| # | Author | Message |
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| CindyH
Wed 4/19/2006 9:51a | I'll be staying at the Contemporary as part of a conference. I know I won't get a Tower room, but if I can ask for a particular area (Tower vs. Garden), view or even floor (within the standard floors, not concierge) do you have any recommendations? Thanks. |
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| LuvDatDisney
Wed 4/19/2006 11:48a | ^^The only thing I would demand would be a new room. Almost the entire Tower is finished renovations, but a good 60% of the garden wings haven't been touched yet and are in awful shape. |
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| I am Sancho
Wed 4/19/2006 12:20p | garden was decimated last week- go for tower- you will either have a baylake view with a shot of EPCOT amd Tower of Terror, or a MK view- either way is good- Baylake view has the morning sun.. |
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| CindyH
Wed 4/19/2006 1:34p | Thank you! I'll call now and see if I can request a Tower room, with a MK view (I don't like sun when I wake up).
:) |
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| junglejoy
Wed 5/3/2006 11:00p | So when will the garden bldgs be done? We're supposed to stay there in Sept and the garden room was a strech for us - there's no way we could do the tower. Should I switch to POR? We're a family of five so that's the only moderate we can fit in. |
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| Crazy4WDW
Thu 5/4/2006 7:59p | CindyH - I'd recommend you ask for a Tower room over the shops and not near Chef Mickey's. All the hooting and hollering at 7:00 a.m. breakfast will surely wake you up! I learned from experience staying there. We did have a beautiful MK view. The castle stays lit all night. I slept with the drapes open. |
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| Goofyernmost
Fri 5/5/2006 4:51a | Yea, but will they guarantee a specific view? The only place I have ever been tempted to stay in was the Contemporary but unless I had an upper floor room overlooking MK I would never spend that kind of money. I have not made any attempt because I have heard so many times that they "do their best but can't always deliver". If I got there and then couldn't get what I requested, I'd probably go postal and start setting mouse traps all over the property. Anyone have any experience in that situation? The rooms, not the mouse traps. |
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| t1lersm0m
Fri 5/5/2006 6:16a | From what I've heard, most properties do their best to fulfill requests.
You make your special request when you make your original ressie. Then you fax the resort three days before check in.
Then, check in early the day of your arrival.
If 100 people request a room in the same area, and there are only 10 rooms available, the first 10 people to check in will get those rooms. If you get there at midnight, don't think your room request will be honored.
But from what I've read on Lp.com, most people get what they ask for.
Also, my friend's daughter and family tried a moderate hotel last year for the first time. They usually stay at All Star Movies.
My friend's daughter didn't care for the moderate resort they booked, so on the second day they moved to All Star Movies and were refunded the difference between the moderate and the value resort.
So, if you book the Contemporary and don't get what you want, you can always request to switch resorts. |
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| pumbaa
Mon 5/8/2006 7:00a | Will they guarantee a specific view?
Yes, the Contemporary and Poly will now guarantee a Mk view room. As you might guess, it cost a bit more but you do get a guarantee. I noticed this recently as I made my reservation for Dec. |
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| DVC_dad
Mon 5/8/2006 10:42a | We got lucky and got the very front right top corner room, overlooking the MK about 4 years ago. I don't know the room number, but it stemmed from a mixup at the Polynesian that we were moved there and free to concierge level. It was AWESOME after dark! Talk about magical...
hehehe yeah that kind of magical too now that I re read this post... ROFL |
