I'm baaack from CBR

[JeffV71]

My wife and I took the land/sea package for our honeymoon last October. We stayed at the CBR and absolutely loved it! (Aruba) We hopped on the internal bus to get to Port Royale,ususally, but sometimes we walked. Walking around the premises really is lovely; truly feel like you are in paradise. The bus system was excellent;we only wish our room was somewhat closer to the bus stop. No big deal, however. The food court was utilized by us every morning, around 8 am, for breakfast. We thought prices were quite reasonable and food was good. Lots of different options.. I truly believe we would go back to CBR without blinking an eye!! We will be spending our 1st anniversary on the Disney Wonder this October for a 4-day cruise. Can't wait!!!

 

[ivrysbaby]

WHICH IS THE BETTER BUILDING 24 25 OR 26!! 25 LOOKS THE CLOSEST BUT I COULD BE WRONG. CAN YOU TELL WHICH ONE I SHOULD CHOOSE. I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING IF POSSIBLE SO MY MOM WON'T HAVE TO WALK FAR

 

[denman007]

Thanks guys!

Ivrysbaby – We had 3 CB’s. For me that was plenty for an 8 night stay. I like to sleep in. hehe

Most of the pictures are from around the parks. Characters were all over the place. You’ll be able to tell the ones I took inside the castle. I should have them posted in a day or 2. The pictures I have up are from the first 5 of 16 rolls I took. I also have more resort pics – just have not gotten to them yet.

If your little DS loves Buzz DO NOT miss the MGM motorcars parade. You can also meet them in person at Al’s Barn in MGM.

Here is a link to the Wonderland Tea Party…

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/teaparty.htm

Look at my map to determine bldg locations. I'd go with 25. 26 is a handicap building.

 

[ivrysbaby]

Thank YOu sooooooo much!! Your replies have been really helpful I'm calling now to request bld 25 now I will definitely do the MGM motorcars parade and Al's Barn Thank you so very much and please feel free to tell me more of what we should do We are counting the days and these are my babies bouncing off the walls with anticipation Again Thanks so much

 

[sandileigh]

I have to add my two cents about staying in Trinidad South. My husband and I stayed there in April, in the absolutely furthest building from OPR. I would never, ever recommend anyone to stay in TS. We were so tired from walking every day that it was too much of a chore to get to OPR. And we're only 26-years-old, so we should be in prime conditioning for the walk!!!!!

As someone already mentioned, we barely got our money's worth from our refillable cups because it was just so much of a pain in the butt to get to OPR to refill. Sure, we could have taken the internal bus system, but the internal buses just didn't come often enough.

We were there the week after Easter and crowds were absolutely impossible (they closed AK at 10 am due to crowds the first day we were there). That, coupled with the distance of our room made for an overall unenjoyable week. I'm glad I've been to Disney before, or I would have been so totally turned off the trip in general that I would probably never return. We're convinced that we had such an amazing trip the last time we went (only saw one cloud, temp steady at 85 F) that we were due for a bit of bad luck.

We loved the theming, but would only go back to stay in Martinique, Trinidad North or Jamaica.

 

[denman007]

sandileigh,

That's the chance I'm talking about. You can never be sure where they're gonna put you, even if you fax room requests. TS and Mart. are 2 different experiences.

Another thing that happen to us, while staying in Trinadad North, we were always the 6th stop for pickups and somethings the bus was so packed after the 5th stop if would never come. Twice we had to wait 30 minutes for buses in the evening when people were returning for the nighttime shows. Even then it was standing room only.

FYI...

The bus stop order for pickup AND dropoff for 90% of our trips was

1.Jam
2.Aruba
3.Barb
4.Mart
5.Ole Port
6.TN
7.TS

So in TS you'd be last for pickup and last for drop off.

 

[Ted and Holly]

My advice to anyone who will listen about Trinidad South.... do what I did when they didn't even know my room requests when we checked in in April. I still don't know where they were going to put us, but I argued (sweetly) and CHOSE our room from those available.... We checked in before noon though. If you get there early enough and they say you're in TS, BEG AND PLEAD with them to change your room.... My neighbor tried it and it worked for her as well.

I'm not suggesting you all go out an harrass the nice CM's, but as a last resort.......

Holly