| Our Family of 5's review!
BUILDING:We had a ground floor corner room in Aruba 52. The building loacation was very convienant to the quiet pool in Aruba, a short walk to the bridge across to OPR, and a little further from the bus stop then I would have liked, but it worked. The room loacation was excellent, with the ground floor there were no worries about having a stroller, the corner location gave us an extra window and we had no issues with noise from the walkways.
ROOM:The room itself was wonderful, it was large enough for us to tuck the Pack and play in the corner and leave it set-up all week. Having the refrigerator was great (we had milk, juice and yogurt delivered from Garden Grocers) and allowed us to eat breakfast in the room each morning. Mousekeeping was great and made towel animals and even left us little Thank You notes! The beds were comfortable and the decor was fresh and tropical. The privacy curtain was a welcome addition as it allowed us to use three areas for changing at once (the bathroom, the vanity area and the bedroom) which was very good with 5 people in the room. the vanity area was large enough and we loved having two sinks. We did not use the coffee maker at all as we had refillable mugs and usually went over to OPR for that.
RESORT: We loved the theming of the resort and found the cast members to be very pleasant! The walk from our building over to Old Port Royal was quick and easy and the kids loved going over the Cay. We saw the ducks daily and bunnies and frogs and fish! The quiet pool was nice, but nothing too exciting, just like any hotel pool. The theme pool was great. The best feature for us with children was the zero entrance. It was very condusive to all three swimming levels we have in our family (Ages 2, 5, and 8) the older two enjoyed the pirate themes splash area but the 2 year old was run/pushed over as soon as he entered. I did find that there didn't seem to be enough supervision by parents of their children in the splash area so watch your young ones because there were some unsupervised ones being pretty "rough" and "unruely" in that area. Towels were always available and we never had a problem finding chairs. Mom & dad enjoyed and evening beverage from The Bannana Cabanna most nights and found them to be a good value (speaking "resort pricing wise" )
The food court at Old Port Royale was one of our favorite places to eat QS all week. The size of the meals was a great value (One lunch DH and I each got a chicken ceasar salad and we could have easily done with one to split) The Grab and Go had a great selection that was fresh and changed throughout the day (Bagels/donuts in the am, muffins/cookies/cupcakes/danish etc. in the afternooon/evening.) We never had an issue finding a table and liked that they had additional tables outside. The stores were well stocked and the CM's there were wonderful. The concierge desk in OPR was very helpful in checking on our dining plan credits, printing out our room charges, helping us get last minute ADR's etc. We had only one issue with bus service all week and that was coming back from DHS. At the resort we never waited longer then 15 minutes for a bus. Check-in and check-out was seamless and bell services was very accomodating whenever we called (Luggage delivery, grocery delivery, pack n play delivery, room move due to our last night being "room only" ressie.
We would stay here again in a heartbeat! | 
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