We are going back in March....Read on and if you have any questions, please ask!
We loved the Contemporary. Now, you have to remember that we have never been to WDW before, so they could have put us into a crate in an alley and we would have been great with that!
We stayed on the second floor of the NGW and would gladly do so again. In fact, we have scheduled our next trip so we take advantage of the SoG rates at the CR one more time. Only 308 days to go!
I have read lots of posts from folks complaining about the lack of themeing at the CR. Well, not a lot to compare it with, we thought it was very contemporarily themed. My teen loved the room and is making plans to decorate her own room in a similar way.
Our room overlooked the lake and beach area. We were able to watch the fireworks nearly every nighteven when they woke us up at 12:35 a.m.! We could easily see the spires of Space Mountain. We loved the easy walk to MK. Many times we were the only ones walking so it was nice and relaxing. The kids really got a kick out of reading the bricks on the walkway.
Our room was spotless. The bathroom was very clean no grunge anywhere and I looked! We even spent some time studying the carpets in our hallway because of the crazy patterns and they were pretty clean.
The food court was okay and everyone loved the arcade. We invested in the refillable mugs. It was nice to go down and get a cold drink or a cup of coffee and not worry about, Oh, geez! Thats another $2.34 out of the budget! The kids split cheeseburgers and fries a couple of times with no problemplenty of food.
Everyone was very pleasant. Housekeeping, grounds crew, transportation, food service, the SoG personnel that we went up and chatted with--everybody. The CR staff was just great. I told my DH that I felt like the poor cousin that was coming for a visit to the rich relatives, but we were never treated that way.
The kids loved the pools and thought it was the coolest thing in the whole universe to have the monorail come right into their resort. We watched the electric boat parade from the pool one night. DD and I took the boat to Ft. Wilderness and WL one afternoon while the guys napped. DD (13) took the monorail by herself a couple of times to check out the shopping at the Poly and GF.
The shops on the 4th floor are great. They have a little bit of everything--I picked up a Mickey wire wisk! Oh! And we loved staying on-site because it was so nice not to fight traffic or pay parking or waste time driving. We also really enjoyed being able to send our in-park purchases to the resort so we didnt have to lug them around all day. My DH loved the charge it to my room feature. He said he always wanted to say that!
All of this for only $66 a night plus tax! Ill take it any day!
If you have any questions, please ask and I will try my best to answer.