Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort

Just got home from a week stay, rooms were nice all we did was sleep in them most of our time was spent outdoors in the parks or pools. We had four adults and one child in a two Queen with a Murphy twin bed it was large enough. The small pool close to our room was nice reminded me of a pool at a condo the large pool w/​lifeguards was very nice. Old Port Royal food was OK nothing to brag about but it was hot and fresh and filling for the volume of people they feed daily it was a good meal. One tip if you stay to see the fireworks at the park and are looking to eat when you get back pickings will be slim a lot of the choices close down. So we were left with one hot service and the self service picks (cold food) so eat in the park before fireworks or order a pizza when you get back to your room.
Bus service was good, our room was 50 yards from the pool and bus stop. When we left the Magic Kingdom the CBR bus stop was one of the last it was a long walk after a full day in the park.
It was pricey for what you receive, but it’s an amusement park may not be right or a good value but it is what it is my six year old daughter had a fantastic time watching her was worth it.

We are staying at Caribbean Beach resort it is the most horrible hotel we have ever visited. We checked in last night. They told us what our building is and sent us off to find it. It was not easy to find, the parking area is not even close to the rooms and we had to drag our luggage in without even an offer of a court. The room does not even resemble the pictures is very small bathroom is tiny and the lighting is poor. And list but not least my dog would not even want to eat this food
The worst part of this whole thing is we paid close to $ 3000 to stay in a dump for five days

We stayed here during the spring break weekend. It was decent $ 265/​night we paid for. We stayed here three nights in two queen bedroom.
The resort is huge! We stayed at the Aruba. Many different building and you have to drive and look for your room. Every building has a name specifically chosen for the area.
Parking: Self parking. No valets. I did see security driving around a couple times. The atmosphere felt more of «apartments parking lot». Locating your building by the number. Because of this, there is no elevators if your room is on the second level. You will have to walk up and down the stairs. I believe this resort was only two level.
Check– in: Our Disney bands was mailed to us month prior to arrival. We did not have to check in at front desk, we went straight to our rooms and entered the rooms with the tap of our bands on door sensor. That was great! So, we never saw the front desk staff. We were welcomed by a voice message left on our telephone. Assuming they knew we checked in because of our bands possibly informed them we made it.
Room: Our room was clean upon arrival. The bonus was a pull out bed for a small child to sleep on. The rooms had coffee machine with plenty of cups. Small fridge and also a moderate size 32″ tv. You can order room service here if you would like. A table with two chairs just like what you see on their website.
Bathroom: Clean with plenty of Disney character shampoos, conditioners, bar soap and towels. It also had a courtesy blow dryer for guest. Pull out ironing board and hangers. The neat part was the French doors that leads you to the bathroom! Because of the small room I think that was a right design choice! The room is not big. We were party of five.
Activities: Movie was shown outside in the resort but we did not stay for that. We spent most of our time at the theme parks and only came back to the resort to bath and sleep. If you stay at the Aruba, you will not be able to sleep since the resort shows the loud movie playing. It was every night! There was a small beach area where kids can play. Ponds around the resort with bridge walkway over it. Which was nice. Near the movie screen there is a playground for kids to play but they do close at a certain time in the evening.
Leaving and entering the resort: Leaving is one way out. Entering the resort you can scan your bands at the gate and the gate’s arm will lift for you. If you do not have it, the security is out there assisting you when you enter. You will be asked for drivers license.
Housekeeping comes everyday to tidy and refill soap, shampoos, towels, etc. I do recommend this resort if you would like to stay at a Disney which is not screaming everywhere with kids. This resort was more quiet during our stay. Only thing loud was the resort showing the movie at night.
Check-​out: Like how we checked-​in, we left without needing to check out. That was one thing I liked about this place with the Disney bands.
I would definitely stay again for sure! I did not give this resort four stars due to fact the design of the hotel looks «old”(but clean). For five stars it would have to be one of those expensive resorts that Disney offers (Polynesian, Contemporary or Animal Kingdom). The stay was a good one!

I stayed at Disney’s CBR for a week with my family, party size of 10. We had three pirate themed rooms in Trinidad South, that were all in a line next to each other. This was my first trip to Disney World therefore only resort I have stayed at.
Rooms were spacious enough for three adults and one child, two beds that were very comfortable. The beds did tend to get a little hot at night, which could be my family and I’s lack of using less sheets, our A/​C was always on.
There was plenty of room for clothing, one trunk which we used to store dirty clothes, and four larger and deep drawers. A nightstand between the two beds that had four outlets and two USB outlets. The USB outlets never seemed to work, even when the light switches were on.
Bathroom was split from beds with a curtain, and the toilet and shower were separated even more with a door for privacy. Great storage areas in the bathroom too. There were two sinks with great water temperature, and a full sized hair dryer. The toilet and bath area had multiple towel racks and even a nice landing in the shower for toiletries or if you shave a great leg spot. Water pressure in the shower was great and the temperature never ran cold.
The pirate theme was amazing, my brother is a huge pirate fan so it was an obvious choice for our family. The room included a mini-​fridge which was encased in a faux rum barrel, the nightstand was also themed as a faux rum barrel. Beds complete as pirate ships and themed table and curtains.
Old Port Royale was just a short walk for shops, food, and pools. The breakfast food was great, I was loyal to Mickey Waffles every morning, however the lunch/​dinner menus I never found something that I really enjoyed. The quick-​service restaurants were okay, nothing to boast about, good for the convince. The restaurant, Shutters, was great they even brought out a birthday surprise for my step-mother’s birthday. There were two pools, one themed pirates for younger children with water play parts, the other for older kids and adults. Two spas were available, too. There was a poolside bar which was great for adults wanting to relax with a cold one while enjoying the lake or watching kiddos in the pool.
Since there are different areas of the resort there were quite a few stops for the shuttle to make before departure to the park or Disney Springs. Nothing too unbearable, they were quick stops and most of the time I didn’t notice. For each park a shuttle comes once every 20 minutes, and there is an internal bus, too. I don’t remember waiting for more than 10 minutes for a bus, but one time.
CBR lost a star because of the food selection for quick-​service lunch/​dinner and because the pool by Trinidad South was closed during my stay. Overall, I really enjoyed Disney World and a lot of it was because of CBR.
Length of Stay: 7 days, 6 nights
Time of Stay: Late May
Meal Plan: Deluxe

This resort is o.k. I personally don’t think it is worth the extra money. If you are staying on disney property there are three different levels of resorts to choose from value, moderate and deluxe. Disney’s Carribean Beach is in the moderate cadagory. Pretty much meaning its 100 plus more a night then a value resort with not enough extra amenities to be worth the price tag.
Here are the pros:
Rooms are on the newer side. We stayed in a pirate theamed room. Everything was fresh and clean.
Beds are very comfortable. Which sometimes can be an issue at other disney resorts.
It’s extremely quiet.
If you like running or biking there is a very nice trail that goes around the resort.
Now for the cons:
Too many bus stops. There are 7 of them which makes for longer travel times to the parks.
It’s a very large place. If you do not enjoy walking this resort is definitely not for you. It can take 10 minutes plus to walk to the food court. That’s if you are a fast paced walker like myself.
Food court is among one of the worst I’ve had at disney.
The carribean theaming is off. In no way do you feel like your in the carribean. There are white sand beaches that lead to a swampy lake that you can not swim in.
All and all it wasn’t a bad stay. I’m one of those people who just needs a place to rest my head at night and take a shower. Most of my time is spent in the parks. If this is you then I recommend staying at pop century or art of animation. Huge savings and less walking. However, if you do decide to stay here request a room near old port royale. You will be closer to the food court and main pool. Just remember you are in disney so no matter what resort you choose it will be really hard not to have a magical time.

After reading some of the other reviews, I have to say Jamaica is the place to be for ease of transportation. You will be the first stop when returning from the parks and it was rare that we got stuck on the bus route that takes you all the way around the resort when heading out.
One major drawback to this property is the walking distances. Depending on which island you are staying on you could be looking at a hike to get to Old Port Royale (main restaurant area/​pool/​shops).
Having said that I was fairly impressed with how quiet it was. To be fair, our last trip we were staying at Art of Animation, so sleeping next to a cement factory would be quiet by comparison.
The room was clean, spacious, and with a water view. The bathroom fixtures are upgraded, but the water pressure was lacking. The bed was comfortable and the Caribbean is one of the only hotels that offers King rooms at a reasonable price. Another drawback to staying here, if you are on the second floor. So if you have strollers, a lot of luggage, or an aversion to stairs, request a ground floor room.
Housekeeping was prompt and efficient and left new coffee/​soap/​shampoo every day. The room has a nice coffee maker that can make two cups at once. Overall, I thought the room was great.
The dinning options were not bad. The cafeteria offered variety and it never seemed overly crowded. I was very impressed with Shutters, the only table service restaurant on property.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay. I am not sure the resort is really enough of a step above the value resorts to be worth the extra cost. It also seemed as though the staff was not as friendly/​accommodating as other resorts. If you are looking for a kid friendly hotel, check my review of Art of Animation.

I enjoyed staying here. If you plan to visit the Disney parks I highly suggest you stay at a Disney Resort. The complimentary shuttle service is great! There’s a nearby shuttle spot by every location. And it runs about every 15 minutes! They also route to Disney Springs with the last pick up at 2am for all you party animals. The views of the lake as you walk towards the main dining area and watering hole made for a nice scenic stroll. My only complaint was the smell of the room. It had a weird musty/​smoke aroma as soon as you walk in. But we got used to it after we blasted the AC. I would recommend the resort of you don’t mind the smell. I hope it’s not all the rooms!

We stayed here for the Disney Star Wars Half Marathon and it turned out to be a great choice. It was very close to the finish area at ESPN Wide World of Sports so the bus ride after the half was very quick which my husband really appreciated.
My experience has with Disney properties is the rooms themselves are all pretty much the same in the same class of resort. The rooms at CBR are very similar to Port Orleans with parking easily accessible from your room. If you have a car I think this is a plus from the higher end properties like Animal Kingdom Lodge and Grand Floridian where self-​park is a really long walk so you end up spending another $ 25 a day for valet parking.
Of course, you get what you pay for so the overall resort is not what you’d get at the higher end resorts but it had a nice pool, beach area and store. The layout was nice as it was pretty quiet and didn’t seem to have a ton of kids like some of the lower end Disney properties. Yes, I know it is Disney and Disney means kids but travelling without kids myself, it is nice to have somewhere that is a little calmer and quieter!
I’d stay here again!

Stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort while we were participating in the Inaugural Dark Side Half Marathon.
We stayed in the pirate themed room which was really cool. It had a fridge, coffee machine, and a huge Samsung smart TV. We were in Trinidad South, and it was a long walk to the food court and main pool, Old Port Royale.
It was nice forgetting about my car for the whole stay as you can use their busses to get anywhere.
The beds were a bit firm and they were really small. We had to use both bed just to be comfortable.

We’ve stayed a week at the expensive Animal Kingdom Lodge in the past. And while AKL’s lobby is huge, stunning and gorgeous, we just had too many issues with various rooms. We switched rooms 3 times during our stay. No nightly parking fees here, you get a pass and keep it on your dash. We had a car but hardly used it because Disney’s public transportation is really top notch (for the mid and high end resorts).
We’ve also tried value priced Pop Century for about 10 days. And while PC’s design is more fun and whimsical, we didn’t appreciate lukewarm showers and LITERALLY brownish water coming out of the faucet. We switched rooms twice during our stay. Plus, the public transportation is a lot more crowded.
For our last two visits (10 & 14 days each) to WDW, we stayed at the moderate class Caribbean Beach Resort. Ahhh, CBR feels just right! Plus, we love the Caribbean beach theme!
When we travel, I hate fighting with iphone people over electrical outlets. So, we try to only buy devices that have removable batteries. That way, we can just buy spare batteries (which is cheaper anyway) and swap in a new battery in 10 seconds and never have to worry about being anchored next to a clunky battery pack or an outlet. Plus, we can charge all of our batteries at the same time overnight and be ready for whatever awaits the next day. To do this, I used to pack a huge surge protector with me on trips, but at CBR, you can leave it at home. At CBR, their rooms offer 16 electric outlets! And 8 USB charging ports! I’m not kidding, look at my photos! There’s plenty of room to charge all of your devices and all of your devices’ spare batteries as well.
Their flat screen TV is a good size, not too big, not too small. Plus, it has easy access to the HDMI input so you can bring your favorite Disney movies to wake up and go to bed to… WHICH WE DO!
The bathroom and water closet are good. Good water pressure in the shower and plenty hot! Towels are soft and good for a moderate class hotel. Soap and shampoo smell okay.
You also get your basic hotel amenities like: mini-​fridge, iron, hair dryer, coffee maker and a closet area in the bathroom to hang your clothes. Plus, there’s a safe built into the wall. It’s about 12“x20″ but only 3−4″ deep.
You also get a small table and chair for throwing junk on and there’s a coat rack next to your door.
I think pretty much all the resorts at WDW have switched to the magic band system for unlocking your room door.
The CBR’s Old Port Royale Food Court is nice and has lots of food options but we’ve never eaten there because, honestly, it looks like unappealing cafeteria food. You pick up your included WDW resort mugs from here and can refill them here and throughout certain areas of their parks.
We like to stay near the central island because you get to walk across the newly refurbished bridge. It looks really cool at night!
We’re almost never in our room, so this works out perfect for us. Lastly, we love that some guests bring toys and decorations to deck out their windows. It’s fun to see how people personalize their rooms. Although, since we only go to WDW in the fall, it could be only a holiday thing that people do.

Stayed here only 1 time in July 2014 for approximately 6 days. Made the mistake of not checking the Disney event calendar for the month of July as my wife and I were welcomed to what seemed like every little leaguer in the United States participating in the ESPN Wide World of Sports baseball tournament. Screaming kids running around the pool area, baseball mom’s doing laundry all hours of the day and night, and parents consuming self brought alcohol at the pool while their kids rampaged about.
Anyway, other than the above the resort itself was ok. Transportation to/​from the parks was uneventful and the staff for the most part was accommodating. Excellent fireworks show from Epcot across the street.

Review is for Deluxe Villa
Bed 2/​5Mattress firm/​soft-​very soft
Room ⁴⁄₅ room is clean. Lots of outlets and lights. Very flat screen. Has no desk area. Shower warmed up moderate but has good pressure. Refrigerator and coffee maker. Soft towels. wi fi included in the resort fee. Wall unit air conditioner and ceiling fan.
Price $$$
Proximity ⁴⁄₅ inside Disney World property and has bus access to all the parks. Moderate food options with sit down or grab something quick to go. No fee for parking.

This was our first stay at a Disney Resort — — without a second thought, we will return. It’s so easy, they take all the work out of a vacation. From the Bell staff to the Concierges to the Front Desk, everyone was so helpful. Any problem our question is dealt with quickly.
The hotel is has a pretty setting and is in very good shape. Our room was just a couple of minutes downstairs to the pool (yes, no elevator) or the white sand beach. Walk about 10 minutes (or drive) to the center of the resort for a meal, a snack, or a souvenir — — they even have beer in one of their shops to bring back to the room.
Buses to the parks are often and plentiful and run all day — — no problem, but the get crowded at night returning to the resort. You can even see the fire works (I think from Hollywood Studios) from the resort.
Check-​out is super easy & they can even check you in with your airline, bags and all — depending on your airline — straight to the TSA security check.
Special thanks to Ada (at the Front Desk), Eduardo (Concierge), and Manny (from Quezon City, Philippines).
What’s not to enjoy? It’s the happiest place on Earth.
FYI — — WIFI is available with no issues, but if you ever needed to hookup with an old style Ethernet cable — you’re out of luck. Even the business centers don’t have that type of connectivity.
Enjoy.

We are staying here tonight for the first time at a WDW resort. We upgraded from Pop Century Resort and got the Martinique building after reading that they were closer to the main area. The room is about 300 sq ft and fit the 3 of us comfortably.
The room set up is good and spacious, the double sink in the bathroom is a nice touch. However I was VERY disappointed to walk into the toilet area of the bathroom to find a couple of hairs on the bathroom floor and A TON (I mean at least 50) of hairs on the wall of the shower.
A) I’m not sure how one would get this amount of hair on the wall of the shower, but GROSS
B) How could anyone cleaning the room miss it?! It was in your face
I called the front desk and they immediately sent housekeeping to come up and clean the room, but my toddler was sleeping so it was quite an inconvenience for us. I would agree with the other reviewing who said that it was similar to a Holiday Inn, yet for a Disney property, I certainly expected more cleanliness.
They got an extra star for the service because the front desk check in girl was sweet and the housekeeping was also great. Just sadly won’t be coming back to this particular resort because to me, cleanliness is the #1 reason I stay at a hotel.

I have stayed here twice in the past several months and enjoy this resort as it feels like a little oasis away from the typical Disney excitement and the associated chaos that often involves. We have stayed in Jamaica and Martinique and the rooms were both identical: recently refurbished with two queen beds, a pull down almost Murphy style bed for a child to use (we did not need this so used the bench seat in that area which was a very welcome spot to store luggage off the floor etc). There is adequate lighting and multiple new outlets accessible from the beds so no digging around behind old furniture to find a place to charge your devices.
A dining table with two chairs offers welcome seating and a small fridge is tucked away in every room — yay!
Finally, the bathroom area is well designed with a large barn door system to block it off from the bedroom and behind the sliding wooden doors, you will find a vanity area with two sinks then a separate room with toilet and shower making it easy for several people to share a room and still have privacy.
For the price, especially when you are driving your own car and get the resort parking pass which allows you to park onsite at any park for free during the duration of your stay — including check out day — makes this a good value too.
Main pool (pirate themed) with slide and activities is located at Port Royale, which may be a long walk from your «island neighborhood» and the only food options onsite are in the same area. A small inconvenience but worth noting.
Be sure to order your Magic Bands in advance and utilize the online check in option if available!

The pirate rooms were very cool, and as usual, Disney paid attention to all of the details in the rooms. However, the pirate rooms are very far away from Old Port Royale (food court) and the Internal Shuttles only come every 15 — 20 minutes, so it was a pain to get to Old Port Royale.
Bell Services, maintenance, and the rest of the staff did a great a job.

My family stayed here while I stayed off property. Nice room, decent size. Really liked the beach areas (which are what rounded my review up to 4-​stars from 3.5), hammocks, and pool areas. Standard café. Safe. Clean. The new wrist band, all access park & room key is really nifty, especially if you have kiddos at the age where you would let them run around on their own.
If you want a mid-​range resort for Disney, this is a good one, especially for family’s, and those who want the Disney Meal Plan, faster gate access, Magic Hours, et al.
However, if you don’t need all that jazz, you’ll find better deals off property for similar quality.

When I party at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival I like to let Mickey drive so I stay on Disney property. This year we booked last minute so choices were limited. We selected Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort as it was a moderately price Disney hotel and in the Epcot area.
We arrived late in the evening so check-​in was a breeze. It seems this property will oversell its rooms because at check-​in they tried to offer us another property — the Saratoga Springs Resort — because they were oversold! They didn’t force it on us, but tried to sell it as an «upgrade» and seemed a little annoyed we really wanted to stay in our chosen location because it was close to Epcot.
The resort property itself is HUGE and spread out among villages as other reviews have covered. A downside is that although it is in the Epcot area it isn’t connected to the park on either a walking path or waterway (those hotels are Dolphin, Swan, Boardwalk, and Beach Club). Having to wait the extra time for the bus and having it circle all the way through all of the villages in the resort was annoying.
The rooms were really standard but clean. We had a two queen room with a single trundle bed for a kiddo. No kids = trundle bed becomes oversized luggage rack, score! The bathrooms were a little outdated but we came for the parks not for the room so three stars it is.

I liked this resort. I would not stay here unless you can get a room at Martinique or Trinidad. Although once construction is done on the bridge to main building it won’t be as bad of a walk. The pool is really nice, way nicer than other resorts I’ve been to. The food at Shutters was pretty good too. Better than some other table service restaurants at WDW. Rooms were great! I loved the sliding door for bathroom!!! Great for when you have a little one and you need to keep your room dark. Nice bar and servers. Pina coladas tasted super weak though. I love the magic bands to the rooms! So awesome!!!
Oh and the bus ride to MK IS SO LONG… like shoot me now. The ride to Epcot and DS is relatively fast. Downtown Disney takes forever if it stops at water parks. There are soooo many bus stops at CBR. I’d recommend Martinique again bc we always got a seat on the bus and it’s the second to last stop before heading to the parks!!! The next stop– I think Trinidad can be hard to get a seat.
I would definitely return here but I think I like Port Orleans FQ the best for moderate.

It’s not very hard to differentiate between Disney’s Caribbean Resort from a real Caribbean Resort but this is not a bad property. It’s a little dated and finding your room can be a little complicated even if the Disney associate marks up the map and explains the directions a few times. This multi-​complex hotel outside the confines of Disney World is well maintained on the outside and although our room was very clean it was a little disappointing on the inside. Lucky we live only a little over an hour from here and stayed the one night out of conveniences for the two days we planned to be at the parks so it was okay, but I can’t imagine staying here for a week with an entire family. Walt Disney knew these accommodations would force you to spend more time in the parks and less time in the room, after all you’re not going to be spending money relaxing in a luxurious suite.
The bus stop was only a short walk from the room and there’s plenty of parking for each building. The ride to Magic Kingdom flew by but the ride back after spending all day in the park felt like a cross country trip and of course our stop was the last on the route. I did like the fact that my Mickey Mouse wrist band was also my room key and a quick scan got you back on the property.

Cet un très bel hôtel, très bien pensée, construit autour d’un étang avec autour du sable fin comme si nous étions sur une île, beaucoup de jeux pour enfants et en particulier le superbe château pirates au bord de la lagune, du calme, par contre il faut beaucoup marcher, l’hôtel est spacieux, les chambres sont spacieuses, quant aux tarifs, 150 dollars pour une chambre avec deux lits doubles et pour une occupation de quatre personnes, cela revient à 37 euros par personnes, donc tout à fait respectable. Quant à la cuisine, elle reste respectable, par contre la déco, cela ressemble à une cafétéria d’entreprise peint de toutes les couleurs par un concierge excentrique, mais on s’y fait.

excelente, servicio inigualable, la comida es muy buena y en general esta bien

Ce n’est pas mon complexe préféré, loin de la. En fait pour celui qui cherche la tranquillité il est parfait. Il n’est pas le plus animé bien au contraire. Il y a un petit lac et les chambres assez spacieuses ont un esprit très Caraïbes.