Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-835.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Around the Contemporary Resort</b></a> Recent pictures of the Contemporary Resort and Walt Disney World including construction on the Bay Lake Tower.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt Thanks Denise!! great pix as all ways! That bridge is a work of art but, what a long haul to the monorail!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt As much as I like the design of the Contemporary, the interior public spaces are so disappointing. Take this, for example: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Showpic.asp?filename=http://s231432788.onlinehome.us/lotion/pics/SS20090225-WDWContemporary/big/P6-0003.JPG&caption=The+new+Outer+Rim+sign" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/S...Rim+sign</a>
Originally Posted By jmuboy It's the whole boutique / minimalist design they are going for. Very urban. I like it.....but I know lots of people don't (so I can see your point). That said, the Outer Rim sign is a little bland.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt To me it looks bland. Kind of like an airport waiting room in Reno from the 80's. Oh well.
Originally Posted By danyoung Another vote for the design. Sorry, Hans. Thanks for the pic, Denise. Any chance of some distance shots of the front & back, showing how the new building fits in with the old one?
Originally Posted By MinnieSummer I like the minimalist look BUT it could do with an inufsion of color. Even the "boutique hotels" have spurts of color to relieve the boredom.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Someone please help redesign the interior of the Contemporary Hotel. I have been surfing the web, just looking at different vacation ideas and it amazes how many hotels get contemporary right but for some reason Disney just can't get the Contemporary right. For example: The Normandie Hotel in Puerto Rico. <a href="http://www.normandiepr.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.normandiepr.com/index.cfm</a> Here are examples of the interiors of the Queen Mary 2: <a href="http://www.cunard.com/OurShips/default.asp?Ship=QM2&main=phg&sub=" target="_blank">http://www.cunard.com/OurShips...phg&sub=</a>