5 Reasons to Stay at the Caribbean Beach Resort

I can't wait to experience CBR for myself! After much debate (and reading a LOT of mixed reviews), I decided that we would stay at CBR when we go back to WDW in November.

I love hearing the GOOD things about it! :-)

I have! It is one of my bookmarks. :D I love looking/browsing and seeing everything the resort has to offer!

We just got back from a 6 night stay, and we're never going back there!

Right after checking in, we noticed that the refrigerator wasn't working, and they promptly replaced it, which was great. Over the next few days, we had problems after problems with their shuttles. We noticed that their stops always had a lot of people, more so than any of the other resorts. There were a couple of times when we had to wait for an hour to get on a bus. We tried to be patient, and the only time we called to complain was while waiting for a shuttle at Downtown Disney. We got to the bus stop at 11pm, and there were already a lot of people waiting. Other resorts had 3-4 buses that passed by, and not a single bus for CBR. After 45minutes I called the hotel and got the very unsatisfactory answer of "the buses come every 20 minutes". We finally got back to our room at around 1230 am.

On our last day, we checked out and decided to just stay in the hotel. The front desk person we spoke to said we can use the pool, as well as the other amenities until 12 midnight. We took a leisurely lunch, and got to the pool at 1pm. 30 minutes later, dark clouds rolled in and everyone was asked to leave the pool area. That was perfectly understandable of course, but we asked if we can use the indoor shower and restroom by the pool to rinse off our two kids since we've checked out of our room already. They said no, we have to wait for the storm to pass. Almost an hour later, it still hasn't rained so we asked again. They said no, we had to wait for the storm to pass. We called the front desk and asked if there were any other place to take a shower so our kids can rinse off and dress up. They said no, they don't really expect guests to stay after checking out so there's nothing they can offer us. Really??? A resort with hundreds of rooms and no place to take a shower? We ended up rinsing our kids, ages 1 and 3, in the restroom sink by the Martinique quiet pool. They enjoyed their "sink shower" of course, but I felt horribly offended having to resort to doing that after spending several thousands of dollars on Disney property.

So glad that you enjoyed yourself!

As much as I love Disney, I just wasn't a fan of this property. It was perhaps that I was 9 weeks pregnant, and just wasn't feeling good overall that could be playing a part in my feelings. I felt that the property was just too big. I was tired and ready for a nap just after going down to the common house, or the pool. I did not find the food as appetizing as the food at Port Orleans Riverside. Each individual house was huge into itself, and by the time we were done with the vacation we had just figured out the best way to get to and from our room. The worst was the bus depot. It was probably just our location, but after spending x amount of hours at the park an hour long bus ride was just not all that fun. Especially since it seemed as if half of that bus ride took place within the boundaries of the hotel. We tried getting off at martinique and the common house, and it took just as long to get back to our room, only we were walking. The room itself was nice, and mousekeeping did a great job cleaning on the days we asked for our room to be serviced. Those days we chose to skip mousecleaning we came home from the parks to find a bag on our door with fresh towels and tons of shampoo and conditioner. Overall it was still a magical vacation, but I personally do not think I will stay here again.

We stayed at CBR on our first trip to Disney back in 2009 and will return in September 2014. This will be our fifth trip to disney in 6 years. CBR is a great place to stay!

I have stayed at CBR numerous times and have been so pleased. The food court is a great advantage and the grounds are beautiful. Also, it has the best (and most frequent) transportation to and from the parks than any other place I have stayed on site.

My husband and I stayed there for our honeymoon. The staff was all very friendly and nice, we had no complaints or problems with our room, we were in Aruba. Anytime we went to Old Port Royale we walked through the Carribean Cay, it was beautiful. My only complaint was rats! I saw them on 2 seperate occasions the 6 nights we stayed. I know at a big resort like that they are bound to be around, but seeing them twice really grossed me out! Overall we enjoyed our stay, but our next trip we are going to stay at another resort, not just because of the rats, but because there are so many other resorts to experience.

I love this property and it's the choice for our annual Star Wars Weekend trips.. I proposed to my wife here and we have a very special attachment to it.. It has great scenery and is one the main reasons why we always stay on property... Bar can be better and some of the items suck as son block and all that is ridiculously priced.. But overall a great place... Our children love the pool which I must say by far the best pool on Disney site hotels..

We have booked to go in oct this year, have been to disney many of times but never stopped on site till this year, taking our 7 year old grandson for his first trip to disney

When we lived in florida two decades ago we used to stay at the Caribbean beach whenever we went to Dizzyworld.

I have mixed feelings about the upgrade they did when they put in the lower price resorts. Its nice, but this used to be one of the least expensive places to stay on property and they upped the room rate a lot with the refurbishment.

We stayed there in early December 1997 - my parents, and my two children, and me. It was the first time I used my DVC points. It was also the first time we were at WDW for all the Christmas holiday events. My fondest memory (after coming from the frozen northeast) was opening the door every morning to smell the flowers in bloom. My parents' room was a corner room facing the lake - double windows - what a view! My mom got "lost" every morning (and some afternoons too) taking the long way around the lake to refill her resort coffee mug. Going to WDW late November - mid December became an annual event...although that was our only stay at the Caribbean Resort - the kids and I started a bucket list to stay in a different Disney Resort on each trip...and we're still working on that list.

I'm pretty confident the majority of Disney resorts have full beds, not queens..for one. With my knowledge I know that if you want a resort with two queen beds, not fulls..you have to book at Coronado springs. Which is by far so far my favorite resort. It's also a huge, conference containing resort. We stayed here for Xmas time in 2009 and never had one issue with the buses. There were roughly 4-5 stops on that property as well. I'm wondering if it's mainly the time of year people go? I'd expect long waits/rides back to the resorts If staying during the busier season (summer...holidays..ect) but not all that much otherwise. We all know that resort buses get packed no matter where you stay. Try staying at downtown Disney where there's only a few random buses to pick you up from the parks and take you back to one of the maybe 5 hotels in downtown Disney. Now those were packed.

This being said we're trying CB in October for the food and wine fest this year. Particularly for the beach atmosphere and view of illuminations :) I in particular when picking a resort am not entirely too picky about it...for a Disney vacation I always figure..how long are you actually in your room/on resort property for anyways? Unless you stay for 1.5-2 weeks id say the majority of people mainly spend most of their day at the parks :)