Disney's Caribean Beach Hotel, Orlando > Reviews > disney carribean beach

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Value for Money	Good
Quality of Rooms	Excellent
Standard of Service	Excellent
Quality of Facilities	Excellent

Advantages:	great family resort
Disadvantages:	its big

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Having gone to orlando with my wife in 2000 for the celebrations, we decided to return in 2004 with our daughter so she could experience the magic aswell. We went with virgin and the cost was about £3200 for 14 nights and free car hire but we chose not to as it has a great bus service which picks up from each village and will take you to all disney parks.

This was the second time now at the carribean beach resort, to which i must say it was still as great as the first time
The whole hotel has six villages Jamaica,Trinidad (south , north) Barbados,Martinique and aruba all set around a huge lake. So if you dont like walking you may want to choose another hotel. There are bridges which link to a island which does shorten the walk and is nice because the way it is set out and the wildlife to.All the rooms are spacious and decorated well, but bathroom alittle small. Beds are are of a good size and there lots of storage for your clothes and each room has a safe to keep your belongings in. The rooms are cleaned daily and to a high standard and there is always one thing i remember about the cleaning.We used to go out in the morning but when we returned at night there would be these animals on the bed , which the cleaners had made out of hand towels, and to this day we still have them somewhere in the house (great) Access to the room is by swipe card which you receive upon arrival

The swimming pools are great to, as each village has its own pool with plenty of sunbeds and i must say that when we did use the one in our village it was always empty so lots of room and relaxation . The main pool is themed like a old fort which has water cannons (dont get it in your eye lolol)it also has a slide and a fountain. There is also a little circular pool for the younger children and a good selection of towels which you can use and once finished with just drop them in the towel bins. The pools themselves and the surroundings are always kept to a high standard and with a good number of lifequards its very easy to feel secure when your children are taking to the pool

Port royale is the main building which is the main area for food and i must say the food is ok . You get the normal, hotdogs, pizza , burgers but there are a good selection of salads and fruits and there is also a restaurant which serves a good selection of proper meals. You can buy a drinking cup which then gives you unlimited drinks , just fill when you need to.

For anybody thats likes a drink visit the bar which is just outside port royale right next to the main swimming pool. Great selection of cocktails (try the carribean smuggler)and a good choice of beers . The staff are very friendly which adds to the relaxed feeling

There are also other things you may wish to do on this resort , firstly you can hire a 4 wheeled bike ( seats 4 easily) and go and explore the resort nice thing to do when you first arrive. You can also hire boats to go out on the lake, either a two person mini speedboat or a larger cruiser if theres more of you but believe me u can walk faster than both boats but still great to do. My daughter was asked to be a pirate on the main boat which she loved ,had to go round and spot things out and she got to keep the hat and sword aswell (was all good till they scanned our suitcase only to see the image of a sword luckily it was plastic) Theres also playing parks for the children which can be found on the private little beaches which each island comes with but you cant swim in the main lake to which you wouldnt anyway (abit dark) but they add a great addition to the resort.

This hotel offers great fun , relaxation, great service after all them long mad days out at the disney parks. Highly recommended