Hi everyone, I'm back!! We had a wonderful time in Florida, even with the hurricane!!
I will try to post a full report, but we LOVED, LOVED, LOVED... CSR! It is a beautiful place!
I had requested Cabana 8a, because I thought it would be good to be near the main pool. Well when we checked in, CM Evelyn (who was wonderful, BTW) said we would be in 8b and our room was facing the parking lot. I asked if there was anything else available, so she said Rancho 7b facing the quiet pool, nothing in 8a for our lenght of stay. Now at this point this is where all my OVER planning started to cause me stress! I'm flashing back to all the posts here about which building is the best, how big the resort is, how long the walks are to El Centro, etc., etc.
So Evelyn asks if we would like to see the room and it's location, because I'm worried it will be too far. So she has one of those guys who drives the carts take us over to 7b, and it just seems SO far from everything. So we go back and now I'm just so stressed and confused (I'm not mad though), that my DH decided to step in and take over, as I was probably looking a little crazed at this point. So my DH proceeds to explain how long I've planned this trip, blah, blah, blah, and how I just want it to be nice and if his DW is happy, the whole family will be happy.
So Evelyn goes in the back and comes back and tells us that they have upgraded us to a waterview room in Cabana 9b. Now I am flashing back to all the comments about 9b and how great it is because it is so close to El Centro, so I say ok, we'll take it.
We get to the room #9507 and it is a 1st floor corner room, facing into the main lake that is in the center of CSR....PERFECT!!
The corner room was nice because of the 2 windows, which made the room brighter, the 1st floor was great (no steps to climb), when we walked out our room or looked out the window our view was beautiful, and Cabana 9b is so great with just a quick walk to El Centro!
And CM Evelyn was wonderful, very patient, never got an attitude! I did go over and thanked her for the great room and told her it was perfect! Every time we saw her over at the main building she would come over and ask how our stay was going and called us by name, very nice. One day she was in street clothes and came to talk to us. I will definitely write a letter to say how wonderful I thought she was, she really went out of her way to make me happy.
My DH loved this resort, as did my kids.
We ate at the Pepper Market, which was ok. I didn't mind the set up or even the 10% and you certainly got enough food, but the quality was just ok, nothing to write home about. My kids liked eating at the pool bar, they like the burgers there better. We got the refillable mugs, so I'm sure we saved money there, and being so close to the main building, after breakfast we would just have one of the boys run the mugs back to the room before heading to the parks.
My DH enjoyed Franciscos and the pool bar. I had a Margaritta at Franciscos and it was very good!
Anyway, I could go on and on about our trip, our stay, etc. but I'll stop for now. If anyone has any question, please ask away!!
I will try to post a full report, but we LOVED, LOVED, LOVED... CSR! It is a beautiful place!
I had requested Cabana 8a, because I thought it would be good to be near the main pool. Well when we checked in, CM Evelyn (who was wonderful, BTW) said we would be in 8b and our room was facing the parking lot. I asked if there was anything else available, so she said Rancho 7b facing the quiet pool, nothing in 8a for our lenght of stay. Now at this point this is where all my OVER planning started to cause me stress! I'm flashing back to all the posts here about which building is the best, how big the resort is, how long the walks are to El Centro, etc., etc.
So Evelyn asks if we would like to see the room and it's location, because I'm worried it will be too far. So she has one of those guys who drives the carts take us over to 7b, and it just seems SO far from everything. So we go back and now I'm just so stressed and confused (I'm not mad though), that my DH decided to step in and take over, as I was probably looking a little crazed at this point. So my DH proceeds to explain how long I've planned this trip, blah, blah, blah, and how I just want it to be nice and if his DW is happy, the whole family will be happy.
So Evelyn goes in the back and comes back and tells us that they have upgraded us to a waterview room in Cabana 9b. Now I am flashing back to all the comments about 9b and how great it is because it is so close to El Centro, so I say ok, we'll take it.
We get to the room #9507 and it is a 1st floor corner room, facing into the main lake that is in the center of CSR....PERFECT!!
The corner room was nice because of the 2 windows, which made the room brighter, the 1st floor was great (no steps to climb), when we walked out our room or looked out the window our view was beautiful, and Cabana 9b is so great with just a quick walk to El Centro!
And CM Evelyn was wonderful, very patient, never got an attitude! I did go over and thanked her for the great room and told her it was perfect! Every time we saw her over at the main building she would come over and ask how our stay was going and called us by name, very nice. One day she was in street clothes and came to talk to us. I will definitely write a letter to say how wonderful I thought she was, she really went out of her way to make me happy.
My DH loved this resort, as did my kids.
We ate at the Pepper Market, which was ok. I didn't mind the set up or even the 10% and you certainly got enough food, but the quality was just ok, nothing to write home about. My kids liked eating at the pool bar, they like the burgers there better. We got the refillable mugs, so I'm sure we saved money there, and being so close to the main building, after breakfast we would just have one of the boys run the mugs back to the room before heading to the parks.
My DH enjoyed Franciscos and the pool bar. I had a Margaritta at Franciscos and it was very good!
Anyway, I could go on and on about our trip, our stay, etc. but I'll stop for now. If anyone has any question, please ask away!!
, but I'm thinking first 2 nights at HRH and then the next 5 nights at Poly (if we can swing it).
, but I'm a total Disney girl.
