You forget Liberty Square. Come on HM hotel!
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Construction between Contemporary and TTC
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peter11435
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Liberty Square?
Jinx!
castlecake2.0
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Is that a hint?
doctornick
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This was going to be the site for the Asian Hotel in the original plans right? Persian was on Bay Lake with a monorail spur, right? And Venetian/Mediterranean on the Grand Flo spot?
I think an Asian or Persian/Middle Eastern (or even an Indian) themed resort would be pretty cool and add some unique food offerings to the area.
I think an Asian or Persian/Middle Eastern (or even an Indian) themed resort would be pretty cool and add some unique food offerings to the area.
peter11435
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No. Just pointing out that fantasyland isn’t the only land without a comparable resort.
castlecake2.0
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Any hint to theming? Have they given up on Gflo being five star?
Venetian.
The more recent - The Grande Venezia Resort - was ornate Venice.
SteamboatJoe
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$$$$$$$$Bungalows on the beach.
doctornick
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I wonder if they would want to revisit that idea given that they just built the Riveria. I know it's not exactly the same concept, but there is some overlap there. Of course, if they truly make it an ornate high quality resort, it would set it apart from Riveria...
doctornick
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DVC with beachfront units, some smaller buildings with the other unit sizes and monorail (and boat) access? Would certainly be a big seller and would have the benefit of helping to subsidize monorail operations via the annual dues.
Since they stopped Reflections, they'll want to have another DVC to sell at some point, though I guess the Grand Floridian conversion is the plan to fill that gap.
pdude81
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And DL Hotel
ppete1975
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I love your non answer, answers
If I remember correctly, weren't there some height test balloons on that site a few years ago? Like maybe around 5 years +/-?
I'm not a geotechnical engineer and I don't live/work in FL, but I've seen developers build on all kinds of stuff...even over sink holes. Maybe the cost of building in the past wasn't where they wanted it to be, but I have a hard time believing that they COULDN'T build on it if they wanted to. With proper geotechnical exploration and a properly engineered foundation/pile system, you can build on just about anything.
I'm not a geotechnical engineer and I don't live/work in FL, but I've seen developers build on all kinds of stuff...even over sink holes. Maybe the cost of building in the past wasn't where they wanted it to be, but I have a hard time believing that they COULDN'T build on it if they wanted to. With proper geotechnical exploration and a properly engineered foundation/pile system, you can build on just about anything.
danlb_2000
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I am wonder if they may be doing geo-technical borings to assess the land.
That certainly sounds most likely
danlb_2000
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Yep, 2012. But then in 2019 @MisterPenguin posted a picture of the location of balloons, but I am not clear if this was a reference to the 2012 sighting or if balloons were seen again in that area in 2019.
Height balloons, this time between TTC and Contemporary
The monorail went by too quickly to snap a pic that was worth anything, but today (5/23) they were flying high test balloons between the ttc and the contemporary. The highest balloon it wasn't as high as the contemporary but it was close. The mystery deepens.
Height balloons, this time between TTC and Contemporary
Via Google+? If so, thank you. I was having computer issues last night and for some reason couldn't post comments to thank you. Your welcome, the other photos in album were scuttles pics with the colors slightly enhanced.