Caribbean Beach or Coronado Tower in May?

[firstwdw]

Currently booked at Caribbean Beach but considering the tower at Coronado. 2 adults and older teen

Pros to Caribbean: resort vibe, Skyliner to 2 parks, close to Riviera for more food options.
Cons to Caribbean: rooms are not great even though recently refreshed, old-loud window AC units, lots of walking.

Pros to Tower: rooms (larger, new and central AC), main pool area is great with volleyball, ping pong, long slide, huge hot tub, arcade
Cons to Tower: all bus transportation

what would you do? We've stayed at both recently and like both. Tower costs more but it's doable

 

[gottalovepluto]

CSR Tower. I hate the noise of window ac units and everything necessary is accessible inside the tower. I did May one year and got a few nasty T-storms as summer kicked off. Skyliner closes during t-storms and makes transit miserable as you have to wait for buses to even get ordered and then the bus does the whole Skyliner route…

 

[firstwdw]

CSR Tower. I hate the noise of window ac units and everything necessary is accessible inside the tower. I did May one year and got a few nasty T-storms as summer kicked off. Skyliner closes during t-storms and makes transit miserable as you have to wait for buses to even get ordered and then the bus does the whole Skyliner route…

I am leaning towards CSR tower...good reminder about storm closures for Skyliner. Plus accessing food all inside is nice too. Thanks

 

[ktink]

We loved our stay at GDT aside from the transportation. We were there in October & several times, we would be lucky if we were able to stand on a bus or just wait for the next one. The rooms are so nice though! We had club level but even without club level it would have felt like a deluxe stay. We actually checked out of GDT & into BC. We regretted it instantly.

 

[firstwdw]

We loved our stay at GDT aside from the transportation. We were there in October & several times, we would be lucky if we were able to stand on a bus or just wait for the next one. The rooms are so nice though! We had club level but even without club level it would have felt like a deluxe stay. We actually checked out of GDT & into BC. We regretted it instantly.

hmmmm, maybe we'll rent a car and then just use the bus for Magic Kingdom!

 

[ktink]

hmmmm, maybe we'll rent a car and then just use the bus for Magic Kingdom!

If you're going to have your own transportation I would go with GDT hands down! And to be honest, it's not a deal breaker at all. I would rather be waiting for a bus at Disney than to be almost anywhere else.

 

[firstwdw]

Car rentals right now for May are high but that could always change. I suppose we could just walk over to the first bus stop in the morning when it's busy. I know the MK stop at the park for Coronado is near the front (not as far as the values and other moderates). Is that same at the other parks?

 

[Psymonds]

I liked CBR and frankly felt the rooms were fine. of course we spend so little time in the room as it is.

loved the skyliner access and price, we stayed main season for pretty cheap.

 

[The Foolish Mortal]

For me its easy. I loathe CBR. Its my least favorite moderate. I love the tower (will be there in two weeks!). You are right that the bus is the worst aspect of the resort, but its not terrible. And the bus crowds aren't all star resort level crowded. So I would go with the tower