jemtx
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Great review—thanks!We returned from our trip earlier this week and had a great time. We had stayed at BLT about 10yrs ago, but never at CR. We were in the garden wing and found the location to be good. Very convenient to the pool and only a few min walk to the main building. I did request a 1st floor, which was granted. We were facing the lake side and could see the WL boats go by. I’d say our room was about half way down the middle section and was quiet. Now one day I was on the patio and turned around to a black snake blocking my door! I may have jumped over the bushes and ran around the building to get back to my room. The garden wing was also very convenient to have the laundry room in our building. There was maybe ever one other person in there when we used it (about 3x, once just to dry some wet shoes
). We did not feel left out staying in GW. The only thing I wish was that I had a bathtub to soak my back and feet, but we just went to the hot tub at night instead as it was just a minute walk.
Transportation was really good. We had great luck leaving the parks with busses. Every time we walked to the bus stop a bus was already there waiting! I’d say the Epcot monorail transfer was kind of a pain and took the longest time. A few times we just left out the IG exit at Epcot and caught a Lyft at the beach club back to CR rather than walk all the way back to the front.
Food was great. We ate at S71 and a few times at the bar. The burger was my husband favorite and the bartenders were so fun! My teenage son had a blast sitting with us and chatting with the other adults. Contemporary cafe had pretty good food too! The breakfast burrito and the Italian beef sandwich were my favorites from there.
My son ended up liking the circle pool better than the main pool. He said the main pool had too many little kids and the slide was too slow…. There was barely anyone at the circle pool, so it was easy to find a spot in the shade and for him to swim. I will say our last 2 days there were a lot of bugs in the pool and my son wouldn’t go in. My husband said it looked as though the skimmer was full or not working. It had just rained pretty hard so maybe that was why so many bugs?
Happy to answer any questions anyone may have!
I like that Italian beef sandwich sandwich too. Good tip about going out IG to grab a Lyft.