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News Disney Vacation Club announces plans for more than 350 new cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
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Figment1986
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So, i wonder will they add more loops on where reflections was going to go... possibly a good spot for the "enhanced trails and recreations" too... I loved staying at the cabins when I got to. This feels like using DVC budget to update / enhance the experience on campgrounds.
cslafferty
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We are going to Ft Wilderness Dec 1-11. My husband, sister, and I will be in our RV at a campsite, and we have a cabin reservation for my daughter and her family. It’s my two grandsons’ (4 and 2 yrs old) first Disney trip. I realize Disney will honor our reservation, but I don’t want them to be surrounded by construction either.
I understand the cabins need to be refurbished, but I really don’t like that every new hotel expansion is DVC. And I don’t like the idea that maybe some areas (like new pool area) might be for DVC members only. Used to be that all Disney resort guests could partake in Extra Magic Hours - now, unless you are DVC or deluxe guests, you get a whole 30 minutes in the morning! We spend a lot of money on our Disney vacations to be treated like a second class citizen.
Sorry about the rant. Just thought Ft Wilderness was safe from the “haves and have nots” garbage. Disappointing to say the least.
I understand the cabins need to be refurbished, but I really don’t like that every new hotel expansion is DVC. And I don’t like the idea that maybe some areas (like new pool area) might be for DVC members only. Used to be that all Disney resort guests could partake in Extra Magic Hours - now, unless you are DVC or deluxe guests, you get a whole 30 minutes in the morning! We spend a lot of money on our Disney vacations to be treated like a second class citizen.
Sorry about the rant. Just thought Ft Wilderness was safe from the “haves and have nots” garbage. Disappointing to say the least.
Disone
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Hummmmm. The tree houses are three bedroom two full baths and a full kitchen. I'll take a wait and see on this one.
Virtual Toad
Well-Known Member
Looking at the concept art, I'm not wild about the lack of eye-level windows. Except for the floor to ceiling windows (doors?) facing the patio, most if not all the other windows are more like skylights, placed near the ceiling. Part of the appeal of staying in the current cabins is having awesome views of the trees and natural surroundings on all sides. Except for the center on one side, the new design seems like it could feel a lot more "boxed in" and claustrophobic. Especially in the front third facing the driveway. Seems sort of like living in a shipping container.
Maybe they're going for more privacy, but without views on all sides it just isn't the same experience. The project planners should spend at least a week staying in the current cabins to get a better feel for what the location and surroundings bring to the table, as views of the surroundings are an important part of the theme and story and thus should be an integral part of the design.
Maybe they're going for more privacy, but without views on all sides it just isn't the same experience. The project planners should spend at least a week staying in the current cabins to get a better feel for what the location and surroundings bring to the table, as views of the surroundings are an important part of the theme and story and thus should be an integral part of the design.
raymusiccity
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Either way, it’s a shame to have bulldozed such a beautiful section of the campgrounds.
. I wouldn’t look forward to staying in a cabin exposed to the full Florida sun in August!
RememberWhen
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I think you might be confusing Fort Wilderness with Wilderness Lodge.
Fort Wilderness doesn’t have hotel rooms. It’s a campground. There are campsites for tents and RVs and campers plus these cabins. These cabins are not the ones by the lake at Wilderness Lodge. Those are already DVC. Wilderness Lodge has two DVC sections (Boulder Ridge and Copper Creek).
SoFloMagic
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All good. But you left out that they're calling it DVC. That's crap.
Patcheslee
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I was just thinking of those too. We've stayed in different ones 4 times now since they opened. We looked at Fort Wilderness for June, but decided against because it seems like much more walking to get places and pool is meh for the price.
There's also a set of drawers underneath the TV, so that was an improvement. The small table & 2 chairs is gone. All that's in the living room furniture wise is the sleeper sofa, a coffee table, chair and small table.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I’m sure they will be be nice inside but the concept art just looks to be a newer trailer/cabin and nothing deluxe looking but we’ll see
Fido Chuckwagon
Well-Known Member
Hummmmm. The tree houses are three bedroom two full baths and a full kitchen. I'll take a wait and see on this one.
The treehouses are 2 bedroom units, not 3.
The treehouses are 2 bedroom units, not 3.
Fido Chuckwagon
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Also, lol @ staying in a glorified RV at Disney for what I’m sure will be a cash rate of well north of $1,000 per night.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
I'm asking this sincerely... what is particularly "deluxe" about a 1 bedroom villa at Copper Creek? I don't understand why people are all hung up on this idea that these are free-standing structures as opposed to being all stuck together in larger buildings.
Just say you've never been there. They're nothing like "glorified RVs," even the old, pre-upgraded units. They're much more like large freestanding hotel rooms than they are RVs.
Is this even "development" in the sense of things the district would get involved in? Feels like they're using existing acreage for the same purpose that it's currently being used for, they're just going to brand and market the inventory differently.
No, the Treehouses at SSR are three bedrooms - 2 queen and bunks.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
the overall resort itself. Not every DVC has everyone in a single large building but those resorts feel like deluxe resorts, not a Disney KOA campground. I think it is a nice place don’t get me wrong, just surprised they are putting dvc there as it just doesn’t have that same deluxe vibe as others. Just my opinion.
correcaminos
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No, they are 3 bedrooms. 1 master with attached bath with queen size bed. A second bedroom with 1 queen. A third with bunks. Then sleep sofa & chair in living room. Sleeps 9