This was a different vacation for us. Not only was it an adults only vacation, but we decided to resort hop with a split stay at three different resorts. Southwest kept having great sales, so we kept adding days to our trip. In July Tim mentioned that he really wanted to stay at The Contemporary. The lure of leaving your room and hopping on the monorail to enter either Magic Kingdom or Epcot was strong! When I checked out the prices, I was surprised that the prices really weren't as much as I expected and the difference between a lake view room and a theme park view room was minimal. Of course using Disney math, we went for the theme park view room and I was really excited about it!
Fast forward to our arrival on September 28th. We had a fantastic Magical Express driver! He was so funny and really made me feel the magic of our Disney vacation beginning. It was obvious Geoffrey loves his job! We entered the gorgeous, modern lobby of The Contemporary and headed for the check in desk. I had already done the online check in so I expected this to be quick. We were greeted by Jennifer and right away she let us know that we had been upgraded to the Atrium Club Level. This was a dream upgrade and I started crying (I'm such a girl!)!! We generally don't spend a lot of time in our resort, so I was never really sold on club level being a good option for us. I will be seriously considering it in the future.
We were escorted up to the concierge desk on the club level floor. When we got there we were greeted, given pins as I had noted our reservation with our anniversary and my birthday, and shown to our room where we were offered the signature club level drink, which was a Monorail Mule. It was served in a champagne glass and was so fantastic!
Our room had a king sized bed that was so comfortable. There is a day bed that pulls out for additional sleeping, a big flat screen tv and a glass desk. There are two closets in the room entry as well as a fridge and coffee maker. Across from the closet area is the bathroom. The commode is separate from the shower and vanity, which has two very stylized sinks. The sinks are large, very shallow squares. They are modern and attractive, but there isn't much additional space on the vanity for a cosmetic bag. The view from our balcony was amazing!! We looked right out over Magic Kingdom. Cinderella's Castle is breathtaking and I woke up looking right at it! I also never realized how big Space Mountain really is.
The lounge on the club level was wonderful! There's a fridge with cold drinks as well as coffee and tea all the time. In the morning a continental breakfast is served, in the early evening appetizers, snacks, beer & wine and in the later evening, desserts and drinks as well. We only took advantage of the early evening appetizer offerings when we returned to our room for a rest and shower before our dinner reservation at California Grill. The offerings in the lounge included corn chowder, cheeses, assorted meats, crackers, veggies & dip, prosciutto wrapped melon, quesadillas, and macaroni & cheese. Everything we tried was very good. The lounge area is very spacious and there are cast members on hand to care for your every need.
The other great thing about The Contemporary is the Wishes viewing areas. There are several areas to choose from, but we had a reservation at the California Grill so we went to the observation decks on the roof outside of the California Grill. The Wishes music is broadcast over speakers, and the perspective is so completely different then being on Main Street.
I totally feel like we were spoiled staying at The Contemporary and I would love to stay there with our girls. Club level is a whole different level of pampering that I could get very used to!
