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

[MisterPenguin]

I will always call it Reflections.

I'll always call it River Country.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Vaguely reminding me of Aulani.

 

[FlounderFish]

Will it be like Riviera, and current legacy DVC owners won’t be able to use points there?

 

[mattpeto]

Will it be like Riviera, and current legacy DVC owners won’t be able to use points there?

I think the association with be the same with the The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort, so yes - legacy non-Direct DVC owners will not be able to book there.

 

[denyuntilcaught]

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.

Don't most of the resorts have relatively uncreative names? Poly, Boardwalk, Contemporary, Riviera, Wilderness - they're all pretty straightforward. Only a few achieve more - Grand Floridian, Pop Century, All Stars (funny enough) are a bit more creative.

 

[James Alucobond]

^ Yes.

Also, there are only so many synonyms for "resort" or "lodge". Being straightforward about what the thing is isn't a problem.

 

[SplashJacket]

I don’t know y’all.

I’m not in the market for DVC, but I do like resort hopping, so personally I have no issue with them building like crazy.

DVC is funded separately from the parks, and even without paying a cent, it gives you more to do at WDW. It’s in a good area, so immediate to explore it.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Don't most of the resorts have relatively uncreative names? Poly, Boardwalk, Contemporary, Riviera, Wilderness - they're all pretty straightforward. Only a few achieve more - Grand Floridian, Pop Century, All Stars (funny enough) are a bit more creative.

This is true. Though (excluding All Stars) I would argue that all of those names downplay the creativity and scale of the resort. Whereas, in these newer cases, they either match or even oversell the level of theme, detail, etc. If Lakeside Lodge has the scale and imagination of Poly, Boardwalk, Wilderness, AKL, etc. (Riviera intentionally excluded), I'll be just fine with the name. I just have my severe doubts of that...

Lakeside Lodge being a faithful recreation of an upscale Camden Lakeside apartment building on a lake in Central Florida just doesn't do it for me in the theme dept.

 

[nickys]

I will always call it Reflections.

The Resort formerly known as Reflections.

 

[nickys]

Will it be like Riviera, and current legacy DVC owners won’t be able to use points there?

Current legacy owners can use their points anywhere.

I think you mean current restricted owners can’t use their points at Riviera.

But yes, same as Riviera and the Cabins at FW.

 

[nickys]

I think the association with be the same with the The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort, so yes - legacy non-Direct DVC owners will not be able to book there.

Closer. But many legacy owners bought resale but can still use their points due to being grand-fathered in.

 

[John park hopper]

I guess the days of Disney building an actual resort like POFQ or original Poly are long gone. SAD

 

[peter11435]

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

Permits and ongoing construction show that the layout and structure of the building is identical of that of Reflections. The brief description in todays announcement also appears to perfectly match what was planned previously.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Don't most of the resorts have relatively uncreative names? Poly, Boardwalk, Contemporary, Riviera, Wilderness - they're all pretty straightforward. Only a few achieve more - Grand Floridian, Pop Century, All Stars (funny enough) are a bit more creative.

I know what you mean...maybe it's just that it's right next door to another Lodge. Call it what it is - Lakeshore Tower. At least Wilderness Lodge looks like a lodge!

 

[Tha Realest]

The Resort formerly known as Reflections.

Upon Reflections

 

[Horizons '83]

I guess the days of Disney building an actual resort like POFQ or original Poly are long gone. SAD

Long long gone. Can't even remember when the last time it was when they have built a proper resort. AKL?

 

[Ayla]

I didn't realize Reflections was announced in 2018 and two years later, nothing had been done to even start the building process beyond the earliest, most basic things.