Family, travel, mom blog | Theme Park Mom (Leigh Caldwell)

Bay Lake Tower, the newest Disney Vacation Club resort, opens today. This luxurious new property is attached to the Contemporary Resort, and villas offer views of either Bay Lake or the Magic Kingdom.

I have written about the Bay Lake Tower before. In honor of its opening, I wanted to give you a look at some of the (not-so-)Hidden Mickeys that add to the Disney experience here.

First up is the gorgeous modern decor in the Bay Lake Tower lobby. It includes this end table with a set of familiar ears.

Next up is a Hidden Mickey in the rug of a Grand Villa’s living room.

You can spot a familiar face in the silver finish of the Bay Lake Tower’s elevator doors.

And there are more than just random circles in the green coverlet in this Bay Lake Tower bedroom.

Finally, though I would not classify these as “hidden,” Mickey is prominent in the Bay Lake Tower’s new pool area, especially on the waterslide.

Yep, this is the spot. Some day I want to open my eyes in this gorgeous bedroom on the second floor of a Grand Villa at Bay Lake Tower. The new building is a Disney Vacation Club property attached to Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort. See that window up there? It has a view of this:

Umm, yeah. That’s the Magic Kingdom. The MAGIC KINGDOM people! And it’s right outside the window. Back inside, this is what I’ll see as I walk down the stairs when my Disney dream is realized:

See that TV right there? Well, when I am staying in this grand villa at the Bay Lake Tower, I will be able to see the Wishes fireworks right out that two-story window. And while I’m watching the fireworks, I’ll be thinking about the gorgeous Wishes music that the explosions are timed to. And I found out last week that on that TV, there is a magical channel THAT WILL PLAY THE WISHES MUSIC FOR ME! SQUEE!

And while I am sitting in this gorgeous living room, watching Wishes outside my window and listening to the soundtrack on my TV, I’m sure my husband will step over to this kitchen…

…and fix me an adult beverage. And everything will be beautiful and right with the world. I love everything, EVERYTHING about the Bay Lake Tower.

Everything, that is, except for this:

A mother’s laundering is never done.

Bay Lake Tower is set to open on Aug. 4 as the newest Disney Vacation Club property at Walt Disney World. Disney Vacation Club is offering sales tours on select dates starting July 10. Registration is required. The Grand Villa shown here has three bedrooms and sleeps 12. The tower has 295 units ranging in size from studios to this bad boy.