Hi all. Just returned. 7 days. 27Apr - 04May @ CBR. Then 04May - 08May at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Kidnani Village. I don't know why I was so worried. We enjoyed both. But we loved Caribbean Beach Resort. We stayed in building 26 of Martinique. Corner room. The room was clean the beds were more comfortable than the AKL beds. Mousekeeping made the kids come back wondering what exciting thing they did with towels and their toys. The big pool was fun but the kids loved the quiet pool. Just enough people there that they made friends almost every time we were there. We only walked to the other side of the lake once. But really didn't notice any construction, except for the gondola station. And the only reason you knew construction was going on was the machinery. Nice quiet evening(they may work during day, but we never noticed). And the construction on Riviera was barely noticeable except by just looking over there and noticing scaffolding. We also loved that when we walked around people smiled and said hello and chatted and everyone felt comfortable. (I'm gonna be snarky and off topic here)..The times we visited like Grand Flo, it didn't seem like anyone was having fun. I kind of made it a point to smile and was usually ignored, lol..Just a different atmosphere I guess.
But to the people that are so worried about construction and problems with resort. No Worries. It was awesome.