Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[rcraw45425]

thank you! This may be the last family trip for quite a while, even with discounted room only the rates have gotten ludicrous. And we will be 4 adults so that would be an extra $50 per day, insane. Adding in the cost of tickets and all of the added stress that Fast Pass + puts on (we're frequent visitors and would take mostly last minute trips). Factoring in the rumor that you're going to be unable to "tweak" reservations due to work commitments, Disney may be seeing the last of us. Hubby is an ER doc so we are constantly living with schedule changes, that was what I liked about room only, we could adjust up to five days out. So we'll make this one a blow out like we did two years ago for our older daughter's graduation

 

[WDWKOOK]

When they say pool deck, I think they really mean right at the edge of the pool. So you can't sit on the edge of the pool eating and drinking.

This.

I was sitting on the edge of the pool watching my kids, refillable mug in hand, and was asked to move. But several times we had lunch or a snack poolside (from our lounge chairs) with no problem.

You guys are correct and it's apparently called the "wet deck:"

If anyone gets pictures of the pool (while open)..... I'm hoping someone can catch my son Derek who is one of the lifeguards there on the Disney College Program in a picture!! He rarely sends us pictures and never of him in "uniform". Thank You ahead of time if you can get his picture!!

If you see him, say hi & tell him his mom misses him!!!

Has anyone spotted him yet?

His last day is August 7th.....the day we arrive for our vacation. Unfortunately, no deluxe or moderates for my big family.....we'll be staying at the Pop!

Did you use the great room-only CM rate?

He is, this is his 3rd time doing it!!

WOW! He must plan on working at WDW when he graduates? What's his major?

What about a room in the Garden Wing? No elevators there and you're still at the Contemporary.

There are elevators, but with only 3 floors, the stairs are easy and the doors to them unlocked, unlike in the Tower.

And I believe today is my "Less than 100 days!" marker.

Hi everyone! We are staying in the Garden Wing (Garden View) 8/26-9/6, this will be our first stay at the Contemporary. We were originally staying at the Poly, but switched when the room only discount for late summer came out. Our daughter will be turning 9 while we are there, and she had really wanted to stay at the Contemporary, so she's so excited her wish came true!

Awww, what a magical birthday! I'll add your dates to the log and don't forget to include her birthday celebration in your reservation.

With our youngest's graduation on the 23rd our stay from the 24th-28th is coming quickly now! And then once we arrive it will speed by in the blink of an eye. Hoping for moderate temps but the way way it's warmed up here in GA the past couple of days I'm afraid that we're going to bake!

Congratulations to DD! You have much to celebrate so you won't even notice the heat

 

[dansdad]

There are elevators, but with only 3 floors, the stairs are easy and the doors to them unlocked, unlike in the Tower.

Well you really do learn something new every day. Thanks for the correction Kook!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Has anyone spotted him yet?

WOW! He must plan on working at WDW when he graduates? What's his major?

Not yet.......

I'm not sure he will, he is talking about staying in Florida though. So his major was education (teacher) but he hasn't been to school since he started doing this program.

 

[WDWKOOK]

Well you really do learn something new every day. Thanks for the correction Kook!

The elevators come in handy in the GW since the laundry room is there, but it's on the 2nd floor so still doable using stairs

 

[mickeynut1]

Hi everyone! We are staying in the Garden Wing (Garden View) 8/26-9/6, this will be our first stay at the Contemporary. We were originally staying at the Poly, but switched when the room only discount for late summer came out. Our daughter will be turning 9 while we are there, and she had really wanted to stay at the Contemporary, so she's so excited her wish came true!

Sounds like it will be a very special trip for your DD .

With our youngest's graduation on the 23rd our stay from the 24th-28th is coming quickly now! And then once we arrive it will speed by in the blink of an eye. Hoping for moderate temps but the way way it's warmed up here in GA the past couple of days I'm afraid that we're going to bake!

Congrats on your youngest's graduation, what a great way to celebrate .

This may be the last family trip for quite a while, even with discounted room only the rates have gotten ludicrous. And we will be 4 adults so that would be an extra $50 per day, insane. Adding in the cost of tickets and all of the added stress that Fast Pass + puts on (we're frequent visitors and would take mostly last minute trips). Factoring in the rumor that you're going to be unable to "tweak" reservations due to work commitments, Disney may be seeing the last of us.

These are my feeling as well. Disney is still fun, but it doesn't have the same appeal to me that it once had. The way you have to plan park visits with FP+ definitely does not fit our touring style and not being able to easily modify a reservation is a big negative for us as well .

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well, you've got plenty of time to work on that



No worries, you can have food/drink all around the pool, just no glass. Just beware that if you do leave food out in the open and walk away from it, birds have a tendency to partake.

Thank you!

 

[bmanwahoo]

I'm new to the thread with a first time stay coming up in November. I took a quick breeze through the thread but didn't see anything about this:

We're booked with a Garden Wing, Garden View, which I understand has either 2 queen beds + daybed or 1 king bed + daybed. Is there any rhyme or reason as to which type room you'll be assigned? We'd prefer the 2 queen option. Thanks!

 

[rcraw45425]

Your chances are pretty good to receive a room with two queens, In all of our many stays both with our girls and just hubby and I we have always received two queens unless we were in a 2 bedroom suite

 

[jmkjr72]

Any one that's here right now we just left a case of water for free by the elevator 6th floor blt

 

[Scott MC]

I was just looking at room pics on TripAdvisor, and noticed in some of the most recent pics, those cute round yellow pillows aren't on the beds. Have these been yanked? It would be a shame as they gave the room a cute pop of color!

 

[WDWKOOK]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!​

I was just looking at room pics on TripAdvisor, and noticed in some of the most recent pics, those cute round yellow pillows aren't on the beds. Have these been yanked? It would be a shame as they gave the room a cute pop of color!

They still put the pillows on the bed, but I noticed that only 1/4 of our pillows had Mickey on it. The housekeeper always put that pillow in the same spot everyday.

 

[trishadono]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!​

You too!Enjoy your family today

Sitting with dd and ds brought me coffee in bed. Dh says I look beautiful , the sun is out and I'm taking mom to brunch at 12:30 so best mom day ever!!!

 

[mickeynut1]

I'm new to the thread with a first time stay coming up in November.

Welcome to the CR thread .


Hi KOOK .....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to you too.....and to everyone else here .

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[pas130]

Big Happy Mother's Day to Queen Kook of Bay Lake and all of her followers!!!

 

[jmkjr72]

We enjoyed our stay so much that after the possible disney wedding. We will look at buying into blt along with our okw

 

[skateshome]

Just got back from our BLT stay last week. What a view! Theme park on one side and lake on the other.
Thanks for all your work and links Kook! The room views link is fabulous. I printed it off and had it in hand for my first, second, third room choices.
Really nice Cast Member Bud met us when we got there and was nice enough to find our first choice! Here's a view from the Balcony of 8008. Lake is on the right
but this was my favorite part. FWIW we preferred the studios at BLT over the regular rooms at CR. Everyone's different but it worked perfectly for us.

 

[WDWKOOK]

You too!Enjoy your family today

Sitting with dd and ds brought me coffee in bed. Dh says I look beautiful , the sun is out and I'm taking mom to brunch at 12:30 so best mom day ever!!!

Could have only been better if it had all happened at WDW

Hi KOOK .....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to you too.....and to everyone else here .

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Big Happy Mother's Day to Queen Kook of Bay Lake and all of her followers!!!

You always make me smile…and chuckle. I hope the rest of your day, after working as the bestest nurse around, was restful.

We enjoyed our stay so much that after the possible disney wedding. We will look at buying into blt along with our okw

Sounds like some real good scheming, err, planning is going on

Just got back from our BLT stay last week. What a view! Theme park on one side and lake on the other.
Thanks for all your work and links Kook! The room views link is fabulous. I printed it off and had it in hand for my first, second, third room choices.
Really nice Cast Member Bud met us when we got there and was nice enough to find our first choice! Here's a view from the Balcony of 8008. Lake is on the right
but this was my favorite part. FWIW we preferred the studios at BLT over the regular rooms at CR. Everyone's different but it worked perfectly for us.

Can't see your photo. Did you try dragging into your post? So glad you got your preferred Studio location and it was a perfect fit

 

[skateshome]

Well that was easy. LOL! I was trying to copy/paste url's and such.

 

[WDWKOOK]

Well that was easy. LOL! I was trying to copy/paste url's and such.

That is one GORGEOUS view!! Thank you so much for posting it and yes, it's so much easier to post now with the new forum software that doesn't require you to upload to photo sharing sites to get IMG codes. So feel free to just paste those beautiful views right in here