My family and I just got back from our week-long vacation at SSR, and we all had a great time.
The check-in process was relatively pleasant, but I think the counter boy was still new, because he talks very quiet and didn't write down my room number on our map, so I had to go back to find out the room number after we have already walked to our building. But it's no big deal really.
The room was very nice, and very clean. We did discover a pair of boxer hidden under the bed, but we just thought it was funny. We actually liked the lack of house keeping, because we don't have to worry about getting out of the room at a given time.
The shuttle buses also came fairly often and never had to wait for more than 10 minutes (actually more frequent than AKL), which surprised me because that's the most common complain i hear from this board.
We spent two days at the parks, and two days at golf courses and Downtown Disney. Wolfgang Puck is probably our most favorite restaurant there.
One thing that did leave an unpleasant memory in this trip, was the Magic Express for checking out. Our flight out of Orlando was at 8:05 AM, so we had to check-in the airline at 5 AM, which was fine with us, we didn't really complain. But when we got to the airline check-in at the resort, they were still closed, but the pickup bus was already there. So unable to check-in, the bus left us, the bus driver also told us there will be another one in 30 minutes. After we check-in the airline, the bell service told us there won't be a bus until 7 AM, and called a taxi for us, but we'll have to pay for it. The taxi driver was also very rude, and probably ripped us off on the taxi fare ($50), and even asked for tips when we got to the airport!
Anyway, over all the trip has been really good, and we enjoyed every minute of it. At first we were a bit unsure about our decision on buying into DVC, and now we are just glad we did.
The check-in process was relatively pleasant, but I think the counter boy was still new, because he talks very quiet and didn't write down my room number on our map, so I had to go back to find out the room number after we have already walked to our building. But it's no big deal really.
The room was very nice, and very clean. We did discover a pair of boxer hidden under the bed, but we just thought it was funny. We actually liked the lack of house keeping, because we don't have to worry about getting out of the room at a given time.
The shuttle buses also came fairly often and never had to wait for more than 10 minutes (actually more frequent than AKL), which surprised me because that's the most common complain i hear from this board.
We spent two days at the parks, and two days at golf courses and Downtown Disney. Wolfgang Puck is probably our most favorite restaurant there.
One thing that did leave an unpleasant memory in this trip, was the Magic Express for checking out. Our flight out of Orlando was at 8:05 AM, so we had to check-in the airline at 5 AM, which was fine with us, we didn't really complain. But when we got to the airline check-in at the resort, they were still closed, but the pickup bus was already there. So unable to check-in, the bus left us, the bus driver also told us there will be another one in 30 minutes. After we check-in the airline, the bell service told us there won't be a bus until 7 AM, and called a taxi for us, but we'll have to pay for it. The taxi driver was also very rude, and probably ripped us off on the taxi fare ($50), and even asked for tips when we got to the airport!
Anyway, over all the trip has been really good, and we enjoyed every minute of it. At first we were a bit unsure about our decision on buying into DVC, and now we are just glad we did.
