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Originally Posted By Ursula I am really not thrilled that they are removing the small fridges from the rooms. This will change my resort choice if they are all gone, maybe not for this year, but for next year.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun How disappointing. Many of you know I am a HUGE fan of CBR, but I have no desire to stay in a cartoon themed room. That is why I don't enjoy all stars or PC as much. We are trying Coronado on our next trip and maybe that will become our "go to" resort. This really makes me re think wanting to stay there.
Originally Posted By figment1986 wait... why are they removing the mini-fridges? They get used, esp when we go to the store on property and buy something to keep stuff cool. Esp when you get a take away box from somewhere and need to keep the food cool until you have it for a morning snack or before bed snack. Not to mention certain drinks that need to be cool.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Maybe they will be avaible upon request. I think they look nice, to me they are not too overwhelming. I like them.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I have a feeling they will be available upon request...some people do need them for things like medications that need refridgeration.
Originally Posted By dshyates With Universal up the road offing Jurassic Park Family Suites, Dr. Suess Family Suites, and rumored to build Harry Potter Family Suites in their new "Hollywood" themed hotel, you didn't expect Disney to leave the concept alone, did ya'? Anything in Florida that someone pays money for Disney has to have one. They are now the industry leader..... at ripping of others ideas.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Caribbean Beach has been the least popular moderate for quite a few years. Maybe these changes will bring in a new audience... people with young kids who go for that kind of themeing but want more space than you get in a value. I think it is a good option to the other Moderates. By the way -- when did CBR get mini-fridges? It didn't have them when we stayed there in 1999.
Originally Posted By Ursula I'm not sure when they were added, but they've been there for some time. I assume that we can request a fridge (for extra money, I'm sure), but there's no assurance it will happen. That's one of the things I liked about the CBR...cold water daily and milk for my Coco Puffs! Yeah, husband just said he won't stay in that cartoony room and my sister said it looks like a motel. We're looking into a few alternates up the food chain. So there you go. To each their own, I suppose but I think it is a bad execution of a good idea.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss If it was a Deluxe, they could use the tech from Living Seas, and have Nemo and friends swimming around the room windows. I wouldn't call those tiny TV's flat screen. Yeah, they technically have a flat screen, but if it's not big and hanging on a wall, it's just a regular TV.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It seems like there is litte to seperate the choice as to whether to stay at CBR or the Values now. Quite a shame really, as it is probably the best located non deluxe.
Originally Posted By hightp I wonder if the pricing will be different from the other Moderates? One of the nicer aspects was that the Moderates were all priced the same, so it was just a matter of picking the one you wanted to stay at. I figure Caribbean Beach will, now increase in price a few bucks for the Nemo rooms, and quite a bit for the Pirate suites. Oh, well, I used to like the Caribbean Beach.
Originally Posted By jmuboy I would expect the room prices to be the same. And really, the bedspread is the only thing that he gave as an example of deliberate character overlays in the room. Blue curtains can give the illusion of water, but hardly screams "cartoon overlay". It's not that bad. Jim Hill is very Henny Penny in my opinion.
Originally Posted By cheshireqt So when the new Princess and the Frog movie comes out set in New Orleans can we expect to see POFQ change to a cartoon theme as well? Should Poly be completely stitchified? Should AKL be taken to a complete Lion King theme? I think the resounding vote would be NO. I don't know why some things on Disney property cannot just have a theme all their own and not have to be completely tied in to a movie. Sure sell the corresponding merchandise in the gift shop at the resort but don't retool the theme and overall character of the place to reflect the movie. The resorts (with the exception of the values) always seemed like a destination unto themselves (Africa, Hawaii, hotel of the "future," Key West, Carribean, New Orleans) etc. True you have to buy into the fantasy for it to work but at least the basics were already in place. It has been fun to have a different flavor to our vacations by staying at different "destinations." This change makes me sad. It seems that if anything they are making a moderate into a value resort with the cartoon theme and the loss of the refrigerators. I wonder if the price will reflect that?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo cheshireqt - something tells me you and I are going to get on like a house on fire. I am totally behind the sentiments in your post. I used to always defend my Disney visits to my snobby friends by saying stuff like - where else can you go on a safari, while staying at a Polynesian Island, eat dinner in Japan and finish with fireworks over a European castle? No mention of characters in those amazing memories.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS It's disappointing to be sure. If you look on the Disneyworld.com website, they obviously haven't updated the pictures, and you can see that the CBR rooms are much more pleasing to the eye as is. No change is needed. I love Nemo, don't get me wrong - but if I'm paying all of this money to travel there from Cali, I don't need to look at a bedspread for a week on end that looks like someone threw up on it. I also want a fridge with no extra charge. We are going to call reservations and see when exactly the Jamaica section is being renovated. We might change back to the POFQ.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep, I always preferred the New Orleans Square/Haunted Mansion vibe of Port Orleans and Riverside anyway.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Say what you will, the CBR resort has been WDW's least popular moderate. No matter what the connoisseurs think, it may draw in the people with kids that they are looking for. It could hardly do worse than the resort had been doing. I don't know what it was like recently, but when we stayed at CBR in 1999 the rooms were the blandest and most totally non-descript rooms I’ve seen on Disney property. It was impossible to tell if the room even HAD a theme, much less what it was supposed to be. Have any of the major critics here ever actually STAYED at the CBR?
Originally Posted By dshyates I don't have a problem with them adding Themed Family Suites and Rooms. But why do they have to do all of the rooms. Why not offer 50 nemo rooms, and 50 Pirates Suites. Also Why not have 50 rooms at the poly with a stitch theme and 50 at the Contemporary with a Buzz lightyear. Lion king at AKL. Mary poppins in The Grand. But only like 50 at each resort. Would you guys have a problem with them offering a few at each resort?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip OK. Mea culpa. I checked Deb Will's site and the rooms had definitely been updated since our stay and did indeed look both very nice and very Caribbean. <<I don't have a problem with them adding Themed Family Suites and Rooms. But why do they have to do all of the rooms. Why not offer 50 nemo rooms, and 50 Pirates Suites.>> I didn't think the entire resort was being re-themed. Did I miss something?
