If it's between those two choices, I'd rather have Disney IP. 'Ironically Californian' didn't do so great at DCA 1.0. Although a 1930s Hollywood theme could be fun. The lounge could be the South Seas Club from the Rocketeer!
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TP2000
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There's a dozen great themes to choose from. Disney has stated the concept art is vague on purpose and only created for the early approval process with the city. It's basic art meant only to evoke "fancy upscale hotel" and not anything like what will eventually be built.
That said, I wonder if when this hotel opens in five years they downgrade the Disneyland Hotel to a 3 Diamond property and market it as the Family Moderate Hotel on Disneyland property? As it is, the Disneyland Hotel is only just barely a 4 Diamond property and the CM service there is spotty at best (go try and order a burger from Tangaroa Terrace and see what type of indifferent and unpolished "service" you get from the untrained CM's there). It would be easier for Disney to downgrade the Disneyland Hotel to a lower standard for the last decade or two of its life before they eventually bulldoze that place and start over.
Having a swanky new 4 Diamond hotel nearby would make that transition easier.
That said, I wonder if when this hotel opens in five years they downgrade the Disneyland Hotel to a 3 Diamond property and market it as the Family Moderate Hotel on Disneyland property? As it is, the Disneyland Hotel is only just barely a 4 Diamond property and the CM service there is spotty at best (go try and order a burger from Tangaroa Terrace and see what type of indifferent and unpolished "service" you get from the untrained CM's there). It would be easier for Disney to downgrade the Disneyland Hotel to a lower standard for the last decade or two of its life before they eventually bulldoze that place and start over.
Having a swanky new 4 Diamond hotel nearby would make that transition easier.
Phroobar
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I noticed that too at the Tangaroia Terrace. The CMs would be talking to each other and barely paying attention to what they were doing. All they had to do with take orders at the cash register and bring the food to the table number. The food was fine though. I didn't see that kind of behavior in other parts of the resort. Even Pizza Port CMs weren't doing that. It felt very Magic Mountain.
EPCOTCenterLover
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How about a new Polynesian themed one? LOVE that thought!
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I kind of liked the design cohesiveness of the original lodging planned for the "hotel district" along Disneyland Drive back when the DLR expansion was still on the drawing board.
The Westcot Lake Resort was designed to resemble the Beverly Hills Hotel in its heyday.
The Magic Kingdom Hotel, inspired by the Santa Barbara Mission, would have stood where the new hotel is being proposed. Depending on the materials and finishes it might have been a stunning property.
Personally I'd prefer Disney go this route at the DLR and leave the kitsch to the developers over on Harbor.
EPCOTCenterLover
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I can see this too! 
Not that I wouldn't mind a nice affordable Disney hotel. But exactly what incentive would they have to look at finding ways to charge less with a moderate hotel? I can't see them using any of their valuable property for anything less than top dollar. Not until their high end rooms see a decline in occupancy rate. If anything, they are foolish for not already having more rooms to take advantage of this already.
Yup, no incentive at all. Why would Disney build a value priced hotel when the likes of Embassy Suites and Travelodge are right outside the resort and going for $150 a night. Stating the obvious here, but the local hotels fill the value role, leaving Disney to rope in more of the higher end market. Makes perfect sense.
I know; Horrible, Greedy Disney.
That’s hysterical; I thought you were advocating for a return of Sunshine Plaza and for the wings of the new hotel to be connected by a fake Golden Gate Bridge.
Stevek
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Totally agree. This would be amazeballs.I kind of liked the design cohesiveness of the original lodging planned for the "hotel district" along Disneyland Drive back when the DLR expansion was still on the drawing board.
The Westcot Lake Resort was designed to resemble the Beverly Hills Hotel in its heyday.
The Magic Kingdom Hotel, inspired by the Santa Barbara Mission, would have stood where the new hotel is being proposed. Depending on the materials and finishes it might have been a stunning property.
Personally I'd prefer Disney go this route at the DLR and leave the kitsch to the developers over on Harbor.
Disneysea05
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Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, probably my favorite of the Victorian Disney hotels that I've stayed in. It's luxourious but doesn't feel so formal (like GF).
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I'm sorry but the first one (Tokyo Disneyland Hotel?) is probably one of the ugliest hotels Disney has ever built IMO. It reminds me of the Venetian in Vegas, and that is not a compliment.
Disneysea05
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Ha! Go stay at Hotel Santa Fé and say that again.
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Actually, now that you say that, the Hotel New York at DLP may be the ugliest.
NiarrNDisney
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Just saw this on facebook: http://www.travelandleisure.com/tri...sneyland-hotel?xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_tl
WEDwaydatamover
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I would love to see a DL original take on WDW's Polynesian. You can't build out but you can build up and I certainly believe in TDA more than Team BO... Sorry Team DO!