Good question. I was in a 1BR suite. I ‘thought’ the two King Bed rooms (Room 4911 and 4912) were the smaller/no day bed rooms but I might have that wrong. I don’t have direct experience with either the King or 2 Queen rooms on the Tower Club floor, although I have read similar observations to what you note (no daybed, smaller bathroom) but need to search around to refresh my memory as to which room type those comments apply to.
There is good CR Tower Club info out there, but it’s burried deep on threads and hard to find!
You mention the Atrium Club TPV room is $850 per night, which is the rack rate. Have you called to check if a military discount is available for then?
If a military discount isn’t available, I would be willing to bet there will be a general public discount available when those come out later in 2018. 7/4 isn’t as crowded as people think and discounts are ‘usually’ decent with enough availability to make something work. I stayed Poly CL for 7/4 this year and had a good GP discount, which I later switched to an AP discount. It was one of the cheapest per night rates of any night I’ve stayed this year, actually it might be the cheapest. I would generally expect something similar for CR. Obviously discounts are never guranteed and supplies are limited, but my gut says you should be able to do better than rack rate for that time period/room type.
So back to Tower Club. FYI, the lounge is on the TPV side and has two extremely large balconies. They are the same size as the balconies on all of the rooms on 14 and are MUCH bigger than the rest of the building. If you have a Bay Lake view room, watching from the lounge balconies is sort of the “next best thing.” In many ways, I actually prefer the Bay Lake view from my room, then can go to the lounge to get my TPV fix when needed.
I’ll try to do some searching later today to see if I can find more info on that room type, or maybe someone with good experience will come along and chime in.
Hope that helps.