A little slow on updating but as promised I thought I would do a brief review of our latest stay. Background is that CBR has been our go to on property resort the last year. We were lucky enough to stay on 2 separate trips with the gift card bonus (May, August) and then stayed again in January of this year and now here in May. I have stayed value and won't go back. Despite the construction CBR is the theme that appeals the most of the moderates. We have AP's so not once in a lifetime trips.
I got to go at the food tent once and all 5 of us ate there one morning. It was fine.
This May the construction was probably the most obvious I have seen it. One thing to realize about the highly requested Jamaica/Aruba 45 51 is that the gondola station is right there now.
As posted despite my repeated requests for Jamaica we ended up in Aruba. Not just Aruba 56. For reference on the map that is the building closest to the Riviera construction. Our room was facing the parking lot and bus stop. There was nothing they could/would do and no pixie dust ever fell.
BUT it ended up okay. My complaints with the room location ended up being noise from the bus and a neighbor 2 doors down who insisted on smoking right outside his room. They also had a baby who enjoyed exercising his lungs.
We had two connecting rooms. Oddly enough one had the pull down bed and one did not. That was fine for us because we just needed one, but it was still a little odd and could be a problem for some. For those worried about noise I would suggest this. Definitely worth the small investment.
https://www.amazon.com/Marpac-White-Noise-Machine-Portable/dp/B01D50RZQI?th=1
Once I walked down the path between buildings this was the view to Riviera.
I have three girls. We were going to take a trip to the beach this trip for once but the sand at CBR ended up good enough.
You can see in the background and foreground of the picture that while there is construction CBR is still there like it always has been. Let me know if any other questions or concerns.