News Disney Riviera Resort announced

nickys

nickys

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Yep, seen two reports now from people at SSR who were in a refurbished room.

Essentially 3 options if they needed the Murphy bed:
Air mattress
Murphy bed mattress moved onto floor
Move to another non-furnished room, not in a preferred location (separate booking category).

I’m guessing if more people report needing the extra sleeping space than can be moved to another room that there will be only 2 options. Either way, they’ll be refunding a heck of a lot of points to members.
 
trainplane3

trainplane3

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nickys said:
Yep, seen two reports now from people at SSR who were in a refurbished room.

Essentially 3 options if they needed the Murphy bed:
Air mattress
Murphy bed mattress moved onto floor
Move to another non-furnished room, not in a preferred location (separate booking category).

I’m guessing if more people report needing the extra sleeping space than can be moved to another room that there will be only 2 options. Either way, they’ll be refunding a heck of a lot of points to members.
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Or if you're in high school on a band trip:
- Push the fronts of two chairs together
- Toss a pillow and blanket in a bath tub and hope no one turns the water on

Both VERY effective (and free!) alternate sleeping arrangements. 🙃
 
nicb88

nicb88

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xdan0920 said:
People are actually buying here! The hubris is paying off. Build the plainest, least themed tower you can. Install the cheapest fixtures you can get away with. Use the lowest bid contractor to do those installs, and it simply doesn't matter. To this point, DVC is bullet proof.
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While not staying there, on my current trip I’ve spent quite a bit of time around Riviera given a friend was staying. No, it's not the most exciting exterior, and yes, the Murphy bed situation is poor show and shouldn’t have happened, but I actually really like the resort as a whole. As do, it seems, the people who’ve also visited and I’ve spoken with.

The detail makes it, which is primarily the artwork, but the rooms are also very nice and the facilities are lovely too. The food seems generally some of the better food at WDW and the grounds are very pretty. I think it’s a nice resort and will do perfectly well with DVC members the more they explore it.
 
nicb88

nicb88

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lazyboy97o said:
How does the artwork exemplify the Beaux Arts, Art Nouveau and/or Art Deco? How do they reflect the Riviera? Or are they just pretty character decorations?
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They're not perfect representations of any of those styles and I don’t think the resort, as it’s gone through its development, has come to really represent Beaux Arts or Art Nouveau beyond probably the mansard roof. It most definitely isn’t Art Deco and I don’t think it ever would have been.

I think they’ve just gone for what a modern, relatively upscale Riviera hotel might look like now with nice Disney artwork throughout. It’s subtle, and I know people will bemoan that, but I still think it’s a lovely resort.
 
xdan0920

xdan0920

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nicb88 said:
While not staying there, on my current trip I’ve spent quite a bit of time around Riviera given a friend was staying. No, it's not the most exciting exterior, and yes, the Murphy bed situation is poor show and shouldn’t have happened, but I actually really like the resort as a whole. As do, it seems, the people who’ve also visited and I’ve spoken with.

The detail makes it, which is primarily the artwork, but the rooms are also very nice and the facilities are lovely too. The food seems generally some of the better food at WDW and the grounds are very pretty. I think it’s a nice resort and will do perfectly well with DVC members the more they explore it.
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I know two DVC members who have been there in the past week who found it completely uninspiring and ultimately cheap. Different strokes I guess.
 
nicb88

nicb88

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xdan0920 said:
I know two DVC members who have been there in the past week who found it completely uninspiring and ultimately cheap. Different strokes I guess.
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I can see why for some it wouldn’t be inspiring. I just like a nice ambiance and that’s what I feel it has. It’s similar to the GF Villas in some ways. My only wish it for more greenery/foliage, perhaps around the entry, but I suppose that will grow in over time!
 
xdan0920

xdan0920

Think for yourselfer
nicb88 said:
I can see why for some it wouldn’t be inspiring. I just like a nice ambiance and that’s what I feel it has. It’s similar to the GF Villas in some ways. My only wish it for more greenery/foliage, perhaps around the entry, but I suppose that will grow in over time!
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Ah yes. The GF Villas, the half finished exteriors there are also quite breathtaking. The big difference is, GFV is part of the flagship resort complex and Riviera is part of a middling moderate resort complex.
 
nicb88

nicb88

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xdan0920 said:
Ah yes. The GF Villas, the half finished exteriors there are also quite breathtaking. The big difference is, GFV is part of the flagship resort complex and Riviera is part of a middling moderate resort complex.
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I understand not liking something and you’re entitled to feel that way, but it seems you are trying to belittle me because of my opinions on the hotel. Is that not beneath a grown adult?
 
peter11435

peter11435

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xdan0920 said:
That’s your defense of this dump? “Don’t like it, don’t go.”?
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The point is that some people do like it. Just because you do not doesn’t mean no one else does. Its not a dump and plenty of people that have actually been there have greatly enjoyed it. There’s nothing wrong with disliking the resort. As you said different strokes. There are plenty of other options at WDW if you dislike this property and for some people this will be there property of choice.
 
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lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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nicb88 said:
They're not perfect representations of any of those styles and I don’t think the resort, as it’s gone through its development, has come to really represent Beaux Arts or Art Nouveau beyond probably the mansard roof. It most definitely isn’t Art Deco and I don’t think it ever would have been.

I think they’ve just gone for what a modern, relatively upscale Riviera hotel might look like now with nice Disney artwork throughout. It’s subtle, and I know people will bemoan that, but I still think it’s a lovely resort.
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Disney has invoked all three styles as descriptions of the Resort. It’s also not Modern nor does contemporary match Disney’s description that it is based on Walt’s travels over half a century ago. So what story is are prominent pieces of artwork reinforcing as details? How are major design pieces subtle or in anyway unique to a Riviera resort versus any other contemporary Western setting?
 
nicb88

nicb88

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lazyboy97o said:
Disney has invoked all three styles as descriptions of the Resort. It’s also not Modern nor does contemporary match Disney’s description that it is based on Walt’s travels over half a century ago. So what story is are prominent pieces of artwork reinforcing as details? How are major design pieces subtle or in anyway unique to a Riviera resort versus any other contemporary Western setting?
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I didn’t say it was unique and it certainly isn’t, I’m sure, if you go look at every other hotel in the world. The style is subtle, modern and I feel like the differences are in the details and the artwork. I’m presuming their vision was as though it were a modern Riviera hotel, but as you say it takes in other influences also. It isn’t entirely architecturally based on Walt’s travels, but much of that is in the artwork and artefacts that are placed around the grounds, that do for the most part follow specific artistic movements.

It definitely isn’t the same as any of the other Disney resorts, so it offers something different for Disney/DVC guests.

I will add, that these are my opinions and not going off what Disney has said. So if I’ve said it’s not Art Deco, it’s because I don’t think it is. Others may disagree.
 
Prince-1

Prince-1

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peter11435 said:
The point is that some people do like it. Just because you do not doesn’t no one else does. Its not a dump and plenty of people that have actually been there have greatly enjoyed it. There’s nothing wrong with disliking the resort. As you said different strokes. There are plenty of other options at WDW if you dislike this property and for some people this will be there property of choice.
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It is far from a dump. Now is it an immediate classic hotel like Animal Kingdom Lodge or Wilderness Lodge? Nope but it‘s so far from a dump it’s laughable.
 

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