HI THERE
HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP, WE ARE STAYING AT THE C.B.R AND WERE WONDERING WHICH ISLAND WAS THE BEST LOCATION, WE ARE THERE FOR 3 WEEKS AND AS WE'LL BE BE WALKING ALL DAY WE DON'T WANT A TREK WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE RESORT
MANY THANKS
ZIGGYBABY
You started another thread asking about upgrades, so I'll answer both questions here.
CBR's guest rooms are in 6 villages, each village named for a Caribbean island. Each village has 6 buildings, except for Trinidad North which has 3 buildings. Even the word "building" is a misnomer, as each numbered building is comprised of about 4 buildings that are connected by 2nd-floor walkways.
At CBR, there are only three possible "upgrades" that you can pay for, and believe it or not you can only pay for one of them, you can't pay for two or three of them at a time. These upgrades are "preferred location," water view, and king size bed. If you pay for one of these upgrades, it is between $15-$26 extra per night, depending on season.
Preferred location is a room in one of the 6 buildings closest to Old Port Royale, the central complex that has the food court, table-service restaurant, main pool, outdoor bar, etc. These buildings are half of the buildings in Martinique (24, 25 and 26) and all of the buildings in Trinidad North (31, 32 and 33). These buildings have the shortest walk to and from OPR. CBR is a large resort, so this is a nice perk if you want to guarantee as little walking within the resort as possible.
Water view means the room has a view of the lake OR a view of a quiet pool. There's no way to guarantee whether it will be of lake or pool. Every village has many rooms that are water view, because part of each village fronts on the lake, and each village has its own quiet pool.
King size bed is pretty self-explanatory. There aren't that many of them, but they are sprinkled throughout the resort pretty randomly.
Like I said earlier, you can't pay for two upgrades at a time. And since you can only GUARANTEE it by paying for it, you can only GUARANTEE one of those upgrades. You have to choose which one you want the most, and pay for/reserve it, and then REQUEST the other(s).
Let me try to talk you out of bothering with water view. At all 4 of Disney's "moderate" resorts, the doors and windows open onto exterior corridors. These walkways are between your window and what you want to view out that window. You'll have to have your curtains wide open to enjoy your view, and if you do that then everyone walking by has a great view of YOU.
There are plenty of water view rooms in preferred location buildings. People in those rooms got a free upgrade for one of those two amenities, because, like I said, you can't pay for and receive both. I'll bed one or two of those rooms also has a king size bed, so those people hit the trifecta and got 2 free upgrades.
So choose what you want the most (and I would recommend choosing between a honeymoon king size bed and 3 weeks' worth of shorter walks), pay for/reserve it, put in a request for the other, make sure it's on your reservation that it's your honeymoon, and hope for the best.
CBR is a lovely place. Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. I hope it's as happy as mine. 15.5 years later I'm still in love with my bride, and I still take her to WDW on occasion!
We stayed in Martinique. It was a short walk to everything.
