AbigailsMomSarah
Earning My Ears
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- Nov 12, 2006
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We've been at the Candy Cane Inn for 4 nights and will be checking out in few hours. This is our first time staying here and on past trips have stayed at the Annabella once and the Portifino twice.
Our standard 2 queen room was very clean and the beds are really comfortable. (Bring your own pillow if you're not a fan of big squishy down pillows). The free shuttle too and from Disney is great! The free breakfast is served from 7-9 and includes bagels, cream cheese, toast, apples, bananas, oranges, pastries, oatmeal packets and cereal. They have orange juice, coffee, milk, tea and hot coco to drink.
The pool area is clean and pretty and my kids said the pool was warm; I didn't get in
There's a pool, spa and small kiddie pool.
So that's the good stuff...
The reason we probably won't stay here again, even though we loved all of the above, is the size of the room. It is SO SMALL. We're a family of 4 (mom, dad, 4 year old and 6 year old) and felt like we were on top of each other all the time.
There's no dresser in the room so the only place to put clothes or suitcases is on the floor and maybe one in the very small closet, sepending on the size of your suit case. The bottom of the TV case has 3 small drawers where I put some of my kids clothes, but they hold maybe 2 pair of kid size pants and a few shirts.
I understand they offer 2 upgraded rooms but the sizes don't appear to be that much larger.
Weve found that for us, we really like having a seperate kid area like at the Annabella and Portifino. The CCI is nicer and probably cleaner than the Portifio, but for the same price we really like havng the seperate room with bunk beds, a TV, couch and table. It makes it much more peaceful when the kids wake up much earlier than the adults!!! And we like the privacy at night.
At the Annabella our room was also very small and the kids room was only a bed, which was fine, but combined with the much longer walk, we won't stay there again.
So overall the CCI is very nice, clean and a very pretty property. Just know that the room and bathroom is teeny tiny very small.
Our standard 2 queen room was very clean and the beds are really comfortable. (Bring your own pillow if you're not a fan of big squishy down pillows). The free shuttle too and from Disney is great! The free breakfast is served from 7-9 and includes bagels, cream cheese, toast, apples, bananas, oranges, pastries, oatmeal packets and cereal. They have orange juice, coffee, milk, tea and hot coco to drink.
The pool area is clean and pretty and my kids said the pool was warm; I didn't get in
There's a pool, spa and small kiddie pool. So that's the good stuff...
The reason we probably won't stay here again, even though we loved all of the above, is the size of the room. It is SO SMALL. We're a family of 4 (mom, dad, 4 year old and 6 year old) and felt like we were on top of each other all the time.
There's no dresser in the room so the only place to put clothes or suitcases is on the floor and maybe one in the very small closet, sepending on the size of your suit case. The bottom of the TV case has 3 small drawers where I put some of my kids clothes, but they hold maybe 2 pair of kid size pants and a few shirts.
I understand they offer 2 upgraded rooms but the sizes don't appear to be that much larger.
Weve found that for us, we really like having a seperate kid area like at the Annabella and Portifino. The CCI is nicer and probably cleaner than the Portifio, but for the same price we really like havng the seperate room with bunk beds, a TV, couch and table. It makes it much more peaceful when the kids wake up much earlier than the adults!!! And we like the privacy at night.
At the Annabella our room was also very small and the kids room was only a bed, which was fine, but combined with the much longer walk, we won't stay there again.
So overall the CCI is very nice, clean and a very pretty property. Just know that the room and bathroom is teeny tiny very small.
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You make a good point!
No, actually, I don't think it would be a problem. I guess when we went in July I do remember thinking there wasn't a clear place to put our suitcases but we found a spot and it was no big deal. I guess when I go to a hotel room I'm not expecting there to be tons of extra space so I just squish into whatever room we have and don't think too much more about it. For me, I think the perks of CCI outweigh any lack of space. I honestly didn't even think about the size of the room. Well, you have several months to think about it. 
