I loved CBR too! If I didn't want to try so many other places, I would have no problems staying there every trip. We also got a ground floor room on the corner. It was so peaceful and lovely.
I'm sorry you had to set your expectations so low so you wouldn't be disappointed, and I'm glad you didn't cancel your ME ressie! I would have been very frustrated.
Well, between the heat, how I handle the heat, my injury, and the summer crowds, I did set my expectations low. I marched my parents (who had the rental car) to opening every day and we got on all the big rides straight away.
The whole arrival thing was just so... argh. ARGH. But I took a deep breath and kept on going. We landed at 12:45pm, so it would have been miserably hot outside if we'd been picked up immediately. I was just glad that we were the last people loaded on to the ME bus before it left... rather than watching it drive away!
My brother and his wife did use the baby carrier thing... because my niece gets antsy in her stroller when it's not moving. So she fussed less, in theory, when being worn. Of course, you can imagine how many breaks she and her parent had to take, but they all loved the various baby care centers. Heck, when my friend visited on Saturday with her *3* month baby, she took FULL advantage of the baby care centers, too. Great place for baby to rest. I will say that NO ONE in the parks batted an eye as the various moms fed their babies.
I did LOVE spending time with my niece. Loved loved loved it. When she was first brought in to my room, she and I sat on the floor and that was that. She crawled in to my lap and just played as babies do. When I had my baseball cap on, she'd play peek-a-boo with me, pulling my hat down, then lifting it up. It was pretty funny. I know the non-parents were pretty jealous of how much my niece enjoyed my company. Ha-ha suckers.
We didn't have a bad meal (well, even for as little as I could eat without getting sick), which was great. We ate at Marrakesh, Crystal Palace (my SIL didn't know it was a character meal and OH did my niece - at 9 months! - love love LOVE the characters, who all spent time playing and engaging with her. It was so lovely of them!), Le Cellier, Boma (just DH and I), Kouzzina, and Chefs de France.
At Kouzzina, I asked the waitress what the lightest option was (explaining what I meant - meat and sauces seemed to be bad), and she helped me find a meal without a heavy sauce. When she'd set the table, she was clearly used to small children and every place setting went as far out of reach from my niece as possible. Most waitstaff just do as they're told and we'd just move things - not her, she put it down out of reach immediately. At Le Cellier, my niece flirted with the waitress and got a glow cube for her troubles (best toy EVER!).
The tour groups were EVERYWHERE but by getting there first thing, we didn't run into them that often on rides. The new interactive line for Haunted Mansion was fun but I think it'll make crowding the entrance messy.
But I think I'll avoid the summer, in the future. More importantly, i'd REALLY like to avoid tearing more muscles even when not going to Disney World!
And my husband is already talking about 2013. SCORE! (He was once on an every 4 year plan.... mwhahaha)
I'm sure you're not having any trouble staying awake! I'm looking forward to seeing it too, but probably not this weekend. Have to see where it's playing in English, and line up a babysitter for DD...
It seems to take all my DIS time to keep up with Shelly and Jo's PTR! 
Sarah, I hope you're having a GREAT time at the World! 
And some of you have trips planned that are getting closer and closer! 
We had a great time. I'll come back in a bit and give you a mini-TR...gotta go get ready for the day and make my tea...
Hooray for another CBR fan! What building were you in? I'm crossing my fingers we get Jamaica again in November.
I can't wait to get there in 1 Month, 1 Week, and 1 Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoever invented vacation countdown tickers is the BEST! 
