Had housekeeping and food court hiccups in our last trip (9/18-9/29), but otherwise this is still our favorite resort.
Most days, Mousekeeping as very good; one day was even phenomenal. But one day was skipped entirely and 2 days were very lackluster. (Which isn't ideal for tipping!)
We noticed a common theme between a couple of food court windows: They would only ask one person at a time what they were having. That's fine for someone moving through the line with only ready-to-eat items at that window, but the whole line backs up for one order otherwise.
Example: One person orders a sandwich that isn't pre-made. They take the order, the chef works on it, and if you're lucky, they'll ask one more person for their order. Meanwhile, the next 3 people may be waiting to grab ready-made items and could move through quickly but they're stuck behind the other 2.
Same situation for the dessert window: The line could be backed up to the entrance of the food court and they'd still be making beignets to order. (I have to wait for allergy orders for each meal, so these were just some observations I made over many days/mealtimes of waiting off to the side.) Just seemed like an odd way to hold up all of the lines in such a small food court. (Tip: Because the food lines back up, the register lines are typically non-existent so you can very quickly grab the convenience food and drinks from the center island, pay, and be on your way.)
As for groundskeeping noise, yes. Typical every morning we were there and if you're on a ground floor it's going to be even more noitceable.
Confirming no pens/stationery in the room but there IS a box of tissue.
Of all of the days we were there, we shared a bus maybe a total of 4 times, and only one night leaving MK did we have to wait for a 2nd bus (but this was after
MNSSHP). I think most if not all bus waits for the whole trip were 10 minutes or less; skyliner was a great quick option for movement between Epcot and HS.