I'm just getting back online after a 2 week digital detox, which started the day we left for our WDW christmas trip on 12/19. Wanted to just check in since we spent the first 5 nights in a theme park view room at CR. I've only ever stayed at BLT here so was super excited to stay in the tower, unforunately I won't be returning until they update the rooms (unless I got a dud room, I hope I did, because to say it wasn't great is an understatement). This was our first family trip in 3 years, last was December 2017, and it was myself, DH, DD12, & DD9. We were in room 4240 on the 6th floor, right above the monorail, which my girls thought was really cool especially when you could feel a slight vibration from the resort monorail rolling in and out under foot in the bathroom. I am posting some pictures of the view because it was awesome, and location was great (never had elevator issues at all and it was pretty quiet being on the opposite end to Chef Mickey's) but I didn't take pictures of the room because it was REALLY run down and I wasn't loving it. First off all the drains were stopped up, they came to fix it all really quickly but we didn't love having all the maintenance guys swarming around the bathroom fixing all the drains. We had loose tiles in the bathroom floor that wobbled when you walked, one right outside of the tub that I stepped on every time I got out of the shower and almost made me fall twice, and the door to the toilet wasn't well hung and there was a big gap so you get see the persons rear end if you walked in the main bathroom part and they were sitting on the toilet (DD12 discovered this unfortunate problem on the first day). We started having to close the main door when using the toilet which made getting ready for the day and for bed hard since it limited how many people could use the different facilities.
The carpet was ripped up and frayed in places, and there had been an obvious water leak at some point that had been poorly fixed on the ceiling above the beds. The fridge was also way too big for the little cabinet and the door wouldn't close to the cabinet because of it. It meant a lot of issues with running in to it going to the bathroom in the middle of the night since it hung open constantly. Maintenance said cabinets were for the older fridges and when they get replaced they are larger and just don't fit, so nothing could be done for it. One light in the bathroom flickered constantly after being turned off, maintenance couldn't fix it, would have made a great nightlight if it wasn't so annoying. We ended up just leaving that light on and closing the bathroom door so it was a soft glow in the room at night, which meant I couldn't sleep but everyone else was fine. We also had neighbors above us who were having issues dropping their boxes of cigarettes on our balcony, they came and knocked once while we were asleep which I wasn't happy about, after that if I saw the boxes I'd take them to the front desk.
Overall not impressed with the room, but am willing to give it another try if/when they update them because I love the hotel itself and the location.
We also mourned the loss of my Great Aunt Barbara who began her employment with Disney as Lead at CR in 1980, the beginning of a career that spanned a little over 25 years (she was 50 when she started). She passed away from Covid related pnemonia at the age of 93 on Christmas eve, the day we checked out of the resort and moved to Riviera
. Thank you!
