The ALL NEW Disney's Contemporary Resort & Bay Lake Tower FAQ with PICs! (FEB 2010)

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

thanks for the info I love Contemporary!

You're welcome.

 

[disneysuncat]

Laundry question....I know it's located in the wing. Do the machines take change? I could swear I read somewhere that they only operated with your KTTW card. If that is true, how does it work if you have not enabled your KTTW card for charging? I mean, if I do not want to enable my KTTW card for charging (which I usually don't) then will it be impossible for me to do my laundry? Or is this all wrong and I can use good ol' quarters?

 

[jeanylaser]

I hope to stay in the CR for April 2011!

 

[lklasing]

I asked this earlier, but guess it was too soon for anyone to know

Anyone know if they've decided to continue doing the Wave buffet for breakfast? And if so, can you chose to order from the regular breakfast menu a la carte instead of doing the buffet, or is it buffet only in the mornings now?

Thanks!

I'd love to know this too!

 

[WDWKOOK]

I asked this earlier, but guess it was too soon for anyone to know

Anyone know if they've decided to continue doing the Wave buffet for breakfast? And if so, can you chose to order from the regular breakfast menu a la carte instead of doing the buffet, or is it buffet only in the mornings now?

Thanks!

I'd love to know this too!

I don't know from personal experience, however, it's not listed on the 12/10 menu:

http://allears.net/menu/menu_waveb.htm

 

[bean bunny]

Odd question perhaps but does anyone know for sure if the balconies in the tower are private? I hate when you stay somewhere and have a shared balcony with the next room. I know we'll be watching the fireworks from our balcony so just curious! Thanks so much

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Odd question perhaps but does anyone know for sure if the balconies in the tower are private? I hate when you stay somewhere and have a shared balcony with the next room. I know we'll be watching the fireworks from our balcony so just curious! Thanks so much

All the balconies in the Tower rooms are private.

 

[jeanylaser]

thanks for the info! Oh! one question about the monorail is closing when the theme park closing including Extra Magic Hours too?

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

thanks for the info! Oh! one question about the monorail is closing when the theme park closing including Extra Magic Hours too?

Yes they include Extra Magic Hours for the Resort Monorail closing time when Magic Kingdom and Epcot has them on select nights.

 

[kmccartney]

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[Lillian Gracey]

If you are booking a room/tickets package, you might visit the website for MouseFan Travel. I saw them on AllEars travel, and out of curiosity wandered over to their website. Lucky me, I found out that they were offering a group rate for the weekend of the D23 event. Though I'm not participating in that event, I was still able to get a GREAT package rate which extended over into the dates I'm staying before the event starts. Not sure how many days they'll allow you to add on, however. Our room was VERY low (about $211/night for Garden View), plus discounted park tickets. Since it's a group package, they may have rooms still available you can't access from WDW.com.

HOWEVER, b/c it's a group rate, there are a few stipulations that might be a deal breaker for some people:

*Tickets are group tickets, so though discounted, they are nonrefundable once paid for, and expire after a year from purchase even if you don't use them (but they do include a visit to either a water park or DisneyQuest)

*You can't add the dining plan

*Deposit was one nights stay. My trips PIF date is April 1. You can cancel after that, but you lose your deposit and of course the cost of the tickets if you don't use them within the years expiration date.

Not sure if they do have any CR left, and if they do have any left, what room types are available. But it's one heck of a deal if they do. Overall, I think I saved about 50% over the same package booked directly with WDW.

I got a quote from MouseFan Travel and the package was about $2900! I almost spit out my drink when I saw that. It doesn't sound like there was a discount for the room even though I asked for a quote for the "Up to 40% discount on your room" discount. I added up how much CR Theme Park View (with the 40% discount) and two 4 day base tickets would cost, it was about $1800. That's $1200 less than what they quoted me! I checked on the Disney World website for the exact same thing without the discount and it was the same price as the one MouseFan Travel quoted me. I guess there's no room left with the discount?

 

[bean bunny]

Thanks for your help with my question about the balconies!

Tonight I've been looking at the great pics on the cr thread! Can anyone clarify for me if you can look down on the concourse from any room in the tower? It looks like theres a big wall that breaks this up. Maybe the elevator bay or monorail station? Is that just a small area? Having never been to the resort I'm having a hard time getting perspective of what it's like.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Thanks for your help with my question about the balconies!

Tonight I've been looking at the great pics on the cr thread! Can anyone clarify for me if you can look down on the concourse from any room in the tower? It looks like theres a big wall that breaks this up. Maybe the elevator bay or monorail station? Is that just a small area? Having never been to the resort I'm having a hard time getting perspective of what it's like.

You're welcome and to answer your other question you can look down onto the 4th floor from any of the other floors in the Tower. However you need to look over the small wall because there is a specifc section to look down and it's because they don't want anyone falling over, so when doing this you need to be very carefull.

 

[jeanylaser]

thanks for the lot of info!

 

[clemsondisneyfan]

In one month we will be at WDW! I am so excited. Because we are arriving so late the first day and then doing Discovery Cove and Sea World over the weekend, we opted to stay at the Swan for the first 3 nights. But, then it is over to the CR for 7 more nights. We will be in one of the 1 BR suites with the MK view. I'll be happy to share pictures or info afterwards if anyone is interested. Has anyone else stayed in one before and can give me tips or show me pictures??

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

In one month we will be at WDW! I am so excited. Because we are arriving so late the first day and then doing Discovery Cove and Sea World over the weekend, we opted to stay at the Swan for the first 3 nights. But, then it is over to the CR for 7 more nights. We will be in one of the 1 BR suites with the MK view. I'll be happy to share pictures or info afterwards if anyone is interested. Has anyone else stayed in one before and can give me tips or show me pictures??

I hope you all have a great time and here is a link to pictures of their One Bedroom Suite on the 14th floor.
http://contemporaryresort.net/oneroomsuite.html

 

[heatherz]

We've booked a one bedroom suite at BLT with a MK view for the week beginning the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Anyone have tips for room requests? What floor should we try to stay above for the extra $$ to be worth the view? Thanks.

 

[jeanylaser]

I really love CR and I hope to stay in CR for April 2011 so badly!

 

[branv]

Well, today the Disney Blog answered my question about the Wave breakfast buffet Passing it on for anyone who hasn't seen it:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl.../?CMP=SOC-DPFY11Q2Twitter3.10.1110-03-11@0002

 

[Ana~n~Joseph]

Does anyone have pictures of the Garden Wing - Garden View rooms and the patios on the 1st floor? Thanks!!