We've been back for a few days for the start of school and just a few notes about the CR - CL stay. We were lucky to be able to stay on the AC-Cl floor with a TPV view...never thought that TPV was worth the up charge but it was definitely a treat. Our room was 4841 which was close to the lounge, but offered a beautiful view of Seven Seas lagoon and the MK, Space mountain looked like it was just outside our window. Check in was an adventure, the CM from the entrance took us up to the Atrium level check in where we were introduced to Kathy at the CL desk. It was only supposed to be a quick stop to pick up our bands but DS' band wouldn't work and his account was merged with DW. This messed up the reservation completely as FP+, Park entry's for DS and DW were merged. So after dealing with that for about 30 min, they told us our room was ready, even though our bands wouldn't open the door. Eventually they did and they said we can go to the parks. Long story short, It took the CL team of Kathy and Kelrick 2 days to create a new account for DS and try to match all the FP+ to the rest of the families. Even though the CL team couldn't do much else to fix the problem (nor could Disney IT) we were compensated by given 3 priority FP+ to use as well as a couple of extra FP+ thrown in when we needed them. The CL staff were amazing, lounge items were always restocked frequently and any requests handled efficiently. Small water bottles to take to the park were available on request at any time and the CL text service to make FP+ adjustments, ADR adjustments, etc. was a Godsend. You were practically connected with the CL staff (at GF via text service) at all times during regular CL hours. That was pretty helpful and worked very well even to the last minute request of a late checkout. The convenience at CR was amazing...monorail was running properly and we didn't experience any delays or interruptions during our stay. The advantage of being able to walk to CR, was not really taken advantage of because of the heat; even leaving the park at EMH closing at 2AM, the bus to the door was preferred over walking the 10 minutes or so. Rooms / Housekeeping / Turndown were good; God-awful sinks and poor quality linens and Towels are the only complaint. Didn't order room service. Valet parking was fine; easier to get around with Valet parking options at all resorts and rental car. I had 2 parcels delivered to the resort which were received by the business centre at a charge or $3 / package as outlined in the information at the beginning of this thread; had to go there as well to print stuff ($1/page.) Had a rental car so didn't rely on Disney buses at all, even to Downtown Disney which we were lucky to find parking on the 2 occasions that we went there. Laundry facilities (2nd floor GW) were fine (middle 2 dryers were available free as the credit card scanners weren't working.) DD and I did the Sea Raycer rentals out onto Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon which was hot and fun. Didn't use the pool. (crazy, I know!) Dining at Ohana, Cape May (yes there were crab legs!) Chef Mickey (real let down in terms of cost / food quality) Teppan Edo, 50's Cafe, BOG Lunch with FP+ and Tony's. Typical, nothing exceptional - OOP, no
free dining. In contrast, we had a night at Universal PBH midweek; hotel and food there definitely a notch above Disney standards but that is another story. Thanks for putting up with my report, I might be able to answer some question, but probably not as well as others on the thread.
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