My DH just got back from our first trip without the kids 
. Here are my opinions.
1. Pepper Market is fun, but as you've heard fairly expensive. This wasn't a problem for us without the kids, but I'll be glad to be on the DDP when we take them in Sept.! The food was much better than at other resort food courts we've experienced - and it was cooked to order - not pre-made.
2. We got our building request and loved the renovated room. It was very adult. My DH is concerned that the kids won't like it - and admittedly, there's not much Disney in the room. The room was extremely clean and the bed was very comfortable - better than POR, POP and ASMo.
3. Mousekeeping was outstanding. We got a thank you note for the tip along with towel animals. They were also extremely friendly. We were very surprised at how efficient and outgoing they were.
4. The pool is exceptional here. You can spend all day at the pool and have everything you need. We re-filled our mugs at the pool, had nice big frozen drinks, had nice naps, etc. The pool was very well heated and even in temps. of 73-78, it was mostly comfortable. (although the hot tub was very appreciated after a dip in the pool
). The hot tub is very hot and very big. It never felt crowded.
5. The buses were mostly good - especially at the parks back to the resort. We never waited longer than 10 minutes. Our only problem was the DTD bus. We waited about 25 mins. for pick-up from the resort and then the driver took some crazy convuluted route. It took us over 1/2 hour to get there! The way back took about 8 minutes! We were on all kinds of back roads going over. We're not sure if he was lost or if he was trying to avoid a wreck. Guess we'll never know
. We were late for our RR adr, but it didn't matter - just made me a little nervous. We were also disappointed with the pick-up at DTD. We waited a LONG time. I finally asked another bus driver to call it in, but a bus showed up at that point.
I did wonder how the buses are coordinated. When we were waiting for the DTD bus at 6 p.m. (prime time for DTD, right?), 3 Epcot buses in a row shoed up. The last two were right beside each other and one left empty. In the morning two DTD buses left empty while some people were waiting a while for a MK bus. It seemed a little unorganized.
But still, after bad experiences at POR, the buses here were much better
.
6. Overall, I loved our CSR experience and hope to go back in Sept.
. Here are my opinions.1. Pepper Market is fun, but as you've heard fairly expensive. This wasn't a problem for us without the kids, but I'll be glad to be on the DDP when we take them in Sept.! The food was much better than at other resort food courts we've experienced - and it was cooked to order - not pre-made.
2. We got our building request and loved the renovated room. It was very adult. My DH is concerned that the kids won't like it - and admittedly, there's not much Disney in the room. The room was extremely clean and the bed was very comfortable - better than POR, POP and ASMo.
3. Mousekeeping was outstanding. We got a thank you note for the tip along with towel animals. They were also extremely friendly. We were very surprised at how efficient and outgoing they were.
4. The pool is exceptional here. You can spend all day at the pool and have everything you need. We re-filled our mugs at the pool, had nice big frozen drinks, had nice naps, etc. The pool was very well heated and even in temps. of 73-78, it was mostly comfortable. (although the hot tub was very appreciated after a dip in the pool
). The hot tub is very hot and very big. It never felt crowded.5. The buses were mostly good - especially at the parks back to the resort. We never waited longer than 10 minutes. Our only problem was the DTD bus. We waited about 25 mins. for pick-up from the resort and then the driver took some crazy convuluted route. It took us over 1/2 hour to get there! The way back took about 8 minutes! We were on all kinds of back roads going over. We're not sure if he was lost or if he was trying to avoid a wreck. Guess we'll never know
. We were late for our RR adr, but it didn't matter - just made me a little nervous. We were also disappointed with the pick-up at DTD. We waited a LONG time. I finally asked another bus driver to call it in, but a bus showed up at that point. I did wonder how the buses are coordinated. When we were waiting for the DTD bus at 6 p.m. (prime time for DTD, right?), 3 Epcot buses in a row shoed up. The last two were right beside each other and one left empty. In the morning two DTD buses left empty while some people were waiting a while for a MK bus. It seemed a little unorganized.
But still, after bad experiences at POR, the buses here were much better
.6. Overall, I loved our CSR experience and hope to go back in Sept.
. He thinks the kids will not like the less colorful rooms. I guess he feels its too adult for them.
. When he came up, the lifeguard said, "What was that!?! Can't you read?!!" My husband and I were cracking up (secretly). It was a little scary before we knew he was OK (it was somewhat shallow where he dove). But the lifeguard's reaction was great - he was very gregarious and the kind of guy who can get away with the comments he made. We were thinking my 11 year old would love his personality.
