Disney's Contemporary Resort

'''Disney's Contemporary Resort''' is a resort and hotel located at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, and was first opened on October 1, 1971, at which time it featured state-of-the-art facilities. The main hotel is built as an A-frame, with outer walls which slope inwards around an inner atrium. The hotel design was a collaboration among Disney, the United States Steel Corporation, and Los Angeles architect Welton Becket. The guest rooms line these outer walls. When the hotel was built, these modular pre-constructed rooms were lifted into place by crane. Room renovation should have been a simple matter of replacing modules when refurbishment was needed; however, it was found that the Florida humidity caused the modules to settle and expand, rendering them unremovable. The main hall, named the Grand Canyon Concourse, houses two restaurants: Chef Mickey's and the Concourse Steakhouse. The Walt Disney World monorail also runs through the inside of the building, providing a monorail station here for resort guests. Also adorning the concourse is an enormous mosaic designed by Mary Blair. On the fourteenth floor is the California Grill, providing an eclectic selection of West Coast cuisine as well as a grand view of the Walt Disney World property, including the Magic Kingdom, the Seven Seas Lagoon, Bay Lake, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort, Disney's Polynesian Resort, Discovery Island, and River Country. The resort offers two pools, a private beach, and boat rentals. It also provides more than ninety thousand square feet (more than 8,300 square meters) of convention space.
Image:Disneys-contemporary-resort-mosaic.jpg|The mosaic is the most prominent feature of the Grand Canyon Concourse. Image:Disneys-contemporary-resort-mosaic-closeup.jpg|Among the stylized denizens of the mosaic is a five-legged goat. It can only be seen from the monorail level. Image:Disneys-contemporary-resort-monorail.jpg|The Resort Monorail stops here; the Express Monorail goes through without stopping. Image:Disneys-contemporary-resort-mickeywatch.jpg|The landscaping leading up to the main entrance is arranged to look like a Mickey Mouse wristwatch. This view can only be seen from the resort monorail or from rooms on the west-facing side of the building. ==External link== * [http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/resorts/resortLanding?id=ContemporaryResortLandingPage Disney's Contemporary Resort] Walt Disney World Resort

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