We stayed in room 4551 at Jamaica last June and it was a waterview room. Right around the corner was the ice machine. Right around the same corner were the stairs right down to the quiet pool and the nice laundry. Right down the other side stairs was the beach and playground area with the wonderful hammocks! We just loved it! The view off the second floor walkway and out our window of the lake was gorgeous. I liked walking out onto the "porch" and leaning against the railing with my morning glass of milk. I would breath in the humid Florida morning air and admire the wet white beach sand and the dew glistening on the freshly cut blades of grass. The view of the Parrot Cay island was great. I would say the walk to the main pool (which we only went to once, for some reason it was cold...they probably just cleaned it the week before and refilled it or something because the quiet pool was super warm) and the cafe area wasn't a big deal. It's not thirty seconds away, probably about a five minute walk. No biggie though. The food was good, just as I expected. I would highly recommend the water view just so you don't get stuck overlooking a parking lot or a pool. I don't know why we call them "quiet" pools (although I just carried on the myth above) since ours was far from it most of the time we were there. Of course, my DD5 added to the noise with her banzai screaming jumps into the water....
If you stay in building 45, you'll really like how close you are to the bus stop. It's the first picking up and the first dropping off!
