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**Property Location**.With a stay at Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista (Bay Lake), you'll be a 2-minute drive from Magic Kingdom® Park and 10 minutes from Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park. This family-friendly resort is 4.8 mi (7.7 km) from Epcot® and...
More about the hotel**Property Location**.With a stay at Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista (Bay Lake), you'll be a 2-minute drive from Magic Kingdom® Park and 10 minutes from Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park. This family-friendly resort is 4.8 mi (7.7 km) from Epcot® and 7.2 mi (11.6 km) from Disney Springs®. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer. .Beachcomber Beach - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi Disney's Magnolia Golf Course - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi Walt Disney World® - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi Magic Kingdom® Park - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi Epcot® - 7.7 km / 4.8 mi Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park - 7.8 km / 4.8 mi Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course - 8 km / 4.9 mi Disney's Boardwalk - 8 km / 5 mi Disney's Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course - 8.2 km / 5.1 mi Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course - 9.6 km / 6 mi Grand Cypress Golf Club - 9.9 km / 6.1 mi Orange County National Golf Club - 10 km / 6.2 mi Disney Springs® Area - 10.1 km / 6.3 mi ESPN Wide World of Sports - 11.3 km / 7 mi Disney Springs® - 11.6 km / 7.2 mi .The nearest airports are: Orlando Intl. Airport (MCO) - 38.4 km / 23.8 mi Kissimmee, FL (ISM- Kissimmee Gateway) - 27.6 km / 17.1 mi .The preferred airport for Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort is Orlando Intl. Airport (MCO). **Rooms**.Make yourself at home in one of the 428 guestrooms featuring microwaves and DVD players. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.**Dining**.Grab a bite to eat at one of the resort's 5 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/café. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 4 bars/lounges. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 5:30 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.**Business, Other Amenities**.Featured amenities include limo/town car service, express check-in, and express check- out. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
Values realeated to administratives fees are already included at the moment of purchase at the HURB website.Local fees, services fees and resort fees may not be included and should be paid directly to the hotel.
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A Great Time at Bay Lake Tower!
We are a extended family that stayed in 3 studio rooms with a Lake View for 1 week. They weren't able to put us on the same floor, but it worked out being just fine. We didn't need to check-in at the front desk, we just got a text and went straight to our room. It worked seamlessly. The room was very nice and clean. Some people say the studios are small, but they were fine for us. If anyone wants to know how big the flatscreen TV is, it is around 40", which is a fine size for the room. I did find one hair in the tub and one hair on the pull-out bed, but it didn't bother me, overall the room was very clean. We really enjoyed the small patio with pool/lake view and kept the patio door open to help air circulation in the era of COVID-19. The beds and linens are so comfortable! We had no problems sleeping at night. The bathroom is large, and the little kitchen was a nice space to have, even though we didn't use it much. There is a lot of shelving in there, a toaster, and a microwave. One night around 10pm, I tripped the breaker, causing the electricity to go off in half of the room, and with a quick call to the front desk, a maintenance person (wearing his mask) was there in minutes and fixed it right away. The pool hours are 9am-9pm. They still do some poolside activities, like the Cha-Cha slide, trivia contests, and other fun things. The pool did get busy at times. The Bay Lake Tower pool was more than enough; we didn't even make it over to the feature pool at the Contemporary Hotel. The pool was just awesome. One unexpected perk was the Community Center on the ground floor. This is an area to play video games, watch movies, or check out a DVD (the rooms have DVD players), for free two at a time. We wandered in one day, when the pool was closed for thunderstorms and met cast member Brittany, who was attentive, friendly, and really helpful. We saw her a few times during our week stay and she always remembered my 8 year old son's name and went out of her way for us. We had a nice peaceful week, everyone did a great job social distancing and wearing their masks. Thanks Disney for a great vacation.
Worst experience ever at Disney World Resort - “Service to rooms” and Riding system took 45 minutes!!!
We stayed at the Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary Resort late July early August and the experience was horrible!! First, they said that they were going to “service” the room every other day due to COVID. Well, they “did”... they just left towels, THATS it!! I called to tell them that they didn’t do our room and told us that due to COVID they could not do full service because they couldn’t touch your linings. But they touched our towels so what’s the difference!! Then every time we went to either a park or Disney Springs it took them 45 minutes to an hour to send buses!!! INCREDIBLE!! They advertise 20 minutes but due to COVID they don’t have enough drivers because they fired a lot of people. Long story short AVOID Disney if you can. It’s a mess!!!
Nice room, nice visit
We reserved a 1 bedroom villa, lake view for our recent trip to Disney World. We utilized on line check in and our room was ready at 1 PM, which was nice! When we arrived, re required a bellman to assist and he was great. Masks are required while on Disney property both indoors and outdoors (this took awhile to get used to). We were able to go directly to our room and used our Magic bands to unlock door. Our villa was very clean and well stocked. The staff used enhanced cleaning techniques and it was evident. My only complaint, was our view was just a slice of the lake and most faced the other tower. I asked for a high floor, and only got the 8th floor. Since they were not at full capacity, I was hoping for an upgrade. This did not happen. Our room was excellent. Two full bathrooms, with a jacuzzi tub in the master. The couch pulled out into a comfortable queen sleeper and the chair beside the TV pulled out into a nice twin sleeper. The kitchen was excellent and offers everything you need to cook a meal. All of the appliances were newer and in good working order. There is also a washer and dryer with small bottles of detergent (enough for 4 loads). The beds were very comfortable and the amenities were nice. However, the room seemed a little dated and needs a refresh with some new technology. WIFI was adequate and the water pressure was great. The housekeepers here were excellent and made sure we had plenty of clean towels and toiletries. The pool was excellent and my daughter enjoyed the slide. They also had a nice pool bar open for drinks. This is a nice place for a family vacation.
Great location and view. Very pricy stay. Post-covid makes it less of a value.
This review is from a stay in a post-reopening world. The #1 benefit to this hotel is the proximity to Magic Kingdom. But without park hopping that's not as big of a deal since you're limited as to the reservations and when you can go in the Magic Kingdom (no early morning magic, etc.) But still nice to have the option to walk. The #2 is the view. You pay a great deal for this view and it's much better at a Theme Park view in Contemporary, than Bay Lake. In Bay Lake you're pretty much looking at a massive Space Mountain and a parking lot. But it's great views of the monorails. The biggest difference of why you would select Bay Lake over Contemporary is simply because you want a bigger room with a kitchen. We were taking grandparents and needed a living room and washer and dryer since it was a 13 day trip. Unfortunately, you can't count on the dryer. It will take about 5 times to dry and, yes, we had maintenance look at it. The pool is great and slide fun. Zero entry perfect for babies. One of the biggest drawbacks is there's zero good options at the hotel after the pool bar closes at 6pm or so and there's no room service post-reopening. Contempo Cafe is not a viable alternative. So prepare to take lots of your own food. We had to take our own luggage, which was a lot for 13 days and 2 families, but it was fine. Concierge, Mark, was fantastic! Front desk was very helpful. PLEASE take your own Swiffer wet jet and mini vacuum because they DO NOT vacuum your room for your entire stay! That was 13 days for us and we're not DVC members, we cash paid for cleaning every other day. They also don't change the sheets for the entire stay. We requested sheets and had to stop and make all 3 beds. In summary, take (1) Food (2) vacuum (3) things for hanging and drying clothes.
Buyer Beware: Lost Item Policy Ruined Vacation
I stayed at Bay Lake Tower from July 10th until July 14th. While staying there I took off my Pandora bracelet to go to the pool. When I was considering buying another charm on July 15th, one day later, I realized the bracelet was missing. I do understand that is not Disney's fault that I lost my bracelet. I DO think their lost and found policy needs to be revised. I was not provided any updates about the search for my bracelet. I had to keep going to Bay Lake Tower to find out if there was any information. I visited the hotel two times after I checked out. The last time I went the front desk could not get the housekeeping manager on the phone. I am so disappointed with this situation I am canceling my annual pass. I have been a Disney guest since 2015, and I am disgusted with how my situation was treated. I was NEVER permitted to re-enter the room even after the guests had checked out. Additionally, I was told that due to covid the rooms were to be vacant for 24 hours after each guest. This is not happening. I cannot believe that a room that costs $800 does not include better service. For me, the Disney magic is DONE!