We stayed at CSR 11/19-11/25. We had 3 rooms requested in cabanas 9B through
AAA. When we arrived at about 8am they had put is in 3 rooms in 3 separate buildings!! Needless to say we complained and the CM found us 3 rooms together (2 connecting, 1 adjoining) in Cabanas 8A.We didn't get room numbers til about 2pm. We had rooms 8228, 8229, and 8230 with a great lake view and close to bus stop 4. I thought the rooms were great! they were clean, quiet and we slept like the dead (maybe this was from being at the parks all day and wearing ourselves slap out!) The beds were comfortable and the pillows were nice and fluffy. It sure was nice to have the refrigerator for kids milk etc. The pepper market was okay. I thought the breakfast was the best meal we had there. I thought mouse keeping did a good job and we got some cute towel animals! We did use the laundry facilities and found it not crowded at all. The buses to and from MK and AK were very crowded at times!! I didn't find this to be as true for the Epcot and MGM buses. It was not fun at all to get on a crowded bus with a stroller, diaper bag, and tired 2 yr old DD. I really missed the monorail resorts when we had to stand with all our gear for the bus rides! We even took our car to the parks a few times. We had a AAA parking pass that got us some pretty close parking spots at every park but MK. I would stay at CSR again however i can see how some people justify the extra $$ to stay on the monorail, especially at holiday time. Overall CSR was a treat!!
Jill