When my family comes down to visit they have always stayed at Disney. This past summer I convinced them to stay at Cabana Bay and they we're blown away! They loved the pool and hung out there more than the parks. They have since told me Cabana Bay is the only place they'll stay on future trips. The price, convenience and ambiance to them is a better value than any of the Disney properties they've stayed at.
The hotel resort is just amazing. Looks like it's one of the favorite places for the Elizabeth, Elizabeth Twp. crowd.
They are having team members park in the Universal Team lot while they expand the garage.
It's a great resort, isn't it. We were just blown away and it was way beyond our expectations. We drive down from Pa., so we don't ever get in until dark. We walked out of the lobby to check out the courtyard/pool area. It was absolutely stunning with all the bright neon and really nice landscaping/pool area. Now it's standard fare for us to do three, four or five days at CBBR until we move onto Portofino for the duration of our vacation. The Lazy River is really nice, especially since it doesn't get crowded like most Lazy Rivers do. It was pure genius to require you to bring or purchase your own floating device. That policy keeps the masses out. The pool bars/restaurants are really cool and the food court kind of reminds me of the DHS Hollywood Drive In restaurant. The suites are a fantastic value. You can't beat CBBR for value/cost ratio for a theme park resort. The only drawback is no Express, but you can work around that if you go to the parks in the morning and/or late day and go back to the pool/lazy river during the hot humid afternoons.I'm at Cabana Bay right now for 2 weeks, and on day 1 it had already become my favourite on-line resort, this place is just outstanding! We're actually spending very little time at the parks, the lure of the lazy river is just too darn strong!
I ran my vacation dates in May through just now. The rates were the same APH rate I received when I booked in Jan. , and the regular seasonal rate seemed about the same as it was in Jan. So perhaps its just an ad move or tool. I don't see a big advertisement special on the site like they've been running for Sapphire Falls.
I haven't been able to find the ad you mentioned, but I'm referring to the rates for a 4 night stay, which gives a small discount, and that regular seasonal rate was just about the same as they had in Jan. for a May booking, as was the AP rate.
For non-APers, it's great.
