We boarded our ATA flight at 7:30 am CST and arrived at MCO about 10:10 am EST...we started off at the National Car Rental Counter, I had booked our reservation online and had my confirmation info with us (printed from the computer) and even though we had this info in front of the reservationist, she still showed no record of it in her computer, we had to wait about 35 min for her to reenter everything and then get us on our way, very frustrating, but we were soon on our way. The ATA flight was good, but ATA flight crew not very friendly or talktative, I am used to the service i get from Southwest Airlines and prefer them.
We found our way to CBR with no problem, Disney is very organized and its very hard to get lost there if u follow signs. We stopped at a drugstore on the way so I could get some last minute stuff and then we got to Custom House at CBR about 11:45 am, there was a line, but we were to a CM within 15 min.
CBR is so pretty and I knew from the minute we arrived that I would love it. The CM was great, very nice, and because we had paid for a King bed, told us that the request for Trinidad North was unavailable with a waterview (another request) so she said she could give us Jamaica #42, a King waterview, since i already had an idea of the layout and since she wasn't saying Barbados or Trin South, I said Jamaica would be ok. It was ok, its a beautifully refurbished 2nd floor room with a great waterview.
It is a corner room with 2 windows. We didn't actually get into the room until about 2 pm, so we went to OPR for lunch. The walk was about 5 minutes, which I decided wasn't bad, and I loved every inch of CBR! So many ducks and birds! So many beautiful, lush tropical plants, Parrot Cay is so nice to walk through! WE ate a light lunch, I had a cheeseburger/waffle fries and hubby had a turkey wrap and chips, we purchased our refillable mugs then as well, they were worth it. We refilled a few times right there during lunch. Mugs were 8.99 each. I snapped pics immediately, with all of u in mind...we checked out the pools and the dock where u can rent the water mice and boats. We then went to our room, all we had to do was call custom house from a house phone at Parrot Cay to find out if we could get into the room. How easy! We got into the room and then made a plan for this first day. We decided to wash up and to go to the Boardwalk area
for dinner and to just check out everything. Before we did this we went to the quiet pool which is a stones throw from our room, it wasn't too crowded, was very clean and was really relaxing.
We took a bus to the Boardwalk, to do this we went to the bus stop behind our building and then took the bus to Downtown Disney, we transferred to the Boardwalk bus from there. WE waited only 5 minutes for a bus. The boardwalk was so cool, we walked the Boardwalk and checked out the menus of resteraunts and the shops. We walked all the way around by the Swan and Dolphin and Beach and Yacht Clubs....its a fantastic area, lots to do, very beautiful...we decided to eat at Beaches n Cream and used our 10.50 quick n casual lunch/dinner vouchers we bought through connections. We both ordered steak sandwiches which were very good, fries and an orange swirl type of shake, it was delicious, and even though we were full we decided to have a Mickey Mouse Sundae, it was excellent, Beaches n Cream has some good ice cream! After we finished checking out the rest of the area, my husband decided we'd take a boat over to MGM and from there we rode the bus back to CBR. We got back about 9 pm and I decided to walk down to OPR to fill our mugs and get some snacks, it only took me 15 minutes to do all this, and I enjoyed the walk and seeing the ducks everywhere. Since we had been up since 4:30 am CST we went to bed about 11 pm.
Part 2 to follow soon....Our 1st day of WDW touring
HUlabird
AUG/SEP 2001
We found our way to CBR with no problem, Disney is very organized and its very hard to get lost there if u follow signs. We stopped at a drugstore on the way so I could get some last minute stuff and then we got to Custom House at CBR about 11:45 am, there was a line, but we were to a CM within 15 min.
CBR is so pretty and I knew from the minute we arrived that I would love it. The CM was great, very nice, and because we had paid for a King bed, told us that the request for Trinidad North was unavailable with a waterview (another request) so she said she could give us Jamaica #42, a King waterview, since i already had an idea of the layout and since she wasn't saying Barbados or Trin South, I said Jamaica would be ok. It was ok, its a beautifully refurbished 2nd floor room with a great waterview.
It is a corner room with 2 windows. We didn't actually get into the room until about 2 pm, so we went to OPR for lunch. The walk was about 5 minutes, which I decided wasn't bad, and I loved every inch of CBR! So many ducks and birds! So many beautiful, lush tropical plants, Parrot Cay is so nice to walk through! WE ate a light lunch, I had a cheeseburger/waffle fries and hubby had a turkey wrap and chips, we purchased our refillable mugs then as well, they were worth it. We refilled a few times right there during lunch. Mugs were 8.99 each. I snapped pics immediately, with all of u in mind...we checked out the pools and the dock where u can rent the water mice and boats. We then went to our room, all we had to do was call custom house from a house phone at Parrot Cay to find out if we could get into the room. How easy! We got into the room and then made a plan for this first day. We decided to wash up and to go to the Boardwalk area
for dinner and to just check out everything. Before we did this we went to the quiet pool which is a stones throw from our room, it wasn't too crowded, was very clean and was really relaxing.
We took a bus to the Boardwalk, to do this we went to the bus stop behind our building and then took the bus to Downtown Disney, we transferred to the Boardwalk bus from there. WE waited only 5 minutes for a bus. The boardwalk was so cool, we walked the Boardwalk and checked out the menus of resteraunts and the shops. We walked all the way around by the Swan and Dolphin and Beach and Yacht Clubs....its a fantastic area, lots to do, very beautiful...we decided to eat at Beaches n Cream and used our 10.50 quick n casual lunch/dinner vouchers we bought through connections. We both ordered steak sandwiches which were very good, fries and an orange swirl type of shake, it was delicious, and even though we were full we decided to have a Mickey Mouse Sundae, it was excellent, Beaches n Cream has some good ice cream! After we finished checking out the rest of the area, my husband decided we'd take a boat over to MGM and from there we rode the bus back to CBR. We got back about 9 pm and I decided to walk down to OPR to fill our mugs and get some snacks, it only took me 15 minutes to do all this, and I enjoyed the walk and seeing the ducks everywhere. Since we had been up since 4:30 am CST we went to bed about 11 pm.
Part 2 to follow soon....Our 1st day of WDW touring
HUlabird
AUG/SEP 2001
We didn't do RNR roller coaster either, so I was not very happy. We stayed at MGM until park closing and then took the bus back to CBR. Each night we'd try to get back to CBR to go down to OPR to get a snack and fill our mugs. Tonight DH didn't feel like walking anymore, so I volunteered ro go myself and even bring dinner back along with our mugs!
