Can't help but notice that some of you girls didn't do your homework! 
Shame, shame on you! Don't make me write a note home to your parents! I mean, come on now, you can at least tell me what your favorite resort is even if you don't post any pictures. 
Well I'm glad the cat is finally out of the bag and we can talk freely about CBR!!!!! 
I just know you are going to love it. 
I can't wait to be there -- in 10 DAYS!! 
Oh darn! I forgot to give you an honorable mention in my post for convincing me to try CBR! I want everyone to know that if we don't like it, it was your fault!
Just kidding, I know we will like it! What's not to like, right?
I am actually kinda glad that the FD offer worked out the way it did. I really wanted to stay at CBR this time and I have a feeling that I would have talked myself out of it if I could have gotten the FD at Pop. But for only $300 difference, it was a no brainer! When I have priced it out on previous trips, it was $800-1,000 more to stay there, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was meant to be this time!
So do you have any suggestions of what to order at the food court? I know you guys have eaten there several times, so you must have favorites?
Yay for the fan and the fridge. Definitely pros for CBR.
Amen to that! Sometimes it's the little things that make life grand!
Try the rotisserie chicken and vegetables at the food court. Very good.
That sounds delicious! I am a big time vegetable lover so I know I would love that! Thanks for the tip!
The gift shop did have some different things than Pop did. It's bright and colorful and pretty big.
I'm looking forward to snooping around in there.
The pool - I know our girls would love it.
Yep! If we could have been there at the same time this year we could have done our dismeet at the pool and let the girls play together. I know my DD would have LOVED playing with Brooklyn in the pool!
I agree about the cool music in the air, too, as you walk around that bright, colorful place.
I love island music. If that doesn't get you in a tropical mood, nothing will!
CBR is high on my list of places I have not checked off yet. I hope you have a great time there!
I hope you can stay there on one of your upcoming trips. Maybe a free dining deal will work out for you like it did for us. 
Or maybe you could try staying there on one of your shorter trips so it isn't as expensive.
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I think you will love CBR, I know we did! We spent lots of time at the pool and the kids loved the slides! The food was great and it was beautiful! DD has already said she would like to stay there again!
for having the cruise paid off!
I'm so glad to hear that you liked CBR. I think most people do, but there are some complaints about the size and the bus system. We'll see what we think soon enough, but I feel like we are going to be hooked!
We are really looking forward to that pool. It is so cool!
Glad you liked the food too. We usually eat several meals at the resort food courts so that's good to hear. Memom likes the rotis. chicken and veggies.... did you guys have a favorite?
Yay! I think you will like CBR. Not my fave resort, but I would def stay there again!
OK playing the game:
Fave Resort: Beach Club. I stayed there in 08 and LOVED it. The location was perfect. It seemed to be an equal travel distance from all the parks. The busses weren't too crowded, and came frequently, the boat to DHS and EPCOT was so convenient. SAB was great but we didn't spend as much time there as I would have liked.
Yay!!! Someone did their homework!
I'm totally with you on the Beach Club! It is so pretty and that pool area is rockin' awesome! And I think you are right too that the location is great.
I somehow missed reading your TR yesterday 
But I am now caught up 
Congrates on paying off your cruise and finalizing crusing plans.
To show you how much I know about cruising I thought you picked your cabin when you booked the cruise.
CBR looks lovely, I wanted to stay there the year we stayed POFQ but DH said it was too big, he is funny that way.
I just know you are going to have a blast staying there, I have to agree it made sense to book the mod instead of staying at a value and having to upgrade the DP.
Love those coconut postcards, never saw those before, very kewl idea
You are right... you do get to choose your cabin when you book... most of the time. We booked a "GTY" room, which just means that you have to wait to be assigned a room, but you are guaranteed to have one. The rooms are a little cheaper if you book one of those. We saved about $100 by doing that, which was fine by me because I didn't really care where they put us. Some people also like to book the GTY rooms because you have the possibility of getting a free upgrade. Some people have been booked in a higher category cabin when they get their room assignment than what they paid for. That didn't happen for us though. We got an inside stateroom just like we paid for.
The size of CBR is the only thing that concerns me too. I don't want to have to walk myself to death just to get to the pool, bus stop, or food court. I hope we get a good room assignment so that doesn't happen. That's the only thing I can think of that would make me not like staying there.
I think we made the right choice on booking a moderate too. I had been wanting to stay at CBR for a long time, but it always added $800-1000 to all our previous trips and I just couldn't do it. So for $300, I couldn't pass it up!
Aren't those coconuts cute! I think that is such a neat idea too! I think they may have them at the Poly and possibly at
Castaway Cay too, but I can't say for sure. Seems like I have read that though. I wish I could see the look on my mom's face when she pulls a coconut out of the mailbox!
I know that is awful of me, but I can only take so much more girl drama this summer before I go 
. I really will miss my DD, but keeping three girls can drive you batty. 2 girls= fun.... 3 girls= 
(smilie interpretation... love, hate, drama, repeat...... love, hate, drama, repeat.... 
)
I still have to get all the furniture back in place and do some cleaning, but the construction is done! 
I also decided to only book the snorkeling rental equipment for CC and skip the Stingray Adventure this time. I just don't think we will have time for all that other stuff and I don't want to feel rushed. It will be there next time! Besides, I really want to try out those hammocks on the beach for a while!
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