News Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge (Project 89 - Development near Fort Wilderness)

[Minthorne]

Ummmmm

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That’s 14 stories.

 

[jme]

I wonder if anyone who worked on the 2011 proposal for a DVC resort on this site is still around working on this one

 

[peter11435]

so now that they built the Polyday Inn on the same basic design model as the original Reflections concept, will we have two of the same towers with the exception of some vaguely country themed details on the outside the way they did Polyday? or will this be a new design?...like the All Star resorts....same building, added theme elements depending on location?

The poly tower and reflections were not structurally, architecturally, or thematically the same. The poly tower was actively being designed before Reflections was put on hold. Had Covid not happened both would already be open.

 

[castlecake2.0]

The poly tower and reflections were not structurally, architecturally, or thematically the same. The poly tower was actively being designed before Reflections was put on hold. Had Covid not happened both would already be open.

What one is going to look worse

 

[SpaceMountain77]

What one is going to look worse

A 10-story tower in a campground.

 

[HauntedPirate]

A 10-story tower in a campground.

Easy solution - Get rid of the campground. Which could ultimately be the goal.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Disgruntled Walt shakes his head again...

 

[GladToBeHear]

Easy solution - Get rid of the campground. Which could ultimately be the goal.

I've said this before several times on these forums. I'm honestly shocked the campground has survived this long. I know it doesn't pull in nearly the same type of profit as the other resorts. And that's prime real estate. I can't believe they haven't tried to move it elsewhere on property (North?) or just omit it completely. I think that's probably the ultimate goal.

 

[Doberge]

I mean, seriously why not theme this new thing to actual Ft Wilderness...make it a kind of Frontierland Hotel and grounds... Add the train back and connect Ft Wilderness to Wilderness Lodge in a meaningful way...and let this property be the central entertainment and restaurant/shopping area for the Wilderness Resorts....and design it thematically to bridge the two resorts.... not another modern Marriott hotel, but something that feels like the Disney we all fell in love with... That is what people want... not another run of the mill hotel you can find anywhere....something unique fitting the theme of the area....

So bringing Buffalo Junction back from the dead and retheming to fit Fort Wilderness more? I love it!

But yes, I still think it ends up as Fort Wilderness expansion. It's the only way to salvage the Cabins disaster.

 

[GladToBeHear]

I mean, seriously why not theme this new thing to actual Ft Wilderness...make it a kind of Frontierland Hotel and grounds... Add the train back and connect Ft Wilderness to Wilderness Lodge in a meaningful way...and let this property be the central entertainment and restaurant/shopping area for the Wilderness Resorts....and design it thematically to bridge the two resorts.... not another modern Marriott hotel, but something that feels like the Disney we all fell in love with... That is what people want... not another run of the mill hotel you can find anywhere....something unique fitting the theme of the area....

This would be the only plan I could probably get behind. A Frontierland old-style hotel, Western town, train connecting FW and WL, etc. They could even go full-schlock with daily gun fights, train robberies, etc. like the Tweetsie Railroad. But this would all require effort and money. Not gonna happen.

 

[Doberge]

I've said this before several times on these forums. I'm honestly shocked the campground has survived this long. I know it doesn't pull in nearly the same type of profit as the other resorts. And that's prime real estate. I can't believe they haven't tried to move it elsewhere on property (North?) or just omit it completely. I think that's probably the ultimate goal.

The infrastructure is all there to support the resort mostly as it is. Anywhere they'd move it to is just a candidate for new construction without spending to close down one site for another. Short of replacing with an expansion of Golden Oak I don't see Disney better utilizing the space from front to back. And by better I just mean better for Disney's bottom line.