Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

I went here on Business trip. The place is in good condition, very clean and has some amenities to offer. I stayed in one of the bungalow close to the lake. I did have some issues when I arrived since walk from reception took 10 minutes to the room. Resort is good for people who like nature since the area and lake are such nice (it is excellent for taking morning run or evening walk). What I did not find that good is that place looks old (not rooms but amenities). That is only complaint that I had.

Went to Orlando Florida to see the Liberty Flames play in its first bowl game ever, the Cure Bowl. Wife had the Disney Polynesian Resort in shopping cart when I asked her to look at Gran Destino Tower before making purchase. I have wanted to stay at this resort since it opened a year ago. Our first Disney vacation as a family in 2015 was to Coronado Springs for Spring Break. Reluctantly, she gave in to staying at Gran Destino Tower for 5 nights. This saved us almost 250 a night making the switch from Polynesian. Beautiful Resort, the Tower is not a Mickey Resort so to speak; but it was stunning. We had a horrible flight from Lynchburg VA to Charlotte NC; we sat on runway for 45 minutes, had a teething baby lose its mind for 35 minutes of flight, and had to run across Charlotte to make next flight, all on an empty stomach. So as we walked into Resort, we saw the dreaded line for checking in; it seems that the Resort computers were down; we were thinking maybe this was going to be a horrible vacation. 45 minutes later; my wife was walking with supervisor and talking about Club Level. One thing I can say for Disney, their staff listens. Disney was going to make sure we had a magical stay! They offered us an upgrade to Club Level for a small upcharge(So Worth It) and upgrade King Room to Junior Suite for free. Club Level serves Breakfast until 1100 am, we got to eat for the first time that day. The views of Hollywood Studios are amazing for fireworks nightly was a pleasant surprise. The staff at Club Level we amazing, we talked with a new person everyday about Disney, life, and anything else that came to mind. I have to give a shout out to Maria and Susan, I am sorry that I don't remember all the others. The room was; sorry to keep using the same word, Amazing. It had a bath and a half, king bed, living room with I think a 70" Smart TV, and a shower to die for. The only knock on the room was the bed, a little too hard for my liking. we ate at the Resort twice, very nice quick serve, the desert were great and always fresh. I did not get to use the Fitness Center, but I heard that it was very nice. The Christmas decorations were more Modern; but complemented the Resort. Also the elevators were state of art, just pushed floor number, a letter telling what elevator to use, and away you went! We don't use Disney transportation; wife gets car sick; we always Uber to Resort closest to Park and walk, Monorail, and we tried Skyliner once. We toured some the Resorts for Christmas decorations and the Ginger Bread statues; Grand Floridian, Polynesian, Contemporary, Yacht, and Boardwalk to name a view. We had an early dinner at our Favorite restaurant, Epcot’s Le Cellier Steakhouse; love their pretzel bread and Ribeye! I can’t think of one bad thing to say about our stay at the Gran Destino Tower; the only thing that comes to mind is the distance to a pool maybe. That might discourage a family from staying at the Tower. Yes we would stay here again, even though wife is pressuring me to try the Riviera Resort next. Thanks for talking time and reading my review.

Check in was ok. The resort was spotless and our rooms were great. We had several issues with our gift cards for opting out of house keeping. The resort credited one room with the gift card and then took the other room away. It was an ordeal several visits to guest services. I was still trying to get this fixed on the last night of our stay on the phone. I finally did get my credit. One of our rooms was charged for parking and shouldn't have been. When we needed to visit the main building we had to get in our car and drive there. We did walk to eat several times the food was good. We enjoyed the food pizza, bacon cheeseburgers and the rice bowls were good. We enjoyed our stay overall. This resort is just to big for us. I would not stay here again just for that reason. We drove to the bus stop each time we went to the parks. The buses were good with the exception of Disney Springs and Hollywood Studios always waited longer for them. We were closest to stop 2. At check-in we ask them to make sure our magic bands would work properly and they reassured us they would. I have had many issues with Magic bands on the last 2 visits to the parks and just wanted to address it before entering the parks. We got to Magic Kingdom and we couldn't get in.....imagine that! We spent at least an hour at guest services trying to get everything fixed on our magic bands. Bands were matched to the wrong person it was an awful mess. I do believe that goes back to our check in at the resort it was rushed and the man seemed over whelmed. He had to keep leaving us to ask questions. I don't spend much time at the resort for me I had rather stay at a value.