The ALL NEW Disney's Contemporary Resort & Bay Lake Tower FAQ with PICs! (July 2011)

[LuvLuvLuv]

We leave in 13 days for 4 nights at CR and 2 nights at OKW! DF is so excited about the convenience of the resort! This is our first monorail resort stay! He also wanted me to jump on and thank the OP for all the great info on post #1!!

 

[Carrie772]

We leave in 13 days for 4 nights at CR and 2 nights at OKW! DF is so excited about the convenience of the resort! This is our first monorail resort stay! He also wanted me to jump on and thank the OP for all the great info on post #1!!

Best wishes to you both! Enjoy the next 2 weeks. They will be wonderful I am sure.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

We leave in 13 days for 4 nights at CR and 2 nights at OKW! DF is so excited about the convenience of the resort! This is our first monorail resort stay! He also wanted me to jump on and thank the OP for all the great info on post #1!!

I hope you both have a great time.

 

[WDWKOOK]

We leave in 13 days for 4 nights at CR and 2 nights at OKW! DF is so excited about the convenience of the resort! This is our first monorail resort stay! He also wanted me to jump on and thank the OP for all the great info on post #1!!

Hey there

Are you sure you're not going to change anything? I can't wait to see your photos. You will be posting a TR, right?

 

[LuvLuvLuv]

Best wishes to you both! Enjoy the next 2 weeks. They will be wonderful I am sure.

Thank you!

I hope you both have a great time.

Thanks!! We're excited!!

Hey there

Are you sure you're not going to change anything? I can't wait to see your photos. You will be posting a TR, right?

Oh yeah... there will be a TR I don't think I'll change from here--once I saw how excited he was about it--I knew that was it

 

[221HEMT]

In theory you're correct. But in practice it doesn't have to work that way.

Your room is "pre-assigned" at best. That is, they may have pre-assigned a room to you, but it is not yours until you show up at the front desk and check in.

Other than mistakes, there are 3 reasons you might not get what you reserved and paid for:

• some type of maintenance problem that prevents the room from being occupied by guests

• previous guest stays beyond their established reservation but continues to pay for the room (they can't be thrown out as long as they pay)

• another guest who had some sort of inconvenience or problem may be upgraded to a theme park view room as a method of what Disney calls "guest recovery," meaning their way of smoothing things over to make a problem go away

In any of the above situations, your pre-assigned room may not be available for you ... as I said, it isn't yours until you show up, and it can be given away or be rendered unavailable at any point prior to that.

If they can give your room to someone who just doesn't want to leave what is to prevent someone who wants,say,a week and are told they can't have it because Wednesday on is taken.Couldn't they take Monday and Tuesday and just not leave and therefore get the week they wanted in the first place? It seems if they want to "stay beyond their established reservation" at CR they should be the ones to get another room in the CR.

 

[rhorsley]

If they can give your room to someone who just doesn't want to leave what is to prevent someone who wants,say,a week and are told they can't have it because Wednesday on is taken.Couldn't they take Monday and Tuesday and just not leave and therefore get the week they wanted in the first place? It seems if they want to "stay beyond their established reservation" at CR they should be the ones to get another room in the CR.

I certainly hear you, and I really understand. But, I had a very unusual circumstance at PORFQ in 2010. While I was there we got over 3' of snow back in Baltimore. It was just me & my BF & I was pregnant and frequently sick to my stomach. It was superbowl weekend and they were overbooked. All the flights home were cancelled. I begged for almost 2hrs to keep my room for 1 more night and finally convinced them that evicting a pregnant lady from the resort was not very Disney. I'm so sorry for whoever got bumped (I hope they got bumped up. I heard they were transferring some overbooked guests to one of the larger DVC properties.) But, I really couldn't do anything else. I now try to see things differently when I am inconvenienced. Maybe (I know not always) that other person or family has needs greater than mine at the moment. Probably not, but that's what I try to remember when these things happen.

 

[nklooz]

Does anyone have any pics of the room views from the CR TPV rooms they can share/post? Or, can anyone point me in the direction where some are? Thanks

 

[221HEMT]

I certainly hear you, and I really understand. But, I had a very unusual circumstance at PORFQ in 2010. While I was there we got over 3' of snow back in Baltimore. It was just me & my BF & I was pregnant and frequently sick to my stomach. It was superbowl weekend and they were overbooked. All the flights home were cancelled. I begged for almost 2hrs to keep my room for 1 more night and finally convinced them that evicting a pregnant lady from the resort was not very Disney. I'm so sorry for whoever got bumped (I hope they got bumped up. I heard they were transferring some overbooked guests to one of the larger DVC properties.) But, I really couldn't do anything else. I now try to see things differently when I am inconvenienced. Maybe (I know not always) that other person or family has needs greater than mine at the moment. Probably not, but that's what I try to remember when these things happen.

Now "That" I could understand.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Does anyone have any pics of the room views from the CR TPV rooms they can share/post? Or, can anyone point me in the direction where some are? Thanks

Here is a picture of it and for future reference it's also posted on the 1st page of this thread.

 

[Missyrose]

These were from our room a few weeks ago (room 4911):

 

[nklooz]

Here is a picture of it and for future reference it's also posted on the 1st page of this thread.

Thanks! I saw that but I wasn't 100% sure that was a view from a room. Awesome!

These were from our room a few weeks ago (room 4911):

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. So, is that 11th floor? Did I read that room # correctly?

Can't wait!!!

 

[nklooz]

Question: Is there a section to request to get a view closer to seeing the Castle vs. SM? Defn. going to do odd # room for beds facing the castle.

 

[Missyrose]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. So, is that 11th floor? Did I read that room # correctly?

Can't wait!!!

It's the 14th floor.

Question: Is there a section to request to get a view closer to seeing the Castle vs. SM? Defn. going to do odd # room for beds facing the castle.

SM is closer to the hotel than the castle, so it's always going to seem like a bigger part of the view.

 

[LuvLuvLuv]

We're thinking of staying in on arrival night (next Wednesday) and getting private dining instead of going to Artist Point.

Has anyone had anything delish from Private Dining or have a current menu besides what I've found on AE?

Thanks!

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Question: Is there a section to request to get a view closer to seeing the Castle vs. SM? Defn. going to do odd # room for beds facing the castle.

In my opinion there really isn't any room that's closer to Cinderella's Castle vs Space Mountain. I have had a Theme Park View located in different areas and in my opinion the view looked exactly the same, so I dodn't think we were closer to one and farther away from the other.

 

[nklooz]

In my opinion there really isn't any room that's closer to Cinderella's Castle vs Space Mountain. I have had a Theme Park View located in different areas and in my opinion the view looked exactly the same, so I dodn't think we were closer to one and farther away from the other.

Thank you!

It's the 14th floor.


SM is closer to the hotel than the castle, so it's always going to seem like a bigger part of the view.

Thank you!

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Thank you!

You're welcome.

 

[ajcolorado]

Movie shown under the Skyway Bridge at 8:00PM

Sundays - Dumbo
Mondays - Toy Story 3
Tuesdays - Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"
Wednesdays - The Princess & The Frog
Thursdays - Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Fridays - Cars 2
Saturdays The Lion King

We post this Contemporary's outdoor movie schedule on the 1st of each month at http://www.buildabettermousetrip.com/activity-outdoormovie.php#contemporary

 

[wdwnut61]

Movie shown under the Skyway Bridge at 8:00PM

Sundays - Dumbo
Mondays - Toy Story 3
Tuesdays - Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"
Wednesdays - The Princess & The Frog
Thursdays - Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Fridays - Cars 2
Saturdays The Lion King

We post this Contemporary's outdoor movie schedule on the 1st of each month at http://www.buildabettermousetrip.com/activity-outdoormovie.php#contemporary

Thanks for posting this