Just home yesterday afternoon from our trip Dec 20-27. Just a quick recap. We loved CBR & wouldn't hesitate to stay there again...
1. Very peaceful & tranquil, no noise issues.
2. Martinique building 24 was perfect. Very near the bus stop & OPR & only a few minutes to Custom House by foot.
3. We had no bus issues - longest we waited was 25 mins for an MK bus on the 27th. We needed to get to MK to hop on the monorail for a 1900 PF supper ressie. I'd given us a 90 minute cushion like I always do & would recommend it for any resort
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As always YMMV regarding bussing.
4. Great room, although we did notice the 'marijuana' smell mentioned in another thread. It was present during our entire stay and was coming from the AC unit. It didn't bother us (even my asthmatic son) enough to ask to be moved from the 'reefer room' as we named it
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5. OPR was good. We ate there several times for different meals. I'd give the edge to the POR foodcourt here though.
6. Pools were excellent. My kids enjoyed the quiet & themed pools.
7. We had a 7:25am pick-up for ME our last day & read & listened to the voice message 2x. We called at 6:05am for bell services who informed us that if they didn't have our luggage by 6:15am it wouldn't make it on the plane.
They also informed us that even though the internal bus started at 6:30am according to the info packet, that it actually started at 7:00am. I have no idea which is true, but just a heads up.
We hesitated to hop on an MK bus at 6:00 because every one we'd caught that early had already stopped at CH.
This was our only real issue at CBR, but it worked out fine! Bell Services was at the door in 3 mins & we walked through Barbados to meet my DH at CH.
We loved WDW at Christmas, crowds & all!! We're talking about returning in a few years to stay over New Years. What an awesome atmosphere & much less guest crankiness in general than I was expecting!
