Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[PPFlight75]

Day 7 at Contemporary for us ! It’s been fantastic. Buses are running great . Hitting the pool daily and plenty of seats . Sand Bar has been yummy .
We start every morning at a park . MK , AK and Epcot have all been walk ins for first few hours .
HS we got early boarding passes both days and rode everything we wanted by 2 pm .
Staff at Contemporary has been extremely happy, helpful and enthusiastic!
First stay here but definitely not our last .

Sounds wonderful! Glad you are having a great time!
We will be there Saturday! Can't wait!!

 

[Llama mama]

So today was the first time I used Contempo Cafe mobile ordering. It was 6:30pm on Thursday. I only wanted a cupcake and placed my order as I was on the escalator. After I placed it I reached the top and thought oh crude ! There were at least 15 families all standing around waiting for their orders. Thankfully mine was a simple grab and to my surprise my phone dinged in a minute and I grabbed my cupcake.
So just FYI going around popular meal times you may be waiting for food . Also most tables were taken so if I had ordered food I would have to bring it back to my room to eat.
Just a heads up

 

[Llama mama]

Also another FYI
All dressing rooms are unavailable. My daughter bought some shorts that were too large . They are exchanging or refunding if needed. The only item I was told was NOT refundable was masks . So even though we purchased at Disney Springs our store at the Contemporary refunded them . We found the correct size at MK .

 

[jemtx]

Also another FYI
All dressing rooms are unavailable. My daughter bought some shorts that were too large . They are exchanging or refunding if needed. The only item I was told was NOT refundable was masks . So even though we purchased at Disney Springs our store at the Contemporary refunded them . We found the correct size at MK .

That’s good information. Thanks.

 

[Queen Medors]

Can i say, I am nervous. I have been dreaming of this 35 years....my husbands dream resort. The place he dreams of- I just want
him to be happy

 

[disneyfan150]

We are here now and I just wanted to mention that we are in the tower and have had no problems with the elevators at all. We arrived on Monday. IDK if we are lucky and are just missing the busy times or if something was adjusted.

Another nice thing was the chat feature on the app. I have used it twice with great results. The first day the bev cooler/fridge did not seem very cold. I wasn't sure which setting was the coldest. I asked via chat and got a quick response. My milk and water have been nice and cold. The second time was when I spilled coffee and needed new linens. I don't see how housekeeping was able to deliver the linens as fast as they did. It was amazing.

The only strange thing was that we received a voice message tonight telling us not to give our credit card number to someone calling the room. Not sure what that was about??

Our trip has been great!

 

[disneyfan150]

So today was the first time I used Contempo Cafe mobile ordering. It was 6:30pm on Thursday. I only wanted a cupcake and placed my order as I was on the escalator. After I placed it I reached the top and thought oh crude ! There were at least 15 families all standing around waiting for their orders. Thankfully mine was a simple grab and to my surprise my phone dinged in a minute and I grabbed my cupcake.
So just FYI going around popular meal times you may be waiting for food . Also most tables were taken so if I had ordered food I would have to bring it back to my room to eat.
Just a heads up

We ordered just a cupcake from Contempo Cafe tonight, too! But we were there much later after our Epcot day. We ordered as we entered the cafe and waited a looong time. I've never waited so long for one item. The manager came out to help with the back up. The tables were pretty empty. But there were lots of people waiting around for their orders.

 

[to be tink]

Day 7 at Contemporary for us ! It’s been fantastic. Buses are running great . Hitting the pool daily and plenty of seats . Sand Bar has been yummy .
We start every morning at a park . MK , AK and Epcot have all been walk ins for first few hours .
HS we got early boarding passes both days and rode everything we wanted by 2 pm .
Staff at Contemporary has been extremely happy, helpful and enthusiastic!
First stay here but definitely not our last .

What time did you head to the buses for your HS days? Getting boarding passes is a high priority for us TIA!

 

[Llama mama]

What time did you head to the buses for your HS days? Getting boarding passes is a high priority for us TIA!

We were downstairs waiting for the bus at 9:15 am . Got into the park by 9:45 . Shut off my WIFI had nothing but the MDE app open . Once we were in line fir Slinky once in the line for MMRR . Got 16 one day and 23 the other . Good luck!!!

 

[Dave006]

Once we were in line for Slinky once in the line for MMRR . Got 16 one day and 23 the other . Good luck!!!

Now your just showing off... those finely honed smartphone skills.

Dave

 

[Llama mama]

Now your just showing off... those finely honed smartphone skills.

Dave

Lol
NOT!!! I have an old IPhone 6 s and I am horrible with my phone. We truly just got extremely lucky

 

[mikebb]

Just chiming in with our experiences, stayed in a Tower room Jul 31-Aug 5. Was leery of the reports on the elevator situation and considered switching to Garden, but glad we didn't. Had absolutely no issues catching an elevator at any time - I think maybe 3-4 times total we had to wait for a second car, but each time one came immediately and we were right on our way.

Transportation also was no issue (although we did not RD or stay until park close), we were always able to catch the first bus with no problems. I dare say we got luckier with the buses than on a "normal" trip. On the Monorail, quick temp screens and the "touchless" bag checks were the only things different than normal. The only transportation quirk overall was the night we had dinner reservations at Grand Floridian Cafe at 7:40. Since the monorail does stop running shortly after MK closing, they switch to a bus for the inter-resort (CR/Poly/GF) loop, and we had to catch that on our way back. Per the bus driver, they only have one bus running on this loop, so depending on timing, you may wait a while (we were fortunate and waited less than 10 mins.)

Only did the pool once, plenty of available seats, and while busy did not feel crowded.

For dining, we ate at The Wave twice - once in the lounge and once in the dining room, and had great experiences both times. We did miss the Outer Limits bar - since the Wave is out of the way and they were limiting occupancy in the bar/lounge it would have been nice to have another option for adult drinks. Contempo Cafe was alright, mobile ordering was a little inconsistent; there were times we ordered cold items and waited quite a while and other times ordered cooked items and they were ready in minutes.

Overall, had a great trip, things are definitely different, but overall the CMs at CR were great, very welcoming, and made us feel at home and safe.

 

[Ninjagrrl]

I was switched to a CR Tower TPV room from an AKL Standard View room yesterday for our after Thanksgiving trip.
I'm excited but I don't know much about CR as it's never been on our list of resorts.

I've searched this thread already, so I know a little bit about rooms, like request an odd number room to face the MK.
What I couldn't find out definitively is whether there are in actuality King rooms on the TPV side that aren't Atrium or Tower Club rooms.

We'd rather have a King room bc we're traveling with our young son who is in a wheelchair. We don't need an accessible room bc he's too young to use a roll in shower. The extra room would be nice, even though the rooms are already bigger than most.

Also, does anyone know how deep the feature pool is at its shallowest end? We really wanted AKL for the zero depth entry, but I guess next time.

Thanks!

 

[JoeyEmmaMomma]

We are here now. Booked a garden room and were given a room in the tower. It’s been a great day so far. Line for the elevator but it moves. We mobile ordered dinner from our room and went down to pick it up when it was ready. Visited the pool last night and it was great. Everyone has been friendly and helpful.
Lines at MK were short yesterday. The heat was an absolute killer with heat index being 110 in the afternoon.

 

[P&F]

We are in BLT at the end of September in a TPV Deluxe Studio. It's the first time at CR/BLT for us, and we are so excited! For those of you that have stayed at BLT recently, how crowded is the building? Are there long waits for the elevators?

 

[P&F]

The Wave for dinner was fantastic! Great server and no waiting .

Our Sept BLT visit will be the first time we've eaten at The Wave. We have breakfast and dinner ADRs. So glad to hear your experience was so good!

 

[P&F]

No, it is not running and no reopening plans have been announced. It’s bus only for the foreseeable future.

Thanks for the update GADisneyDad. Does anyone know if the Epcot Monorail is not running due to Epcot construction restrictions or is due to covid?

 

[TonyTigger]

We have just left BLT after a 5 night stay, BLT was not crowded and rarely saw anyone at the elevators.

 

[Dave006]

Does anyone know if the Epcot Monorail is not running due to Epcot construction restrictions or is due to covid?

We can only guess at the moment but the Epcot line was running just fine in March while the construction was active.

It might just be because of the low crowd levels or because it is a longer ride (more than 15 minutes) in an enclosed space with no fresh air. On the buses the roof vents have been open and on the Skyliner the vents are always open. Also with the current monorail capacity limits it is very inefficient in moving large numbers of guests.

Dave

 

[to be tink]

We were downstairs waiting for the bus at 9:15 am . Got into the park by 9:45 . Shut off my WIFI had nothing but the MDE app open . Once we were in line fir Slinky once in the line for MMRR . Got 16 one day and 23 the other . Good luck!!!

Thanks for the great info!