'll be there at the same time! 8/27-9/3 What part of PA are you from?

 

[gigi1313]

can someone please share (again, as i'm sure it's been asked before) which buildings are preferred...

also, does CBR have elevators?

thanks in advance

 

[safetymom]

The first post of the FAQ lists the preferred buildings. There are no elevators at CBR.

 

[helenk]

We just returned from a very nice stay at the CBR. I was concerned about the size of the resort as the last moderate I stayed in was the POFQ and that is so compact.
The resort is huge, but very beautiful. We stayed in Aruba 55, we were not far from the bus stop and the quiet pool, but it was a good walk to Port Royal. We really did not mind the walk as the themeing of the resort is lovely. We always walked to the food court because we figured by the time we went to the bus stop for the internal bus and then the trip over to the food court we could have already been there by walking.
Housekeeping was great, we had towel animals almost everyday and it was just me and my 20 year old daughter in the room, my brother and his family had towel animals each day as well. The selection at the food court was pretty good and the food was good. We ate breakfast there and dinner a few nights as well. Our only complaint about the food court was the music, it was constant and kind of loud, so with all the people inside talking above the music it just got too noisy to sit and relax and eat.
We went to the main pool a few times and the kids loved it, my daughter and I went to the quiet pool one day to relax and this was very nice as well.
We used the buses as we only had a rental car one day to go to Sea World, and in general we were happy with the bus system.
The internal bus was a great way to get to the custom house which I had to do 4 times, once to get the shuttle to Alamo, a second time to get back from the MK one night, a third time to get my boarding pass for SW and then to get the ME bus back to the airport. The internal bus was great for this, I never had a long wait at all.
The buses to the park were great as well, since we had younger children (18 months and 4 years) we generally got to the parks later in the day and we almost always had a seat...coming back from the parks was another story, the resort had to have been filled to capacity, the lines for the bus when the parks closed were horrid, the buses came quickly but not one right after another like I have experienced at the Allstar resorts. One night they had charter buses taking guests from the MK after the park closed, at first we thought this would be great as these buses held more people, but the driver dropped us off at the custom house not at our building so then everyone had to then wait for the internal bus to go back to their buildings. To say that people were angry would be an understatement. But that really was the only bad part of our stay.
I would stay at the CBR again, the rooms were a nice size and again we loved the themeing.

 

[ThinkTink75]

Quick Question for everyone here....

We think that we want to upgrade for sure BUT I can't find online the price difference going from CBR standard to CBR preferred... anyone have the price? We will be there for 6 nights... I thought about going preferred earlier in the thread and I thought I had found a price somewhere on here then but I have been scrolling around and to my dismay haven't found anything. We are staying July 22-28 so we want to make haste with the upgrade and get it asap. Any info would be wooonderful!

 

[safetymom]

$15-17 extra per night.

 

[MNRMommy]

Do they have a hair wrap/brading station at the main pool? DD is really wanting to do this again this trip. She had it done pool side at the WL last trip. Thanks!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Do they have a hair wrap/brading station at the main pool? DD is really wanting to do this again this trip. She had it done pool side at the WL last trip. Thanks!

Yes they do have a hair place by the main pool, just outside of old port royale. I'm not sure what time it closes. I think it is only open until late afternoon or early evening.

 

[ThinkTink75]

$15-17 extra per night.

Thanks so much!

 

[pamouselover]

How neat! Delaware County here.

We'll be there at the same time! 8/27-9/3 What part of PA are you from?

 

[MNRMommy]

Yes they do have a hair place by the main pool, just outside of old port royale. I'm not sure what time it closes. I think it is only open until late afternoon or early evening.

Thank you!

 

[KimRaye]

Yes they do have a hair place by the main pool, just outside of old port royale. I'm not sure what time it closes. I think it is only open until late afternoon or early evening.

Temporary tatoos also.

 

[tsd1202]

Can you push double beds together at carribean beach?

 

[safetymom]

The head board is attached to the wall. I don't think you could push them together.

 

[burbanam]

What does anyone think about Barbados??

 

[safetymom]

Barbados is a nice village also. It just is a little further away.

 

[CleveRocks]

What does anyone think about Barbados??

There's nothing "wrong" with Barbados. Looking at all of CBR's villages, barbados is the closest to the Custom House (arrival point, front desk, guest services, etc.) and the second farthest from Old Port Royale (main pool, food court, shops, etc.).

All of CBR is beautiful. The ONLY differences among the villages have to do with relative distance to the Custom House and to Old Port Royale.

 

[I_believe]

Subscribing

 

[Tink3Belle]

Can you walk to the Boardwalk for Caribbean Beach?

Do you need to request a refrigerator or do they all have them?

 

[I_believe]

There is a 4 lane road between CBR and the Boardwalk so walking is not a good idea.

The refridgerator will be in your room you should not have to request it.