tinker-kyle
Mouseketeer
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- Jan 12, 2005
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Here's a thread for the SSR owners out there who read all the negative things about SSR ... we're just back from 9 days in a dedicated two bedroom (our first stay at SSR)
1. our room ... was clean. (well i did find a fruit loop under the seat cushion) but otherwise everything was clean and fresh smelling and when i walked in to room during our weekly cleaning ... mousekeeping was scrubbing shower stall.
2. our location ... building #3 in the springs - close to bus stop, artist
palatte, main pool, boat dock, and path to DTD. (congress park buildings look like they have terrific views)
3. artist palatte ... i loved this place. food was awesome. our group of 7 ate saratoga salad, chicken and shrimp cesar, chicken artichoke flatbread (my fav), pulled pork flatbread, regular flatbread (my DD loved it), and special spicy chicken flatbread, also meatloaf dinner special, roast beef and blue cheese sandwich, and two panini special (roast beef and portobello special was great!) we also got some basics like chili and hot dogs. i do not know why people complain about this place ... i couldnt find a thing wrong with it.
4. the bus service ... with the exception of one am (MK bus was full by the time it got to springs) Bus service from the springs was amazing (or we were just incredibly lucky) as was bus service from the parks. we did wait 40 minutes that one am ... but other than that we never waited more than 10-15 minutes for any bus.
5. boat service to and from DTD ... fun and convienent. they drop you at west side, but you can take shuttle to and from dock near the rainforest cafe. we found that shuttle boat captain, if he had no passengers, would make a special trip to SSR.
6. path to DTD ...this is a beautiful well-lit walk. sort of a longish walk ... but we did it serveral times in both daytime and nighttime. it is faster than the boat.
7. high rock springs pool ... according to my DD - the slide is a "10." she only gave OKW slide a "7." despite the chilly weather - pool was well-heated and active. not too crowded ... any a very friendly group of kids. DD made a new friend every day. sunday's pool games were a big hit too.
8. CMs were friendly and knowledgable - that includes front desk, concierge, retail portion of artist palatte, and food service. (there was a huge difference in friendliness level when compared to food service staff at POP and other food courts i visited) CM's at Artist Palate ASKED neraly every time if we had discount card (10% for DVC 20% for DDE.) Also CM's at Horsin Around bike rentals were very patient ... my DD was having bike issues.
9. bike rentals ... definitely worth it. we had a great time discovering the lay of the place.
10. the people ... everyone i met seemed happy and nice. nobody seemed to be having a bad time.
oh ... one thing to keep in mind. apparently the "internal bus service" is not consistent .. but i did overhear that the DTD bus operates as an internal bus so if you need to use the internal bus service ... check that out. we did not need to use it.
another thing .. my family we tend to be towel pigs. so we "borrowed" towels from the pool .. nobody seemed to care and we returned them all, but well that sorta solved any towel problems.
one negative to report ... but this may be more DVC in general.
we asked to change our full cleaning from tues to wed ... i did this 3 times (MS by phone, front desk at check-in, and housekeeping by phone on monday) everyone said "sure" but did not say that they would charge me $40 to change. This charge showed up on my bill (we always request a copy one mid-week to make sure things are square) it was easily fixed and the $40 was credited ... but just something to think about.
well ... i hope you enjoy your SSR stay as much as we did
~t-k
1. our room ... was clean. (well i did find a fruit loop under the seat cushion) but otherwise everything was clean and fresh smelling and when i walked in to room during our weekly cleaning ... mousekeeping was scrubbing shower stall.
2. our location ... building #3 in the springs - close to bus stop, artist
palatte, main pool, boat dock, and path to DTD. (congress park buildings look like they have terrific views)
3. artist palatte ... i loved this place. food was awesome. our group of 7 ate saratoga salad, chicken and shrimp cesar, chicken artichoke flatbread (my fav), pulled pork flatbread, regular flatbread (my DD loved it), and special spicy chicken flatbread, also meatloaf dinner special, roast beef and blue cheese sandwich, and two panini special (roast beef and portobello special was great!) we also got some basics like chili and hot dogs. i do not know why people complain about this place ... i couldnt find a thing wrong with it.
4. the bus service ... with the exception of one am (MK bus was full by the time it got to springs) Bus service from the springs was amazing (or we were just incredibly lucky) as was bus service from the parks. we did wait 40 minutes that one am ... but other than that we never waited more than 10-15 minutes for any bus.
5. boat service to and from DTD ... fun and convienent. they drop you at west side, but you can take shuttle to and from dock near the rainforest cafe. we found that shuttle boat captain, if he had no passengers, would make a special trip to SSR.
6. path to DTD ...this is a beautiful well-lit walk. sort of a longish walk ... but we did it serveral times in both daytime and nighttime. it is faster than the boat.
7. high rock springs pool ... according to my DD - the slide is a "10." she only gave OKW slide a "7." despite the chilly weather - pool was well-heated and active. not too crowded ... any a very friendly group of kids. DD made a new friend every day. sunday's pool games were a big hit too.
8. CMs were friendly and knowledgable - that includes front desk, concierge, retail portion of artist palatte, and food service. (there was a huge difference in friendliness level when compared to food service staff at POP and other food courts i visited) CM's at Artist Palate ASKED neraly every time if we had discount card (10% for DVC 20% for DDE.) Also CM's at Horsin Around bike rentals were very patient ... my DD was having bike issues.
9. bike rentals ... definitely worth it. we had a great time discovering the lay of the place.
10. the people ... everyone i met seemed happy and nice. nobody seemed to be having a bad time.
oh ... one thing to keep in mind. apparently the "internal bus service" is not consistent .. but i did overhear that the DTD bus operates as an internal bus so if you need to use the internal bus service ... check that out. we did not need to use it.
another thing .. my family we tend to be towel pigs. so we "borrowed" towels from the pool .. nobody seemed to care and we returned them all, but well that sorta solved any towel problems.
one negative to report ... but this may be more DVC in general.
we asked to change our full cleaning from tues to wed ... i did this 3 times (MS by phone, front desk at check-in, and housekeeping by phone on monday) everyone said "sure" but did not say that they would charge me $40 to change. This charge showed up on my bill (we always request a copy one mid-week to make sure things are square) it was easily fixed and the $40 was credited ... but just something to think about.
well ... i hope you enjoy your SSR stay as much as we did
~t-k
