Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[DanSchwartz]

Looks like Chef Mickey's may open soon with characters.

 

[Dave006]

Ahh not real soon since the date for Breakfast with Characters at Chief Mickey's does not start until Dec. 16.

The good news is that you may start to make ADRs starting on Oct. 17th the 60 day ADR window.

Dave

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Looks like Kona at Poly and The Wave at CR are about to join Sanaa at AKL with offering To Go orders. It’s not live in the app yet, but presumably it’s coming sometime soon.

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FYI, this now appears to be live in the app.

Assuming they can pull off to go orders with a half way decent execution, I think this is a great new feature for resort guests.

 

[albertoromero85]

Great to see more openings are happening! We should be visiting in a few weeks time so looking fwd to reporting that as well

 

[JPM4]

The boat to WL is not running right now correct?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

The boat to WL is not running right now correct?

No, it’s not. Unless it has quietly restarted recently and no one has reported it yet (probably low chance of that).

 

[Love Ft Wilderness]

Does the Contemporary have Halloween decorations up now? Thanks!

 

[AngelsAmongUs]

Can someone refresh my memory pls - it's been since Feb 2019 that I've been to Disney and I think things have changed since then - but if I'm bringing money to pay for food/stuff with gift cards, I know I can't link a gift card to the room and it has to be a credit card (which is fine) but how often do they charge the card? The last time I was able to go to the front desk every 2 or 3 days and pay off what we'd charged but I *think* that timeline is different (shorter) now?

Or is it better to just use the gift cards at the meal itself and not charge it back to the room?

and can I link a gift card to my magic band since I know I already have a credit card linked?

THANKS!!! 6 days until our first stay at BLT and we're SUPER excited!!

I feel like something's different about the way Disney is charging, but I'm not sure what it is. I'll just tell you my experience.

We had room only and I had paid that in full before we left home. So the credit card was only used for the things we randomly decided to charge to the room on our MagicBands.

A charge was run through on our card a few times different during our stay for amounts in roughly the $150-$200 range I think? But they were all pending charges that fell off after a few days. On the last day, the amount of the folio was charged to the credit card and went through. I can't go back and check the details (since the pending charges are no longer there) but that's kind of what I remember seeing when I went to set up a payment for the folio amount.

 

[mrhat]

I saw elsewhere that Contempo Grounds is back open, but havent noticed any info on that in this thread (easily could have missed)....just want to check. normal 7 days a week 6am -1ish hours? Thanks

 

[soniam]

I saw elsewhere that Contempo Grounds is back open, but havent noticed any info on that in this thread (easily could have missed)....just want to check. normal 7 days a week 6am -1ish hours? Thanks

Website shows it's still closed, but that could be wrong.

 

[mrhat]

Yeah and I havent seen mention of it here thus far so that's why I'm poking.

However this site claims its open just hoping to get confirmation....my family's morning coffee / latte / mocha addiction is important people!!

 

[Ninjagrrl]

Yeah and I havent seen mention of it here thus far so that's why I'm poking.

However this site claims its open just hoping to get confirmation....my family's morning coffee / latte / mocha addiction is important people!!

Whatever you linked doesn't work. It was probably a blocked site.
I'm interested to know this as well, because I'm definitely a morning latte person.

 

[Ninjagrrl]

Ah, found it.
Normally I take everything that site says with a grain of salt as they're not typically very reliable.
But, the photos kinda make me think this is legit. There's clearly post Covid precautions in place and signage that implies it's a reopening.
Outer Rim recently reopened (on weekends at least) also, so it kinda falls in line with that.

 

[merry_nbright]

Almost 1 month until my first trip to Bay Lake Tower! I’m STOKED! Anything I should/shouldn’t do???

 

[trishadono]

Yeah and I havent seen mention of it here thus far so that's why I'm poking.

However this site claims its open just hoping to get confirmation....my family's morning coffee / latte / mocha addiction is important people!!

We saw it open yesterday at 7;30am. We took mono to Cr from gf and walked in because the mono won’t stop at MK prior to 30 mins before park opening.

 

[Chrizwald]

What am i losing by going to the CG lounge instead of the full dining experience?

Like the PP asked, we're also looking for everything to do or not do. We were upgraded to the CR, and it's likely the only time i'll ever stay there.

 

[bcuinohio]

What am i losing by going to the CG lounge instead of the full dining experience?

Like the PP asked, we're also looking for everything to do or not do. We were upgraded to the CR, and it's likely the only time i'll ever stay there.

The lounge is first come, first serve, no ADRs. You may not get up there.

 

[Ecomommy09]

Well, I guess I'm a convert. When I booked BLT I thought we'd regret that the hotel was kind of old and odd looking, but I LOVED walking over to MK. I LOVED the pools (all of them). I loved the murals in Contemporary! Loved the Fantasia paintings along the shop. I think this is now my second favorite resort after Animal Kingdom.

 

[MsOnceUponATime]

"Almost 1 month until my first trip to Bay Lake Tower! I’m STOKED! Anything I should/shouldn’t do???"

Bumping this post above.

We moved from Wilderness Lodge (originally booked on a bounce back) to Contemporary, garden wing, last week. Changed our dates from December '20 to first week of November '20. We haven't stayed at CR, so this will be brand spanking new for us! Two days at MK and one at Epcot so we thought that this was the way to go. Any advice for new CR guests would be phenominal.

 

[trishadono]

CR and blt new guests:

Go on the the 4th floor concourse. I know there are not fireworks but the view is unique and only takes a minute.

Go out to the beach and check out view of WL form there and bay lake, walk out to edge of boat dock too.

If blt try both resorts pools.

CR people often don’t go to the bullseye pool. It’s quieter and deeper and def my fav. Although I enjoy the fountains in the big pool so I will hop back and forth.

You can use the elevator so at CR go up to 11 and look down to the lobby, cool huh?
Blt has those great windows so go up and check out how nice that is.

Blt has lots of windows so I like to walk the whole hall once each trip just to see the views. Sunrise and sunset good but a storm or sunny day also nice to see.

The treats are back in Bay view gifts. I got a candy corn cupcake. They had several cookies, cupcakes and treats for purchase . Oh even apples were back.

I often stay on the mono and enjoy visiting the other resorts too. It’s easy to hop off the mono and eat, shop or stroll then hop back on. Always a must do!

The boat from MK to gf is open and you can use that . It’s a lovely ride.

I think ordering cupcakes on the mobile order has been my go to this year lol. I have been ordering as the bus pulls up and it’s ready as I get there. So easy! I also take bus to a different mono resort when leaving a,park. I grab my treat then walk or mono to my resort. It just makes it feel like you getting your $ worth staying at 3 resorts not just one.