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Trish
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Just returned from CBR! We were there Sept.27-Oct.2.
Amazing!!! Loved it!
We were in Jamaica with a courtyard view and lovely walk to Old Port Royale. I had been hoping that we would have received a waterview without paying for an upgrade, but in actual fact the courtyard was also quite lovely.
We used buses throughout our stay and had no complaints. Most waits were no more than 5 mins or so leaving CBR and no more than 10mins at closing time at the Parks coming home.
Yes, it can be more of a hike from a room to the bus stop as opposed to your rental car (depending on where you are parked!). However, put it in perspective with how much walking you will be doing in the Parks and IMO it is a non-issue.
What I did not care for and wouldn't use again was Magical Express unless I was checking into a hotel located in basically one central place. I did find the 20 min wait outside in hot sun after a 7 hour plane ride (we just missed a bus) to be difficult.
I also didn't appreciate the 3 hour advance arrival to the airport. Totally and completely unnecessary!
But back to the good stuff. Pools, rooms, resort was great. Food court food was not so good, and I say this as someone who is definitely NOT a picky eater. Portions were large and price decent, but food itself was sufficient but nothing more. Except the scrambled eggs - those were actually quite good. (Also, I should say that the only meals we eat there was breakfast).
As far as the beds, I found them to be just about the most comfortable beds we have had. While our beds did squeek, I barely noticed it as I was marvelling at how comfortable the beds were and what a great sleep I was about to have.
I did not mind the large nature of the report, nor did I find it was a large hardship having to ride around the resort picking people up and dropping off on the buses.
That said, I did find it inconvenient that the check-in building was not at least in the food court building. To add to the problem, if you wanted assistance from a conceirge, you had to do it in person. I am sorry, but if the check-in house is located far away from anything else you should not insist that your guests travel all the way there for conceirge service or to mail a letter. That I did not like.
Overall I fell in love with this resort. It is so pretty, picturesque and a great place to visit. Can't wait for my next return!
Amazing!!! Loved it!
We were in Jamaica with a courtyard view and lovely walk to Old Port Royale. I had been hoping that we would have received a waterview without paying for an upgrade, but in actual fact the courtyard was also quite lovely.
We used buses throughout our stay and had no complaints. Most waits were no more than 5 mins or so leaving CBR and no more than 10mins at closing time at the Parks coming home.
Yes, it can be more of a hike from a room to the bus stop as opposed to your rental car (depending on where you are parked!). However, put it in perspective with how much walking you will be doing in the Parks and IMO it is a non-issue.
What I did not care for and wouldn't use again was Magical Express unless I was checking into a hotel located in basically one central place. I did find the 20 min wait outside in hot sun after a 7 hour plane ride (we just missed a bus) to be difficult.
I also didn't appreciate the 3 hour advance arrival to the airport. Totally and completely unnecessary!
But back to the good stuff. Pools, rooms, resort was great. Food court food was not so good, and I say this as someone who is definitely NOT a picky eater. Portions were large and price decent, but food itself was sufficient but nothing more. Except the scrambled eggs - those were actually quite good. (Also, I should say that the only meals we eat there was breakfast).
As far as the beds, I found them to be just about the most comfortable beds we have had. While our beds did squeek, I barely noticed it as I was marvelling at how comfortable the beds were and what a great sleep I was about to have.
I did not mind the large nature of the report, nor did I find it was a large hardship having to ride around the resort picking people up and dropping off on the buses.
That said, I did find it inconvenient that the check-in building was not at least in the food court building. To add to the problem, if you wanted assistance from a conceirge, you had to do it in person. I am sorry, but if the check-in house is located far away from anything else you should not insist that your guests travel all the way there for conceirge service or to mail a letter. That I did not like.
Overall I fell in love with this resort. It is so pretty, picturesque and a great place to visit. Can't wait for my next return!
The food was really quite good at the food court. We also had the pleasure of eating dinner one night at Shutters and we thought it was very good. One of our best meals of the trip.
