Caribbean Beach Resort expansion and Old Port Royal closure for refurbishment

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CBR - refurbishment/building work

Latest at 28/2/2017:

For those that have booked direct with WDW on UK site ring: 0800 169 0730 to get free change of resort to POR or FQ

**If you've booked via a travel agent you need to contact them.**

Here's what we know about it so far:

Old Port Royal - the hub of the resort to close for a total refurb 1st May 2017.
Facilities that will be shut:
•Food court
•Shutters table service restaurant
•Calypso trading shop
•Concierge and recreation areas of Old Port Royale
•Banana Cabana bar(situated just outside of OPR)
•Barbados and Martinique villages to be 'unavailable' from May 2017

•Building work noise may be heard between either 9am until dusk(from recent e-mail) or 9am until 4pm(from original e-mail)

And while they work their 'magic' over the coming months:
•Centertown(a large marquee style tent) will serve a Caribbean buffet breakfast and a la carte dinner
•a wide selection of grab-and-go meals will be available in the island markets of Aruba, Jamaica and Martinique.
•Guests can refill their resort mugs with beverages from Coca-Cola freestyle machines which will be available throughout the resort.
•Room pizza delivery will still be available
•At the moment guests are able to transfer to POR without charge while keeping their existing offers that they received at time of booking(dining plans, gifts cards)

As far as I know, no opening/closing times available, or times that drinks will be able to be refilled or menus available.

It's also not known whether movies under the stars will [B]continue

**Plans have been submitted to build a multi storey building on land where Barbados and part of Martinique villages currently sit, and to work on roads and waterways**

Work will continue until 2019 - no confirmed end date.

Have I missed anything?



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This thread has been automatically created, because the original thread had over 500 posts.

CBR - refurbishment/building work

Here's what we know about it so far:
Old port Royal - the hub of the resort to close for a total refurb 1st May 2017.
Facilities that will be shut:
•Food court
•Shutters table service restaurant, •Calypso trading shop
•Concierge and recreation areas of Old Port Royale
•Banana Cabana bar(situated just outside of OPR)
•Barbados and Martinique villages to be 'unavailable' from May 2017

Building work noise may be heard between either 9am until dusk(from recent e-mail) or 9am until 4pm(from original e-mail)

And while they work their 'magic' over the coming months: •Centertown(a large marquee style tent) will serve a Caribbean buffet breakfast and a la carte dinner
•a wide selection of grab-and-go meals will be available in the island markets of Aruba, Jamaica and Martinique.
•Guests can refill their resort mugs with beverages from Coca-Cola freestyle machines which will be available throughout the resort.
Room pizza delivery will still be available
•Guests will receive $25 per room per night gift card on checking in at hotel
•At the moment guests are able to transfer to POR without charge while keeping their existing offers that they received at time of booking(dining plans, gifts cards)

As far as I know, no opening/closing times available, or times that drinks will be able to be refilled or menus available.

Plans have been submitted to build a multi storey building on land where Barbados and part of Martinique villages currently sit, and to work on roads and waterways.

Work will continue until 2019 - no confirmed end date.

Have I missed anything?

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[1612]

Do you think Disney are offering people different things because of the amount they have paid or what deal they got in the first place. I.E if you got free dining, disneys 14 for 7 tickets, magic express, memory maker, $200 gift card they may offer you $25 per day. If you paid more and didn't get any of the extras you might get offered $75? What do people think.

[avvy-xo]

If i don't have answers from TC today I think I may cry 😡

[Nedsram4]

I just hope everyone gets the right holiday go them

[SUE1234SUE]

Will movies under the stars be running during the refurbishment?
Movies under the dust perhaps

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Originally Posted by 1612

Do you think Disney are offering people different things because of the amount they have paid or what deal they got in the first place. I.E if you got free dining, disneys 14 for 7 tickets, magic express, memory maker, $200 gift card they may offer you $25 per day. If you paid more and didn't get any of the extras you might get offered $75? What do people think.

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I'm not sure - it does seem strange though, all of these different offers floating about, never sure which one you're going to get from one day to the next

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Originally Posted by SUE1234SUE

Will movies under the stars be running during the refurbishment?
Movies under the dust perhaps

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That's one of the things I'm going to add to the e-mail of questions I have for CBR. I can't think where else they can do it now that they don't encourage use of the beaches in the evening 😳
I'll post all the questions I have on here a bit later & see if anybody has anymore

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Originally Posted by avvy-xo

If i don't have answers from TC today I think I may cry 😡

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Hope you do get your answers, TC really should be sorting this out already 🙁

[Starlet]

Papa -

I'm not on twitter if you could praise Kate at Charter Travel for me. She acted promptly and secured us great deals!

[WillSa6]

I'm going to try and ring this afternoon. I have a pirate water view room booked. I've never stayed at CBR before and have no idea whereabouts in the complex these rooms are located. Are they furthest away from the construction or close by?

I no longer want to stay there as my DD wouldn't be able to cope with the disruption. I'm hoping that the old deal from Friday (I think) of using the £50 a night to use towards an upgrade might be back on the table, but don't think I will be as lucky as that.