News Disney Lakeshore Lodge (Project 89 - Development near Fort Wilderness)

[ToTBellHop]

Interested to see if they are keeping the hotel side or making it all DVC.

All well and good adding room capacity but where the park capacity to support it?

They are adding new restrooms at DAK. That should do it.

 

[nickys]

Interested to see if they are keeping the hotel side or making it all DVC.

All well and good adding room capacity but where the park capacity to support it?

Adding resort room capacity doesn’t alter visitor numbers. It just encourages more people to stay onsite.

And as far as DVC is concerned, there is nothing in the sales / deeds about parks. The DVC resorts were open before the parks re-opened after Covid. And even afterwards, there was no guarantee of park tickets or reservations for DVC members staying.

 

[nickys]

I am still having trouble finding this announcement officially from Disney anywhere, where did this info come from?

Scott Gustin is 100% reliable. He gets info directly from Disney.

 

[FiestaFunKid]

Maybe it's only for us nostalgia purists, but I would have preferred The River Country Lodge - with that rustic ol' fashioned swimming hole more classic feeling Disney theming - with the obvious nod to it's history/location.

They could get creative/innovative with the water slides as a differentiator.

A missing element is fun. Contemporary, Poly, Boardwalk, even Beachclub all have it - Riveria is nice, but was a step back here and Lakeshore likely continues down this bland path.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Scott Gustin is 100% reliable. He gets info directly from Disney.

And he says it's Disney Vacation Club that says...

That's his source.

But, the main DVC website has no info on it yet.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Scott Gustin is 100% reliable. He gets info directly from Disney.

I don’t doubt him, but I’m still looking for the “official announcement” all these blogs are talking about

 

[Notes from Neverland]

Disney often releases statements to blogs/journalists before posting anything publicly themselves. This isn't unusual.

 

[DCBaker]

I am still having trouble finding this announcement officially from Disney anywhere, where did this info come from?

The news came from a press release from Disney Signature Experiences/Disney Vacation Club.

Do we know if that is concept art of the new resort, or is Scott just using that image to reference Reflections?

No new concept art was released.

 

[castlecake2.0]

The news came from a press release from Disney Signature Experiences/Disney Vacation Club.



No new concept art was released.

Thank you so much, this was what I was looking for

 

[aladdin2007]

Maybe it's only for us nostalgia purists, but I would have preferred The River Country Lodge - with that rustic ol' fashioned swimming hole more classic feeling Disney theming - with the obvious nod to it's history/location.

They could get creative/innovative with the water slides as a differentiator.

A missing element is fun. Contemporary, Poly, Boardwalk, even Beachclub all have it - Riveria is nice, but was a step back here and Lakeshore likely continues down this bland path.

agree would have been so much better and actually feel and sound like Disney than the generic approach, but at least Lakeshore Lodge is (somewhat) better than the reflections muck. They got the message, just not enough. Its like they are scared to death to do anything that isn't marriot style.

 

[Gusey]

The news came from a press release from Disney Signature Experiences/Disney Vacation Club.



No new concept art was released.

Thank you. So, for all we know, the hotel could look completely different to Reflections and its just using the same plot of land. This isn't a Art of Animation thing where vertical construction had begun so Disney had to incorporate already built buildings

 

[mattpeto]

Thank you. So, for all we know, the hotel could look completely different to Reflections and its just using the same plot of land. This isn't a Art of Animation thing where vertical construction had begun so Disney had to incorporate already built buildings

I thought the permits revealed the building structure would be the same as Reflections original concept.

 

[Rteetz]

I thought the permits revealed the building structure would be the same as Reflections original concept.

Layout is the same yes. It is also possible we see thematic changes tho from original art.

 

[James Alucobond]

Somehow managed to make the name even more uninteresting than it already was.

It's literally the same name formula as Wilderness Lodge.

 

[monothingie]

Layout is the same yes. It is also possible we see thematic changes tho from original art.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Disney have filed a SFWMD permit today to do geotech boring for "project 89". You can see in the image below that this is near Ft Wilderness of both sides of the old River County site. These borings are done to determine the soil structure in a area where they plan to build.

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May I suggest a name change for the thread?

 

[mysto]

That’s correct. I don’t know why but I assumed you meant they had been there since before the recent restart.

Proof at last that an ancient civilization rivaling Egypt and Central America thrived in Florida some 10000 years ago. I hope they don't ruin the theming with IP or something.

 

[monothingie]

It’s a building on a lake. What more do you want from a lakeshore lodge?!?! Maybe they’ll add a wolf who is great for the kids to hug and a tornado water slide. They could call it the Howlin’ Tornado!

There's no IP Synergy in that.

The Pocahontas and Friends with Special Guest Star Rocket Raccoon Lakeside Lodge featuring Nemo.

 

[danlb_2000]

May I suggest a name change for the thread?

I will always call it Reflections.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

It's literally the same name formula as Wilderness Lodge.

Except Wilderness Lodge did it first. And then it was copied by Great Wolf Lodge. It's not like they should just keep putting lodge after everything. Even Animal Kingdom Lodge is an uncreative name.