Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[aliciadisfan]

Cool! Can I be added to the Log-orail? We are staying at the contemporary 11/12 - 11/18, celebrating a 10 year anniversary and our son's 7th birthday (and life in general )

 

[RedOne3781]

Decided to change my stay into a split stay. So now we are now staying at the Contempo (garden wing)from 8/24-8/27 then switching to the Poly for two nights! I am beyond excited to get the chance to stay at my two dream resorts during one trip!

 

[psac]

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So we've been enjoying BLT so much I haven't been posting. Belated happy Fourth! This was from yesterday.



We watched the Fourth of July fireworks last night from California Grill. It was raining outside, so we watched from inside the restaurant. The music kept going out inside and people said out on the deck as well. Still a great visual show and at one point everyone in the restaurant just sang along to finish the song to the fireworks. Good group moment.

 

[Lisann]

psac - love the pic of everyone facing the fireworks from the California Grill.

 

[psac]

While on the topic of California Grill, we ate in four sigs (Yachtsman's, Narcoossee's, Citricos, and CG) for dinner, and we would rank it lowest of the four (we'd rank in the order listed.). But having said that, we still enjoyed the meal. We wouldn't go out of our way to go, but if we have a stay on the monorail again in the future, we would go to CG again. The Tuna Four Ways may have been my favorite app of the whole trip.



Perspective is tough, it was a HUGE portion. My wife's dessert was fun, it was a strawberry shortcake stuffed donut with a blended strawberry drink that tasted like the 1900 cold strawberry soup (in a good way).

 

[psac]

We've stayed South Outer villa, but never North Outer villa and your view is even more relaxing. To the north/west of your photo is the entrance to the dry dock for the ferry/boats. It's also where the "Nautilus" subs used to be stored back when 20,000 Leagues was dismantled, but I believe they have since been moved.



I'd be happy to add you



Let us know when it's official and welcome to the thread.





Two weeks sounds dreamy.

Yeah, it would be cool to see the Nautilus! But not in view this trip. We did see the WL boats come out from the corner in the mornings.

 

[psac]

That's so beautiful! We've got a 1BR Lake View booked for our very first WDW visit in February and I can't wait! May I ask why you prefer an even number room? Just to be different than your first stay, or is there something you prefer about about them? I have no idea what I should request for our stay!

The odd number rooms are on the inner side of the ring. They have a pool view, but also a view of the other rooms. I think there is a big lack of privacy in those rooms. Also the living room is slightly smaller in the odd number rooms and instead they have a laundry "room", good for extra closet space and luggage storage. (Instead of the laundry closet that only fits the washer and dryer exactly in size.).

I think the even number rooms have better views, and I think this north side high floor view was perfect. It also was really private, I think even many of the real MK view rooms are bad in that you can see right in them from the sky bridge. The weather this week was crazy, with crazy thunderstorms, and being able to see the fireworks from our room was amazing. (Remember, music on channel 105!)

 

[albertamom]

The odd number rooms are on the inner side of the ring. They have a pool view, but also a view of the other rooms. I think there is a big lack of privacy in those rooms. Also the living room is slightly smaller in the odd number rooms and instead they have a laundry "room", good for extra closet space and luggage storage. (Instead of the laundry closet that only fits the washer and dryer exactly in size.).

I think the even number rooms have better views, and I think this north side high floor view was perfect. It also was really private, I think even many of the real MK view rooms are bad in that you can see right in them from the sky bridge. The weather this week was crazy, with crazy thunderstorms, and being able to see the fireworks from our room was amazing. (Remember, music on channel 105!)

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That's excellent information! Thank you SO much!

Enjoy the rest of your vacation!

 

[albertamom]

We watched the Fourth of July fireworks last night from California Grill. It was raining outside, so we watched from inside the restaurant. The music kept going out inside and people said out on the deck as well. Still a great visual show and at one point everyone in the restaurant just sang along to finish the song to the fireworks. Good group moment.

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Spectacular photo!

 

[mickeynut1]

We are staying at the contemporary 11/12 - 11/18, celebrating a 10 year anniversary and our son's 7th birthday (and life in general )

Sounds like a great trip .

Decided to change my stay into a split stay. So now we are now staying at the Contempo (garden wing)from 8/24-8/27 then switching to the Poly for two nights! I am beyond excited to get the chance to stay at my two dream resorts during one trip!

A CR/Poly split is what we are considering for next summer. We love the Poly, but the CR would be new. After reading so many great things about the CR, it is now at the top of my list to try .

So we've been enjoying BLT so much I haven't been posting. Belated happy Fourth! This was from yesterday.

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We watched the Fourth of July fireworks last night from California Grill. It was raining outside, so we watched from inside the restaurant. The music kept going out inside and people said out on the deck as well. Still a great visual show and at one point everyone in the restaurant just sang along to finish the song to the fireworks. Good group moment.

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Glad you're having a great time . All of the pics are great, thanks for taking the time to share them.

While on the topic of California Grill, we ate in four sigs (Yachtsman's, Narcoossee's, Citricos, and CG) for dinner, and we would rank it lowest of the four (we'd rank in the order listed.). But having said that, we still enjoyed the meal. We wouldn't go out of our way to go, but if we have a stay on the monorail again in the future, we would go to CG again. The Tuna Four Ways may have been my favorite app of the whole trip.

We've never eaten at CG, Narcoossee's, or Citricos, but we love Yachtsman . I'm not sure if we will ever try CG, but Narcoossee's (and possibly Citricos) is on our list to try next trip .

The weather this week was crazy, with crazy thunderstorms, and being able to see the fireworks from our room was amazing. (Remember, music on channel 105!)

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What an awesome view .

 

[Scott MC]

Getting closer and closer! As a teacher, my summer only started 6 days ago, and our vacation marks the end of my summer off. So, I'm in a weird, "I can't wait for Disney......but don't hurry up and get here!" state of mind! Anyway, we do have a garden wing, standard view booked, so I know the views aren't going to be spectacular, but is there any room request we could/should make anyway? I know I'll be asking for an upper floor because my other half, doesn't like ground floor rooms at all...anywhere.

 

[Mainemama]

I will be staying GW, GV for one sweet night, 7/24! We will request 1st floor, any requests recommended beyond that? I was so happy to find this awesome Kook-hosted thread after benefitting from the WL one in February.

 

[Summertinkerbell]

Scott: I'm a teacher too. Although our vacation isn't quite at the end of my summer, I will only have two weeks after we get home before I have to gear up and get ready for my new school year. I've been off for two weeks now, and as excited as I am to countdown to our return to WDW, I know that I'm wishing my summer away. We had a terrible winter, and our pool liner just got replaced today. As I watch the water slowly fill our pool, I'm trying to savor every moment leading up to our trip.

Have a wonderful time on your vacation!

 

[Scott MC]

Scott: I'm a teacher too. Although our vacation isn't quite at the end of my summer, I will only have two weeks after we get home before I have to gear up and get ready for my new school year. I've been off for two weeks now, and as excited as I am to countdown to our return to WDW, I know that I'm wishing my summer away. We had a terrible winter, and our pool liner just got replaced today. As I watch the water slowly fill our pool, I'm trying to savor every moment leading up to our trip.

Have a wonderful time on your vacation!

Enjoy your time both relaxing at home and having fun at WDW!

 

[tarabordelon]

What are the best garden view rooms to request at the contemporary? Just booked for 2/16.
Thanks so much!

 

[WDWKOOK]

Hey guys!
My husband and I are looking at booking during Princess Half Marathon. It will be my first runDisney race and since we will not be bringing our 3 kids along with us (aren't we horrible ) we would thought we would make it a nice getaway by booking a CR TPV Tower room. I am just worried about noise level of the MK fireworks and people at Chef Mickey's, especially because I will have to get up 3 mornings in a row by 2:30 am so I will be going to bed early hopefully. How is the noise level in the rooms?

The EWP is pretty loud at 10:10 if you're in a BLV room. You can always request to be away from CM, but in a TPV room that does put you closer to Wishes. Knowing that you have to get up at 0230 will make it hard to sleep anyway and even though the noise in the rooms isn't too bad, I suspect you'll be awake during Wishes and/or EWP. I'd plan on uninterrupted solid sleep from 10:30 - 2:30.

We're booked garden view in the garden wing 12/12-12/20, can't wait to walk to MK! Now just hoping for a room discount to possibly upgrade to TPV

Hope your discount comes through and I'll log your dates

Cool! Can I be added to the Log-orail? We are staying at the contemporary 11/12 - 11/18, celebrating a 10 year anniversary and our son's 7th birthday (and life in general )

Of course you can be added and congratulations

Decided to change my stay into a split stay. So now we are now staying at the Contempo (garden wing)from 8/24-8/27 then switching to the Poly for two nights! I am beyond excited to get the chance to stay at my two dream resorts during one trip!

Shorter stays have higher possibilities of being magically upgraded. I'll update your CR dates

So we've been enjoying BLT so much I haven't been posting. Belated happy Fourth! This was from yesterday.

We watched the Fourth of July fireworks last night from California Grill. It was raining outside, so we watched from inside the restaurant. The music kept going out inside and people said out on the deck as well. Still a great visual show and at one point everyone in the restaurant just sang along to finish the song to the fireworks. Good group moment.

Such festive photos, thanks psac. I'm sure you and DW have the soundtrack memorized, so no worries there.

While on the topic of California Grill, we ate in four sigs (Yachtsman's, Narcoossee's, Citricos, and CG) for dinner, and we would rank it lowest of the four (we'd rank in the order listed.). But having said that, we still enjoyed the meal. We wouldn't go out of our way to go, but if we have a stay on the monorail again in the future, we would go to CG again. The Tuna Four Ways may have been my favorite app of the whole trip.

Perspective is tough, it was a HUGE portion. My wife's dessert was fun, it was a strawberry shortcake stuffed donut with a blended strawberry drink that tasted like the 1900 cold strawberry soup (in a good way).

I love phood photos. So would you do the DxDP again or go with TiW instead?

The odd number rooms are on the inner side of the ring. They have a pool view, but also a view of the other rooms. I think there is a big lack of privacy in those rooms. Also the living room is slightly smaller in the odd number rooms and instead they have a laundry "room", good for extra closet space and luggage storage. (Instead of the laundry closet that only fits the washer and dryer exactly in size.).

I think the even number rooms have better views, and I think this north side high floor view was perfect. It also was really private, I think even many of the real MK view rooms are bad in that you can see right in them from the sky bridge. The weather this week was crazy, with crazy thunderstorms, and being able to see the fireworks from our room was amazing. (Remember, music on channel 105!)

Thanks for the channel reminder and villa description. Next BLT stay, I'm requesting the north side instead of south - even more peaceful and what a great view over to the left. Thanks for posting your photos!

Getting closer and closer! As a teacher, my summer only started 6 days ago, and our vacation marks the end of my summer off. So, I'm in a weird, "I can't wait for Disney......but don't hurry up and get here!" state of mind! Anyway, we do have a garden wing, standard view booked, so I know the views aren't going to be spectacular, but is there any room request we could/should make anyway? I know I'll be asking for an upper floor because my other half, doesn't like ground floor rooms at all...anywhere.

Yes, it's bittersweet and then everyone wants their trip to get here soon, but go at a snail's pace when they finally arrive.

For the GW SV rooms, other than level, there really aren't too many more requests, however, I would request "next to canal," as opposed to "close to Tower." Then, to your left, you would have a partial canal view and you could see the boats, but not from your balcony if you request 3rd floor. This view would be best with a ground floor room. However, with a 3rd floor room you could see the canal near where it crosses over World Drive and probably some of 7SL. Those rooms are to the far right in this photo:






View to left/around corner:

I will be staying GW, GV for one sweet night, 7/24! We will request 1st floor, any requests recommended beyond that? I was so happy to find this awesome Kook-hosted thread after benefitting from the WL one in February.

Welcome! The best GW GV rooms are the ones that front Bay Lake:

What are the best garden view rooms to request at the contemporary? Just booked for 2/16.
Thanks so much!

Welcome! Please see post above yours

 

[RedOne3781]

Shorter stays have higher possibilities of being magically upgraded. I'll update your CR dates

Just being able to stay at those two resorts is enough to make me happy. But I would never down an upgrade...

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I am almost out of questions before I go! but one last question.
We get the refillable resort cups etc, apart from Contempo Café, is there anywhere else to get a re fill, I see the Cove bar has a drinks fountain, but not the Sand bar?

Thanks again for the replies folks, kind regards,

Kevin

 

[Cluelyss]

I am almost out of questions before I go! but one last question.
We get the refillable resort cups etc, apart from Contempo Café, is there anywhere else to get a re fill, I see the Cove bar has a drinks fountain, but not the Sand bar?

Thanks again for the replies folks, kind regards,

Kevin

You can refill them at the QS by the pool (Sand Bar). Cove Bar is at the BLT pool.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

You can refill them at the QS by the pool (Sand Bar). Cove Bar is at the BLT pool.

Brilliant!, thank you!