Coronado Springs Resort - New Unofficial FAQ Thread - November 2012

[dansdad]

I started online check-in this morning and under room requests it only lists Ranchos Area and Cabanas Area (along with floor level, transportation, etc.). Is that normal for Casitas to not be listed as an option?

The options during online check in are predetermined and very limited, as you found out. That is why it is recommended to call and add any room requests to your reservation. You're good to go.

 

[jessily]

The options during online check in are predetermined and very limited, as you found out. That is why it is recommended to call and add any room requests to your reservation. You're good to go.

great, thanks!

 

[Claudia Kellenberger]

The options during online check in are predetermined and very limited, as you found out. That is why it is recommended to call and add any room requests to your reservation. You're good to go.

What number is the best to call?

 

[dansdad]

what number is the best to call?

407-wdisney

 

[MellyBeans]

Hey all... Two quick questions:

1. Can anyone tell me what the mug refill situation is like at CSR? When we went in '09, we had CSR specific mugs. Are they standardized now with the RFD technology? If so, where are the refilll stations located? I seem to remember handing my mug to a CM at Cafe Rix to refill, but imagine a different situation must be in place for rapid refills now? Will I get to fill my own mug, and are they the standardized mugs located at all resorts?

2. What's the status on room refrigerators and what is he chance I'll get one for our early January trip? I'm trying to decide if I should place a Garden Grocer order, but definitely won't without a refrigerator.

Thanks!!!

 

[Julie521]

Hey all... Two quick questions:

1. Can anyone tell me what the mug refill situation is like at CSR? When we went in '09, we had CSR specific mugs. Are they standardized now with the RFD technology? If so, where are the refilll stations located? I seem to remember handing my mug to a CM at Cafe Rix to refill, but imagine a different situation must be in place for rapid refills now? Will I get to fill my own mug, and are they the standardized mugs located at all resorts?

2. What's the status on room refrigerators and what is he chance I'll get one for our early January trip? I'm trying to decide if I should place a Garden Grocer order, but definitely won't without a refrigerator.

Thanks!!!

I can at least tell you that all the fridges have been replaced in the resort

 

[jedijuhl]

Hey all... Two quick questions: 1. Can anyone tell me what the mug refill situation is like at CSR? When we went in '09, we had CSR specific mugs. Are they standardized now with the RFD technology? If so, where are the refilll stations located? I seem to remember handing my mug to a CM at Cafe Rix to refill, but imagine a different situation must be in place for rapid refills now? Will I get to fill my own mug, and are they the standardized mugs located at all resorts? 2. What's the status on room refrigerators and what is he chance I'll get one for our early January trip? I'm trying to decide if I should place a Garden Grocer order, but definitely won't without a refrigerator. Thanks!!!

1. Yes the RFID mug refill stations are in place both at the Rix cafe and Pepper market as well as at the main dig site pool. You will get to fill your mug yourself at all 3 places. The mugs are the same at all the resorts. There are 3-4 different colored lids and handles to choose from. 2. As was already mentioned all the fridges have been replaced at CSR.

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[EpcotBill]

Hey all... Two quick questions:

1. Can anyone tell me what the mug refill situation is like at CSR? When we went in '09, we had CSR specific mugs. Are they standardized now with the RFD technology? If so, where are the refilll stations located? I seem to remember handing my mug to a CM at Cafe Rix to refill, but imagine a different situation must be in place for rapid refills now? Will I get to fill my own mug, and are they the standardized mugs located at all resorts?

2. What's the status on room refrigerators and what is he chance I'll get one for our early January trip? I'm trying to decide if I should place a Garden Grocer order, but definitely won't without a refrigerator.

Thanks!!!

How many quick questions?

 

[KaLyn]

How many quick questions?

Lol! I didn't realize that until you pointed it out.

 

[GeocacherDad]

Just returned from 9 days at CSR. Had a great time, no big issues other than housekeeping breaking a glass in our room and missing a couple of pieces (one of which my wife found the hard way, just a nicked toe). We were in 8A and had the room closest to the main pool (8147, you can't get closer to the pool than that room).

My only real complaint is the refill stations for the mugs. The two main ones are at the main building and the pool one is really only open a few hours during the day. First thing in the morning or later in the evening we'd have to take the 10 min round trip to the main building to refill. I can't imagine being in one of the further building and making that walk just for a few drinks. Why don't they have a few other stations setup around the resort.

Check in was easy, only one other family got of the bus with us. Luggage took longer than last time to arrive, we got to CSR at 8pm but luggage didn't arrive until 11pm so we had to pass on a late night swim. No problem with buses, MAYA has a great supper, PepperMarket was OK this time but we ate at the parks for most of our meals.

We'll probably go somewhere else next time but just for the sake of trying somewhere different, this is a great resort.

 

[troll buster]

I've had the room booked for a few days now, but today my trip became official! I have a business trip to Pensacola Dec 10-12 so I added on a quickie trip to Disney Dec 7-10. Staying 3 nights at CSR thanks to my wonderful friend's CM discount. Never stayed here before, only other time in a mod was 2 nights at POFQ at the end of a trip once. Used to stay at Pop, now own DVC but out of points, and nothing open short notice anyway.

I've been reading this thread and it's made me a little less nervous. The size of mods in general and the potential long walks to get food/drinks or to the bus are my main concern. Probably won't have time to swim so distance to the pool is no concern. Booked in standard, thinking of requesting Casitas 4. No kids, solo trip. Thoughts?

We are at CSR now, first time and it is an awsome resort! We are in cabanas 9B.

 

[troll buster]

1. Yes the RFID mug refill stations are in place both at the Rix cafe and Pepper market as well as at the main dig site pool. You will get to fill your mug yourself at all 3 places. The mugs are the same at all the resorts. There are 3-4 different colored lids and handles to choose from. 2. As was already mentioned all the fridges have been replaced at CSR.

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You do not fill mug yourself at dig site, they will fill it.

 

[tadamom]

Just returned from our first trip to CSR last night and the resort was great! I had done online check-in while we were driving down and we walked right up to the counter when we got there -- no waiting. We were in room 7682 (?) in Ranchos 7B and it was beautiful. Our room overlooked the quiet pool and we only a couple of people using it the entire time we were there. The walk to bus stop #4 wasn't bad and the walk to the main building really wasn't bad either. It did seem like we had to wait longer than I expected us to for buses though. We saw the alligator one day while walking to the main building to refill our drinks -- my kids loved that! The main pool was really nice and not very crowded at all. We didn't eat the hotel at all but refilling drinks was very easy.

Overall it was a great experience and I would definitely stay there again.

 

[Momoftwins+1]

180 days till we are in Cabanas 9B. All dining is booked and got everything I wanted (was scared with a party of 7!) Can it be May yet so we can arrive at Coronado Springs for our vacation??

Hope all there right now are enjoying your Thanksgiving vacation!

 

[Nechville]

Will give a report of my stay at Coronado 11/14-11/22.
We arrived after dark and never actually saw the resort in the daylight until a few days later. It is prettier than I thought. I am not really into the southwest theme, but found this still very pleasing.
Check in was ok. I knew there were a lot of people staying at Coronado on our Magical Express bus so I rushed to get in line while my husband got our baggage stored below. I wouldn't have had to do that as they opened more check in places as the line grew. The person checking us in was part of an exchange program, maybe from Tokyo? He had me put a credit card on file and select a pin, even though I had done that all during online check in. That process deleted the pin off my husband's band, so he had to use mine. I'm sure he could have gone back and chosen his own again, but it didn't seem worth it. They first gave me a room in Ranchos. I had requested Casitas through my travel agent and asked if it would be possible for a room there. He called someone and was able to get us Casitas 5. I asked about where my groceries could be picked up (Garden Grocer order), and was referred to the convention center. So off we went in search of that, as it was going to close in 5 minutes. We got there and they said it wouldn't be there if there was any refrigeration required. I was relieved as I knew there would be a fee then for that pick up. Back to the front desk. Found a different person, and they said to try Bell Services. They had my order, and met us outside with it all loaded in a golf cart. Thank goodness. That was a long trip to Castias 5. The bellman helped lug all our water and soda and bags up to our room. Well worth that tip.
Our checked bags hadn't arrived, so we called to check as the kids were getting tired. We were told it could be five hours? I had never heard that long before. But they showed up about 20 minutes after we checked. Was glad I packed pajamas for the kids in the carry-on bags though.
The room at first smelled a little musty, but I guess I got used to it because it didn't bother me after the first day. The shower tiles seemed dated, but otherwise the room was fine. I prefer two sinks and a table to one sink and a desk, but we got by. We did request a second luggage rack, as we don't use the dresser and prefer to live out of our suitcases, but it never did come.
The Magic Band door sensor broke one night. It still worked to let us in, but the plastic piece fell off. I found the whole placement of that piece very awkward to use, being right above the handle, but that's not a Coronado-specific complaint, I'm guessing. Anyway, they came around 1 AM to fix it as we heard the door open and close during the night. Glad we had the top swing-arm lock closed.
Housekeeping was fine. We had a towel Mickey head on the bed, and some odd towel creature on the dresser when we arrived, otherwise no other towel animals. She did arrange the kids' stuffed animals on the beds nicely. We ran out of facial tissue with two nights to go and guess she missed that as it didn't get replaced. That was sort of an issue as we all had colds when we were there.
My kids loved the pool. Liked it much better than French Quarter last year. The pool side activities were great. My son had a lot of fun and the two girls running the activities were very good. They were painting part of the playground so we couldn't use most of that.
While the kids used the pool, I used the time to do some laundry. I really wish laundry was closer to the main pool. I did the long walk several times. We could have used the quiet pool closer to laundry, but the kids wanted the water slide and activities.
The dryer was awful. It took two full dry cycles on high and my clothes still bordered on damp. I would have ran a third cycle, but we had to leave for a dinner reservation. I had this same problem last year at French Quarter, so either I know how to pick a dryer or they just aren't that efficient.
My husband is a huge soda drinker and we had the refillable mugs, but hardly used them because of the distance to El Centro from Casitas 5. Instead, he shelled out $3 a bottle twice a night. I wish we would have known how far we would be as I would have ordered more pop from Garden Grocer. We really did not use our mugs much.
We ate at Pepper Market twice. My husband had ribs and said they were very good. I shared Quesidillas with the kids, and other than having the cook make two other people's orders before mine (whom I was ahead of), it was fine. The other time we had a cheeseburger which hubby said was also very good, and chicken strips, which were standard chicken strips.
Buses weren't an issue for us. We were the first stop so always had seats. Sometimes they got pretty full, other times it was us and one other group. The return buses were always pretty full, but the location at the parks was always very close to the park exit which was nice.
My complaints relate mostly to its size, and being spoiled at French Quarter last year, being right by the main building and bus stop, nothing could compare. Maybe if we had stayed at Riverside or CBR before, this wouldn't have seemed like the inconvenience it did.
Overall, it was a very nice stay, and I wouldn't mind staying at Coronado again.

 

[Momoftwins+1]

Sounds like you had a pretty good experience at CSR Nechville, minus a few little things. I think it is just dryers at ALL the resorts that are horrible as it took several cycles even with minimal clothing in them at POFQ, SOG, and Contemporary to get them dry (which I remember all too well as everyone else in the family was napping and mommy was sitting in a room with machines lol) Thanks for the review!

 

[Nechville]

Sounds like you had a pretty good experience at CSR Nechville, minus a few little things. I think it is just dryers at ALL the resorts that are horrible as it took several cycles even with minimal clothing in them at POFQ, SOG, and Contemporary to get them dry (which I remember all too well as everyone else in the family was napping and mommy was sitting in a room with machines lol) Thanks for the review!

Glad I'm not the only one with the dryer problems. Too bad they are like that.

 

[lovethattink]

Big RPM convention next weekend at CSR. Wish we were going.

 

[Claudia Kellenberger]

Big RPM convention next weekend at CSR. Wish we were going.

Just curious ...... what is RPM? I go home on the 9th, I wonder how busy the Pepper Market will be?

 

[RejoyceoverDisney]

Hey all... Two quick questions:

1. Can anyone tell me what the mug refill situation is like at CSR? When we went in '09, we had CSR specific mugs. Are they standardized now with the RFD technology? If so, where are the refilll stations located? I seem to remember handing my mug to a CM at Cafe Rix to refill, but imagine a different situation must be in place for rapid refills now? Will I get to fill my own mug, and are they the standardized mugs located at all resorts?

2. What's the status on room refrigerators and what is he chance I'll get one for our early January trip? I'm trying to decide if I should place a Garden Grocer order, but definitely won't without a refrigerator.

Thanks!!!

Just getting back to catch up with things and saw these questions. Someone else probably answered but here was my experience.

I barely used the soda machines. Mostly coffee and tea. But if I remember correctly when I used Pepper Market they were not doing the RFID at least the beginning of the week, after that we were at Rix a few times and I saw someone trying to use the RFID and saw the cup overflowing and when she removed it, it kept going. So looks like they are still working out kinks.
Oh and there was no one refilling mugs. It was self serve.
Little complicated at first to figure out where you get the mugs and that area also gives you the ones that are paper as well as water bottles.
Honestly I wasn't impressed with Pepper Market. I think if I used it more I would have figured it out but wasn't impressed.

We had a fridge in our room but honestly I wasn't trusting it for food.
I don't know what I did but the first night we came home to a wet rug. The back wall was all frozen and melted. My guess is that we bumped the back number dial and it shut the fridge off. I put it all the way up to 6 and it kicked back on and the back wall froze again and kept water bottles cold.
I meant to call let housekeeping know but we were so busy and not using the fridge other than when we got back to the room, I forgot.

Overall the resort was pretty. We stayed in Casita 4 and had a nice view of the lake. But on the buses at night and walking down by El Centro it definitely is a business resort. If you are a non-alcohol family, it becomes obvious that people around you are drinking. And this was the first time I really noticed a lot of smokers. Other resorts didn't have that feel.
I have to say for the amount of people there, I didn't hardly see but a few people when I was walking around. Again other than in the Rix lounge and Laguna area where people were drinking beers at night.

I would stay here again but this would not be my first choice.
I'm more a kid at heart and the other resorts were more my interest.

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