Disney's CARIBBEAN BEACH RESORT Information & Questions

[dansdad]

What are the benefits of the preferred rooms? Close to food court or bus stop? Looking for something close to bus stop for the youngest in our party. Thanks!

Preferred rooms are closest to the Food Court and Main Feature Pool. Every village has it's own bus stop and leisure pool so you are never far from one no matter where your room is.

I suggest checking out pages #1 and #2 of this thread as just about everything you need to know for an awesome stay is on those 2 pages.

 

[disneyfreak7]

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[Naomi Rohrbaugh]

Has anyone tried the newly offered Pirate Camp at CBR? It's on the recreation calendar and appears to be separate from the Caribbean Pirate Cruise. I'm wondering what they do? And if my 11 year old will think it's too childish? My 6 year old would love just about pirate anything.

 

[Kevin355]

What are the benefits of the preferred rooms? Close to food court or bus stop? Looking for something close to bus stop for the youngest in our party. Thanks!

Closer to the food court...you are never really too far from the buses at CBR.

 

[hippsmom]

Two in my party plan on golfing twice (or more!)during our trip. Which building would you suggest I request so that they are close to the taxi pick up. Sorry if I missed this information in the first two pages!

 

[Kevin355]

Two in my party plan on golfing twice (or more!)during our trip. Which building would you suggest I request so that they are close to the taxi pick up. Sorry if I missed this information in the first two pages!

Each building is close to a round-about. Call a cab and have them pick the golfers up there. It's what I do.

 

[Mickeycrocs]

Hi everyone! New to this forum and trying to figure out where to stay. My family and I are planning a trip in September. For those who have been what is the best area to request a room in? And so the bus stops at every village? And do you guys know what villages or spots have the Murphy beds?

 

[dansdad]

Hi everyone! New to this forum and trying to figure out where to stay. My family and I are planning a trip in September.

1. For those who have been what is the best area to request a room in?

2. And so the bus stops at every village?

3. And do you guys know what villages or spots have the Murphy beds?

1. We like Jamaica 45 the best and Aruba 51 next. But there really isn't a bad location.

2. Yup. Except for the morning rush. Then they send 2 buses for each park. One bus hits 3 stops. The second bus hits the other 4 stops.

3. Every building has rooms with Murphy Beds except for the Pirate Themed rooms in Trinidad South.

 

[Ninja]

OMG I missed my DD dance, who's gonna join the conga?

Booked our flight today and what a cafuffle !! ( British word for nightmare getting it booked lol ) Firstly there were no flights From Houston to Orlando ( under 4,000 bucks for 4 of us) so we had to switch to Tampa. Then we couldnt get any flights home on the Sunday so we have had to book the Monday!! What a shame we have to stay in Florida an extra night...Im so upset...heheheheh Flights ended up costing for 4 of us $1200. Pretty good price I think just have to find somewhere to stay on our extra night close to Tampa. Still sitting with two reservations but Im going to fix that tonight and cancel one..Im going to get my beloved CBR if I have to be sneaky about it and cancel when no ones looking .

Haha not heard *cafuffle* for a while, are you a fellow Brit then?

I've been noticing a number of folks planning or considering a first visit to CBR. I've recently found this video that gives a very nice overview of the CBR grounds and pools. I'm sure many have already seen it but it has nice quality video/audio and makes me feel like I'm back there when I watch it.

No not seen this one before, thanks for posting

 

[pktbMouse]

OMG I missed my DD dance, who's gonna join the conga?


Haha not heard *cafuffle* for a while, are you a fellow Brit then?

yes! Scottish girl living in Houston Texas for 19 years but not lost my accent one bit lol

 

[pktbMouse]

mini heart attack today...tried to move some fastpasses around and lost one!!! of course it had to be the most important one of all the kids wanted Test Track...called Disney and got an amazing guy called Chris...he couldnt get it back either but gave me an open fastpass to use for any time and location...I told Chris after the heart attack I just had that I loved him..lol Chris said back..thats ok Maam no one has told me that today yet...lol we had a laugh..gotta love Disney and that good ole pixy dust ! and Chris of course...

 

[♥ Mandi ♥]

Okay, I'm sorry to keep pummeling this strand with my newb questions, but this is where the experience is so here goes:

At this point I know when we're going: Many, many moons from now
Where we're staying : CBR due to some fabulous advice
and a plethora of other things from how many days we're going to spend in each park to which restaurants we'd like to eat at to what pins we're going to be trading for!

So I've been reading and researching and having all sorts of discussions with my family. I feel like my trip is SO far away, but I've noticed lots of sigs with countdown clocks for people whose vacations are just as far away as mine.

Thanks again for any advice offered!

I feel your pain.. November 2018 here!

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

I am sooo happy to see all these posts about how much everyone loves CBR. We have stayed at POP for our past 9 stays and never at CBR but we needed a room for 5. We are sooo looking for our stay at CBR after reading all the great things in this thread!

You will NEVER go back! So much more room, quieter, more beautiful, I could go on and on!

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

@dansdad,
Would you be willing to share the fb pages for CBR that you're following? Not stalking I swear, I just got a fb account not long ago and I'd love to follow CBR, thanks in advance!
NonnaT

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

@GreggW and @TinkerbellLuvr7
Beauty Rest! I lifted the sheets and looked last time! Soooo comfy!

 

[dansdad]

@dansdad,
Would you be willing to share the fb pages for CBR that you're following? Not stalking I swear, I just got a fb account not long ago and I'd love to follow CBR, thanks in advance!
NonnaT

I'm not on Facebook. My wife has Facebook and I have the DIS!

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

I'm not on Facebook. My wife has Facebook and I have the DIS!

Lol!!!
Sorry I thought you said you were following on fb as well! I now have both!
I'm in the 21st century!

 

[howedaniel]

We are going to be at the resort during christmas week...I know it's going to be crazy busy but has anyone any experience from taking buses to the parks?

Depending on which island we are allocated for our stay, is there a possibility that the buses will always be full by the time they get to us?

 

[DennisandAngel]

Where is the best location to request in the standard room category that would have the pull down bed?

 

[dansdad]

We are going to be at the resort during christmas week...I know it's going to be crazy busy but has anyone any experience from taking buses to the parks?

Depending on which island we are allocated for our stay, is there a possibility that the buses will always be full by the time they get to us?

We usually stay during Free Dining when the resort is at capacity and we've never had an issue with buses passing by because it's full.

During the morning rush they now send 2 buses for each park. One bus picks up at 3 of the stops and the other picks up at the other 4.