"Quiet" was what you were saying?
The difference between CCV "Center" and the closest-in Bungalow A and the furthest out Bungalow D is a big 79 feet 11 inches. Close to that.
There is really no need to be concerned about avoiding resort noise from CCV. If you are in Bungalow D, even though you are only that 80' closer to the neighboring Fantasy Island, understand that your unit has nothing but water between you and FI. 99% of the time this is irrelevant, as FIBR is largely devoid of any clientele- aint nobody staying there. If they can sell a week for $29.95 to a huge group, or during Semana Santa, FI becomes a pulsating throbbing disco until 2am. This effects all the people at FI, plus it can affect the unlucky souls in CCV Bungalow D. Not likely, just sayin', but avoid it Easter Week. (Bunglaow D as well as FIBR)
As far as noise from a unit next door? Not a big issue in any of the units. The Cabanas have a bit more screening between the units on their larger ocean facing sun porches versus the Bungalows.
The Bungalows have a bit brighter interior as they have more outside walls and windows. The Cabanas get a little cooler with A/C for this same reason, but C1 can get as toasty as any of the Bungalows- this is a very temporary 3pm kind-of effect. The "prettiest" rooms I believe are the Bungalows, but I'm not real big on picking rooms that way. What the Bungalows win in terms of appearance, it gives away with the much smaller balconies, which is where I spend 90% of my awake in the room time.
BOTH types have equal benefit of being "on stilts over the water". Often people say that AKR has this set up as well, but not quite. CCV's stilt units over the water are over an active changing intertidal reef zone. AKR's are over mud. So, you can sit on the balcony at CCV and watch everything from Rays to juvenile Nurse Sharks chase Crustaceans right under your feet.
Even the standard "on shore" rooms have this view, and those on the second floor have an even better (higher viewing angle access) look seaward. Many times from these second floor units we have seen Porpoises working their way into the Sunset, just offshore to the right.
Look at the buildings shown here (at the
top of the diagrams):
The
BUNGALOWS are the two
6 sided buildings to the left. The
CABANAS are the 3
rectangular buildings to the right.
No artistic license, just the facts:
Look at my pics and you can see those interior rooms as well as the on-shore rooms...
CoCoView Explained In Pictures Photos by Doc_Adelman | Photobucket
Click through them and
read the picture descriptions.
Each has their own unique draw and utility. For many years, I was a C12 habitue, but now I have grown to like #17 (I am a 2x/night diver, and after you see unit #17, you'll know why I like it. Very dark, even while I'm sleeping during the day)
Pick a room (that is available), go on your first trip.
Don't agonize. You'll be back and you'll have a specific room you might like all figured out. Be sure to ask fellow divers if you can have a look-see inside.
I assume that by now they have perhaps finished upgrading all of them. New unit seemed to work much better and much quieter.
