After reading mixed reviews and never having had the chance to stay in the Tower itself, I decided to go for it. All I can say is that it was worth every penny (all 50,000 per night). The entire trip from the minute we landed in Orlando was completely stress free.

We used the Disney Magical Express free transportation to the resort and had fun from the minute we boarded. Our bus driver was an old native of Orlando and knew everything there was to know about Disney, and he was funny.

We arrived at the Contemporary about 30-40 minutes after landing and checked in within 10 minutes, maybe even 5. When we got to the room, which was ready at 11am, it was instant magic for the kids as they could literally reach out and touch the Magic Kingdom from our room. They are 5 and 8.

My son (8) thought the room was the coolest thing he had ever seen with all of the modern details (plasma tv, flat screen pc, back lit mosaic tiles, funky lamps and all the wood and glass doors). It really looked and felt recently done and was as nice as any W hotel I have stayed it in NYC.

I had no problems with any noise as i read about (and our hotel room was just above the Monorail on the 6th floor). We were in the middle of the hotel far away from Chef Mickey which may have helped. The convenience of being a 5-15 min door to door trip to either the Magic Kingdom or any of the other resorts (Grand Floridian, Polynesian) was something I really missed once we transferred to the Beach Club Resort later in the trip.

The shops in the Contemporary have just about anything you could possibly need from gifts to clothing to whatever and the game room, although not as big as it used to be, still seems to be the biggest of all resorts and has the ticket reward system like a Chuck e Cheese.

I will admit that the sinks in the bathroom were a little lower than i felt they should be and all of the counter space being taken up by them was a little annoying. It is definitely a "form over function" kind of thing but the designers might have been able to provide just a little more function had the spent more time in the room.

Regardless, this was my favorite 2 days of the trip and I would highly reccomend the Contemporary for anyone that is going to be spending time at the Magic Kingdom. The view alone was worth it and the convenience of the location cannot be beat. The picture of my daughter standing on the balcony pointing to Cinderella's Castle says it all.

When I was a little girl My parents brought me every year to Disney World We had stayed in other Disney Resorts But I always Loved staying at the Contemporary Resort. On Feb24,2007 was the last time I stayed at the Contemporary Resort it was Our Honey moon and it was Awesome. Everyone is nice there we had a Beauitful view of the garden Wing. And Now I am planning to go back to stay at the contemporary resort feb28,2008 for my 1 year Anniversary and My Birthday.

The Contemporary Resort is one of Disney World's oldest and most recognizable hotels. I'd wanted to stay here for years, and I was very pleased with our stay. It really is pretty cool to watch the monorail zip through the building, and it makes transportation around Disney World a snap.

We were very lucky with our room. We were in room 5109, a corner room on the ground floor of the south garden rooms. If at all possible, try to get one of these corner rooms. It was unusually shaped, but enormous, with a large king-size bed, a sitting area, a wide screen tv, and a huge modernist bathroom. We had two patio areas, one facing the pool and one facing the lake. There was even a computer with free Internet and on-line concierge service. Everything was impeccably clean and stylish.

The main building was just a short walk away, and the main building has restaurants, shops, and, of course, the monorail stop. We only tried the "Grab & Go" cafe, but even there, the food was quite good. The cobb salad was so nice, I went back the next day and had another one. There are only two pools, neither of the very large, but the hotel is rather small, and they were never crowded. In the evening I had the quiet pool all to myself, other than the 2 dozen ducks who also seemed to inhabit that space after dark. I was especially pleased that I could watch the charming electrical water pageant that floats by every night at 10 from my patio.

Sadly, the main drawback of this hotel is its prices. It's wildly overpriced, with regular rooms costing from $260-460, depending on the season. I stayed here with a Disney cast member and paid half price, which made the bill seem much more reasonable. While I enjoyed this hotel tremendously, I would only stay here again if I had another discount opportunity. Otherwise, there are equally nice hotels in Orlando for a much better price.

I tried to book a reservation at the hotel for the weekend of February 16 and 17th, 2008. With the Florida resident discount the charge for two nights was $1,060.00. That was in a garden view room where they told us there might be construction going on! I have stayed at the Contemporary many times before going back to 1980 and it is not worth that much money for a garden view room. I just couldn't justify spending that much money for a weekend. So I looked at options and ended up staying at the DoubleTree Suites in Downtown Disney for $300 for both nights! It worked out much better for us because we got a large 2 room suite with 2 televisions, and kitchen facilities. The Doubletree was a great value. Unless you are very keen are riding the monorail, the Contemporary is very overpriced. With the money I saved going to the Doubletree we could splurge on dining out andother attractions.