Disney's Contemporary Resort

Stephanie Jacobs

What can I say about this place that is actually decent. The location and the transportation is unmatched. But service, the hotel itself and other aspects of this place make it lackluster. My issues with Contemporary started in 2024 when my daughter busted her head on a table in Steakhouse 71. It was an accident but an ambulance had to be called because she needed stitches. They treated this like a cover up and acted like I was ruining the vibe of the restaurant and the resort. When everything was said and done, they never reached out to make sure she was ok or anything. Didn’t even offer giving our reservation we were there for back to us. They told us as we were leaving in the ambulance that they cancelled the reservation for us and didn’t charge us the cancellation since what had happened. They made it seem like it was a favor to us. Just swept it under the rug. Wasn’t trying to get anything from it but a simple is she ok or here is your reservation would have been nice. Very sad at how they treated the whole situation. Kind of had a bad taste in my mouth after that. But Fast forward to just a few weeks ago when I finally bit the bullet to stay here. The room was lackluster at best. It had scuff marks on the walls and half the outlets didn’t work. Paid for a water view room that had a lovely view…of a bush. You actually had to step off of the patio onto the sidewalk and turn a completely different direction to even see the water. Everything was just very underwhelming. Quick service took a very long time even with mobile ordering and cast members didn’t seem to be too friendly and not helpful. The most friendly person I met was one of the bell Hops. Just very disappointing to pay all that money for a deluxe resort to receive service and amenities like a value resort. After this stay, I will not be staying again.

Kedar Sane

Experienced the magic of Disney! We stayed in the main tower, water facing side. The room was cozy, clean and spacious. The water view allowed us to have beautiful views of the sunrise in the morning and the electric water parade at the night. The availability of the monorail in the property makes it extremely convenient! Though we chose the property since it is walkable to Magic Kingdom, we didn't end up walking but instead used the monorail every time. The food and shopping options are decent. We experienced the character dining at Chef Mickey's which was a memorable experience as well. The food was good, the character meeting was great! Only complaint, if I have to be super critical, would be that of the shower. Setting the hand shower caused water to leak from the overhead shower as well and the force was low. But that was a minor inconvenience. Overall we had a great time and will surely revisit!

Cesar Bernal

Stay at another Resort. Was just at Disney for Valentine's Day and need to find a hotel for the night. We saw that The Contemporary had a room for my family of 5 for the night and it was $1200 after taxes. My wife and I looked at each other and said Happy Valentine Day and my oldest daughter has been wanting to stay here forever. We left Epcot my wife and oldest daughter took the monorails which took them for a ride cause they had to do a transfer. I took my 2 youngest kid and drove to the resort. I was trying to find parking for check in but to cast members were asking me if I wanted to do Valet parking I told that I was interested and proceeded to find parking which was a hassle. I walked into the lobby which has a weird layout and went to the front desk the sign that said stand here was turn and I didn't see it. So I ask a cast member to see where the line was and she snapped at me and told me to stand next to sign which was turn to be wait till I was called. I wait about 7 min there was another 2 cast members helping other families. I decide to see if I could check in online and was able too, after waiting for 10 minutes to finally get on to the elevator and got to our room. The room was well theme with the incredible nothing to over whelming, the USB outlet had low power which made charging all our devices difficult. The bathroom was nice and elegant but the low water pressure made it difficult for the girls to was their hair. From the room you could hear everything from outside, the kids running up and down the hall and everyone at the restaurant and shop below us. Our room were located on the fifth floor one floor above the main area with all the restaurant and shops. The food at the contempo restaurant is not as wide range as other Disney resorts main restaurant are. I gave this resort a 2 star cause out of 9 Disney resorts we stayed at this by far the worst. From the moment you enter you don't feel like you are at Disney like you do at other resorts it feel like a hotel at an airport. Low staff issue at the front desk, floors 2&3 are used for conference and convention center. For the price you pay is not worth it, my family and I left disappointed 😞 this resort is not Disney. If you are coming to Disney for a vacation DO NOT STAY HERE!! You will NOT get the Disney magic you are looking for!! And will leave with a bad taste in your mouth like we did and I for a fact know that this is not Disney.

J L

I have always wanted to stay here but we usually choose BC. Rooms here are larger than most. We were is garden wing. They added many great features with the recent refurb. The lighting is fantastic!! I am particular about lighting and I was so impressed. I appreciated the great storage spaces, drawers, and large stand up shower, and water closet. The mattresses were super comfortable as well. My adult daughter was skeptical before arriving due to some social media posts but she absolutely loved it. One issue is with all the Disney rooms- having beverage cooler instead of mini frig. At deluxe price point should need to have a cooler for the dairy items and perishables. The cooler is very shallow 6-8" depth. Another thing that could be improved is having filtered water at the refill station. The tea tasted "off" there. When we were at the qs place at AKL jambo, the tea tasted normal. Not sure why some places have filtered or non filtered but you could sure tell. You can't beat the convenience of the Contemporary location especially if you are heading to MK. Epcot is easy too riding monorail without need to fold strollers. Getting there is quicker than returning as the ride includes stops at other monorail resorts. We will def stay here again!

drumdr64

This was our first time ever visiting WDW. We stayed at 3 resorts during our visit. wilderness lodge, contemporary and art of animation. We both had rented scooters for our visit. visiting contemporary was our worst experience over all and it is absolutely not a good resort if you're on scooters or for anyone for that matter in our opinion. We chose this resort for the ease of the monorail to get to MK and Epcot so we thought. when you're on a scooter, it's anything BUT convenient. to get to either park by Monorail. We had to take an elevator to the 4th floor. take another elevator to where the monorail was. back into the monorail then get off of one monorail and do the same process for another one to get to the parks. So that's 2 elevators at the resort and back into 2 monorails just to get to a park and then do the same process in reverse to come back to the resort. Most of the restaurants and shopping etc. were on the 4th floor. We found the resort super boring and will not stay here again. We did love our room. That was the only good thing about contemporary. We were in the Garden wing in a corner suite. We loved it! We ended up taking the short pathway to MK and the bus to Epcot. Bus transportation was much easier than we thought it would be. Our favorite was wilderness lodge. It was super awesome to stay there, we did like the art of imagination as well but really disliked the Contemporary. For the high dollar you pay to stay here, for us, it was a super disappointment.