I grew up at the Contemp (as we called it). My mom opened it in the Pueblo Room and continued working at Disney, moving to Cape May when the Pueblo Room closed to create Chef Mickey's, for 42 years. I could write a book about my life at the Contemporary Resort... from the Tape Art to swimming to Discovery Island (before there were alligators), drinking virgin orange dacquiris brought by the servers on the beach behind the 2 pools, and having our Homecoming Dance on the 2nd floor... so many amazing memories. Thrilled to watch with you tonight, Josh! Thanks for the memories! Edit Add: The _real_ Top of the World is where California Grill is now. We used to go up and watch celebrity singers and it was so elegant. I remember when only 20 or so people would walk onto the catwalk outside TotW (CA Grill now)... because people didn't have a clue they could go out and watch the fireworks. We also watched several rockets and Space Shuttles go up from that same catwalk. Florida being so flat, we could easily see the launches, even without binoculars. So many memories!
My niece and I stayed in the Garden rooms in October of 2009 and it was a really nice option. I wanted to treat us to a deluxe resort on the monorail since we were only staying four days, and I was able to score a great priced for a long weekend in a Garden room. The Garden buildings are right across a small walkway to the main A-frame building, so it was a very convenient but less expensive way to enjoy a deluxe resort. I highly recommend it.
Absolutely love Contemporary resort, so many great memories there and at bay lake! 🥰 Plus there’s a Joffreys inside the resort which is a major win lol
This was amazing Josh! This resort is so fascinating with the monorail running through it and the day couldn’t have been more beautiful. Please do more of these on the resorts!!
This is very helpful! So many times when I am going to stay at a hotel or resort, my first thought is to come to TH-cam and look for videos. Hope you add more to the collection - I know you have done others, but having some recent ones is helpful! I stayed at the Contemporary in May and had a theme park view room. It is such a great place to stay! Thank you for the content!
Nice tour- thank you! I'd love to have dinner or lunch there next time I visit FL to check it out. I especially love Mary Blair's mural with the 5-legged goat. ❤
That was great Josh! I was like 5 or 6 years old when I stayed in the main hotel and vividly remember going to the downstairs floor to the arcade to play air hockey. So much fun that resort. Someday I will go back and stay again!! This brought back so many awesome childhood memories, so appreciate it!
Love the idea for this video Josh! I haven’t been for a while now so it’s great to have a focused visit to the contemporary so we can see what’s new! Great to hear more about the history to! I hope you’re able to do similar updates for the other resorts? Stunning picture quality - it really looks fabulous!
Hi Josh! Great video. Thanks to you and Jenna, I booked Bay Lake Tower for my family’s vacation through David’s DVC rentals with your code and we are going to be there in 3 weeks! This video makes me even more excited for our trip (if that is even possible)!
@ in my opinion contemporary was much better for my family. Beach club was nice just not worth the money in my opinion. Pool was way too crowded to enjoy.
I have been lucky enough to stay at the Contemporary more than anywhere else at Disney, starting as a 5-year old in 1979 or 1980, then 1988, 1994 & 2005, and I always visited it on every trip to WDW. But, I haven’t been anywhere on the Disney World property since 2010, so I am really enjoying seeing both the new things and the familiar things!
This was an amazingly detailed tour Josh, thanks so much for sharing this! The Contemporary is one of the few resorts I’ve actually visited (resort hopping only, not yet as a guest!) and I learnt so much from this. It really is such a huge place and that convenience in being super close to MK make it high on my bucket list as somewhere I’d love to stay someday 🥰
this was suiper detailed and indepth tour, i alwaus appreciate videos where there is a ton of explnation. also love that you were able to go back and refer to a lot of older clips, thamks so much josh always appreciate all the hard work and effort ypu and jenna put in to your work.
This was our home 2009-2016. Once every year. Then we discovered the Polynesian and have stayed there almost every year since (2017-present). Side note: I really, really, really, wish they didn’t gut the actual Contemporary design in the rooms and replace it with the Incredibles
I stayed in the Contemporary last year. The food at 71 really good really and the mug is included with the price of staying in the Contemporary the rugs feel like you’re walking on clouds on the floors where you have your rooms everything right where you need it you don’t have to leave. That’s what I loved. Most the Mickey Mouse shape. Pool is amazing with two sauna pools And Mary Blair tile artwork is absolutely stunning in person I felt like a queen staying there absolutely loved this place. Never thought I’d stay there but I got a great deal upgrade from Mickey Travels and it was awesome. I did miss some of the amenities. I didn’t even know they were there.
Do they still have a movie theater on one of the lower floors of the main building? I seem to remember as a kid in the late 70s watching either Bambi or Song of the South there.
I just couldn’t pull the trigger to stay here when we would never be in the hotel. Last time we canceled and booked the dolphin and used the difference to splurge on dining. Now a weekend at the poly- that’s different.
Hey Josh, great walk through but I personally would have liked to see the splash pad at Bay Lake included. We have 2 kids under 2 currently and we watched a bunch of videos of different resort pools and we actually booked Bay Lake because of their splash pad. Just thought others may also like to see them too.
I honestly didn’t even see it. Sorry! Edit: I also totally understand wanting to see it, but it is a bit awkward filming stuff like that when kids are using it.
Walkability to the Magic Kingdom makes it a real winner!
I'm ready I'm ready!
This was the first Disney resort I ever stayed in during the 80s. Celebrated my birthday on that trip. Magical!
The Contemporary brings back so many memories. I loved staying there when I was little
One of the best disney resorts on property. Original, authentic and of course chef mickeys!
that arcade when I was a kid was epic.
Still is! Just wish they still had the Tron pinball machine. That was the go-to for me, my brother, and my Dad
I love this resort and will stay there when I go down. You have to get a park side view so you can watch the fireworks from your room. So cool.
That is an amazing construction shot of the contemporary isn’t it? So much detail in there…
I grew up at the Contemp (as we called it). My mom opened it in the Pueblo Room and continued working at Disney, moving to Cape May when the Pueblo Room closed to create Chef Mickey's, for 42 years. I could write a book about my life at the Contemporary Resort... from the Tape Art to swimming to Discovery Island (before there were alligators), drinking virgin orange dacquiris brought by the servers on the beach behind the 2 pools, and having our Homecoming Dance on the 2nd floor... so many amazing memories. Thrilled to watch with you tonight, Josh! Thanks for the memories!
Edit Add: The _real_ Top of the World is where California Grill is now. We used to go up and watch celebrity singers and it was so elegant. I remember when only 20 or so people would walk onto the catwalk outside TotW (CA Grill now)... because people didn't have a clue they could go out and watch the fireworks. We also watched several rockets and Space Shuttles go up from that same catwalk. Florida being so flat, we could easily see the launches, even without binoculars. So many memories!
Did you ever go to the huge arcade and movie theater in the basement level? I remember this from the late 70’s early 80’s
@@ag8960 OMG! I forgot about that!!! Yes!!!
My niece and I stayed in the Garden rooms in October of 2009 and it was a really nice option. I wanted to treat us to a deluxe resort on the monorail since we were only staying four days, and I was able to score a great priced for a long weekend in a Garden room. The Garden buildings are right across a small walkway to the main A-frame building, so it was a very convenient but less expensive way to enjoy a deluxe resort. I highly recommend it.
Woo-Hoo!
Great tour of the Contemporary! Loved that retro intro.
Josh, you really know how to do a tour! I love this resort!❤
Absolutely love Contemporary resort, so many great memories there and at bay lake! 🥰 Plus there’s a Joffreys inside the resort which is a major win lol
This was amazing Josh! This resort is so fascinating with the monorail running through it and the day couldn’t have been more beautiful. Please do more of these on the resorts!!
This is very helpful! So many times when I am going to stay at a hotel or resort, my first thought is to come to TH-cam and look for videos. Hope you add more to the collection - I know you have done others, but having some recent ones is helpful! I stayed at the Contemporary in May and had a theme park view room. It is such a great place to stay! Thank you for the content!
Thank you for the tour. I wish I were there right now. Staying in the main building, even if it’s only for a night, is on my bucket list.
Nice tour- thank you! I'd love to have dinner or lunch there next time I visit FL to check it out. I especially love Mary Blair's mural with the 5-legged goat. ❤
That was great Josh! I was like 5 or 6 years old when I stayed in the main hotel and vividly remember going to the downstairs floor to the arcade to play air hockey. So much fun that resort. Someday I will go back and stay again!! This brought back so many awesome childhood memories, so appreciate it!
Stayed there a long time ago. I'm sure it's different now.
Another high quality video
(Maybe I booked a trip after watching this 😎🫠)
Love the resort and the shopping there…we love Bay Lake
Best part of this resort (in recent times) was meeting you and Jenna on the balcony right underneath the monorail beam! 🥰👌💙 the perfect spot! 👌
So excited to stay at BLT in 5 days! 🎉
Awesome tour of this great hotel! Thank you Josh!
This is awesome and exactly the kind of content I look for from you guys. Love it. Please keep doing these!
Thanks for the tour, Josh! We love staying at Bay Lake Tower - so convenient to walk to MK.
I love when you explore the hotels! Thanks for showing us!
Always my favorite resort and I waited for Baylake before I bought DVC. WELCOME HOME! Thanks for doing this!!
Really great tour. I’m glad you got to go in the rooms. OMG that fun fact about Nixon. Wow!
Love the idea for this video Josh! I haven’t been for a while now so it’s great to have a focused visit to the contemporary so we can see what’s new! Great to hear more about the history to! I hope you’re able to do similar updates for the other resorts? Stunning picture quality - it really looks fabulous!
That was a great video! I never realized how big the buildings were!❤
Great vlog Josh, looked great and makes us more excited for our stay next year at Bay Lake Tower ❤
I wonder if you can hear the monorail running from your room 🤔
I never realized how extensive that resort is. Thanks for the tour!
Great job!
Great tour! This resort is on my Disney bucket list ❤
I love the resort tours. Would love to see more
Woo hoo! Thanks for this! We’re staying for the first time next month.
Hi Josh! Great video. Thanks to you and Jenna, I booked Bay Lake Tower for my family’s vacation through David’s DVC rentals with your code and we are going to be there in 3 weeks! This video makes me even more excited for our trip (if that is even possible)!
This resort is our absolute favorite, thank you so much for this! I learned so much!
Stayed there last year and loved it. Staying at beach club this year….. can’t wait!
@srtoreo8699 I'm looking at both let me know which one was better
@ in my opinion contemporary was much better for my family. Beach club was nice just not worth the money in my opinion. Pool was way too crowded to enjoy.
Ahhh the 5 legged goat twice
Thanks for this bid it was very informative I think I'll spend some time there soon loved this
Thanks so much Josh, great job. I hope you have time to tour the other resorts.
Absolutely brilliant resort tour Josh! The best I’ve seen for the Contemporary.
So glad you did an update, it's great to see everything and wow, that arcade massage chairs are calling our name. Great Monorail voice in the opening
Another great video! I learned so much!
Thank you so much for the tour!
Loved the vintage pipe in 😊
I have been lucky enough to stay at the Contemporary more than anywhere else at Disney, starting as a 5-year old in 1979 or 1980, then 1988, 1994 & 2005, and I always visited it on every trip to WDW. But, I haven’t been anywhere on the Disney World property since 2010, so I am really enjoying seeing both the new things and the familiar things!
This was an amazingly detailed tour Josh, thanks so much for sharing this!
The Contemporary is one of the few resorts I’ve actually visited (resort hopping only, not yet as a guest!) and I learnt so much from this.
It really is such a huge place and that convenience in being super close to MK make it high on my bucket list as somewhere I’d love to stay someday 🥰
We ate at Chef Mickey”s in 2015 and it was so amazing to see the Characters walk up to our table while we ate our meal
this was suiper detailed and indepth tour, i alwaus appreciate videos where there is a ton of explnation. also love that you were able to go back and refer to a lot of older clips, thamks so much josh always appreciate all the hard work and effort ypu and jenna put in to your work.
Thanks for a comprehensive tour! We love the Contemporary! Bay Lake Tower was our first DVC purchase and is still our favorite! Great video! 😊
Love it! ❤
NICE TOUR!
This was our home 2009-2016. Once every year. Then we discovered the Polynesian and have stayed there almost every year since (2017-present).
Side note: I really, really, really, wish they didn’t gut the actual Contemporary design in the rooms and replace it with the Incredibles
Is the slide at Bay Lake Tower pool open? People say the slide is open.
I stayed in the Contemporary last year. The food at 71 really good really and the mug is included with the price of staying in the Contemporary the rugs feel like you’re walking on clouds on the floors where you have your rooms everything right where you need it you don’t have to leave. That’s what I loved. Most the Mickey Mouse shape. Pool is amazing with two sauna pools And Mary Blair tile artwork is absolutely stunning in person I felt like a queen staying there absolutely loved this place. Never thought I’d stay there but I got a great deal upgrade from Mickey Travels and it was awesome. I did miss some of the amenities. I didn’t even know they were there.
I was there back in I think 2001. We stayed at what used to be Dixie Landings and I know the name changed.
Staying there for the first time in May for my birthday thanks to a great AP discount, can’t wait! Main tower theme park view room, so excited.
All of you are really good Disney and vacation TH-camrs thank you for all your do @resorttv1
Thank you Josh for the tour of the Contemporary Resort it’s nice to have for reference for future travels. Keep up the great work.
We stayed in one one of the garden wing rooms in 2004
I hear the Garden Rooms are slightly larger, is that right?
@@kenk910 it’s been a long time since we stayed there but what I remember is the room was a decent size
Love this type of content, Josh! Keep up the great work! Maybe Polynesian tour next?
I stayed in the Tower Club in Nov 2023. I loved it! Highly recommend. I can't wait until I return.
Great walk thru! Josh shows all the best parts with amazing narration too! ❤
Do they still have a movie theater on one of the lower floors of the main building? I seem to remember as a kid in the late 70s watching either Bambi or Song of the South there.
Great tour Josh I remember staying here when I was a kid and loved it
Thank you so much for the video. you and Jenna are very good narrator”s.
MONORAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great walkthrough, Josh.
Great video, thanks Josh. We’re booked to stay at Contemporary (in the garden wing) in early September, looking forward to it!
very nice tour!! I am surprised you did not comment on how the Garden Room building has the same A shape formation..
Great video, Josh!
Nice video! Thank you Josh!
I just couldn’t pull the trigger to stay here when we would never be in the hotel. Last time we canceled and booked the dolphin and used the difference to splurge on dining. Now a weekend at the poly- that’s different.
Does anyone know when the BLT pool slide refurb will be done?
In summer of 2025, my family and I will be staying there for the first time. 🎉❤❤❤
I haven't watched a premiere in a while. Is there no longer a live chat during the video?
Live chat is going on right now.
@HealthAtAnyCost I found it lol thank you!
It’s 50’s-60’s aka “mid-century modern” 😅
Hey Josh, great walk through but I personally would have liked to see the splash pad at Bay Lake included. We have 2 kids under 2 currently and we watched a bunch of videos of different resort pools and we actually booked Bay Lake because of their splash pad. Just thought others may also like to see them too.
I honestly didn’t even see it. Sorry! Edit: I also totally understand wanting to see it, but it is a bit awkward filming stuff like that when kids are using it.
@@ResortTV1tell Mickey and Minnie tell them I said hi and tell them that I miss them so much
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Hi Josh
The pool area is lacking compared to other resorts. Too much concrete.
Mid-century modern 1960-1970s
Of course someone’s kid has their feet on the chair without regard for anyone who might sit after them.
It is mid-century modern.
That makes sense!
Getting a bit bored with seeing deserted hallways. Not sure I’ll watch much longer. My patience is wearing thin. So long.
Thank you so much for another wonderful informative video