Wilderness Lodge rejoins AAA list of 4-diamond hotels

[fillerup]

From today's O'Sentinel.

Wilderness Lodge rejoins AAA list of 4-diamond hotels

 

[bethymouse]

That's good to hear. What about Animal Kingdom Lodge?

 

[CheshireCat12]

If you read the article, it says at the bottom that most of the Disney Deluxe resorts are 4 diamonds, including Contemporary, Poly, Boardwalk, and AKL.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Love this resort. Isn't the lobby practically the same idea as the Grand Californian at Disneyland, though?

 

[DisneyJoe]

Love this resort. Isn't the lobby practically the same idea as the Grand Californian at Disneyland, though?

WL, AKL, and GF have similar ideas, yes, but they are each unique in their own way.

 

[George]

WL, AKL, and GF have similar ideas, yes, but they are each unique in their own way.

For example, they each have different acronyms composed of letters that start the titular words of each resort.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Love this resort. Isn't the lobby practically the same idea as the Grand Californian at Disneyland, though?

Didn't WL come first?

 

[Weather_Lady]

I am glad to hear it is listed. It is a fabulous resort but too much attention makes it harder to stay there.

Agreed! My first thought was, "thank God we already have our reservations 'made and paid' for May. Now more people will want to book, and WDW will just jack up the prices in response!"

 

[Tuvalu]

Didn't WL come first?

Yes it did.

 

[Master Yoda]

Love this resort. Isn't the lobby practically the same idea as the Grand Californian at Disneyland, though?

WL existed before GC so technically GC is similar to WL.

 

[xdan0920]

Perhaps better question....

Why did WL fall OFF of the 4-diamond list, while many other deluxe hotels did not?

Good question. Especially considering how well it is usually rated around these parts. And actually, everywhere. A quick search just delivered the info that TripAdvisor has the Wilderness Lodge ranked #1 and Wilderness Lodge Villas #2 on the WDW hotels list.

Odd.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Perhaps better question....

Why did WL fall OFF of the 4-diamond list, while many other deluxe hotels did not?

Termites?

 

[ABQ]

Probably fell off the list due to that short period of time where the Whispering Canyon management ripped them of their theme and had all the wait staff tone things down and take away all the fun of the place. Thankfully, that didn't last too long.

 

[durangojim]

Love this resort. Isn't the lobby practically the same idea as the Grand Californian at Disneyland, though?

As others have said, WL came first, but also has a much stronger Native American influence, where GC is more of a craftsman style with little to no Native American influence. WL is much more directly influenced by American National Park Lodges such as Old Faithful Inn.

 

[DanStat]

Probably fell off the list due to that short period of time where the Whispering Canyon management ripped them of their theme and had all the wait staff tone things down and take away all the fun of the place. Thankfully, that didn't last too long.

I was there last week and the experience was more vanilla than the unlimited milkshakes. The only thing that was out of the ordinary from a normal restaurant was the ketchup bit.

 

[note2001]

As others have said, WL came first, but also has a much stronger Native American influence, where GC is more of a craftsman style with little to no Native American influence. WL is much more directly influenced by American National Park Lodges such as Old Faithful Inn.

Wilderness Lodge, the VWL, Grand Californian, Animal Kingdom Lodge (Jambo and Kidani) all have similar feeling to them for a good reason. They were all designed by the same architect: Peter Dominick - he has certainly left his mark on Disney
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/090115dominick.asp