SSR Lovers and Owners Part 2

[Disney_Mama]

Booked yesterday. Just 17 more days. Me and DH for a week at SSR. Just relaxing at the pool and maybe a visit to Epcot. Have never gone in July before. I know it will be crazy busy. I have made a few ADR's for dinner and am really surprised that I got any.

 

[jennylyn_b]

Booked yesterday. Just 17 more days. Me and DH for a week at SSR. Just relaxing at the pool and maybe a visit to Epcot. Have never gone in July before. I know it will be crazy busy. I have made a few ADR's for dinner and am really surprised that I got any.

We used to go in July. Heck we got married at the Yacht Club gazebo in July 2009! You will be fine especially with a relaxing trip planned. Have a great time!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

We take a picture of our door in case we forget the number or are too tired to think or if we have too many bar stops lol well the bar stops before the child were more than now but still just in case! Lol

Great idea! I love it! Beats my safetytat I have to put on my arm with my room number written on it with a sharpie at the age of 42 lol. It's my medication...

 

[Lucys dad]

Thanks ( again ) for the replies. I'm not going until May 2014 so the odds of having a tired looking room will be almost zero I guess.

Its useful having a look at the satellite images of the resort on Google maps. Got my head round the lay out and so on.

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Thanks ( again ) for the replies. I'm not going until May 2014 so the odds of having a tired looking room will be almost zero I guess.

Its useful having a look at the satellite images of the resort on Google maps. Got my head round the lay out and so on.

We are going end of Sep so if there are any photo's or questions you want me to ask etc let me know! Happy to help!

 

[jennylyn_b]

Great idea! I love it! Beats my safetytat I have to put on my arm with my room number written on it with a sharpie at the age of 42 lol. It's my medication...

Yeah I blame it on Mommy brain lol

 

[Conan the Librarian]

We also just booked our 2 weeks at SSR for May. Popular time! (Though we may end up switching over to OKW...not sure yet)

Anyway, when we were there a few weeks ago we had a chat with the guys surveying out the area for the new bridge. We were speculating (hoping?) that the bridge would be have a lock for a room key for the folks at SSR only, but, just idle speculating only.

Can't complain too much about folks using the SSR bus to get to DTD. We use other resort buses frequently. That is the advantage of Congress Park. You want to eat at Sanaa? Just pop on the AKL bus, then, take the DTD bus back to your room. We love the walk.

I just wish the folks taking the SSR bus to get to DTD would do a little research and find out where they want to go before trying to do it. Seems like every bus ride we have to give someone directions to get to get to DTD.

 

[carmie3377]

Can't complain too much about folks using the SSR bus to get to DTD. We use other resort buses frequently. That is the advantage of Congress Park. You want to eat at Sanaa? Just pop on the AKL bus, then, take the DTD bus back to your room. We love the walk.
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I completely get this. I mean how else are you supposed to get around WDW w/out a car? We do this when we don't have a car. I'm sure that that type of situation is expected and built into their bus schedules. They don't want people renting cars and venturing off site so they are more than happy to shuttle people around Disney property to eat and shop. What concerns me is those that take advantage of FREE parking at DTD then hop around to the parks. Those people have cars and just do not want to pay for parking. That is why Disney doesn't have buses from/ to DTD and the parks. But people find away around it. I've heard people talking about and know it is already done. With the big new parking garage, I'm sure it'll happen a lot more. Just hope it's not too much. I really don't care about the bus situation at SSR for myself. We probably won't stay there again. But I do have concern for those staying there.

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[Doug7856]

... They don't want people renting cars and venturing off site so they are more than happy to shuttle people around Disney property to eat and shop...

If Disney wants people to do this, then they should provide buses to/from Downtown Disney to the parks. Using SSR for the hub means that dues are paying for Disney transportation for non SSR owners/guests. My guess is that when the parking garage is built, there is a high probability for parking fees, especially for non Disney resort guests.

 

[dmwang9]

I got back late last night from 6 nights at SSR. My home resort is BWV, but one of my resolutions after my previous trip was to give other DVC resorts a try.

I loved SSR! I forgot to request a particular section and wound up in the Carousel. Given that I wanted easy access to Artist's Palette and the Fitness Center, something closer to the Carriage House would have been nice, but when I asked at check-in about switching, I'd have had to move 3 days into my stay, which I didn't want to do.

As it turned out, being in the Carousel wasn't all that bad. I did get lost the first night trying to walk from the Carriage House back to my room, but I just asked random folks for help until I found someone who knew the property well enough to point me in the right direction. (And yes, I was WAY far away from where I thought I was.)

The walk from the Carousel to the Carriage House turned out to be something I really enjoyed. The grounds are incredibly relaxing and quiet! I also made use of the bus system to get around inside SSR, and only once did I mess up -- I wound up taking a 45-minute there-and-back trip to MK by mistake when I got on a bus that I thought would take me back to my room but instead was making its last stop before heading to the park. Whoops....

Without a doubt, the close proximity to DTD is another huge plus. Staying at BWV, I might make it to DTD once every two WDW trips. This trip, DTD became my go-to place for dinner if I wasn't in a park. I rode the DTD buses the first couple of times, then I discovered the boat system. On my very last day, I found the walking path as well.

Many thanks to everyone on this thread for all the great suggestions and information. I had a fantastic time this trip, and SSR definitely played a huge part in that!

-- Dave

 

[vicki_c]

Thank you Dave for liking my "home". We don't stay there all the time because we really enjoy all the resorts (current fave might be OKW) but I think it's a great resort. They all have their own pluses and minuses.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

We just spent 4 nights in a Studio. We were in Grandstand & loved being close to the quiet pool and the walk to the main building and boat transportation. No problems with our room. Never had to wait long for the buses, except once leaving EPCOT where we had to wait 25 minutes. We enjoyed it more then OKW so for those last minute trips, we will be more happy to pick SSR.

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

We just spent 4 nights in a Studio. We were in Grandstand & loved being close to the quiet pool and the walk to the main building and boat transportation. No problems with our room. Never had to wait long for the buses, except once leaving EPCOT where we had to wait 25 minutes. We enjoyed it more then OKW so for those last minute trips, we will be more happy to pick SSR.

Great news! Glad you liked it. Did you have a refurb room may I ask?

 

[luv2sleep]

Where does the DCL bus pick up? Does it stop at each of the 5 locations within the resort?

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Where does the DCL bus pick up? Does it stop at each of the 5 locations within the resort?

No from my experience it picks up from the carriage house only. But if you leave your luggage outside your room the night before they come and collect it for you and the next you see it it's in your stateroom. Cool. So you just have to muscle your good self's to the carriage house! It picks up where the ME drops off.

 

[luv2sleep]

No from my experience it picks up from the carriage house only. But if you leave your luggage outside your room the night before they come and collect it for you and the next you see it it's in your stateroom. Cool. So you just have to muscle your good self's to the carriage house! It picks up where the ME drops off.

Ok thanks for the info! This is our first DCL out of FL. The last 2 were out of Los Angeles. I just have to remember to pack all we need in our carryon the night before.

 

[jennylyn_b]

Okay forgive my confusion but until now this info didn't matter to me so I didn't retain it.
We are staying at SSR again in Oct/Nov in a studio. Do all studios have a queen bed and pull out sofa or are there some that have two queen beds?
We stayed at OKW in May and got a studio with two queen beds which was great for our dd.
no biggie if she has to sleep on the pullout. She will be three I was just wondering in case I should call and request a studio with two beds in case. Thanks

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Ok thanks for the info! This is our first DCL out of FL. The last 2 were out of Los Angeles. I just have to remember to pack all we need in our carryon the night before.

Yes you may not get your luggage till the afternoon sometime 3pm so make sure you pack your bathing suits etc! Don't want to miss put on the aquaduck! Enjoy!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Okay forgive my confusion but until now this info didn't matter to me so I didn't retain it.
We are staying at SSR again in Oct/Nov in a studio. Do all studios have a queen bed and pull out sofa or are there some that have two queen beds?
We stayed at OKW in May and got a studio with two queen beds which was great for our dd.
no biggie if she has to sleep on the pullout. She will be three I was just wondering in case I should call and request a studio with two beds in case. Thanks

I have never had two queen beds in all our stays at SSR but somebody else might confirm. Always had one double bed ( a queen ? ) and a pull put sofa.

 

[JD&LYD]

The two Q. beds are at OKW. SSR has one Q. and the Sofa. Both are comfy . enjoy..