We just got home on Sunday from a week at CSR... it was wonderful!
We arrived at 3:00pm and the front desk clerk thought he recognized my name...then he remembered that he had read my fax and assigned us a room earlier. He said he always tries to honor requests that come in because the guest has gone to the trouble to put in a fax.
Unfortunately, the room he had assigned to us was given away before we arrived so he took his time and found us another one. We were in room 8604 in Cabanas 8B. Excellent location! The bus stop was steps away, pool a very quick walk and the lobby area just a short walk.
This was our view:
Our room wasn't ready so we headed to the main pool for a drink and on the way, we saw a baby alligator by the bridge:
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Our room was ready within a half hour and our luggage arrived about a half hour after that (we used DME).
We went to the hottub almost every night - DH always stayed much later than me. Most nights there was a great mix of people and DH loves to talk so he made lots of friends. Security left them alone and told them they could stay as late as they wanted as long as they didn't get a noise complaint. Taking our drinks to the hottub was not a problem.
One word of warning though - DH came home with a wicked chemical burn from being in the hottub too long! This is not a criticism of CSR and their use of chemicals in the tub, it is necessary. But don't stay in the for 4 hours each night...it hurts
I walked the whole way around the resort one afternoon and took some pics. Here are some of my faves:
Ranchos area (I liked the theming way more than I thought I would)
The Casitas area (Casitas 4 and 5 were further away from the pool than I expected)
El Centro (main lobby area)
The Pepper Market (we ate there once - shared the fajitas. we just asked for an extra tortilla and it was more than enough for two):
Around the resort:
I love that the coke machines at Disney are themed to the area they are in. Here's the one at our bus stop:
We loved the resort and would recommend it. Anyone have any questions?
