Height Balloons

[danlb_2000]

Screamscape has pictures of height balloons being flown "near the back entrance to Fort Wilderness between Golden Oaks and the campground."

http://www.screamscape.com/html/walt_disney_world_resort.htm#General

 

[majortom1981]

Maybe the next dvc resort? A redo of the one that had the plans leaked?

 

[raven]

Isn't this right around River Country?

 

[majortom1981]

Tikiman states they are expanding dvc at the wilderness lodge so it might be related to that.

 

[TheRabbit]

Isn't this right around River Country?

No. Those photos were taken from the cast parking at Fort Wilderness looking north.

 

[disneydudette]

No. Those photos were taken from the cast parking at Fort Wilderness looking north.

So does that put the ballons between FW (Big Pine Trail) and the Golf Course?

 

[bhg469]

Yuck... That is all

 

[danlb_2000]

There aren't a lot of landmarks in those pictures to work with, but this is my guess as to where the picture was taken and the direction of the photo. Maybe someone who knows that area better can tell me if this is accurate or not.

Edit: The more I look at this, the less confident that I have it right, so I have removed the image.

 

[Nmoody1]

I doubt this is the same area... But Four Seasons have plans to build a Residencies at golden oak.

 

[disneydudette]

There aren't a lot of landmarks in those pictures to work with, but this is my guess as to where the picture was taken and the direction of the photo... View attachment 62055

Im having a wicked hard time trying to 'place' these balloons...

Your arrow points directly to the driving range, with more holes/4S behind it... I can't imagine they'd 'touch' that area due to Golden Oaks.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of land just north of the parking lot... But the 4S looks like it could just barely fit in that wooded area... so perhaps there is?

Now I'm curious as to if they'll close loops 1500-1900 to make space for a [potential] property...

 

[lunchbox1175]

I doubt this is the same area... But Four Seasons have plans to build a Residencies at golden oak.

Pretty sure that is already built and open.

 

[danlb_2000]

Im having a wicked hard time trying to 'place' these balloons...

Your arrow points directly to the driving range, with more holes/4S behind it... I can't imagine they'd 'touch' that area due to Golden Oaks.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of land just north of the parking lot... But the 4S looks like it could just barely fit in that wooded area... so perhaps there is?

Now I'm curious as to if they'll close loops 1500-1900 to make space for a [potential] property...

The more I looked at it, the less confidant I was, so I have retracted the guess.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Those are some seriously tall balloons. I hope it's not a solid building taking up all that space. I'll be wrong, of course. But, wow.

 

[Mike S]

Don't know why I came into this thread thinking it was for something in one of the parks. Guess I'm a little desperate. That tends to happen when we go years without any amazing worthwhile additions and have nothing to look forward to in the next 3 years except Avatar which was announced in 2011!!!!!!!!!

 

[bhg469]

Don't know why I came into this thread thinking it was for something in one of the parks. Guess I'm a little desperate. That tends to happen when we go years without any amazing worthwhile additions and have nothing to look forward to in the next 3 years except Avatar which was announced in 2011!!!!!!!!!

2011 Remember that? back when Hogsmeade was already open to huge fanfare?

 

[Mike S]

2011 Remember that? back when Hogsmeade was already open to huge fanfare?

Yup. And I was VERY excited when Avatar was announced too. I didn't realize back then it would take this long

 

[JEANYLASER]

 

[WDWLover#1]

Yup. And I was VERY excited when Avatar was announced too. I didn't realize back then it would take this long

Well disney were stupid. They announced avatar at the beginning of the project not when there ready to start building like most of the projects do. That's why it seems so long when in reality it'll take the same amount of time as NFL or CL.

 

[CDavid]

Well disney were stupid. They announced avatar at the beginning of the project not when there ready to start building like most of the projects do. That's why it seems so long when in reality it'll take the same amount of time as NFL or CL.

That's not really saying much, however, when your point of comparison - New Fantasyland - itself took far longer than it should have by any reasonable standard.

 

[worldfanatic]

I love how a possibly interesting thread + discussion about height ballons near FW got hijacked by a few clowns who want to "" more about Disney.
You'd think you rodents could find one of 1000 others places to whine & cry.