Caribbean Beach Resort,Old Port Royal, Riviera and Skyliner works

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The original thread was located HERE.

A brief summary of what's happening at CBR:

Disney have built a new DVC resort, called Riviera resort on the land where Barbados and part of Martinique once stood.

New Old Port Royal,
New check in area at OPR, completely refurbished.
(Custom House now demolished)

Shop - selling Disney merchandise, snack, drinks, essentials etc.

• Food at CBR:
Old Port Royal food court - Centretown - Quick service menu and grab and go available.

Sebastian’s Bistro table service waterfront restaurant.

Banana Cabana: Waterfront bar and food menu available.

Spy glass grille - quick service at Trinidad.

Pools:
There is the main pool and play area, featuring zero entry pool and water slide.

Quieter pools at: Jamaica, Aruba, Martinique, Barbados and Trinidad.
Laundry services available at Laundry room at all quieter pools.

**There are no lifts st CBR, so if you have young children and/or a buggy, may be best to request a ground floor room. **

• New Skyliner gondola transportation system, operates between CBR, AoA, Pop Century, Epcot and HS opened summer/fall 2019.

CBR hub by Jamaica 41, runs to/from: HS, Riviera/Epcot, AoA & Pop Century, three separate lines.

Riviera Hub by Aruba 53 & Riviera hotel runs to Epcot and to CBR main hub only.
To go to HS from Riviera station - get Skyliner to CBR hub, disembark at CBR and follow sign to HS line.

The Skyliner won’t run during stormy or very windy weather.

• Coke freestyle machines are in the ground floor vending areas of: Martinique building 25, Barbados 31, Trinidad 34 & 38, Jamaica 43 & 46 and Aruba 52 & 54.

• In-room pizza delivery - 2 TS credits or pay cash/cc.

• Preferred rooms are now Martinique and Barbados until further notice.
These rooms are closest to main pool and Old Port Royal.

•Standard rooms: Jamaica and Aruba

•Pirate rooms in Trinidad

(Barbados was formally know as Trinidad North and Trinidad was formally known as Trinidad South)

Note: After visiting CBR in Dec 2019, buses now start at Jamaica and so new route is:
Jamaica, Aruba, Martinique, OPR, Barbados, Trinidad, Skyliner bus stop.

There is also an internal bus for all villages and Skyliner station.

2 Separate buses still run for the 2 sides of the resort until around 9.30/10am.

Bus route during construction of Riviera:
1st stop: Martinique
2nd: Old Port Royale
3rd: Barbados (Trinidad North)
4th. Trinidad (Trinidad South)
5th. Jamaica
6th. Aruba

During busy times in the morning there will be 2 separate bus routes going to the parks one for : Martinique, OPR, Barbados & Trinidad
And one for Jamaica and Aruba.

CBR e-mail address: WDW.GM.CaribbeanBeach@disney.com

Additional info:
Laundry by all small pools.
$3 per wash, $3 per dry. Pay by cc
Washing powder $1

Movies under stars most evenings at Caribbean Cay

Children’s play area at Caribbean Cay

Daily pool entertainment, this will be indoors if pool closed due to stormy weather

Hot tub by main pool



First notification from Disney re new Riviera Resort - Taken from WDW Magic 16/7/17:

'Disney has today announced plans to build a brand new Disney Vacation Club Resort near to Epcot called Disney Riviera Resort.

The new resort will open in the fall of 2019, featuring 300 accommodation units, and linked via the new Disney Skyliner gondola system.

Disney Skyliner will connect the new Disney Vacation Club property, Disney’s Art of Animation, Pop Century and Caribbean Beach resorts with Disney’s Hollywood Studios and the International Gateway at Epcot.'This thread has been automatically created, because the original thread had over 500 posts.



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