Disney's CONTEMPORARY RESORT Information & Questions

[trishadono]

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

I am thinking the opposite , this is the best time to go. Crowds like the old days, few and far between!

I’m at 11 days ..... I packed Friday lol. I am ready

 

[trishadono]

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?

I have been there Easter and Thanksgivings and even then it never felt crowded. There are 2 elevator banks. If concerned the one closer to MK is usually less crowded because most use the other bank closer to CR to get to lobby and monorail.

You get to use both pools too! Dh and I liked having that option.

TPV will have you spoiled lol! That view

 

[trishadono]

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!

The kings are scattered and upon request. Call and add it to your reservation.

When you get room ready text I am not sure if it will say “king” or not in the text, I would call and ask before heading to room. They provide a number with text and just ask for them to check and or move you if needed.



‘I am going to look at my pix and see if I can see pool. If not I’ll be there 8/19-23 so let me know what else you need. It’s just me and dd25 so I will have time to walk around this trip especially with shortened park hours,

I can see a little boy walk in, looks like it either says 1ft, OR 1ft -18”. It is a decent area that is shallow, lots of stairs too.

 

[trishadono]

Only 1/2 the pix would load, rats.

 

[mickeynut1]

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.

Glad you had a great time! Thanks for your review .

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.

Hope you're having a great trip .

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

Hope you had a great trip .

 

[Llama mama]

So we just finished a fantastic 9 day trip at CR.
Our last day Saturday 8/8 was the only day of our whole stay where the pool was crowded. They actually closed one gate and were counting heads at the other gate. We arrived at the pool at 1 pm and stayed till 3:45pm .They were down to maybe two chair sets of open seating . We went to the pool daily for a few hours .
The resort felt pretty empty our first 5 days but then slowly noticed more guests. There were actual lines of people our last day ordering from The Sand Bar.
Staff was fantastic! Food was tasty and will definitely be back to CR.

 

[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!!!

One more question Are they letting you in HS before 10? I know the "usual" was to let everyone in and meander but I wasn't sure about now.

 

[Llama mama]

One more question Are they letting you in HS before 10? I know the "usual" was to let everyone in and meander but I wasn't sure about now.

Yes we were in the park by 9:40 ish walked right to MMRR and got in line . We rode and finished by 10:20 . It was running before 10. Slinky didn’t start till about 9:50 the second time we went. So yes rides were running early. Same at AK and MK . We were always in a line moving or on a ride at the posted opening time.

 

[rj9555]

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??

There was a scam recently where guests were called by someone claiming they were from the front desk and needed to verify their credit card info. I believe it was Contemporary & Poly guests who reported getting these calls, and the calls definitely did not come from the front desk.

 

[disneyfan150]

One more question Are they letting you in HS before 10? I know the "usual" was to let everyone in and meander but I wasn't sure about now.

Just thought that I would chime in and let you know how my HS day went last Wednesday. I was very nervous about getting a BG and we only had one HS day. I just cut and pasted from a post I made in another thread.

8:25 CR bus stop - I was taking no chances! A transportation team leader was
at the bus stop and told us it would be a 20 minute wait for a bus.
8:50 Bus arrived
9:05 Arrived at HS and got in line to wait for temp check/opening
9:15 Got temp check, went through security, and tapstile
9: 27 Restroom break and lined up for Slinky
9:45 Slinky started operating
9:47 Riding on Slinky!!
9:52 Found a bench to wait - longest 8 min. of my life

10:00 DD got BG #2!!

We had a great day!

 

[Wiltony]

Yes we were in the park by 9:40 ish walked right to MMRR and got in line . We rode and finished by 10:20 . It was running before 10. Slinky didn’t start till about 9:50 the second time we went. So yes rides were running early. Same at AK and MK . We were always in a line moving or on a ride at the posted opening time.

Similar for us, they did not wait till 10 to start up the ride and we got *done* with MMRR at 9:45a! We got BG 16

 

[Wiltony]

Did almost the same thing today. 1st bus from contemporary resort at around 840. In the park at around 920ish, went back to smugglers run and got on 1st at 945. Got off at 956, got on the app and we got boarding group 1! We had three people of our party of 7 trying at once. Wife got it -- I made her screen shot it, wahoo!

It's now 1130 and they still haven't opened the ride or called any boarding groups. I feel like there is no way 2pm BG people will get on this ride.

Last time we got on the ride, it broke down and we got stuck in the docking Bay. It was an awesome place to get stuck even though it was for almost 1/2 hr. We got to browse around the docking bay and take pictures and inspect things and talk to the cast members and stuff. I even took a 360 photosphere while I was in there.

Anyway, as for the contemporary resort bus loading, they really could do a better job at organizing groups so they can manage first come first serve. So many people push ahead without regard to who may have been there before them. I feel like they should hand out numbers or do a virtual queue for that!

 

[titansgal]

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?

We were told due to construction two days ago

 

[titansgal]

Did almost the same thing today. 1st bus from contemporary resort at around 840. In the park at around 920ish, went back to smugglers run and got on 1st at 945. Got off at 956, got on the app and we got boarding group 1! We had three people of our party of 7 trying at once. Wife got it -- I made her screen shot it, wahoo!

It's now 1130 and they still haven't opened the ride or called any boarding groups. I feel like there is no way 2pm BG people will get on this ride.

Last time we got on the ride, it broke down and we got stuck in the docking Bay. It was an awesome place to get stuck even though it was for almost 1/2 hr. We got to browse around the docking bay and take pictures and inspect things and talk to the cast members and stuff. I even took a 360 photosphere while I was in there.

Anyway, as for the contemporary resort bus loading, they really could do a better job at organizing groups so they can manage first come first serve. So many people push ahead without regard to who may have been there before them. I feel like they should hand out numbers or do a virtual queue for that!

We’ve gotten there about 45 min prior to park opening the last two mornings and everyone did well loading in order of arrival. There was also a transportation worker there each morning asking where everyone was headed so everyone knew who was ahead of them. It was more of a free for all when we arrived on Saturday and went to Disney Springs around noon though. Thought it was going to be a rough week because of that (everyone jumping like). Thankfully the two days we went we didn’t have issues. We will see how tomorrow goes I guess!

 

[Queen Medors]

I am thinking the opposite , this is the best time to go. Crowds like the old days, few and far between!

I’m at 11 days ..... I packed Friday lol. I am ready

thanks for the positive response

 

[titansgal]

thanks for the positive response

It has been an amazing week. I’m so glad we booked a last minute trip. Great crowds, no transportation issues (so far) and I feel really safe. My only small complaint is the lack of food options. We’ve had Contempo cafe three times and I can’t eat any more flatbreads

 

[Ninjagrrl]

It has been an amazing week. I’m so glad we booked a last minute trip. Great crowds, no transportation issues (so far) and I feel really safe. My only small complaint is the lack of food options. We’ve had Contempo cafe three times and I can’t eat any more flatbreads

Yeah, honestly my only concern at the moment it's the serious lack of food options all over WDW. Traveling with people who are very picky and so far it looks like it will be burgers every day
Many of the places we go to bc they have foods that will work are either closed it they removed the items for the limited menus.
Hope more stuff gets added soon.

 

[titansgal]

Yeah, honestly my only concern at the moment it's the serious lack of food options all over WDW. Traveling with people who are very picky and so far it looks like it will be burgers every day
Many of the places we go to bc they have foods that will work are either closed it they removed the items for the limited menus.
Hope more stuff gets added soon.

I agree. And we used to LOVE Pecos Bills but had it today and didn’t love it. We had a hard time finishing it. Hoping it was just a bad day. We snacked around Epcot yesterday at Food and Wine and ate in Galaxy’s Edge on Monday. We did Sleepy Hollow on Sunday at Magic Kingdom and it was as good as always! We saw a few things opened today shop wise that weren’t open on Sunday (Frontierland) so we aren’t sure if it’s a new opening or it just wasn’t open on Sunday for some reason. New shops have opened at Epcot as well so hopefully things will slowly get better. I’d rather be here this week with the limited food than eating what I have at home so it could be worse for us at least!!!!

 

[trishadono]

I agree. And we used to LOVE Pecos Bills but had it today and didn’t love it. We had a hard time finishing it. Hoping it was just a bad day. We snacked around Epcot yesterday at Food and Wine and ate in Galaxy’s Edge on Monday. We did Sleepy Hollow on Sunday at Magic Kingdom and it was as good as always! We saw a few things opened today shop wise that weren’t open on Sunday (Frontierland) so we aren’t sure if it’s a new opening or it just wasn’t open on Sunday for some reason. New shops have opened at Epcot as well so hopefully things will slowly get better. I’d rather be here this week with the limited food than eating what I have at home so it could be worse for us at least!!!!

Yep! I am sick of WFH and cooking and cleaning up after DH and ds23. Ugh I’m ditching them and meeting dd25 and people are gonna wait on me. I tip good at least

 

[Dave006]

@trishadono have you worked out the logistics for your in-room mini CL experience next week? Never too early to have the drink / snack schedule ready.

Dave