CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS

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Name: Butch
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Good
Quality of the room: Excellent
Review:  We stayed at the Contemporary Resort for Christmas and Wedding Anniversary 2004.  We found the place to be friendly, clean, and very enjoyable.  We had a ground floor garden room overlooking the lake.  We actually saw a pelican dive into the water and catch a fish,  What a site to see.  I have to admit we did not spend a lot of time in the room because there was so many other things to do.  We were there for four days and five nights and spent as much time in the parks and downtown Disney as we could.

The transportation within Disney serves as a model for the world.  I turned in our rental car on the very first day and depended on Disney.  Disney got me to wherever I wanted to go quickly without the hassle of battling the traffic.  The monorail took us to most everyplace we wanted to go and the rest was with a bus every fifteen minutes from just outside our front door.

The food was very good.  We found the snack shack in the lobby by the game room as very convenient and very tasty and less expensive then the restaurants.  Their biscuits and gravy is excellent.

I cannot think of anything negative about the Contemporary Resort.  The price was fair and the people were most helpful.

Disney serves as an example to the world of business.


 

Name: Alyssa
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Good
Quality of the room: Excellent
Review:  All I can say is: Wow, Wow, Wow! People say that this is the worst themed resort and I have to totally disagree. I loved the A-frame tower and the convenient monorail service. The food was excellent (especially at the Concourse Steakhouse) and the service was amazing. We stayed here for 5 nights and every one of them was as contemporary as it was gonna get!

 

Name: Donna
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Good
Quality of the room: Good
Review:  We stayed here 5 nights under the Shades of Green program. My husband is retired military. We had a North wing room on the second floor with a garden view. A great value for about $105 per night. The room was large and
comfortable enough for us and our two boys, ages 8 and 11. We enjoyed the decorating style and did not mind that Mickey wasn't plastered all over the place.  However, I would have been quite unhappy if we had been paying full price for this hotel. I don't mean to sound snotty, but we have stayed in $300/nt hotels in some of the biggest cities in the world (London, New York, Madrid) and this hotel didn't compare to any of them. Our housekeeping service was poor to say the least.  Both adults were quite ill and we traded off one sleeping late and the other taking the kids to the parks. Finally at 5:00 pm one evening housekeeping still had not been to the room although the Do Not Disturb sign had been down for 5 hours. It turns out they would not come in to clean while there was a man in the room, even though he was up and dressed. The next day, the same thing except that I finally convinced her to come in and clean around me. Really, with a 103 degree fever, there is very little place to be but in your room.  Yes, I know that certain things are beyond anyone's control, but the water for the entire hotel was off for about 8 to 12 hours. There was a main line break in the south garden wing and they had to move everyone out of their ground floor rooms in the middle of the night. I don't mind that sometimes things like this will happen--they happen everywhere--but that you get the Disney "spin." Since it happened in the middle of the night, they seemed to assume no one would notice until 6:00 am when they sent voice mail to each room (thankfully not riniging the phones). Nothing more annoying than being four hours into a no-water situation with two adults with food poisoning and someone chirping at you to have a "magical day." I had called reception sometime in the middle of the night and requested a bucket of water from somewhere, anywhere so we could flush the toilet that was being used 6 times per hour. Nothing, no response from maintenance services. I know that they were in over their heads, but so were we.  The food court was often *filthy* and sticky beyond belief. The kids enjoyed going on the refillable mug trips. It gave them a couple minutes of freedom that our boys, recently adopted from Eastern Europe, have not had a taste of. It was nice to be somewhere that felt safe enough to let them go off on their own for a few minutes once they had shown that they knew their way there and back.  All in all, Disney is not our sort of vacation. We like adventure travel to the artic circle, Galapagos, skiing and foreign travel. Our kids however, had a blast and that, after all, was the purpose of the whole trip, but not one that I think we will repeat.
 

Name: Jeff
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Good
Quality of the room: Good
Review:  Stayed for 6 nights under Shades of Green for military rates of $89/night. Very nice. However, we toured the Animal Kingdom Lodge along with other WDW resort hotels. And we're definitely making reservations for the AKL.
 

Name: Barbara
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Poor
Quality of the room: Poor
Review:  We have stayed at the contemporary 3 times, only because Shades of Green is being renovated. There really is no comparison, the light didn't work, there was a huge stain on the carpet, there was one lady who worked at the desk who was exceptional, but overall we were very disappointed. Staying there can't even compare to the friendliness, courtesy, and value for the money at shades of green.

Name: Karen
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Fair
Quality of the room: Fair
Review:  We enjoyed our stay very much.  Chef Mickey's was great --  would recommend both breakfast and dinner there.   We did both and felt that it was worth the cost, although the resort it self is a bit dated compared to some of the newer deluxe resorts.  The rooms were a nice size and kept up to Disney standards.  But the best part is having the monorail right there, I am sure this is why it is still considered a deluxe resort.  Our vacation was during anniversary of 9/11.  The parks were not busy at all we were able to go from one attraction to another with no wait. 

Name: Tanya
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Fair
Quality of the room: Good
Review:  Enjoyed staying there, but it's a little pricey.

Name: Amber
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Excellent
Quality of the room: Excellent
Review:  My husband and I stayed for 5 nights in Feb. of 2001, we had a wonderful time. We stayed in the N. Garden wing, and the rooms were spotless!  This was our 6th time back, and we are planning another trip this September and can't wait to return. The monorail going right through the hotel is so convenient, within minutes we were in Magic Kingdom. We love Chef Mickey's for breakfast and the Concourse Steak house has excellent food! We also made a habit of going up to the California Grill to have dessert at night, the bartenders are so fun to chat with and the atmosphere is great. It's a great place to stay if your a couple with no kids, but we saw tons of families having just as much fun as we were!!!

Name: Mal-Mal
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Excellent
Quality of the room: Excellent
Review:  Excellent everything! The staff is wonderful, clean rooms, very convenient, and within walking distance of Magic Kingdom.  Wonderful place to stay and I would highly recommend it to everyone.  (Tower rooms are very nice) (-:

Name: Cindy
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Excellent
Quality of the room: Excellent
Review:  We love staying at the Contemporary.  We will be coming to Disney World in June.  This will be our fifth time to stay at the Contemporary.  Thanks to all of the cast members who made our stay so wonderful.

Name: April
Reviewing: Contemporary 
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Poor
Quality of the room: Poor
Review:  The first night we stayed at the Fort Wilderness, it was excellent. The next night we stayed at the south wing of the contemporary and we were very disappointed.

Name: Patty
Reviewing: Contemporary
Location: Magic Kingdom
Stars:
Value for the money: Poor
Quality of the room: Good
Review:  I was very excited to be staying at the Contemporary. The only convenience was that it was on the monorail.  But it wasn't worth it.  The ladies I spoke to at the front desk weren't friendly, which is very uncommon for all of my experience with WDW. There was confusion with the bill, and the lady at the desk was not helpful at all.  As a matter of fact, she was rude.  At the food court/arcade area there was one exceptional girl who was a cashier.  She was the only one who I felt to be Disney quality.  The others were very impersonal.  A helpful tip: if you are leaving Magic Kingdom at closing time, it is often faster to follow the sidewalk to the Contemporary, rather than waiting to ride the monorail!  Overall, I wish I had stayed at Old Key West!

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