SSR Lovers and/or Owners Thread!

[disneymom8589]

home, SSR neighbor!! Be careful of "add-onitis"!! DH and I took our 1st trip home to SSR last month (bought it sight unseen). We loved SSR and are looking forward to many more trips! We took the tour of AKV, too, and ended up adding on 125 points! They sure know how to entice you with those beautiful models!!

 

[popstar7867]

I'm so excited! My boy friend and I are taking our first trip home this October staying 3 nights in an SSR Studio and our last night at the Contemporary Resort (SSR was all booked)! I have never been for Halloween before and I can't wait to do MNSSHP! Disney here I come!

P.S. I think I'm an official Disney Addict!

 

[tomandrobin]

I'm so excited! My boy friend and I are taking our first trip home this October staying 3 nights in an SSR Studio and our last night at the Contemporary Resort (SSR was all booked)! I have never been for Halloween before and I can't wait to do MNSSHP! Disney here I come!

P.S. I think I'm an official Disney Addict!

Acceptance of your problem is the first step to recovery! Take two more, trips and an add-on and you'll be better!

 

[Paulieuk1969]

We always arrived just in time to see the bus we wanted leaving the stop. So we would have to wait the "full" amount of time before the next bus arrived. Our max wait (after just missing the bus we wanted) was 25 minutes.

We were staying at the Grandstand area (great place to stay) and they have horse shoe pits to pitch at while waiting for the bus.

Since you were staying in the Grandstand section (1st stop) there is a good chance that you could walk to the Springs (last stop) and catch the bus you just missed!

 

[Paulieuk1969]

whats the order of pick-up at SSR for the bus stops?

What size is te in room safe?

TIA

Theme park buses go in this order:

Grandstand
Carousel
Paddock
Congress Park
Springs

Downtown Disney buses go in this order:

Springs
Grandstand
Carousel
Paddock
Congress Park

You can hop on board any theme park bus from any bus stop and ride it to the main building. Then you can hop on a DtD bus to get back to your room.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

whats the order of pick-up at SSR for the bus stops?

What size is te in room safe?

TIA

The safe was about 4 inches deep, but maybe 12 inches square at both Grandstand and AKL.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I was there last week, as well, and have the same complaint. The bus service left alot to be desired (it could be described as horrible, actually), and the fact that the resort was filled to capacity didn't help matters.

The only other issue that I had was not being able to check into my room until 5:45 pm.

Other than that, the resort was beautiful and we had a great time.

Oh my gosh, I certainly hope the bus service improves in the next couple of weeks! We will be there for 10 days without a car and with 7 of us. I hope the bus service is better when the resort isn't full to capacity. I've never really had any problems with buses other than DTD, but I've never been to SSR before either. Can anyone who was there recently tell me, did the long bus waits occur at any specific time of day? I would think there would be more buses in the mornings and less in the middle of the day? I thought the new system was supposed to help dispatch buses more on demand, I guess it's not working out too well.

We also were at SSR for 7 days in June. When we added up all of the time waiting for buses (sometimes the DTD bus never came, and we walked to DTD after a 45 min wait) we decided that we had spent 10 hours waiting for buses. One of time we also saw the Epcot bus 3 times and no MK bus - then on the day we wanted the AK bus, we saw the MK bus 3 times. The schedule seemed really arbitrary. One thing I saw was multiple scooters a the same stop, and they would dispatch another bus if they couldn't fit more than one at a time. We didn't see the horseshoe pits - we should have been more observant!

We loved our stay at SSR - so happy to have DVC! We liked having the ME service and not picking up our bags, but we will rent a car the next trip so we don't feel "trapped" by the bus schedule along with our ADR schedule.

Welcome Home to the "newbies"

 

[kritter]

New DVC owners checking in! We just returned from a fun (but HOT ) 8 day trip to WDW and I can't yet get over the fact that on one of our non-park days, we toured SSR and then bought into the DVC right then and there!!!! I think we are excited, but are still somewhat in shock that we took such a plunge and did this on the spot.

We toured both the AKL unit, as well as SSR units while there. AKL was beautiful, but the moment DH and I saw the SSR rooms, we fell in love! Well, then you all know how it goes from there, in the office, chit-chat, oh, alright!, sign the papers, get the kiddos from the clubhouse, have ice cream and we were on our way. DH and I are happy with our choice and we know it will make all our future trips to WDW that much better, but, I must admit, we honestly have to remind ourselves that we are DVC owners now!


WELCOME HOME JANET!!! YOUR FAMILY IS GOING TO LOVE DVC!!!!


I can not be happy for your and family......



CONGRATS AGAIN!!!!!!

 

[popstar7867]

We also were at SSR for 7 days in June. When we added up all of the time waiting for buses (sometimes the DTD bus never came, and we walked to DTD after a 45 min wait) we decided that we had spent 10 hours waiting for buses. One of time we also saw the Epcot bus 3 times and no MK bus - then on the day we wanted the AK bus, we saw the MK bus 3 times. The schedule seemed really arbitrary. One thing I saw was multiple scooters a the same stop, and they would dispatch another bus if they couldn't fit more than one at a time. We didn't see the horseshoe pits - we should have been more observant!

We loved our stay at SSR - so happy to have DVC! We liked having the ME service and not picking up our bags, but we will rent a car the next trip so we don't feel "trapped" by the bus schedule along with our ADR schedule.

Welcome Home to the "newbies"

When we were at Disney in May some of the bus drivers told us that they were very aggravated by the new bus system. I think Disney might still be working out some glitches! Hopefully they work it out soon!

 

[stlocke]

We joined DVC in December, purchasing into Saratoga Springs! We were there in December and on our last day of the trip, fell in love with SSR!!! On August 26th, my DH, DD, and sister are staying at SSR before we take our first Disney Cruise! We are so thrilled and excited! Can't wait to be home!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

We joined DVC in December, purchasing into Saratoga Springs! We were there in December and on our last day of the trip, fell in love with SSR!!! On August 26th, my DH, DD, and sister are staying at SSR before we take our first Disney Cruise! We are so thrilled and excited! Can't wait to be home!

ONLY 10 DAYS!!!! you must be so excited! Have a great trip - you'll love SSR!

 

[popstar7867]

Hi Fellow SSR Lovers! I had a question about building requests. This is my first time using my DVC membership and was wondering if you can make requests the same as if you were making requests on a regular reservation. In the past I have put my request in over the phone when making the reservation and also faxed something to the resort a few days before check in. Can I do it this way on the DVC?

 

[Slakk]

We found some cheap air to Orlando and so we are popping down for a quick McFix 10/26-29. I called MS and all of the DVC resorts were booked so I got a AP rate with a $100 credit for SSR. Then I called back to MS and wait listed for the Sunday night of the stay and yipee last night it came through. So we are set! I am so excited to stay at my SSR even if it is for just 3 days. We added MNSSHP as well.

 

[Pooh&Minnie]

DH and I also just took the plunge and bought into SSR earlier this month. We had debated it before, but after looking at the models, we were hooked! We are also Disneyaholics...and proud of it! Oct 31-Nov 6 will be our 3rd trip this year, and our 1st as DVC members - can't wait!!

 

[tomandrobin]

We'll be down there 10/30 thru 11/4.....see you all there!

 

[Gina35]

Hi Fellow SSR Lovers! I had a question about building requests. This is my first time using my DVC membership and was wondering if you can make requests the same as if you were making requests on a regular reservation. In the past I have put my request in over the phone when making the reservation and also faxed something to the resort a few days before check in. Can I do it this way on the DVC?

I don't believe they'll accept faxes now. I put in my building request when I booked. They will tell you that they will mark it as a request but cannot guarantee. Your best bet is to arrive as early as possible in the day; they seem to assign the rooms on a minute-to-minute basis. I planned on arriving early so we could get more of a pick, and it worked out well. However, we had to wait to get into the room until 3:30; and our luggage didn't arrive from ME until about 6:30 (after many phone calls). We just came back last night and had a WONDERFUL time. Just one word of warning: we had housekeeping come in with towels while we were there, and then the next day they opened our door w/ a key but left immediately when they saw people in the room. On another thread there have been quite a few of the same kind of episodes. Just make sure everything is well locked up in your room! We stayed in the Grandstand section, in the building closest to the Springs; it was a FANTASTIC location!! Our room was 8510; we walked out of the building and were literally AT the GS pool. That 1st GS building is VERY close to the main Springs section (pool, Artists' Pallette, etc.). I thought my kids would rather be in the Springs (main) pool every day, but they (and we) went to the GS pool instead. The 1st day we were at the Springs pool, but the water was VERY warm (not at all refreshing) and the pool was super crowded. We also made out very well with the buses; we would usually walk to the Springs section to GET the buses and get off at Grandstand when we got back. If you have any questions, let me know!

 

[RachelTori]

Hearing about all these unexpected visits from housekeepers is a bit disconcerting.

I hope these incidents are being reported to SSR management. I know I will be much more careful about deadbolting the door and securing any valuables.

 

[my3princes]

The unexpected housekeeping visits are not just at SSR. We were at Boardwalk a few weeks ago and recieved a call from maintenance that they were returning a broken lamp to the room. The lamp had been there in the morning before we left and they came in at some point and removed it. We didn't even know that it was broken since we hadn't tried to use it. I must say it was a bit disconcerting knowing that a maintenence worker had been in the room while we were gone and we certainly hadn't expected anyone. thankfully nothing was missing.

Our Trash and Towel Day at Saratoga was Apparently a day earlier than we expected too. I guess they make things up as they go along.

 

[vandy]

Our Trash and Towel Day at Saratoga was Apparently a day earlier than we expected too. I guess they make things up as they go along

Were you including the day you checked in as the first day? Sometimes people don't realize it is day #1 especially if they check in late. Interested if they did move it up a day though and if so, why?

 

[acourtwdw]

We added SSR while on the member cruise in 2005. We have stayed lots of times. We really like Congress Park buildings, because that is where we stayed the first time there. That was the only building open at the time.