mickeystoontown
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2006
Let's check this place out!
But, first, I needed to visit check in which is located in the Gran Destino tower. We had three reservations. Not ours and the two rooms for our kids but three for us. We had a two night stay and then a one week stay and then another one week stay. That's the only way that I could get my special rate and the rate saved us a lot of money so it was what it was. All three reservations were for the same booking/room category and I had asked that a notation be made that each was a continuing reservation. This would help greaten the likelihood that we wouldn't have to change rooms. I didn't want to unpack everything if the request hadn't been honored. I had also requested that Disney try to put all of us close to one another. I wanted to see if the room assigner was able to do that for us.
We walked from Cabanas to the tower and I didn't take a single picture. Not one. We just breathed in the Disney air and took in our surroundings. Coronado Springs is a beautiful resort! The cast members at check in were attentive and were able to confirm that we would get to stay in the same room for the entirety of our stay. Good! I asked if they could see if Hunter and Tabitha's room and Lacey and Jesse's room were close to us. They were on the other side of the building but they were next door to one another. We were water view and they were standard view which is all that was available when I booked. I asked if we could pay the difference and have them in a water view room too. They called the room assigner who said that there was no water view availability and, if one came available, it was more likely that they would be further away from us than as close as they were now. We chose to leave it be and not ask them to put in the request even if two water view rooms could be found. They were able to confirm that I had booked the room as their agent and gave me their room numbers. I thanked them for their help and we walked back to our building.
I had the keys in my pocket so there was no need to drop back by our room. We did; however, walk around the building to see if we could located the rooms for the kids and they were right beside one another and on the backside of our building. We started to unload all the stuff we packed and it was a lot. We put the luggage carrier on the car so that we would have extra room to bring drinks, water, snacks, etc. for all three rooms. The carrier would also come in handy later in the trip. John can reach the luggage carrier but it is much easier with a small folding step stool. This picture was taken at 7:06 p.m.
But, first, I needed to visit check in which is located in the Gran Destino tower. We had three reservations. Not ours and the two rooms for our kids but three for us. We had a two night stay and then a one week stay and then another one week stay. That's the only way that I could get my special rate and the rate saved us a lot of money so it was what it was. All three reservations were for the same booking/room category and I had asked that a notation be made that each was a continuing reservation. This would help greaten the likelihood that we wouldn't have to change rooms. I didn't want to unpack everything if the request hadn't been honored. I had also requested that Disney try to put all of us close to one another. I wanted to see if the room assigner was able to do that for us.
We walked from Cabanas to the tower and I didn't take a single picture. Not one. We just breathed in the Disney air and took in our surroundings. Coronado Springs is a beautiful resort! The cast members at check in were attentive and were able to confirm that we would get to stay in the same room for the entirety of our stay. Good! I asked if they could see if Hunter and Tabitha's room and Lacey and Jesse's room were close to us. They were on the other side of the building but they were next door to one another. We were water view and they were standard view which is all that was available when I booked. I asked if we could pay the difference and have them in a water view room too. They called the room assigner who said that there was no water view availability and, if one came available, it was more likely that they would be further away from us than as close as they were now. We chose to leave it be and not ask them to put in the request even if two water view rooms could be found. They were able to confirm that I had booked the room as their agent and gave me their room numbers. I thanked them for their help and we walked back to our building.
I had the keys in my pocket so there was no need to drop back by our room. We did; however, walk around the building to see if we could located the rooms for the kids and they were right beside one another and on the backside of our building. We started to unload all the stuff we packed and it was a lot. We put the luggage carrier on the car so that we would have extra room to bring drinks, water, snacks, etc. for all three rooms. The carrier would also come in handy later in the trip. John can reach the luggage carrier but it is much easier with a small folding step stool. This picture was taken at 7:06 p.m.
This next one was at 8:09 p.m. so it must have taken us about an hour to unload and unpack. We were both starting to get hungry so opened the app and ordered food from Three Bridges Bar & Grill.
As we walked over to Three Bridges, we, again, took in the sights and sounds of the resort. It really was pretty and we took it all in. Well, as much as we could because it was dark out. We located Three Bridges and a cast member asked our name and checked my order number. She came back and said it would be a little bit before it was ready. In the meantime, we stood on the bridge and saw fireworks off in the distance.
Just a few minutes later, the cast member called our name and handed us a bag with our food. John and I found a table outside of the main building and sat down to enjoy our food and the beautiful evening.
The food was good but the portions were on the small side. We weren't super hungry so that wasn't an issue for us. John called his parents to let them know that we had arrived and they talked for a few minutes. Once done, we tossed our food containers in the trash and walked back to our room. From what we could see, we thought that Coronado Springs was a good choice for us.
I stopped to take a picture of the recreation board:
and the backside which gave information about the resort:
Once back to our room, we turned on the television to watch a little bit of the must dos but we didn't last long. We had been driving for hours and were ready to turn in.
**Up next: Where are my pictures? I know that I took pictures!
Thankfully I DO have pictures.
you'll probably notice that in some areas of the report, I'll say something like "I think we did..." or "I hope that I am remembering correctly...". But, for the most part, I am pretty good at remembering what we did.
