I have seen the characters at the Poly, Cont. and GF. They pulled up in a small speed boat onto the beach. I haven't stayed very often at the CBR but I thought that since they have done away with the early mornings in the parks I hear they have a character caravan the goes with various characters to the resorts in the AM. I think you would have to call the resort to get the latest on this. My kids are older and they don't care about the characters any more. I saw a ton of characters at all the parks when I was there last week. I figured it was due to the lovely wheather. They have a large bus that pulls up in the gateway to the world at scheduled times for an autograph session with a bunch of characters too.