Here now! I still have 2 days, but for the most part I feel like I can give a pretty decent review at this point.
Check in: this was a nightmare! I did the online check in, and for my requests I let them know our flight was landing around 6:30am. I asked for early check in, and a room on the first floor. But early check in was priority. Get to the resort at 7amish and they have no rooms. The lady checking us in said they "never" check anyone in before 3:00pm and if someone claims otherwise they are misinformed. Long story short we didn't get a room till about 5:30pm. They face us 3 fast passes for the inconvience but we could barely walk from not sleeping the night before it was pointless. We ended up on the 3rd floor in Casitas 5 facing the lake. Room is perfect, I just wish the rooms had the little hooks like the other resorts do, for bags and such. Walk to the bus stop #2 and El Centro isn't horrible.
Luggage delivery: I called the luggage office (room?) when we got to our room around 6pm and was told our luggage was no where to be found, just our carry ons. My Mom was panicking due to putting her meds in her suitcase (I told her after always carry them in your carry on!) they told us we'd need to contact the airport and find out what's going on. When the man delivered our carry ons my Mom talked to him and he said he didn't understand how they couldn't "find" our luggage and would let us know what he could find out. About 45mins later it magically showed up at our door. Still no idea what really happened!
Buses: Its basically 50/50. The buses to the parks are fine, the most we waited was maybe 15mins. Which is standard and no boggy. Busses to the resort, the LEAST we've waited was a good 25mins. One, literally one time we walked right onto a bus. We waited almost 40mins at Epcot yesterday, 40mins!! Twice we got picked up by another resort bus, I'm guessing due to the insanely long ques at the bus stops every time.
Pepper mill: We've only eaten breakfast here but I have no complaints. Food was good, restaurant is clean and we actually have used our mugs quite a bit. Since we're not to far away it's our stop before the bus stop and after when returning.
Construction: I have maybe heard construction one time so far. It's more of an eyesore, but I can't say it really bothers me. You notice it the most when you're entering/leaving the resort. They facades are up, and you see a great deal of construction equipment, sand dunes, etc. From
Our room, across the lake you can see a huge pile of sand. Again, it doesn't bother me so much. But it's hard to kiss upon entering/leaving the resort. It wouldn't turn me away though if I was considering staying in the next few weeks.
All in all I'm unsure if we will stay here again. At this very moment I'm leaning more towards no, but never say never!
