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Caribbean Beach Resort

Member Rating: **** 3.6 | Rate It
  • Price range: $$
  • Location: Epcot

Fodor's Review:

Six palm-studded "villages," all awash in dizzying pastels and labeled with Caribbean names like Barbados and Trinidad, share 45-acre Barefoot Bay and its white-sand beach. Bridges connect to a 1-acre path-crossed play and picnic area called Parrot Cay. You can rent boats to explore the lake, or rent bikes to ride along the 1½-mi lakefront promenade. The Old Port Royale complex, decorated with cannons, statues, and tropical birds, has a food court, lounge, and pool area with falls and a big slide. Rooms, which have painted-wood furniture, are fresh and done in soft pastels like turquoise and peach. Pros: restaurants sell Jamaica's Red Stripe beer; plenty of on-site outdoor activities; convenient to Epcot, Disney-MGM, and Downtown Disney. Cons: you don't truly feel swept away to a tropical island; the only crystalline and swimmable waters are in the pools; walks from your room to the beach or a restaurant can be up to 15 minutes.

  • Hotel Details: 2,112 rooms
  • In-room: safe, Internet.
  • In-hotel: restaurant, room service, pools, laundry facilities, laundry service, beachfront, public Wi-Fi, bicycles, no-smoking rooms.
  • Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V
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Member Reviews & Ratings:

Terrible room service

Posted by kris10rocks from Nashville, TN on 6/2/08
We decided to try a new resort and stayed for 10 nights in Barbados. We had the worst housekeeping ever. She never once changed the sheets, the trash wasn't emptied (you can imagine how full one of those little trash cans get after that long) and she rehung dirty towels that we had placed on the floor. We never tried the food court because when we went to check out the cashier made fun of us to other guests because we had a question about the Disney Dining Plan. It was our first day and first time trying the plan. The buses had way to long of a wait. Most days we waited 30-45 minutes and sometimes up to 1 hour. We never waited less than 30 minutes. It felt like we spent more time waiting for buses than being at the parks.

Room: 2.0 Atmosphere: 4.0 Service: 1.0 Value: 2.0 RATING: 2.2

Quiet and Relaxing

Posted by onedegree from Burlington, Ontario on 8/12/07
Just returned yesterday from a week-long trip to Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort. It was a great place to stay! We stayed in Martinique which is right next to Port Orleans so we could quickly walk over for meals, shopping or swimming in the main pool. We loved the beautiful, caribbean-themed decor in the room, the very comfy beds, plenty of space for a week's worth of clothes for a family of 4, peaceful and lovely view of the lake, very quiet room (we were never disturbed by noise). It was always nice to come back to this serene environment after a full day of incredibly large crowds. The Disney transportation was great too. We could always catch a bus directly to any of the parks and directly back to our resort. They said buses ran every 20 minutes but we never waited more than 10. The only thing that could be improved a bit was the food service. There was plenty of selection but the area was often crowded and service was sometimes slow. However, all employees (cast members) were friendly and helpful. This was our first experience with any Disney resort and it was one we would definitely repeat!

Room: 5.0 Atmosphere: 5.0 Service: 5.0 Value: 5.0 RATING: 5.0

We enjoyed our stay

Posted by cyberbob from San Diego on 8/7/07
We only stayed 3 days, but we enjoyed the resort. I thought food court was great. Lots of variety and something for everyone. My family loved the resort store as well. The only issue is they don't have elevators, so if you are not on the first floor, you will have to carry your luggage up the stairs. Other than that, we have no complaints.

Room: 3.0 Atmosphere: 5.0 Service: 4.0 Value: 3.0 RATING: 3.6

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