Coronado Springs Resort -- New Unofficial FAQ Thread -- October 2010

[saskdw]

WOW!!! Great pics!! I enjoyed these more than my own collection!! You covered the whole resort, thanks for posting those!!

 

[clandrum]

And I thought I had a lot of pics! Great shots! Thanks for sharing.

 

[aubriee]

Wow! Fantastic pictures! I'd like to use one as a desk top image on my computer, but can't decide which one I like best! Great job!

 

[NC State]

Great job on the pictures, just what I needed. We will be visiting CSR for the first time in Sept. Thank you!!!!

 

[momminnie]

Hi, great pictures. We are considering staying at the CSR in Feb. I haven't read the entire thread but was wondering where the best place to stay is. We would like to be near the resturants and the gift shop and the bus stop. We stayed at the CBR last year and it is so spread out. Is the CSR as spread out as the CBR. It took forever to get to the food court. But it was beautiful and we enjoyed our stay.

 

[mustardsalad]

Hi. I'm brand new to CSR. I have stayed at 8 other WDW resorts and never felt the need to request a building/location. But CSR looks huge and intimidating!

So, how do you request a building? I have a reservation for a standard room (non-preferred) and it will be me and my two sons ages 15 and 18. Do I make a request at check-in or ahead of time?

Thank you for your help!

Gina

Hi, brand new to CSR too! The way to request a building is to call the resort one week prior to your scheduled check-in date (not any earlier; I tried) and request it over the phone. A lot of people like to fax their request as well, although I'm not sure why...

 

[candeeapril]

which casitas building is close to the dug out and a bus stop? TIA

 

[aubriee]

Hi, brand new to CSR too! The way to request a building is to call the resort one week prior to your scheduled check-in date (not any earlier; I tried) and request it over the phone. A lot of people like to fax their request as well, although I'm not sure why...

You can have the CM put in your room request as soon as you make your reservation. You don't need to wait until a week prior. If it's not listed on my email confirmation, I do call back to make sure the CM listed it though. Calling a week prior does no more than having the CM add it to your ressie six months prior. When you call all you are getting is the Call Center anyway. The resort number you are calling does not go to the resort, it goes to a central call center and the CM answers according to which resort lights up. All she can do is add it to your ressie as a request, the same as she would do if you call 6 months prior and ask her to add it. Those requests are sorted and rooms are assigned about three days before you check in. However, they can still be changed. If you check in early and ask for a certain area, someone else assigned to that room may be moved in order to accommodate you, thus losing their request. Resorts no longer even look at faxes, so they are useless now. CSR was the last resort to even look at them, but since the computers took over room assigning since the first of the year, even CSR trashes faxes now.

which casitas building is close to the dug out and a bus stop? TIA

I think you mean the Dig Site? The Casitas are for the most part on the opposite side of the lake from the Dig site. Casitas 5 would be the closest and is fairly close to bus stop 2 (which is the first stop going to the parks).

Here's a map:
http://allears.net/acc/coronadomap.jpg

 

[candeeapril]

which casitas building is close to the dug out and a bus stop? TIA

hehehe..i must have baseball on the brain

 

[mustardsalad]

You can have the CM put in your room request as soon as you make your reservation. You don't need to wait until a week prior.

I made my reservation online three months ago; there was no space on the Disney's main website I saw to request a certain building. I then called about two weeks after that to request Casitas 4, and the Disney rep on the phone said I had to wait until a week prior to call CSR to put in a room request. They did tell me wrong on the phone?

 

[lovethattink]

I made my reservation online three months ago; there was no space on the Disney's main website I saw to request a certain building. I then called about two weeks after that to request Casitas 4, and the Disney rep on the phone said I had to wait until a week prior to call CSR to put in a room request. They did tell me wrong on the phone?

Your agent may type in a request at anytime after the resie is made. You may call CSR yourself 3 days prior to ask if your request was seen.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I made my reservation online three months ago; there was no space on the Disney's main website I saw to request a certain building. I then called about two weeks after that to request Casitas 4, and the Disney rep on the phone said I had to wait until a week prior to call CSR to put in a room request. They did tell me wrong on the phone?

Central Reservations can add a request to your reservation at any time up to 5 days before your trip I think it is. The person you talked to on the phone was mistaken. I have always put requests on the reservation and find that the room assigned before arrival does not match the request. However, when I ask at check-in my request has always been met.

 

[mustardsalad]

I have always put requests on the reservation and find that the room assigned before arrival does not match the request. However, when I ask at check-in my request has always been met.

So how did you make that happen? After the room has been assigned but before you arrive, you call again to request a room? Or am I reading your post wrong? Sorry for all these questions...

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

So how did you make that happen? After the room has been assigned but before you arrive, you call again to request a room? Or am I reading your post wrong? Sorry for all these questions...

Nope, when I arrive at the resort and check-in I simply ask if the room originally assigned meets the requests. If it didn't I just ask nicely if there is a room available that does, the CM's I have encountered are always more than happy to change our room assignment so it does meet my requests.

 

[jparc]

Central Reservations can add a request to your reservation at any time up to 5 days before your trip I think it is. The person you talked to on the phone was mistaken. I have always put requests on the reservation and find that the room assigned before arrival does not match the request. However, when I ask at check-in my request has always been met.

Yep! We do it everytime! Always got the area/building we requested.

 

[archdandy]

So exciting! Its a shame I wont get to read your report until we get back but it will give me something to remind me of Disney when we get home!

A HUGE thank you to Lidian and Lifelong Dreamer for the reviews and the awesome pictures

I keep telling DH that I hope the flowers are in bloom while we are there, I can't wait to see them in person.

This time next week I'll be there

 

[poohs_hunny]

I've been following this thread for awhile, but I think this is my first time posting to it. I am staying at CSR for the first time starting July 7th. My Magical Express packet came today - I'm so excited it's getting close!!

 

[Moira222]

We just got back from CSR. We checked out Friday (to move off-site). Here's my thoughts:

5/22 - 5/27
We loved CSR, it was stunning - and quiet! We never waited more than roughly 20 minutes for a bus (at Bus Stop 2). We were confused one day, as we saw many AK buses before we ever saw a bus to another park. It was nearing the 20 minute mark when we finally saw an MK bus (and before it, 2 for EP and 2 for DTD, but still none for DHS). One day, we practically had the bus to ourselves (we shared with one other family).


Would we stay here again? Sure! The place was quiet, walks weren't bad at all, the staff was friendly, the beds were comfy (and Queens!). We'd be happy to visit again one day!

The only downside we experienced was the Mousekeepers weren't very playful. In the past, we'd come back to a towel animal or the kids lovies placed around the room (like they were partying or something). Neither ever happened during our stay, but really, it was just an "awww" when we'd walk in. It was definitely not a "con" or a "negative" and would NOT affect our trip. We had just grown used to it over the past two years, and the kids never noticed.

We stayed at CSR in 2007 and would stay there again. It is a beautiful and calming resort, isn't it?

Our mousekeeper at WLR also was not creative with towel animals or anything. We came home to a towel animal one day, and that same day Katie's pets were on both beds, but after that, they were just placed nicely. Maybe its a difference in the time of year and the crowd level at the resort? This was our first "in season" stay -- we did January twice before.

 

[Lidian]

We stayed at CSR in 2007 and would stay there again. It is a beautiful and calming resort, isn't it?

Our mousekeeper at WLR also was not creative with towel animals or anything. We came home to a towel animal one day, and that same day Katie's pets were on both beds, but after that, they were just placed nicely. Maybe its a difference in the time of year and the crowd level at the resort? This was our first "in season" stay -- we did January twice before.

The place was absolutely stunning! I confess, I was really upset about going to CSR over POFQ at first, but thanks to this thread and reassurance from others, I did love it!

In previous years, the first thing we always saw when we walked in was a towel Mickey. So it was a bit sad to not see it this year. And we always had a towel animal somewhere in the room ... window or on the night stand holding the pen. It wasn't a big deal, but it was something that set the Disney resorts apart from a regular hotel.

Last year, the Mousekeeper was very playful with the kids lovies. It did spoil us. We came back and one was hanging from the wheel on the pirate bed, another was in "time out", the TV would be on, they'd hold bottles of water. It was lots of fun. We didn't get towel animals every day, but we got them most days.

Maybe its a convention thing? They don't know who's there for Disney-fun vs who's there for a convention? Granted, it should have been obvious with all the kids lovies that we were there to see the Mouse. But again, it wasn't anything to make or break a stay and we had a blast.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The place was absolutely stunning! I confess, I was really upset about going to CSR over POFQ at first, but thanks to this thread and reassurance from others, I did love it!

In previous years, the first thing we always saw when we walked in was a towel Mickey. So it was a bit sad to not see it this year. And we always had a towel animal somewhere in the room ... window or on the night stand holding the pen. It wasn't a big deal, but it was something that set the Disney resorts apart from a regular hotel.

Last year, the Mousekeeper was very playful with the kids lovies. It did spoil us. We came back and one was hanging from the wheel on the pirate bed, another was in "time out", the TV would be on, they'd hold bottles of water. It was lots of fun. We didn't get towel animals every day, but we got them most days.

Maybe its a convention thing? They don't know who's there for Disney-fun vs who's there for a convention? Granted, it should have been obvious with all the kids lovies that we were there to see the Mouse. But again, it wasn't anything to make or break a stay and we had a blast.

It could be the convention aspect of the resort but it could also just be mousekeeping. We had a towel Mickey on the bed and a towel animal in our window when we arrived. Most of the time nothing special was done to the room during our stay but we did come back a few times to find things rearranged and decorative towel arrangements. I think it is just luck of the draw.