Cabana Bay Resort Review | March 2019
A short recap of what to expect from a weekend getaway at the Universal Studios Cabana Bay Resort
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| Cabana Bay Reach Resort |
Sometimes you just need a break, a refresher, a few days to recharge your batteries. With just a few days away, I have come back with a new outlook on life, I feel happier and I’m ready to start my losing weight journey. I feel optimistic with so many fresh new ideas. And I have come back with a bunch of new blog post ideas about Universal Studios. What can I say I feel inspired from my weekend getaway.
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| Cabana Bay Resort Hotel sign at night |
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Entrance Front door on the right, connecting door in the middle and kitchenette on the left |
We just got back from a two night stay at the Universal Studios Orlando Cabana Bay Resort.
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Living Room |
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Kitchenette |
I met my boyfriend in line. The line moved fast. We weren’t in line long at all. Check in only took a few minutes. We received a map, two room plastic card keys and we are on our way. We stop to see the pool area at night. It was very pretty. Not super well lit but sery romantic vibes at night. The pool area was deserted as we learned the pool closes at 11 pm. As we head back to our car we stopped at the gift shop. We can’t resist a late night Universal Studios gift shop. There were TONS of Harry Potter stuff which is nice. We are really into our Hufflepuff (me) and Slytherin (him) personas. That’s Harry Potter lingo for those muggles out there.
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Bathroom with separate toilet room |
Now we are finally off to the hotel. We hopped in the car, drove around the round about, just as the check in lady told us. We hit a slight snag at the gate to enter the parking lot. The key card wouldn’t open the gate. A few attempts later, we push the “Call for Assistance” button and we are buzzed in. Slight snag. No biggie. For a Cabana Bay newbie, the parking situation is confusing. We found our building alright, we just weren’t sure where our hotel room was located (left side of the building or right side). We wanted to park as closed to the hotel room as possible. We ended up at the other end of the building but it all worked out just fine. It wasn’t too far. We lived and we parked. Lol. The parking lot also didn’t have a lot of available spaces. Which was a little scary.
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Bedroom with two queen beds |
We found our room alright. The signs were odd. The signs pointed us a long way around. Again, no biggie, just odd.
We rented a family suite. The family suite includes two queen beds (the hotel only offers queen size beds), bathroom with separate room for the toilet and a separate room for a shower, a living room with a pullout couch and a kitchenette area with a mini fridge, microwave and sink. The hotel had two tvs. Also, there was a divider between the living room/kitchenette area and bedroom/bathroom area. It’s also an illusion because you can still hear what’s going on the other sides of the sliding door diver. Haha
Two words. Lazy. River. Let me start by stating I had never been on a lazy river before. I know, I know. I didn’t know what I was missing. It just so happens that the Cabana Bay Resort has a lazy river on premise. Wow. I never want a pool again. I just want the Lazy River life. That’s all. It was amazing. So relaxing. Very fun. Just a constant flow pushing you through a loop. We just hung out there for a couple of hours. That was nice. Also, the pool area offers you to purchase inflatable pool tubes in all sorts of sizes (kiddie and larger people) lol. I love how inclusive they are.
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Bathroom with separate shower and sink |
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| Cabana Bay Resort Family Suite Hotel sign during the day |
One of the other perks of staying at a Universal Studios on premise hotel is the bus service to and from your hotel to Universal Studios, Volcano Bay and City Walk. It’s free. The buses were fast. We only waited for 1 bus our entire weekend trip. My only gripe about the buses was the seats on the bus aren’t fat friendly. They are tight for the larger people. Both me and my boyfriend are big people and we sat on two seats that had bars on the ends. My hip fat molded the bar and engulfed the metal. It was uncomfortable.
With all that being said, I loved my stay at the Universal Studios Cabana Bay Resort. I would stay there again. And I plan too. On our next Universal Studios adventure we plan to stay at the new Aventura Resort.
