BedKnobbery2
<font color=blue>Saucy Pants!<br><font color=red>W
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We (Me, age 33 and 2 sons, ages 8 & 10) stayed at CSR August 15-18. I called the resort directly the night before our check-in, and requested a non-smoking room on the second floor in either Cabanas 8A or Cabanas 9B (figured if we couldn't be right next to the Dig Site, we may as well be close to El Centro!).
We arrived early--around 1pm. I was delighted to find our room was ready and we got our #1 request--Cabanas 8A. We drove to our building, and were again delighted to find we were near the stairs/elevator. Our room was a good size, easy to manuever even with all 3 of us there. Looks just like the pictures you can find on various sites. About 3-5 minutes walk to the Dig Site; 7-9 minute walk to El Centro.
Now, having previously had a bad experience with the Disney Transportation System (10 years ago, at CBR), I did not regard this as a 'bonus' of staying onsite. However, my boys begged to take the bus our first night, and boy am I glad we did!! Cabanas 8A is located very near a bus stop, it was less than 5 minutes (probably 3) from room to bus stop. We never had to wait very long for a bus, and it moved quickly through the resort. A big, big, big, big BIG bonus of CSR that we learned of later in our stay (At BCV) is that the buses for CSR are ONLY for CSR, unlike many other resorts (ahem...beach club!) where you make numerous stops at other resorts, nearly doubling the commute time. We used the CSR buses during our entire visit; at BCV, we only used it once (and once was enough!)
The Dig Site was great--my kids loved it, although they were disappointed that the waterfall didn't actually have water FALLING on you. Loved the slide.
The staff at CSR was incredibly helpful and accomodating. This Moderate truly earns a Deluxe rating when it comes to service! At Guest Services, options were described to us patiently and in great detail; in the gift shop, the CMs graciously endured my kid's endless requests to see their pins. In fact, a manager was incredibly sweet about describing to us how to identify and find lanyard series pins--we are new collectors--and even went so far as to go out back and find 2 pins for my boys, their first lanyard pins ever. She did this all of her own accord, we didn't even know what lanyard pins were at that point.
We ate breakfast once at the Pepper Market, I was a wee bit surprised at the high cost/mediocre quality of the breakfast items. We also ate dinner at the Pepper Market, and used Quick & Casual Vouchers, so it was a great value, and the quality was fantastic. It would've been pricey without the vouchers, however. We also had the breakfast buffet at the Maya Grill one morning, which was FANTASTIC. Also pricey, but worth it. I especially love the breakfast burritos and the cheese danish.
I have stayed previously at CBR and DL (now PO-FQ), and during this same trip, at the Beach Club Villas. CSR is without a doubt my favorite of the four. My boys voted CSR as their favorite in terms of space and convenience, but SAB won out for favorite pool. I'm torn on the pools; granted, SAB was more impressive and a lot of fun, but it was easier to keep track of my boys at the Dig Site.
BK
We arrived early--around 1pm. I was delighted to find our room was ready and we got our #1 request--Cabanas 8A. We drove to our building, and were again delighted to find we were near the stairs/elevator. Our room was a good size, easy to manuever even with all 3 of us there. Looks just like the pictures you can find on various sites. About 3-5 minutes walk to the Dig Site; 7-9 minute walk to El Centro.
Now, having previously had a bad experience with the Disney Transportation System (10 years ago, at CBR), I did not regard this as a 'bonus' of staying onsite. However, my boys begged to take the bus our first night, and boy am I glad we did!! Cabanas 8A is located very near a bus stop, it was less than 5 minutes (probably 3) from room to bus stop. We never had to wait very long for a bus, and it moved quickly through the resort. A big, big, big, big BIG bonus of CSR that we learned of later in our stay (At BCV) is that the buses for CSR are ONLY for CSR, unlike many other resorts (ahem...beach club!) where you make numerous stops at other resorts, nearly doubling the commute time. We used the CSR buses during our entire visit; at BCV, we only used it once (and once was enough!)
The Dig Site was great--my kids loved it, although they were disappointed that the waterfall didn't actually have water FALLING on you. Loved the slide.
The staff at CSR was incredibly helpful and accomodating. This Moderate truly earns a Deluxe rating when it comes to service! At Guest Services, options were described to us patiently and in great detail; in the gift shop, the CMs graciously endured my kid's endless requests to see their pins. In fact, a manager was incredibly sweet about describing to us how to identify and find lanyard series pins--we are new collectors--and even went so far as to go out back and find 2 pins for my boys, their first lanyard pins ever. She did this all of her own accord, we didn't even know what lanyard pins were at that point.
We ate breakfast once at the Pepper Market, I was a wee bit surprised at the high cost/mediocre quality of the breakfast items. We also ate dinner at the Pepper Market, and used Quick & Casual Vouchers, so it was a great value, and the quality was fantastic. It would've been pricey without the vouchers, however. We also had the breakfast buffet at the Maya Grill one morning, which was FANTASTIC. Also pricey, but worth it. I especially love the breakfast burritos and the cheese danish.
I have stayed previously at CBR and DL (now PO-FQ), and during this same trip, at the Beach Club Villas. CSR is without a doubt my favorite of the four. My boys voted CSR as their favorite in terms of space and convenience, but SAB won out for favorite pool. I'm torn on the pools; granted, SAB was more impressive and a lot of fun, but it was easier to keep track of my boys at the Dig Site.
BK
CSR seems to get high marks from a lot of people...I'd definately like to give it a try.
