Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[Frozen2014]

They let you in . You can go to the hub in front of the castle. People line up for SM , buzz etc on 1sr bridge to the right. Cm’s have a rope and hold you until open.

If you are a Disney resort guest they have a pre-line where they tap your mb for verification. That’s usually just off the hub on a walkway.

Same for SDMT just next bridge back. Then at 8:30 cm’s walk us to rides. So if you can get your food quick you have time to meet up before the chaos hits lol.

Thanks for explaining. So thinking then that we will leave Contemporary maybe closer to 8am if they let you in and you wait at a roped off area.

As long as it's ONE doing the grabbing and THE REST in line. Technically I don't think even one is supposed to do it, but people do and it's much better if it's just one doing the shove through the line than one person holding a spot and 3-4 doing the line shove.

Our plan is to grab something quick at one of the Contemporary places but sounds like it worked for the poster, and was just one person so good to know.

 

[Dug720]

It’s still a mass crowd and not really a line while waiting for the cm’s to remove rope. Not in a ride line yet.

However I agree most should wait and fewer grab food.

Gotcha. I thought you were in the line proper at that point.

 

[TeamSy]

I see there’s a parking lot right by the garden wing - are guests allowed to park there/is it a guest lot? Seems like it would be really convenient if so!

 

[crazy4wdw]

I see there’s a parking lot right by the garden wing - are guests allowed to park there/is it a guest lot? Seems like it would be really convenient if so!

Yes, if you are a registered guest at the Contemporary, you are allowed to park in the lot in front of the garden wing.

 

[DisneyJenK]

View from 12th floor - Club Level
Standard Room #4802

 

[TeamSy]

Yes, if you are a registered guest at the Contemporary, you are allowed to park in the lot in front of the garden wing.

Yes! We have a garden wing room so I would assume that would be very convenient! If we do online check in can we just go park there and head to our room with our luggage?

 

[TeamSy]

Do they pipe in fireworks music around the resort and if so which areas?

 

[crazy4wdw]

Yes! We have a garden wing room so I would assume that would be very convenient! If we do online check in can we just go park there and head to our room with our luggage?

Yes, that should work. Once you pass the security checkpoint, turn right at next road and follow it all the way around the Tower building and then behind the convention center. Often that parking lot is not very full as people don't know how to drive around to the garden wing.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Do they pipe in fireworks music around the resort and if so which areas?

The music for the fireworks is pipped in on the observation deck on the 4th floor of the tower building. It's located on the north side of the tower, just beyond the Fantasia store.

 

[TeamSy]

The music for the fireworks is pipped in on the observation deck on the 4th floor of the tower building. It's located on the north side of the tower, just beyond the Fantasia store.

Not outside anywhere by pool or anything? Or can you not view fireworks from pool?

 

[DisneyJenK]

Not outside anywhere by pool or anything? Or can you not view fireworks from pool?

The observation deck is outside - the door is past the store.

You can see some of the MK fireworks from the pool, but no music playing.

There is music streaming on the Club lounge balcony.

 

[bcuinohio]

Not outside anywhere by pool or anything? Or can you not view fireworks from pool?

The pool is on the back side of the building so the building will block a lot of the fireworks.

 

[trishadono]

Not outside anywhere by pool or anything? Or can you not view fireworks from pool?

Look at a google map . It will help you get oriented to where things are. I often study and it helps.

 

[Suejacken]

View from 12th floor - Club Level
Standard Room #4802

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Great pics. Thanks for sharing them

 

[Suejacken]

I wanted to thank you for your help. We just got back from our vacation and couldn't have asked for a better view from our room. We were in room 4735 on the 11th floor. Having my mom with us, it was awesome to have that view as we stayed in the room in the afternoons with her and we watched the fireworks several nights from there as well.

I wanted to thank you for your help. We just got back from our vacation and couldn't have asked for a better view from our room. We were in room 4735 on the 11th floor. Having my mom with us, it was awesome to have that view as we stayed in the room in the afternoons with her and we watched the fireworks several nights from there as well.

Thank you for posting the room number and the View. we are looking to book several nights next year with the theme park view and i was trying to figure out what room number or numbers might have a great view of the castle. Glad you had a great time

 

[angelinaxox]

Thank you for posting the room number and the View. we are looking to book several nights next year with the theme park view and i was trying to figure out what room number or numbers might have a great view of the castle. Glad you had a great time

You're welcome! I am happy that my post is useful for you! This was my first Disney trip in which the view was important to me. And I am glad I had asked on here what to request prior to my trip. I hope you have a great trip!

 

[disneydentist]

Post-refurbishment do the Garden wing rooms still have Keurig coffee makers? TIA.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Post-refurbishment do the Garden wing rooms still have Keurig coffee makers? TIA.

Yup!

 

[Runnsally]

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[JBRB828]

We just came back from CR Atrium level for 10 days. We all had a great time.One thing we all hated was the heat and humidity!! Thank goodness for my sun umbrella and my fan, it helped! If it wasn’t for my son and DIL being teachers, I wouldn’t go in August again. We did August when my kids were young and the heat didn’t bother us, but now that we are in our early 70’s it’s too much.

The staff was excellent, shoutout to Dave, Courtney and Kyle. The food sampling’s for the day were good, I even tried the dreaded coddled eggs and after mixing it up, I actually liked it. All the food comes from the California Grill. The meat servings were so good!!

The mousekeepers made towel animals for my granddaughter 5 times, she was so excited.
The room was cleaned everyday with new supplies for the bathroom. We did tip 3 times thru our stay.

We had a theme park view and I was very surprised how close the castle was compared to pictures online. We stayed in room 4845 and I did online checking the day before. We were at AK when I received the text at 1:20pm that our room was ready. (Also, my son got a text that a delivery of water was delivered to bell services from Prime. He ordered 4 cases of water and we finished 3 1/2 during our stay…. We all drink a lot of water!!). We took the bus back to CR to freshen up and got to rest for a few hours because we got up at 3AM for our 7AM flight.
Then it was back to AK.

I bought Genie+ before we left and it worked out well. However, I ended up buying A LOT of LL’s, no standing in long lines in that heat! It was well worth it for us everyday. DS and DIL set their alarm everyday for 6:50am and they got all the big rides for us and some we did twice with LL. We never did rope drop because we all didn’t want to do it.
Only one ride DH and I didn’t do was Galaxy of the Guardian’s because we were afraid of getting nauseous. The kids loved it as did my 6 year old granddaughter!

We had two rest days for the pool and I had ordered cabanas for that. They were very nice and it was nice splurge.

So that’s about it , even with heat it was a great time!