Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[jmkjr72]

We can't wait wait till we get there this time next Saturday we will be getting ready to sit down and eat dinner at crt and my dgf will have her engagement ring

 

[TI double-GUH ER]

Woohoo! Please add me to the log-o-rail! We'll be there for our first stay at CR (first deluxe stay!) Aug 24-Sept.1.
Thanks for the pics of the garden wing -- helps to get me even more excited!!!

 

[WDWKOOK]

Loving the pictures! I was really having trouble actually picturing the Garden Wing section. We're staying at the CR for the first time in May - splurging on convenience for the 24 hour event! To keep as budget friendly as possible, we booked a standard view Garden Wing room. We don't really care about the view, but are the parking lot view rooms noisy? The buildings seem to be quite close to the parking lot. What about overall noise from hallways/adjoining rooms? How long is the walk from these rooms to the lobby/monorail?
Also, can you request a king room? If so, how likely is it to get one?
Thanks!

I've never stayed in a SV/GW room, but I don't see why those rooms would be noisier. Rooms with connecting doors always seem noisy to us and we request not to have a room with one because so much noise can carry through them at any resort.

You can request a king, but there are very few and most are HA rooms at resorts where they aren't bookable. If not spoken for, you could end up in an HA room which isn't ideal if you don't have a need for it.

The walk from a SV room to the Tower is only a few minutes.

CR pics are always nice to see as it gets me closer to wanting to stay there .

We can't wait wait till we get there this time next Saturday we will be getting ready to sit down and eat dinner at crt and my dgf will have her engagement ring

How exciting!!! What a very special dinner. Have you added to your CRT reservation that you'll be proposing? Please update us if you can!

Woohoo! Please add me to the log-o-rail! We'll be there for our first stay at CR (first deluxe stay!) Aug 24-Sept.1.
Thanks for the pics of the garden wing -- helps to get me even more excited!!!

I'd be happy to add you!

 

[AliceIn]

I had an odd thing happen. I've got two room reservations on MDE. I did online check in for both. I put in requests for the one night we are staying at the Beach Club (wanted the larger balcony, plus be closer to the elevator to avoid some of the less pleasant views). I wasn't planning on adding anything to my CR review. I noticed that the requests I put in for beach club also showed up for the CR, even though Large Balcony isn't even an option there because all the rooms in the Tower have them.

Is a room near the elevator a bad thing on the Atrium Club floor? If it is, how do I get rid of that request? It will not let me remove any checkmarks.

 

[rcraw45425]

As is true of all floors in the tower the elevator is in the center of the resort, so that would put you more dead center if the request is granted

 

[jmkjr72]

I will actually be proposing before dinner our funds for this trip got cut little short so we are just doing dinner I'll be posing the question when we do our meet and greet with Mickey before dinner

 

[mickeynut1]

We can't wait wait till we get there this time next Saturday we will be getting ready to sit down and eat dinner at crt and my dgf will have her engagement ring

Your trip is almost here .

Woohoo! Please add me to the log-o-rail! We'll be there for our first stay at CR (first deluxe stay!) Aug 24-Sept.1.
Thanks for the pics of the garden wing -- helps to get me even more excited!!!

It will be August before you know it .

I will actually be proposing before dinner our funds for this trip got cut little short so we are just doing dinner I'll be posing the question when we do our meet and greet with Mickey before dinner

Sounds like you have a great evening planned .

 

[Glittercat]

I will actually be proposing before dinner our funds for this trip got cut little short so we are just doing dinner I'll be posing the question when we do our meet and greet with Mickey before dinner

What a special proposal you have planned! Wishing you both the very best!

 

[Minniepunk]

Hi, I am finally planning my next trip in 7 years in 2017. I am planning on staying at the Contemporary CL. I have not read through either thread, but would appreciate someone pointing out where info on the pool is or letting me know what the pool is like. Should I take the time out of my stay to spend time at the pool or not? I have spent time at the pools bc/yc, poly & Ak, but not any the bw or por. I am really wondering about the ambiance. Based on where I've stayed, you may be able to tell what kind of a pool we like and don't like. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Got my ME luggage tags in the mail today! Woo-Hoo! Now I am waiting for my MagicBands to arrive in the mail next! I can't wait until I walk into my room at the Contemporary with a Theme Park View!

 

[AliceIn]

Got my ME luggage tags in the mail today! Woo-Hoo! Now I am waiting for my MagicBands to arrive in the mail next! I can't wait until I walk into my room at the Contemporary with a Theme Park View!

You and I will be staying on the CL at the same time! We got our luggage tags the other day. This morning I looked in MDE and it says this:



I'm so excited!

 

[UnderTheRialto]

We just booked a split stay CR/ AoA Cars Suite! We stayed in a Garden View Garden Wing room in January and absolutely loved it.

We have three nights at CR. I am thinking we will only go to MK while at CR, maybe Epcot, because the monorail is so convenient. One day it seems AK is the only recommended park, but CR shares buses with a lot of other resorts, correct? I am not sure it is worth the effort if we are going later in our week.

 

[Cluelyss]

We just booked a split stay CR/ AoA Cars Suite! We stayed in a Garden View Garden Wing room in January and absolutely loved it.

We have three nights at CR. I am thinking we will only go to MK while at CR, maybe Epcot, because the monorail is so convenient. One day it seems AK is the only recommended park, but CR shares buses with a lot of other resorts, correct? I am not sure it is worth the effort if we are going later in our week.

CR shares busses with Poly and GF. But if you catch one of the first busses of the day, it should be relatively empty. We had no issues with early morning busses to AK or HS while we were there.

 

[mickeynut1]

Hi, I am finally planning my next trip in 7 years in 2017. I am planning on staying at the Contemporary CL. I have not read through either thread, but would appreciate someone pointing out where info on the pool is or letting me know what the pool is like. Should I take the time out of my stay to spend time at the pool or not? I have spent time at the pools bc/yc, poly & Ak, but not any the bw or por. I am really wondering about the ambiance. Based on where I've stayed, you may be able to tell what kind of a pool we like and don't like. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I can't comment on the pool as we've never stayed at the CR, but pool information can be found on the first page of this thread, post #11 .

Got my ME luggage tags in the mail today! Woo-Hoo! Now I am waiting for my MagicBands to arrive in the mail next! I can't wait until I walk into my room at the Contemporary with a Theme Park View!

You and I will be staying on the CL at the same time! We got our luggage tags the other day. This morning I looked in MDE and it says this:

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I'm so excited!

 

[Deb & Bill]

We stayed in the South Wing when there was still a North Wing (where BLT now stands). We really liked the South Wing - it was quiet, easy to get to and we could take the stairs if we didn't want to wait for the elevator. That's harder to do in the tower. We had a view of the pool and it was far enough away that it wasn't too noisy like some pool views. Plus the building curves away from the pool area, so the sound doesn't echo as much. We liked both pools at CR (the themed pool and the big, deeper pool by the lake).

 

[Minniepunk]

Thank you Mickeynut

 

[mommyrosa2]

Hi, I am finally planning my next trip in 7 years in 2017. I am planning on staying at the Contemporary CL. I have not read through either thread, but would appreciate someone pointing out where info on the pool is or letting me know what the pool is like. Should I take the time out of my stay to spend time at the pool or not? I have spent time at the pools bc/yc, poly & Ak, but not any the bw or por. I am really wondering about the ambiance. Based on where I've stayed, you may be able to tell what kind of a pool we like and don't like. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

We're big fans of SAB and the BC (as you can tell by my signature) and we make pool time a priority on all of our trips. That said, we really enjoyed CR's bullseye pool (quiet pool) even more than their main pool. It's one of the few, if not the the only one left, that has a deeper end and we love the location and view from that pool. Wishing I was there now .

 

[WDWKOOK]

As is true of all floors in the tower the elevator is in the center of the resort, so that would put you more dead center if the request is granted

This made me smile...

I will actually be proposing before dinner our funds for this trip got cut little short so we are just doing dinner I'll be posing the question when we do our meet and greet with Mickey before dinner

Make sure they take LOTS of pictures and is someone going to record it? Mickey's going to be very surprised

Hi, I am finally planning my next trip in 7 years in 2017. I am planning on staying at the Contemporary CL. I have not read through either thread, but would appreciate someone pointing out where info on the pool is or letting me know what the pool is like. Should I take the time out of my stay to spend time at the pool or not? I have spent time at the pools bc/yc, poly & Ak, but not any the bw or por. I am really wondering about the ambiance. Based on where I've stayed, you may be able to tell what kind of a pool we like and don't like. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Welcome to the thread. Besides the hyperlinks in POST 1, I also recently posted some April photos of the pools. They're a few pages back.

Got my ME luggage tags in the mail today! Woo-Hoo! Now I am waiting for my MagicBands to arrive in the mail next! I can't wait until I walk into my room at the Contemporary with a Theme Park View!

You and I will be staying on the CL at the same time! We got our luggage tags the other day. This morning I looked in MDE and it says this:

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I'm so excited!

It won't be long now!

CR shares busses with Poly and GF. But if you catch one of the first busses of the day, it should be relatively empty. We had no issues with early morning busses to AK or HS while we were there.

CR now shares with WL and then goes to a water park afterwards. The bus is empty when it arrives and it then goes to WL after CR.

We're big fans of SAB and the BC (as you can tell by my signature) and we make pool time a priority on all of our trips. That said, we really enjoyed CR's bullseye pool (quiet pool) even more than their main pool. It's one of the few, if not the the only one left, that has a deeper end and we love the location and view from that pool. Wishing I was there now .

And those cabanas have amazing views:

 

[mickeynut1]

Thank you Mickeynut

You're welcome .

And those cabanas have amazing views

Very pretty view .

 

[squeegee]

Unfortunately, after talking more with DH, it turns out CR is not going to fit into our plans this year. we're moving our ressie to WL, which is nice - but I've been dreaming about that 10 minute walk to MK. *sigh* maybe next time.