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Contemporary Resort Review

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Contemporary Resort

Member Rating: * 1.4 | Rate It
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  • Phone: 407/824–1000

Fodor's Review:

You're paying for location, and perhaps tradition, when you stay here. This 15-story, flat-topped pyramid, the first hotel to open here more than 30 years ago, has been completely renovated several times. The 2006 upgrade brought work-station desks, flat-panel TVs, and marble bathroom vanities. The monorail runs through the lobby, so it takes just minutes to get to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Upper floors of the main tower (where rooms are more expensive) offer great views of all the activities in and around the Magic Kingdom, including the nightly fireworks. Pros: easy access to Magic Kingdom; Chef Mickey's, the epicenter of the character-meal world; launching point for romantic sunset Bay Lake cruises. Cons: a mix of vacationers and conventioneers (there's an on-site convention center); sometimes too frenzied for the former and too staid for the latter.

  • Hotel Details: 1,013 rooms, 25 suites
  • In-room: unknown safe unknown, unknown refrigerator unknown, unknown Internet unknown.
  • In-hotel: 3 unknown restaurants unknown, unknown room service unknown, unknown tennis courts unknown, unknown children's programs (ages 4–12), unknown pools unknown, unknown gym unknown, unknown laundry facilities unknown, unknown laundry service unknown, unknown beachfront unknown, unknown public Wi-Fi unknown, unknown no-smoking rooms unknown.
  • Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

Member Reviews & Ratings:

Less than magical: Disney's Contemporary

Posted by globehoppingirl from Chesapeake, VA on 4/30/07
I have stayed at the Contemporary in the past, and returned for 5 nights in April. I was placed in the "south tower", which is not located in the main building. I asked to be on a waiting list for a room in the main building, but was never offered the option to move rooms, even after 10 of my colleagues checked out. The room and bathroom were filthy. The floors were never cleaned, even after I requested. Many days the trash wasn't removed and towels weren't changed. Despite the recent room updates, the hotel is simply not kept up and has very poor service. Also, employees often congregated to smoke on the walkway from the south tower to the main building. Due to my stay at the Contemporary, my visit to Disney was less than magical.

Room: 2.0 Atmosphere: 1.0 Service: 1.0 Value: 1.0 RATING: 1.4

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