Disney's Contemporary Resort

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We had a family of 5 trip to Disney last week. The disneyworld resort is gigantic, set on 40 square miles or something so once you enter the area, its different to Disneyland in LA or Universal. Getting access to anything besides the Disney complex is a 10-15minute taxi ride so you are sort of locked in (with their prices). But, if you want to commute into the fun parks it would be a nuisance for many reasons - distance, parking, and less perks of being at the Disney hotel. The Contemporary was a good hotel. Check in was reasonable, room access isn't overly difficult. There is a newer wing attached to the hotel which is fully enclosed. We were in the original area and the room was nice. Clean, spacious, beds elevated so you can push cases under them (very helpful with 5 in a room). Fold out couch was fine. Bathroom was spacious. TV channels fine and AC quiet and functional. In our southern wing, we did look onto a delivery area, but it wasn't really an issue. The pool was heated and had a jacuzzi which was nice, it also had a good length slide. The food scenario was a bit costly for their restaurants and this is the tradeoff for staying in the resort, you cant just head out like if you stayed at a universal resort you get a 5 minute taxi to many restaurants. You can take the free bus or 25 dollar Uber to Disney springs which has a lot of restaurants at a better price (Italian, asian, 'US'...) and many other shops. Disney Springs is the best option for dinner I think and a 20 minute bus ride right from the hotel grounds. Note that one night (its winter remember so I think down season), it was so busy here it was hard to get in anywhere despite there being 20+ restaurants. Breakfast at the hotel in the contempo cafe was ok. There is only so many fried breakfasts we can handle and once exceeded, you are sort of stuck with them as noted for the above reason. there are a few shops on the cafe level and one sells drinks and simple supplies which is good. They sell bagels and things but your room doesnt have a toaster, so we just used the one in the cafe! If you buy a refillable cup there you can keep topping this thing up for $20 bucks during your stay including tea/coffee and soft drinks. A good idea if there for more than 2 days. You can walk to Magic Kingdom, or take the monorail which is the best option. The monorail is very helpful, and leaves from the hotel foyer which is great. To get to Epcot, you just swap to the other monorail line. For Hollywood studios you have to take the Disney bus free of charge from the hotel grounds. I cant really compare the other Disney hotels on this loop (Polynesian, Grand Floridian) although they looked tidy on the monorail loop. Those two also have ferry rides to magic kingdom which Contemporary doesnt. At the contemporary you can hire a pontoon boat $50/half hour which would have been good but we were time poor. Overall happy with this hotel although the locked in aspect of Disney

Customer service was great. Room amenities were fine. The reason for the 3 star review: Terrible lack of sound proofing between connecting doors with the adjacent room. After a long day and night spent enjoying the parks, a peaceful sound sleep is an absolute must. That was impossible for us. The soundproofing was so ridiculously bad that we could hear the people in the room next door talking late at night at a normal voice level. When their baby cried, sleep was even more impossible. I am a huge Disney World fan, having visited 20 times. I have stayed at most of the Disney resorts. For the $$ paid, our recent experience at the Contemporary was not up to Disney standards. I will not be staying there again, unless it is in the new Bay Lake Tower. Note: The room described above was a Garden Wing room.