Bay Lake Tower year-long room refurbishment dates

[DCBaker]

Disney has shared dates for room refurbishment work at Bay Lake Tower - here's the announcement on the Walt Disney World website:

From September 2024 to September 2025, room refurbishment work will take place in Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. During this time, Guests will see and hear construction work throughout Bay Lake Tower. Please allow extra time for travel as alternate paths may be utilized.

 

[Nunu]

Disney has shared dates for room refurbishment work at Bay Lake Tower - here's the announcement on the Walt Disney World website:

From September 2024 to September 2025, room refurbishment work will take place in Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. During this time, Guests will see and hear construction work throughout Bay Lake Tower. Please allow extra time for travel as alternate paths may be utilized.

Finally!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[monothingie]

So long as it is not an "Incredibles" or any other shoehorned IP nonsense, this is spectacular news.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

thank God. I stayed there in 2022 in a studio and it was so old/tired. I had forgotten my phone charger and there were ZERO USB ports in the room.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I'm sure it will feature IP, as it has to. But, hopefully they keep it subtle in the artwork. I think going a Steakhouse 71 approach and/or modern art with IP touches would work just fine.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I'm sure it will feature IP, as it has to. But, hopefully they keep it subtle in the artwork. I think going a Steakhouse 71 approach and/or modern art with IP touches would work just fine.

There are "Disney touches" vs. overt IP injection. I'm hoping that this maintains DVC's use of the former and not Bob's desire for the latter.

 

[Fox&Hound]

Yes this is my father’s DVC home base and the rooms are looking very dated and worn down. Second the note about lack of usb ports.

 

[FiestaFunKid]

Bay Lake Tower needs nods to classic vacation kingdom WDW, Monorail touches, with the mid century modern/Contemporary/original Tomorrowland feel.......not forced IP.

 

[Jambo Dad]

So long as it is not an "Incredibles" or any other shoehorned IP nonsense, this is spectacular news.

Yes it needs refreshing, and no it doesnt need Edna, Frozone, and the Parrs smeared all over the walls, throw pillows, framed art etc. Let’s keep it classy Disney!

 

[KDM31091]

I'm honestly scared about this; hopefully they leave it with the same vibe and just updated. The good news is that thus far DVC has been somewhat protected from the onslaught of IP.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Seems like they will start at the bottom and head up. Standard view (all lower floors) are available this summer but then not September 1 through about Thanksgiving. They usually sell out well before 7 months because of the attractive points requirement but their inventory seems artificially low through late winter next year. I presume they want the fourth floor done quickly to minimize impact on the bridge.

 

[nickys]

Seems like they will start at the bottom and head up. Standard view (all lower floors) are available this summer but then not September 1 through about Thanksgiving. They usually sell out well before 7 months because of the attractive points requirement but their inventory seems artificially low through late winter next year. I presume they want the fourth floor done quickly to minimize impact on the bridge.

That seems odd. Wouldn’t it be better to start at the top, so that if they hit any major snafus with plumbing it doesn’t affect rooms already done?

Standard studios usually sell out fast at any time of the year. Even 1 & 2 beds are hard to get. There’s a lot of walking that happens with those rooms.

 

[rsm]

That seems odd. Wouldn’t it be better to start at the top, so that if they hit any major snafus with plumbing it doesn’t affect rooms already done?

Standard studios usually sell out fast at any time of the year. Even 1 & 2 beds are hard to get. There’s a lot of walking that happens with those rooms.

Hot and cold / sprinklers feed upward and septic/drainage flows downward. Either way you start one is "at risk".

 

[nickys]

Hot and cold / sprinklers feed upward and septic/drainage flows downward. Either way you start one is "at risk".

Interesting. Although you’d think the latter would cause more damage should there be an issue.

 

[MarissaBullock]

As for me, a whole year is too much for the renovation of the hotel. What are they going to do?

 

[JaxFLBear]

As for me, a whole year is too much for the renovation of the hotel. What are they going to do?

It's a full refurbishment of all rooms. They strip each room down to the studs and redo everything.

 

[reptar77]

It's about time. Have they released what the refurb rooms will look like?

 

[nickys]

It's about time. Have they released what the refurb rooms will look like?

No, but that doesn’t usually happen until they have a show room ready.

 

[FiestaFunKid]

As a self-proclaimed Contemporary enthusiast - particularly of an era gone by, the more elegant pre-Chef Mickey's/Fantasia Market look and feel of the Grand Caynon Concourse, Fiesta Fun Center, etc, I find this pending redesign direction fascinating.

I still love it, but even I have to admit the direction of the resort is at a bit of a crossroads with several styles competing within the theming (Incredibles, Mid-Century Modern, nods to classic Disney within Steakhouse 51, the loud 90s Chef Mickey colors, etc).

This is a deluxe hotel outside of Tomorrowland, I've said it before, but I am hoping they lean into the classic/mid century modern/monorail/early Tomorrowland feel with premium touches......and this does not mean the same layout as every other new resort, themed by hanging a framed picture of original Tomorrowland in a Monorial shaped frame or Mickey in a spacesuit, and then calling it a day.