I would love to see pictures of Csr Resort

[Buzz2001]

These are great because CSR has its own bakery on site.

The bread is very good too! We like to get a loaf for the room once in awhile for sandwiches.

 

[KatMark]

The bread is very good too! We like to get a loaf for the room once in awhile for sandwiches.

I never thought of that...I'll have to do that in September.

 

[Buzz2001]

Nice pic!!

 

[momma2kiddos]

OMG I cannot wait! 32 days left!

Oh good idea for the sandwiches! Thanks! Those pastries look so delish! I think I might gain 10 pounds during our 7 day stay! LOL

 

[Buzz2001]

Photo by steery1

 

[Buzz2001]

We just got home on Sunday from a week at CSR... it was wonderful!

We arrived at 3:00pm and the front desk clerk thought he recognized my name...then he remembered that he had read my fax and assigned us a room earlier. He said he always tries to honor requests that come in because the guest has gone to the trouble to put in a fax.

Unfortunately, the room he had assigned to us was given away before we arrived so he took his time and found us another one. We were in room 8604 in Cabanas 8B. Excellent location! The bus stop was steps away, pool a very quick walk and the lobby area just a short walk.

This was our view:

Our room wasn't ready so we headed to the main pool for a drink and on the way, we saw a baby alligator by the bridge:

<oops, can't find the picture...will post later>

Our room was ready within a half hour and our luggage arrived about a half hour after that (we used DME).

We went to the hottub almost every night - DH always stayed much later than me. Most nights there was a great mix of people and DH loves to talk so he made lots of friends. Security left them alone and told them they could stay as late as they wanted as long as they didn't get a noise complaint. Taking our drinks to the hottub was not a problem.

One word of warning though - DH came home with a wicked chemical burn from being in the hottub too long! This is not a criticism of CSR and their use of chemicals in the tub, it is necessary. But don't stay in the for 4 hours each night...it hurts

I walked the whole way around the resort one afternoon and took some pics. Here are some of my faves:

Ranchos area (I liked the theming way more than I thought I would)

The Casitas area (Casitas 4 and 5 were further away from the pool than I expected)

El Centro (main lobby area)

The Pepper Market (we ate there once - shared the fajitas. we just asked for an extra tortilla and it was more than enough for two):

Around the resort:

I love that the coke machines at Disney are themed to the area they are in. Here's the one at our bus stop:

We loved the resort and would recommend it. Anyone have any questions?

Thanks for posting!

 

[Buzz2001]

alligator pics...you can see him in the bottom right corner of the first two pics...

And here are a few more that were still on my camera:

Bounceback promo:

Thanks for posting!

 

[Buzz2001]

Here was my CSR gator from 2006.

 

[Buzz2001]

 

[JackSparrow21]

Very nice photos everyone!

 

[KatMark]

 

[paintnolish]

Bwahaha! We saw the gator in 2005 and my daughter never ran ahead of me at the resort again!

 

[Buzz2001]

Great photo!

 

[hockeymomNS]

Thanks so much for the great pictures. I've never seen a gator thank goodness!

 

[Buzz2001]

Photos by Sherreis

 

[Buzz2001]

Hi all! We FINALLY got settled here. Phew! We're in a renovated room (room number not to be mentioned for security reasons, lol). It's absolutely GORGEOUS! We're in the Cabanas, and it's perfectly located! We had to give up our "water view" room in order to get a renovated room but that was fine because we never look out the windows anyway!

We checked in with a lovely guy named Fred. It was his first day, and he was earning his ears. He was wonderful and very knowledgeable! I was impressed! He asked about DD's birthday, and had a CM come out and drop off a birthday card for Meri. Then we had a maintenance person come in to unclog the potty, and she gave Meri 4 little Disney figurines! What magic already!

It's been raining all day, which stinks... and looks like it's going to continue all night. We're supposed to go to TRex tonight but there's a problem with the ADR. We have a party of 4 ADR, but we needed to add a 5th person, and they won't let us. It appears they're all full tonight. So we may end up canceling or we may end up at Rainforest, or who knows what else? My friend (the 5th) works for a very very very VIP here in Orlando, so I'm hopeful she can pull strings, lol!

I'll post pictures of the room here tonight after we get back from dinner. I have to shower and get ready to head over to DTD! If anyone has questions about the resort, let me know and I'll try to find out!

A few pictures:

Casitas

The resort is absolutely GORGEOUS! It really is. If you stay here, absolutely take the time to walk around the lake and just soak it in. There are so many lovely spots!!

Thanks for sharing your great review!!

 

[chrispooh1955]

Great pics all!! 35 more days!

 

[Buzz2001]

Photos by tlrotzoll

 

[Buzz2001]

Photo by DannyDisneyFreak

 

[Buzz2001]

Photo by DannyDisneyFreak