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My Top 5 Favorite Things About Disney’s Contemporary Resort

This post is a part of the My Top 5 Favorite Things series. Today I will be talking about my top 5 favorite things about Disney’s Contemporary resort.

5. My fifth favorite thing about this resort is how nice the people that work at The Contemporary Resort are. The people who cleaned our room gave us a balloon!

They also did this with my Minnie ears.

4. My fourth favorite thing about the Contemporary Resort is California Grill. California Grill is a restaurant in the hotel. What I really like about this hotel is how you have a great view of the fireworks. If you would like to learn more about California Grill click here!

3. Another thing that is really cool about the Contemporary Resort is how Disney stores are in the hotel. You can go Disney shopping without leaving the hotel.

2. My second favorite thing about this hotel is how you can take the monorail to get to the parks. You don’t have to get into your car and try to find a parking space. Taking the monorail to the parks is easier.

The number one best thing about this hotel is you can walk to Magic Kingdom!

This is the view of Cinderella’s Castle from our balcony. Magic Kingdom is really close!

This is great because you will be able to get into the park faster because you don’t have to wait in a long for the police officers to check your bags.

There is never a line for this if you walk to Magic Kingdom so they will check your bags and you are done!

You should definitely stay at The Contemporary Resort.

California Grill Review

California Grill is located in the Contemporary Resort. We went to California Grill last time I went to Disney World. Did I enjoy it?

They gave us bread.

They also gave us an assortment of cheeses.

Here is a list of the cheeses.

I had the wood-burning oven pepperoni pizza with no basil oregano pistou. It was really good!

My mom got the exact same thing as me except with basil oregano pistou.

My dad had the Oak Fired Filet of Beef. He liked it.

My brother got the cheese pizza from the kids menu.

For dessert my mom and I had the Warm Valrohna Chocolate Cake. It comes with one scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate whipped panna cotta. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!

My dad and brother had for dessert Plant-Based Lavender Donuts. They liked them. (One of the donuts contains alcohol so make sure you know which one this one is so you do not eat it. My brother did NOT eat the alcohol donut. My dad ate it.)

I give California Grill 4 Mickey Bars! The food took way too long but you get a great view of the fireworks and California Grill has a balcony so you can watch the fireworks.

Chef Mickey’s Review

Chef Mickey’s is located in The Contemporary Resort. Back in August, I went to Chef Mickey’s for the first time.

Chef Mickey’s is a buffet. A buffet means that the chefs put out the food and you have to get it yourself.

I had macaroni and cheese, a croissant, and piece of turkey.

It was okay but not extraordinary or something so good that I would have seconds. My mom had macaroni and cheese, meatballs, green beans, a salad, and tater tots. She said it was okay.

My dad had shrimp, corn, tater tots, turkey, asparagus, beef, and olives. He thought it was good.

My brother had chicken tenders, tater tots, a hot dog, shrimp, and turkey. “It was good,” he said.

Another thing that is really cool about Chef Mickey’s is that while you are eating Chef Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and Donald all come to take pictures with you at your table.

They are all dressed up like chefs!

Can you tell?

The star of the restaurant, Chef Mickey!

I give Chef Mickey’s two Mickey bars! We all agreed that the food was only okay. A pro to Chef Mickey’s though is that you get to see Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and Donald all dressed up. The people at Chef Mickey’s make sure you see all the characters before you finish your meal. A con is that we waited for an hour to get seated. When we complained the people that work at Chef Mickey’s gave us a FastPass+ to make up for the wait.

Disney’s Contemporary Resort

Back in August I stayed at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Want to know what it was like? Keep reading to find out!

Since the Contemporary Resort is a Disney hotel, you can arrive in a Minnie van! (A Minnie van is just like an Uber or Lyft.)

When you walk inside don’t forget to trade a pin!

The Contemporary Resort has three restaurants: The Wave…. Update: Steakhouse 71 has replaced The Wave.

…Chef Mickey’s……..

and California Grill. I went to both Chef Mickey’s and California Grill and will give you separate reviews on those restaurants.

Do you want to know the best part about The Contemporary Resort? You can walk or take the monorail to get to Magic Kingdom. The monorail goes into the hotel!