Disney's Bay Lake Tower Set to Open August 4th

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(News Source: Walt Disney World Resorts)

(LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL) -- Nearly 38 years after Disney's Contemporary Resort opened its doors, its modern Disney Vacation Club addition, Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort, is scheduled to welcome guests on Aug. 4.  This will be the seventh Disney Vacation Club (DVC) property at Walt Disney World Resort.

All 15 stories of the ultra-sleek design continue the original building's iconic style, which opened with the Magic Kingdom theme park Oct. 1, 1971.  Bay Lake Tower complements and pays homage to Disney's Contemporary Resort while also offering a variety of new amenities and conveniences - kitchenettes or full kitchens complete with granite countertops and modern appliances, and other homelike amenities.  In addition, most of the 295 two-bedroom equivalent villas in the crescent-shaped tower offer spectacular views of Bay Lake or Magic Kingdom.

Bay Lake Tower, like all DVC resorts, blends Disney magic with elegant design and premier accommodations.  DVC members - and, based on availability, overnight Walt Disney World guests staying at Bay Lake Tower - can choose from a number of recreation activities and facilities, including a children's interactive water play area, Bay Cove Pool, a barbeque pavilion, a Community Hall and two nearby tennis courts.

For easy access to Disney's Contemporary Resort's restaurants, merchandise shops and the monorail, the Sky Way Bridge takes members and guests from the fifth floor of Bay Lake Tower directly to the fourth floor Grand Canyon Concourse of Disney's Contemporary Resort.

The opening of Bay Lake Tower is an exciting chapter in the history of Disney's Contemporary Resort.

"Our resort motto is 'Where Tradition Touches Today,' and the marriage of our iconic resort with this elegant new Disney Vacation Club offering is a perfect example," said Thea Sargent, general manager of Disney's Contemporary Resort.  "Plus, with all of the enhancements we have made to the resort over the last few years - from costumes and landscaping to restaurants and merchandise locations - we offer our overnight guests and DVC members an unparalleled 'contemporary' resort experience.  I think this kind of evolution is exactly what Walt Disney envisioned for our resort."

Bay Lake Tower is the third Disney Vacation Club offering to open at Walt Disney World Resort this year, following the first phase of Kidani Village at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and the Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.

"What excites me most about this tremendous growth is that we're not only creating new accommodations but new experiences for our Disney Vacation Club members as well as our resort guests," said DVC President Jim Lewis.  "Each of the projects we've undertaken at Disney Vacation Club is unlike anything previously available in our resort portfolio, and Bay Lake Tower proudly builds on that tradition."

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