Notes: Thank you! A room on high floor would be great! I love balconies!
Room: 4079
My requested room was about 20 rooms down the hall in the section that opened a few days before we arrived. I realized about a week before my trip that that section (skyliner view) would not be available. The room/location we got was amazing for BWV standard view: between lobby and stairs to main pool. The room did have a weird issue in the corner (uneven surface) that if you had a pack n play it would be an issue. I will note that on the room finder. I think I will request this room again in December.
Disneyâs Coronado Springs
Standard 2 Queen
On-line check in used drop down box for: First Floor
Touring Plans automated fax room request: First Floor like 8573
Result: 8583, this room location was so perfect, we were so lucky to get it. First Floor corner very close to parking roundabout for dropping off.
AKL Jambo
Class of Room booked: Two Queen, Resort View
Method Use: Requested through Touring Plans
Requested Rooms: 3415
Result: 4455, Savanna View
Additional circumstances: It was a special birthday for me (canât recall exactly what I said). Iâd like any of these rooms: 3409-3421.
I have always received at least a partial Savanna view when paying for a Resort view room at AKL. Likely due to the time of year I travel. The goal was to make me walk through the lobby everyday because last August I was in a pool view in the front of the resort and found I never walked through the lobby! My preference is to be on the third floor. Overall, pleased with this room.
AKL Jambo
Class of Room booked: Two Queen, Pool View
Method Use: Requested through Touring Plans
Requested Rooms: 3022
Result: 3018
LOVED this room. Very close to my ask and had AMAZING views of the morning sunrises. I would get the same room again for my trip next month, but alas, by the time I decided Iâd be going to Disney again for my big trip this year, the only thing available is a King Water View (facing SW).
Coronado Springs
Class of Room booked: Two Queen, Standard View
Method Used: Requested through Touring Plans
Requested Rooms: Ranchos 6B, 6754 (3rd Floor)
Result: Ranchos 6A, 6332 (3rd Floor), Standard View
Additional circumstances: All I really wanted was something quiet.
The room really wasnât near anything (which was fine!) My only real requirement was to have a quiet room, and that worked out great. We didnât spend much time at the resort, so we didnât need to be near the Mercardo food court. Having said that, the resort is much nicer than I remember it from years past. Despite all the convention folks, I would definitely consider staying there again.
I thought the resort grounds were lovely! I really liked Coronado Springs, with the exception of the size of it. DH has crossed it off his list. We were also in the Ranchos. It was quiet but I was hoping for Cabanas. The only thing I found odd was the amount of cacti so close to the main walking paths! I could just imagine a couple of rowdy siblings fighting and pushing with one ending up bloody with prickles from the cactus!
Resort: POFQ
Class of Room booked: River view
Method Use: Requested through Touring Plans
Requested Rooms: 6131
Additional circumstances: I said that we had stayed in that area before and ideally wanted 6126-6132 (I think those are the numbers), and if building 6 wasnât available weâd prefer building 5.
Result 6136, perpendicular to the requested row but in basically the same place I wanted. Success!
Resort: AKL Jambo
Class of Room booked: Value Studio
Method Use: Requested through Touring Plans
Requested Rooms: Any savanna view
Additional circumstances: Mentioned it was our 20th anniversary and bought the room for a night as a gift for my wife.
Room Given: 5016 was a pool room. Expected as there isnât a lot of options available. Asked about paying for an upgrade and they gave us a resort savanah room instead! 3019. Awesome room with a perfect view.
Resort: POFQ
Class of Room booked: Garden View
Method Use: Requested through Touring Plans
Requested Rooms: 4334
Additional circumstances: Stated weâd like a top floor room close to the lobby and bus
Room Given: 4338 - Basically the same room just in the middle instead of the corner, pretty much the prefect spot to catch the bus in the morning and very short walk to lobby. Very pleased with this room.
Resort: Coronado Springs
Class of room booked: Standard View
Requsted rooms: I had bags stored at Bell Services overnight and wanted as little walking from the lobby as possible, ideally 2 floor or higher. I used the TP room finder to identify which standard view rooms fell into that category and found several options in Cabanas. So I submitted the room finder suggested language of: âBldg Cabanas 8C,Flr 2,W-facing room.Exmple:8972,8971,8973,8970,8872,8871,8873â
Room given: Casitas Bldg 3, 2nd floor, Rm 3297
I was not a huge fan of either our room (even though it was described as a preferred room, we felt it was quite dark and smelled damp) or the resort (I donât think it was the right choice for a 1 night stay because we didnât have time to figure out how to best navigate it). Iâm not sure if Cabanas would have been easier, but to get to our Casitas room, we had to take an elevator down from the lobby, hike through the whole convention center and food court, and then find building 3 in the maze of Casitas (around 10 min walk). Bus stop 4 was allegedly a 2 min walk from the room, but we had problems navigating to this as well - in fact, I felt that for every walk we took from the room during this 1 night stay, we got a little bit lost/backtracked and walked even more than necessary because itâs hard to understand where you are going.
We stayed here because I decided at the last moment to upgrade a 1-night reservation from AS Sports to Coronado because it was only $50 more and I wanted a nice pool for us to while away a few morning hours before an afternoon flight on check-out day. We liked the pool and the especially the water slide, but I donât think Iâd stay in CS again except staying in GDT - everything is just too spread out.
I canât remember if I shared my second to last Pop stay so Ill add both here.
Resort: Pop Century
Class of room booked: Standard 2 queens (murphy bed)
Method used: TP fax
Room requested: Back side of bldg 3, canât recall
Additional circumstances: Love the 50s section and plan on using the pool. Bldg 3 or 1 would be preferred and then first or second floor if available. (Wording is a variation of this)
Result: They put us in the 80s section, Bldg 9!
I knew this was a possibility. And I would have booked preferred if it was available. I went to the front counter and asked if we could be moved. That we werent in any rush. We did get to Pop super early (around 11 am iirc). And we got our room ready shortly after.
The front desk was able to see my request. She moved us to the lakeside of building 3, second floor. 3239 iirc. I LOVED this room location. We were able to see squirrels and bunnies in the morning. I tried to feed them- donât judge me. They donât like pretzel mix (or a pizza crust as DS discovered).
ETA: we had to wait for the new room to be cleaned, around 4pm.
Resort: Pop Century
Class of room booked: Preferred 2 queens (murphy be
Method used: TP fax
Room requested: 3262
Additional circumstances: We love the 50s section and would like to be close to the Skyliner and the main hall. Our prefect room would be in this order of preference:
Building 1 or 3. (Bldg 4 or 5 if nothing in 1 or 3 is available)
First floor
NO connecting room
Result: 5442 (or 5443, canât remember)
So Bldg. 5 (kinda a ), 4th floor AND a connecting room.
We were in HS when I got the room assignment. We didnât get back till 8pm and at that point I wasnât dealing with it. The location was decent. I just preferred to not use an elevator. I donât like small spaces. But I got over it for the ride up. I didnât want to climb those stairs even more!
DW and I are staying at GDT in December, which will be my first time at the resort. I have always been intimidated by the sprawling nature of the resort. We watched a couple of video tours to get our bearings. It was really helpful to see everything in context to get a lay of the land.
My takeaway is that I was right to wait for a deal on a tower room, but also I think it would be fun to stay elsewhere in the resort as long as I am at a relaxed pace where I can spend 10 minutes walking to anything. It really is beautiful.
I would definitely give GDT a try if I found a good deal for a room, the lobby area/Barcelona lounge looked very high end - and very bright and airy. Sounds lovely for a coupleâs trip!
Also, the 10 minutes walking to get anywhere will probably feel like less of an issue in December: we faced not only the August heat, but also heavy rain during our arrival (which Iâm sure also contributed to the damp smell in the room). Most though not all of the walkways to rooms are covered, but the gusts of wind still carried rain into the room corridors (which are open to the side), and we got a bit wet walking to/from the buses.
Resort: Caribbean Beach Resort
Class of room booked: Standard room with 5th Sleeper
Method used: TP fax
Room requested: Trinidad 34 or 35
Additional circumstances: I gave 3 rooms numbers for each building.
Ended up with 3842. It wasnât terrible; one room away from the ice machine and stairs (so close to the coke freestyle machine too) and near the main walkway along the river.
ETA: We were close to bus pickup which was great during the summer rainstorms. And if we didnât feel like walking, we were the first stop to the skyliner on the internal bus loop so that was nice. I think in the future if we stay here again we will ask for Jamaica 41.
Pick any first floor room in the category youâve booked, and then delete all of the verbiage in the message, replacing it with âany first floor room will meet my needsâ
), 4th floor AND a connecting room.