Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[mamatobbg]

Woohoo! Just booked our room! The military salute came out and we had planned to stay in the garden wing to try to get the best of both worlds (steep discount on the cheaper rooms, but still monorail contemporary.). WELL..... they don't offer the military discount on the garden wing rooms, so we looked at our budget and decided to upgrade to a tower room which we WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! It was only about 300 more. SOOO EXCITED! My kids are thrilled!!!!!

 

[johnsonet]

Wonderful about the well-deserved discounts for military families

I bet you already have a trip in the works for next year . Can't wait to hear where you're headed next (after your WL CL Christmas trip ) as your trips are always so exciting to read about .

I just wish July 30th would hurry up and get here as I've been (im)patiently waiting to book our trip for next July .


johnsonet ~ Your trip is getting soooo close .....can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!!!!

Thanks - I'm REALLY starting to get excited now Tinkering with FP+ times and attractions - and ADRs.

Sorry you have to wait until the 30th to book. I know you've been patiently waiting for weeks now!

Woohoo! Just booked our room! The military salute came out and we had planned to stay in the garden wing to try to get the best of both worlds (steep discount on the cheaper rooms, but still monorail contemporary.). WELL..... they don't offer the military discount on the garden wing rooms, so we looked at our budget and decided to upgrade to a tower room which we WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! It was only about 300 more. SOOO EXCITED! My kids are thrilled!!!!!

Congratulations.

I've been going through a gazillion photos over the past week or so, trying to organize myself on photobucket. Here are some CR and BLT pics:

 

[mickeynut1]

Woohoo! Just booked our room! The military salute came out and we had planned to stay in the garden wing to try to get the best of both worlds (steep discount on the cheaper rooms, but still monorail contemporary.). WELL..... they don't offer the military discount on the garden wing rooms, so we looked at our budget and decided to upgrade to a tower room which we WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! It was only about 300 more. SOOO EXCITED! My kids are thrilled!!!!!

Congrats on the great deal for a tower room .

Thanks - I'm REALLY starting to get excited now Tinkering with FP+ times and attractions - and ADRs.

Sorry you have to wait until the 30th to book. I know you've been patiently waiting for weeks now!

I've been going through a gazillion photos over the past week or so, trying to organize myself on photobucket. Here are some CR and BLT pics:

It won't be long before you're on your way .

Thanks about the rates. I thought for sure they would have been out by now, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be . Only 9 days to go and I can finally book .

Love the pics, thanks for sharing . The CR is on our list, so I'm thinking possibly a Christmas 2015 trip to the CR .

 

[brettcw23]

I've been going through a gazillion photos over the past week or so, trying to organize myself on photobucket. Here are some CR and BLT pics:

Terrific photos!

 

[WINTER]

Just back from a wonderful stay at the Contemporary Resort. We were in room 4531 on the 9th floor. Never any trouble with elevator waits or monorail waits. LOVED the view. Loved watching the fireworks from our room. We waited a bit for the boat in the evening to go to Trails End for supper (which was great and I highly recommend it).

 

[Aurora0427]

Love your photos! We've stayed garden view, but a theme park view is on my bucket list!! I think we are saving it for our trip when DD turns 5 and eventual baby 2 is little! That way we'll never miss fireworks!

 

[johnsonet]

Thanks about the rates. I thought for sure they would have been out by now, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be . Only 9 days to go and I can finally book .

Love the pics, thanks for sharing . The CR is on our list, so I'm thinking possibly a Christmas 2015 trip to the CR .

I will count along with you until July 30th
And a Christmas trip to CR sounds fantastic!

Terrific photos!

Thank you

Just back from a wonderful stay at the Contemporary Resort. We were in room 4531 on the 9th floor. Never any trouble with elevator waits or monorail waits. LOVED the view. Loved watching the fireworks from our room. We waited a bit for the boat in the evening to go to Trails End for supper (which was great and I highly recommend it).

So glad you had a great trip. Love to hear that you had no elevator problems.
How was the monorail service?
Thanks for the Trails End reminder. I really want to try it!

Love your photos! We've stayed garden view, but a theme park view is on my bucket list!! I think we are saving it for our trip when DD turns 5 and eventual baby 2 is little! That way we'll never miss fireworks!

Thank you and - yes - put TPV on your bucket list. Next month we are staying in a Bay Lake View room. I can't wait for that peaceful view

 

[mickeynut1]

Just back from a wonderful stay at the Contemporary Resort. We were in room 4531 on the 9th floor. Never any trouble with elevator waits or monorail waits. LOVED the view. Loved watching the fireworks from our room. We waited a bit for the boat in the evening to go to Trails End for supper (which was great and I highly recommend it).

Glad you had a great time .

We've stayed garden view, but a theme park view is on my bucket list!! I think we are saving it for our trip when DD turns 5 and eventual baby 2 is little! That way we'll never miss fireworks!

Good thought about the fireworks with a TPV, especially with little ones .

I will count along with you until July 30th

And a Christmas trip to CR sounds fantastic!

Next month we are staying in a Bay Lake View room. I can't wait for that peaceful view

Thanks for counting with me . I'm chomping at the bit waiting for next Wednesday to get here as it can't come fast enough .

The CR is on our list and since the Poly is our choice for next July, I figured the CR would be a good choice for December .

I think those Bay Lake views are gorgeous . Hope you will share more pics after your trip.

 

[clueless17]

We are in garden eng with standard view,how much more would it cost to upgrade to get in the tower. We are staying 9 nights in September. Would it be worth money. What are chances of getting a up grade when we arrive.

 

[dansdad]

We are in garden eng with standard view,how much more would it cost to upgrade to get in the tower. We are staying 9 nights in September.

~ $150 more per night x 9 nights = ~ $1350 more.

Would it be worth money..

Worth is very subjective, so it's up to you. But it would not be worth it to me.

What are chances of getting a up grade when we arrive.

Extremely slim.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Just wanted to make a note for anyone staying at BLT this summer...

We had 'direct MK view' as one of our requests because we knew the 2 bedroom MK villas ending in 30 were around the corner a little and you had to stand in the corner of the balcony to see the MK. I was a little bummed when we arrived and got a room ending in 30, but hey, we're in Disney in a beautiful villa so no biggie. Well, last night we were getting ready to watch Wishes from our balcony and around 9:45 I heard booming and thought it was storming since it wasn't time for Wishes yet. We went out on the balcony and we could see the Frozen fireworks from DHS to our left and then 15 minutes later we turned to the right and watched Wishes!! So awesome!! Tonight after Wishes my mom said she's officially spoiled and is never staying anywhere else again ha!

 

[brettcw23]

Just wanted to make a note for anyone staying at BLT this summer...

We had 'direct MK view' as one of our requests because we knew the 2 bedroom MK villas ending in 30 were around the corner a little and you had to stand in the corner of the balcony to see the MK. I was a little bummed when we arrived and got a room ending in 30, but hey, we're in Disney in a beautiful villa so no biggie. Well, last night we were getting ready to watch Wishes from our balcony and around 9:45 I heard booming and thought it was storming since it wasn't time for Wishes yet. We went out on the balcony and we could see the Frozen fireworks from DHS to our left and then 15 minutes later we turned to the right and watched Wishes!! So awesome!! Tonight after Wishes my mom said she's officially spoiled and is never staying anywhere else again ha!

You have to love those completely unpredictable moments like that.

 

[johnsonet]

Tonight after Wishes my mom said she's officially spoiled and is never staying anywhere else again ha!

That's great!

You have to love those completely unpredictable moments like that.

Yes

mickeynut1 - you know I will be sharing many pics I stayed in a Bay Lake view room 20 years ago scared but have no photos of it. It will be nice to add some Bay Lake views to my photo arsenal

Wish I were enjoying my morning coffee on the balcony right now

 

[psac]

Just wanted to make a note for anyone staying at BLT this summer...

We had 'direct MK view' as one of our requests because we knew the 2 bedroom MK villas ending in 30 were around the corner a little and you had to stand in the corner of the balcony to see the MK. I was a little bummed when we arrived and got a room ending in 30, but hey, we're in Disney in a beautiful villa so no biggie. Well, last night we were getting ready to watch Wishes from our balcony and around 9:45 I heard booming and thought it was storming since it wasn't time for Wishes yet. We went out on the balcony and we could see the Frozen fireworks from DHS to our left and then 15 minutes later we turned to the right and watched Wishes!! So awesome!! Tonight after Wishes my mom said she's officially spoiled and is never staying anywhere else again ha!

That's awesome! I wonder if that applies to the high floors of whole southern lake view as well? I have to think this Frozen thing is going to be semi-permanent.

 

[Wanna be Ariel]

Joining in We will be staying BLT LV 11/29-12/7. This is our first stay here. We are so excited. We are renting points and will be putting in a room request hoping for a little MK view. I can't wait to keep reading and learning more about this resort

 

[ClarabelleCow]

Joining in We will be staying BLT LV 11/29-12/7. This is our first stay here. We are so excited. We are renting points and will be putting in a room request hoping for a little MK view. I can't wait to keep reading and learning more about this resort

not sure a room request will be helpful, if you are renting points, the person you rented from would need to book theme park or lake view or standard - i think those are the views. And it depends on how many points you rented from the person Not saying upgrades have never happened, but thats a pretty busy timeframe

 

[mickeynut1]

Just wanted to make a note for anyone staying at BLT this summer...

We had 'direct MK view' as one of our requests because we knew the 2 bedroom MK villas ending in 30 were around the corner a little and you had to stand in the corner of the balcony to see the MK. I was a little bummed when we arrived and got a room ending in 30, but hey, we're in Disney in a beautiful villa so no biggie. Well, last night we were getting ready to watch Wishes from our balcony and around 9:45 I heard booming and thought it was storming since it wasn't time for Wishes yet. We went out on the balcony and we could see the Frozen fireworks from DHS to our left and then 15 minutes later we turned to the right and watched Wishes!! So awesome!! Tonight after Wishes my mom said she's officially spoiled and is never staying anywhere else again ha!

That is awesome .

mickeynut1 - you know I will be sharing many pics I stayed in a Bay Lake view room 20 years ago scared but have no photos of it. It will be nice to add some Bay Lake views to my photo arsenal

Wish I were enjoying my morning coffee on the balcony right now

Good....I can't wait to see all of them .

That balcony pic is great.....like you said, makes you want to be there now . And you WILL be there very soon .

Joining in We will be staying BLT LV 11/29-12/7. This is our first stay here. We are so excited. We are renting points and will be putting in a room request hoping for a little MK view. I can't wait to keep reading and learning more about this resort

It's always exciting to stay somewhere new. Hope you have a great trip .

 

[brockash]

not sure a room request will be helpful, if you are renting points, the person you rented from would need to book theme park or lake view or standard - i think those are the views. And it depends on how many points you rented from the person Not saying upgrades have never happened, but thats a pretty busy timeframe

Actually there are some BLT rooms that are technically considered a Bay Lake View, but actually have pretty nice MK views. We've rented points twice, did our room request and have gotten a pretty nice MK view both times.

 

[shellypaige]

Actually there are some BLT rooms that are technically considered a Bay Lake View, but actually have pretty nice MK views. We've rented points twice, did our room request and have gotten a pretty nice MK view both times.

What have you requested that got you good MK views with a lake view room? Can you be specific? Thanks

 

[SRUAlmn]

One more experience I wanted to make a note of before I forgot... We were at the feature CR pool yesterday and I was getting a bottle of water at the Sand Bar. I was behind a nice couple who were asking if there were any food options available for the wife who had a peanut allergy. The gentleman working said they cannot deal with food allergies there and that she'd need to go to the Contempo Cafe and speak to a chef.