We had Jamaica on our last stay and was in building 45. It was fairly convenient to the bridge to the lobby/main pool, the bus stop and the skyliner. I used Touring Plans to request this building. We stayed in rooms 4554 and 4555, long story but we had to switch rooms. They were adjacent to each other and overall pretty convenient.
Jamaica 42 was our building in January. Directly across from the skyliner, took us maybe 3 minutes to walk there. The walk to OPR wasn't bad, but my dad has a bad knee and he wasn't up for that walk too often, so they ended up eating at the Riviera quick service more often since it meant less walking.
It's very close to the Riviera. If you're in Aruba it's an easy walk. From Jamaica, we'd just jump on the Skyliner and ride over. It was a less than 3 minute ride on the skyliner. That was one reason we picked CBR - easy access to the Riviera for extra quick service options.
Yes, but my kids are teenagers so we don’t have to do it with strollers or anything. The internal bus ride from Aruba to the first stop by the lobby is like 2 minutes.
So there's just one bus that is internal to the resort and then obviously different buses to go the parks?
Yes. One runs on a constant loop around the resort stoping at each of the bus stops.
We stayed in Jamaica, directly across from the CBR skyliner station. We prefer that over using the Riviera skyliner station, because CBR is the hub. There is a line that runs between Pop/AOA and CBR, one that runs between Hollywood Studios and CBR, and one that runs from CBR to Riviera to Epcot. If you use the Riviera stop, you can go directly to Epcot, but if you want to go to Hollywood Studios from Riviera you get on at Riviera, get off at CBR to change lines, then get on from CBR to Hollywood Studios. For that reason, I prefer to use the CBR station.
Building 55 is hands down the most convenient building for the skyliner.
