We got back on Saturday from a week stay at CBR, and all the info we got here was great!
I had requested Jamaica 45, but when we arrived, the room wasn't ready. We had a choice to wait, or see what was available, and having been up since 4am, we asked what was available. We were offered Trinidad North, building 31, and we took it. It was a great location. Quick walk to OPR and the pool, we were the same distance from both the OPR and TN bus stops, and we could see the Illuminations fireworks.
The room was very spacious. Plenty of storage. Plenty of USB outlets! Someone upthread asked about hair dryers. It took me two days to find it, but it was in a bag under the sinks. I don't use one, DH is bald, and DD5 doesn't need one, so I wasn't looking for it, although I had remarked to DH that it was odd there wasn't one - I was expecting to see one on the wall.
The bus service was great. There was only one day we waited any significant amount of time for a bus, and even that was probably only 10-15 minutes. Even from the parks we only waited for a bus for more than 5 minutes one time, and that was the only time we didn't all get seats on the bus.
We ate at the food court two or three times. The food was ok - no better or worse than most of the other food we had at WDW. (We eat mostly whole foods at home, but we're not so vigilant about it outside our own home. The amount of HFCS and preservatives really got to us after a couple of days.) DH really enjoyed the shrimp curry at OPR, and we both really liked the cuban sandwich, although it needed more mustard. DD was thrilled with the chicken nugget situation - as in for every possible meal.
The pool was awesome. DD played almost every day at the splash pool. The lifeguards were very on top of things, and very vigilant about the height restriction of 48". We saw one little one fall and hit her chin - no blood, just a small scrape and shaken -and the lifeguard was right on it with an ice pack, and offer of bandaids (because bandaids fix everything when you're 4!).
Housekeeping was great. We had requested bed rails, but because we didn't take the room originally assigned to us, they had to come later with them. After we freshened up, we went out to DTD for a few hours. When we came back there were rails on the bed, but one was wonky, so I had to call housekeeping again. They came within 15 minutes with a new rail. We also needed more towels, or so I thought - I only saw the two bath towels in the shower, and missed the stack under the sink. But, my unnecessary request for more towels was fulfilled within 10-15 minutes with the delivery of a huge bag full of towels. I requested more shampoo after the first night, because I have very thick hair, so one little bottle wasn't going to do for both DD and I to wash our hair every day. I left a note with our daily tip for more shampoo, and they left about 20 bottles of both shampoo and conditioner. Since there was so much, I tried their conditioner, but stuck with my own after that. Any shampoo will do, but not any old conditioner for my fussy hair.
We would gladly stay at CBR again.
Wish I could have gotten a standard room, but no such luck. Add us to the list please!
