Just back from a week in the World. Stayed at the Caribbean Beach resort....Aruba building 54 room 5405....
Was kind of apprehensive of staying here after reading some negative things about the resort, not just on here but trip adviser also. But we loved it there, our room was a short walk to the bus stop which was a plus! Now you have to keep this in mind it was just two of us myself and DH if I had small kids I can see why people say this resort spaced out to far. The main building with the food court is not conveniently located but for us it wasnt an issue....again because we were not traveling with kids just adults. The room was very clean and comfortable so I we would stay here again!
The parks were crowded which was to be expected it was Memorial Day weekend we were there from the 22-29 but it was a manageable crowded not a Christmas crowded were your shoulder to shoulder with people.
Loved the new ride in Fantasyland , the one with Ariel it was really neat. Just made me wonder though why they would use the same type of car in the ride as the one in Epcot, the clam shell, they are identical to the ones in the ride from Epcot, just thought that was weird, figured new ride would not have duplicated cars for the riders, but maybe they had an abundance of them and decided to cut corners who knows.
Absolutely loved what they did to the Test Track in EPCOT the ride is much better and the interactive que is fun, yea it may hold the lines up a little but then again maybe not, I mean that ride was always a long wait unless you fast passed it.
The flies that people have been talking about on here are GONE .....not sure if why they were there but we were only bothered by one or two while we were sitting over by Caseys in MK. Other than that no bother! Which was a big yea for us!
We really had an awesome trip ,,,,saw a couple of cranky cast members , but I just went out of my way to be extra polite and pleasant to them and got smiles out of all three I came across, these people put up with alot from John Q Public afterall!
We didnt so the 24 hour thing, there was no way I was dong that to myself, but I did talk to a couple of cm's who told me they were surprised about how many little little kids in strollers people brought back into the park,one cm said the amount of little kids in the park at 3 AM was baffling to her, and that these poor little ones were not happy, and that people started to get a little punchy around 3:30 am . No thank you glad I avoided that.
Now for the part that I feel I need to post .
On Saturday night my husband and I left the park early and decided we would go over to Downtown Disney just to shop and walk around. I needed to use the facilities so went over to the one that is between Trend-E close to Earl of Sandwich area. And of course there was a line, there always is in the womens bathroom! So I am standing in line waiting , DH is sitting a ways away waiting for me, and a man approaches me and says to me , " You dont need to wait in line for this bathroom there is another one right over there,, (I have been here 12 times I know were they are) I looked at him and said where? He points and says to me see those red lights over there, there is one right over there ( no such bathroom) I say to him I dont know where your talking about, he then proceeds to take my elbow and say Come with me I will show you! ,,,,,I told him and not very nicely to get away from me I knew where the bathrooms were and he was lying, He took off like a shot!......I immediately left the line and my husband went over to the vacation club hut and told a cm who called security who were there in a shot , they took my description of the guy and beefed up security around the area. Now my concern was this like I told security , I am an adult women, and Im not small not big , but what if this person approached a teen girl or a smaller girl and they were naive enough to go with this man and that scared me. So to anyone who thinks it is okay to let your children who are to young to go to the bathroom by themselves go alone because you are lulled into the false sense of this is Disney nothing will happen think again. There are weirdos everywhere. And the very next day a 6 or 7 year old girl was in the womens bathroom with me by herself and asked me to pick her up so she could reach the soap at the sink, I asked her where her mom was and she said inline at the ride! I was amazed by this. So please be on the watch for people like this!
Well other than that if you have questions feel free to ask and if I can I will answer them. Other than that we had an Awesome time and I am going back in Sept for a mother...daughter birthday trip ...cant wait!!!!
Was kind of apprehensive of staying here after reading some negative things about the resort, not just on here but trip adviser also. But we loved it there, our room was a short walk to the bus stop which was a plus! Now you have to keep this in mind it was just two of us myself and DH if I had small kids I can see why people say this resort spaced out to far. The main building with the food court is not conveniently located but for us it wasnt an issue....again because we were not traveling with kids just adults. The room was very clean and comfortable so I we would stay here again!
The parks were crowded which was to be expected it was Memorial Day weekend we were there from the 22-29 but it was a manageable crowded not a Christmas crowded were your shoulder to shoulder with people.
Loved the new ride in Fantasyland , the one with Ariel it was really neat. Just made me wonder though why they would use the same type of car in the ride as the one in Epcot, the clam shell, they are identical to the ones in the ride from Epcot, just thought that was weird, figured new ride would not have duplicated cars for the riders, but maybe they had an abundance of them and decided to cut corners who knows.
Absolutely loved what they did to the Test Track in EPCOT the ride is much better and the interactive que is fun, yea it may hold the lines up a little but then again maybe not, I mean that ride was always a long wait unless you fast passed it.
The flies that people have been talking about on here are GONE .....not sure if why they were there but we were only bothered by one or two while we were sitting over by Caseys in MK. Other than that no bother! Which was a big yea for us!
We really had an awesome trip ,,,,saw a couple of cranky cast members , but I just went out of my way to be extra polite and pleasant to them and got smiles out of all three I came across, these people put up with alot from John Q Public afterall!
We didnt so the 24 hour thing, there was no way I was dong that to myself, but I did talk to a couple of cm's who told me they were surprised about how many little little kids in strollers people brought back into the park,one cm said the amount of little kids in the park at 3 AM was baffling to her, and that these poor little ones were not happy, and that people started to get a little punchy around 3:30 am . No thank you glad I avoided that.
Now for the part that I feel I need to post .
On Saturday night my husband and I left the park early and decided we would go over to Downtown Disney just to shop and walk around. I needed to use the facilities so went over to the one that is between Trend-E close to Earl of Sandwich area. And of course there was a line, there always is in the womens bathroom! So I am standing in line waiting , DH is sitting a ways away waiting for me, and a man approaches me and says to me , " You dont need to wait in line for this bathroom there is another one right over there,, (I have been here 12 times I know were they are) I looked at him and said where? He points and says to me see those red lights over there, there is one right over there ( no such bathroom) I say to him I dont know where your talking about, he then proceeds to take my elbow and say Come with me I will show you! ,,,,,I told him and not very nicely to get away from me I knew where the bathrooms were and he was lying, He took off like a shot!......I immediately left the line and my husband went over to the vacation club hut and told a cm who called security who were there in a shot , they took my description of the guy and beefed up security around the area. Now my concern was this like I told security , I am an adult women, and Im not small not big , but what if this person approached a teen girl or a smaller girl and they were naive enough to go with this man and that scared me. So to anyone who thinks it is okay to let your children who are to young to go to the bathroom by themselves go alone because you are lulled into the false sense of this is Disney nothing will happen think again. There are weirdos everywhere. And the very next day a 6 or 7 year old girl was in the womens bathroom with me by herself and asked me to pick her up so she could reach the soap at the sink, I asked her where her mom was and she said inline at the ride! I was amazed by this. So please be on the watch for people like this!
Well other than that if you have questions feel free to ask and if I can I will answer them. Other than that we had an Awesome time and I am going back in Sept for a mother...daughter birthday trip ...cant wait!!!!
How scary!!!! I think my hubby would have gone after the guy, himself, lol! And it is amazing how people think just b/c they are in a kid friendly area that their children are safe. There's no such thing, folks.
). Your child's safety is just a tad more important than what others think.
