bfrosty
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2006
Good day all,
We recently got back from CBR for 5-nights and wanted to report for you.
The trip consisted of myself and DD14. A Daddy/Daughter trip! We stayed every night at CBR and visited IOA and US only, no Volcano bay. April 18th - 23rd 2019
Hotel Experience:
CBR is geting a bit old and showing its age a bit. We went within a year of it opening and of course everything was very new and fresh. The carpet shows the most wear, all other parts seem to be kept up very well. We had a standard room #6619 in the Continental Building. This building is close to the bus stops, but non-pool rooms face the Aventura and Highway (A bit noisy). Room was 2-queens, clean and met our needs. We do miss a microwave though!, but they have them in the Bayliner diner areas. TV Channel 23 (TruTv) and watch "Impractical Jokers". Those guys are so funny.
Hotel Staff: Excellent, friendly and helpful as always. Amber at Bayliner Diner was fantastic! Our bus drivers were very nice and helpful each day.
Each day we took the bus over to the parks and they were clean, on-time and made going back and forth very easy and convienent.
IOA Experience:
Great time here everyday with park hops to US each day almost. Tip#1 It only takes about 10-15min to walk back and forth to each park. If the HP Train is more than that...walking is faster and really easy.
All rides were working and wait time varied from 60-20min. We did a lot of single rider lines, that saved us time at each ride.
US Experience:
We had about the same experience as IOA above, again same thing. All cast members were very nice and pleasant. We did attend the Pet Show and Horror MakeUp show quite a few times and really enjoyed it. We wished they had more live shows in settings like the makeup show especially. It's a very intimate 500 seat theater and really nice to experience it with the actors and audience participation.
Food:
We did both Leaky Cauldron and 3 Broomsticks
for breakfast and lunch. Recommend the pancakes for breakfast and fish/chips for lunch and/or dinner. Butterbeer (frozen) is a must do. At IOA, we love Mythos. We had the Pad Thai and Lamb burger, very good and recommend both, plus they have a lot more good food too.
CBR Food: We eat mostly at Bayliner diner and we've never had anything bad there. Our fav's are from the deli: Cuban Sandwich and Brisket Grilled Cheese. Pizza: Cheese pizza Dessert: Frozen Yogurt with toppings (Blueberries, Raspberries, Mango Pearls, Chocolate Chips)
Dislikes: Rooms at CBR have thin walls, lots of noise from neighbors can be heard. The walk from security to the parks. I like Citywalk, but not every day do I want to walk thru it. A lot of "Single Rider" line closures for no reason?!? or was there a reason? A few rides broke down, but were back up and running within 5-10min.
Fun Stuff: Look for "Steve" at the front of the parks, at the turnstiles. He looks like Jeff Goldblum. Steve says he hears that a lot!
The Horror MakeUp show is great and a bit different each time. We love the small theater atmosphere, audience participation and more. We really liked the "Movie" store at the exit.
Stuff that could probably be replaced: After going to US for the last 6yrs, there are some things that could be replaced. In no particular order here we go...Poseidens Fury (Walkthrough Tour). It seems like you wait a lot, then you walk and wait a lot. I would like to see this transformed into a Fantastic Beasts area some day. The whole toon area, even though I really like Bildge Rat Barges and Ripsaw falls...not sure if many know what those old comics are about anymore. Over at US, The Simpsons area, love it, but would like to see something different, I wouldn't mind Back to the Future ride returning!!! Men in Black and Fear Factor, Shrek, Jimmy Fallon ride thru NY.
We recently got back from CBR for 5-nights and wanted to report for you.
The trip consisted of myself and DD14. A Daddy/Daughter trip! We stayed every night at CBR and visited IOA and US only, no Volcano bay. April 18th - 23rd 2019
Hotel Experience:
CBR is geting a bit old and showing its age a bit. We went within a year of it opening and of course everything was very new and fresh. The carpet shows the most wear, all other parts seem to be kept up very well. We had a standard room #6619 in the Continental Building. This building is close to the bus stops, but non-pool rooms face the Aventura and Highway (A bit noisy). Room was 2-queens, clean and met our needs. We do miss a microwave though!, but they have them in the Bayliner diner areas. TV Channel 23 (TruTv) and watch "Impractical Jokers". Those guys are so funny.
Hotel Staff: Excellent, friendly and helpful as always. Amber at Bayliner Diner was fantastic! Our bus drivers were very nice and helpful each day.
Each day we took the bus over to the parks and they were clean, on-time and made going back and forth very easy and convienent.
IOA Experience:
Great time here everyday with park hops to US each day almost. Tip#1 It only takes about 10-15min to walk back and forth to each park. If the HP Train is more than that...walking is faster and really easy.
All rides were working and wait time varied from 60-20min. We did a lot of single rider lines, that saved us time at each ride.
US Experience:
We had about the same experience as IOA above, again same thing. All cast members were very nice and pleasant. We did attend the Pet Show and Horror MakeUp show quite a few times and really enjoyed it. We wished they had more live shows in settings like the makeup show especially. It's a very intimate 500 seat theater and really nice to experience it with the actors and audience participation.
Food:
We did both Leaky Cauldron and 3 Broomsticks
for breakfast and lunch. Recommend the pancakes for breakfast and fish/chips for lunch and/or dinner. Butterbeer (frozen) is a must do. At IOA, we love Mythos. We had the Pad Thai and Lamb burger, very good and recommend both, plus they have a lot more good food too.
CBR Food: We eat mostly at Bayliner diner and we've never had anything bad there. Our fav's are from the deli: Cuban Sandwich and Brisket Grilled Cheese. Pizza: Cheese pizza Dessert: Frozen Yogurt with toppings (Blueberries, Raspberries, Mango Pearls, Chocolate Chips)
Dislikes: Rooms at CBR have thin walls, lots of noise from neighbors can be heard. The walk from security to the parks. I like Citywalk, but not every day do I want to walk thru it. A lot of "Single Rider" line closures for no reason?!? or was there a reason? A few rides broke down, but were back up and running within 5-10min.
Fun Stuff: Look for "Steve" at the front of the parks, at the turnstiles. He looks like Jeff Goldblum. Steve says he hears that a lot!
The Horror MakeUp show is great and a bit different each time. We love the small theater atmosphere, audience participation and more. We really liked the "Movie" store at the exit.
Stuff that could probably be replaced: After going to US for the last 6yrs, there are some things that could be replaced. In no particular order here we go...Poseidens Fury (Walkthrough Tour). It seems like you wait a lot, then you walk and wait a lot. I would like to see this transformed into a Fantastic Beasts area some day. The whole toon area, even though I really like Bildge Rat Barges and Ripsaw falls...not sure if many know what those old comics are about anymore. Over at US, The Simpsons area, love it, but would like to see something different, I wouldn't mind Back to the Future ride returning!!! Men in Black and Fear Factor, Shrek, Jimmy Fallon ride thru NY.
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