News Contemporary Refurbishment--April to Sept 2021

[castlecake2.0]

To me, the 'thowing of shade' is that The Incredibles rooms are of a similar style and color palette as the Cabana Bay Family Suites. Also, the CB Family Suites look more spacious, and are probably less pricey than CR's standard rooms.

Not a fan of the cabana bay color palette and views of the I4

 

[SpectroMagician]

Judging by the majority of comments I'm reading here, twitter and FB, this design is a huge fail.

Good. Hopefully Disney sees their mistake. It is way too cartoonish and looks like a Moderate resort.

 

[Nunu]

Not a fan of the cabana bay color palette and views of the I4

Got it. What I'm trying to say, is that 'the shade throwing' could be UO's way of hinting that Disney 'copied' their room design ideas. Who knows? Shrug.

 

[James Alucobond]

Got it. What I'm trying to say, is that 'the shade throwing' could be UO's way of hinting that Disney 'copied' their room design ideas. Who knows? Shrug.

You can buy pretty much every piece of Cabana Bay furniture at West Elm, sooo ...

 

[No Name]

So don't use them then. The rest of us will live our lives as we see fit.

They’ll be illegal at Disneyland in two years. But you do you. Your grandchildren will be proud.

Meanwhile, Universal throws some subtle shade ...

I don’t think this looks bad but I also don’t think this looks any nicer.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Good. Hopefully Disney sees their mistake. It is way too cartoonish and looks like a Moderate resort.

They're not going to redecorate.

 

[James Alucobond]

They're not going to redecorate.

Everyone concerned can just pack their own X-ACTO blades to cut out the decals. Just be sure to put them in with the checked luggage.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Everyone concerned can just pack their own X-ACTO blades to cut out the decals. Just be sure to put them in with the checked luggage.

Just show up with a bunch of monorail stickers! Seems people would be happy if the room was a monorail car.

 

[BrowncatP]

If I get up in the middle of the night and bump into that small silver table, I will be saying some very bad words!

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Just show up with a bunch of monorail stickers! Seems people would be happy if the room was a monorail car.

My contemporary resort room would be decorated with monorails and 5-leggged goats!

 

[MisterPenguin]

If I get up in the middle of the night and bump into that small silver table, I will be saying some very bad words!

Shins or toes. Chose the form of your dead of night sacrifice!!

 

[phillip9698]

Put these rooms at Art of Animation or All-Star Movies and they would have had something. No way I'm paying Contemporary prices for that though.

 

[Nunu]

Shins or toes. Chose the form of your dead of night sacrifice!!

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Ouch!, another reason for me to prefer the new box-less beds. Not only that, but I'd rather have that space underneath the bed to store luggage.

 

[UNCgolf]

The real issue is lack of privacy for the person taking the shower. Not an issue for couples. But it is one for families and friends. This was the same complaint I had for some other recent refurb (but can't remember which one).

#notapixieduster

The Polynesian. The new bathrooms there have a similar glass sliding door for the showers.

And you're absolutely right -- it is a problem for a significant number of guests. Can't use the toilet or even do something like brush your teeth if a friend or family member is taking a shower.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Good. Hopefully Disney sees their mistake. It is way too cartoonish and looks like a Moderate resort.

Moderate? Economy describes it better.

 

[Disone]

Exactly. Why they didn’t go the Disneyland Hotel route for the 50th anniversary is a true mystery.

Get out of my head. I don't know how many times I have suggested to anyone who will listen that the Contemporary needs to emulate what the Disneyland Hotel did to their rooms. Just put a Magic Kingdom and EPCOT spin on it.

 

[TinkerBelle8878]

I think they should've just done an updated version of the original room design for the 50th. Maybe do a few 'Incredibles' rooms somewhere but it doesn't fit here or even remotely say the 5 star hotel they claim they are. I haven't seen in person but find that at least the pictures of the Moana rooms redo at Poly far more fitting and I guess the theming there does fit in in a way to the cheese factor of the Poly. Its supposed to be slightly cheesy and always was. I love both hotels and have many memories growing up of the Contemporary. I can't even imagine as a kid thinking the Incredibles room was cool. It, to me, kind of looks like a cross between Target and Pottery Barn kids decor. Great for what they are but hardly what you'd expect to be paying top dollar for.

 

[UNCgolf]

Agreed, I’m not sure they should be throwing any shade

I disagree -- I think the Cabana Bay rooms (and the whole resort, really) captures that era much better than the new rooms at the Contemporary. It's an incredibly well themed hotel and absolutely nails the aesthetic. Obviously if you don't like that aesthetic it's not going to do anything for you, but it's a better overall design than what they did with the Incredibles rooms.

It reminds me of the hotels Disney used to build that really tried to evoke a specific time period.

 

[James Alucobond]

I disagree -- I think the Cabana Bay rooms (and the whole resort, really) captures that era much better than the new rooms at the Contemporary. It's an incredibly well themed hotel and absolutely nails the aesthetic.

I don't agree with regard to Cabana Bay purely from the perspective of color. Even if all the right pieces and finishes are there, the color scheme just seems SO off for the time period. To me, it borders too much on parodic reimagining to be truly transportive.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

One of the other sites is reporting that The Wave is getting re-themed to become “Steakhouse 71” and will be heavy into the history of the resort, much the way Steakhouse 55 is at Disneyland. I would link it, but I don’t know which sites are and are not allowed to be linked.