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We were quite satisfied with the room when we got there. We were placed in building 7. This is the only building with an interior entrance for the rooms and an elevator.
The room was very spacious.
Some exterior pictures
The pros and cons
The pros:
1. The staff was very friendly. Disney could take lessons from them on friendliness. I was truely surprised by how wonderful they all were.
2. It was very clean. There wasn't a spec of dust or fingerprint to be found on any of the surfaces, except the dishwasher which was very clean on the inside, but not so clean on the outside. All the drawers were immaculate inside.
3. There is a garbage disposal!
4. The bathroom is large.
5. The living area has comfortable seating.
6. The full size refrigerator with full size freezer!!
7. Free continental breakfast and coffee/tea through out the day. Breakfast included waffles, premade eggs, bagels, muffins, packets of hot cereal, cold cereal in dispensers, flavored creamers, canned fruit salad no fresh fruit, bread for toast, toasters, microwave, apple juice, orange juice, lemonade, packets of syrup, pats of butter and margarine, packets of jelly, packs of cream cheese.
8. The kitchen has pots/pans, utensils, sharp knife, cutting board, glasses, mugs, plates, ice cube tray, 1 "flipper/spatula".
9. Plenty of towels. Also they had their own towels for the pool at the pool.
10. Parking is near the room
11. Convenient to I-4.
12. Eating places near by, Charlies Steak and Sea Food, Wendy's, Subway, Golden Corale, Kobe, Boston Lobster Fest.
Cons:
1. Only 2 very small trash cans in the room with the only large trash can I could find being the one at the pool.
2. You could hear passing traffic on I-4, the rooms were not sound proof and you could hear all your neighbors. The windows are single pain, so you could hear anyone outside talking, even in normal voices. We were in the furthest building and could still hear the people in the pool. We were on the first floor and could hear any foot traffic above us as the ceiling made creaking noises.
3. There was an odd smell through the air vents. It wasn't mold. It smelled almost like CLR cleaning products and stale coffee.
4. You must wear your wristband to swim in the pool or eat breakfast. If you lose your wristband you must pay for it.
5. Upkeep of wear and tear on furniture and fixtures wasn't as good as Disney. For example, the window upstairs above our room had a crack in it. Our TV cabinet had a huge chunk of wood missing from the side. Sidewalks weren't swept clean like Disney does daily.
6. Twice housekeeping knocked on our door around 10:40am on check out day to see if we left yet. We still had the do not disturb magnet on the door, but they disturbed.
Not fun.
It will not be offered weeks 3 or 4
Do you ever watch Big Bang Theory? The snobbery of Star Trek versus Star Wars is hilarious to me.
