I find drilling rigs boring.Interesting to see....
I find drilling rigs boring.Interesting to see....
There's four Resort proposals around the edge of Epcot that I know of. I expect one or possibly two to happen.
I'd bet on that yes.So, if you were a betting man, more than likely, this early work would be to accommodate (eventually) new lodging (as opposed to entertainment [i.e. park expansion], food, shopping, or transportation)?
And before anyone gets the idea that Disney could build a hotel north of World Drive near the existing pond - That land is marked as "Unsuitable for Development".
So, if you were a betting man, more than likely, this early work would be to accommodate (eventually) new lodging (as opposed to entertainment [i.e. park expansion], food, shopping, or transportation)?
Is this counting the swan and dolphin project?There's four Resort proposals around the edge of Epcot that I know of. I expect one or possibly two to happen.
Not counting that.Is this counting the swan and dolphin project?
A Coronado Tower, a Riviera DVC Tower, a new Swan/Dolphin resort, a Star Wars Resort and now possibly two EPCOT resorts...What are all these tens of thousands of new guests going to be doing? Waiting 4 hours for a ride in Galaxy's Edge or Toy Story Land? Existing visitors who stay off-site do so because the price of the Disney Resorts is beyond what they are willing to pay, so new top-line hotels will not bring them in. New resort rooms must be aimed at expanding the number of visitors. Unless the number of rides increases at the same pace, the parks will be jammed and waits for rides will be at historically high levels.Disney needs more rooms. I'm surprised they haven't expanded more of the resorts, outside the DVC option.
A new monorail resort! (or at least it would seem unusual for them to build a hotel on a plot where the monorail goes through and not build a monorail station there)
And perhaps a point where monorail and gondola stations MEET? For transportation hop between the two.
Didn't @marni1971 say something of them possibly branching out into a form of transportation they didn't have? Maybe not monorail but light rail instead? Or maybe for pure blue sky fun in a "no budgets" universe, a maglev from Epcot to DHS to AK to AKL? A maglev would give off a EPCOT Center feeling to me. But there wouldn't be enough distance to make a high speed maglev worth it.
There's four Resort proposals around the edge of Epcot that I know of. I expect one or possibly two to happen.
It will probably be within walking distance.How about a hotel with people mover transportation to Epcot?!
A Coronado Tower, a Riviera DVC Tower, a new Swan/Dolphin resort, a Star Wars Resort and now possibly two EPCOT resorts...What are all these tens of thousands of new guests going to be doing? Waiting 4 hours for a ride in Galaxy's Edge or Toy Story Land? Existing visitors who stay off-site do so because the price of the Disney Resorts is beyond what they are willing to pay, so new top-line hotels will not bring them in. New resort rooms must be aimed at expanding the number of visitors. Unless the number of rides increases at the same pace, the parks will be jammed and waits for rides will be at historically high levels.
A Coronado Tower, a Riviera DVC Tower, a new Swan/Dolphin resort, a Star Wars Resort and now possibly two EPCOT resorts...What are all these tens of thousands of new guests going to be doing? Waiting 4 hours for a ride in Galaxy's Edge or Toy Story Land? Existing visitors who stay off-site do so because the price of the Disney Resorts is beyond what they are willing to pay, so new top-line hotels will not bring them in. New resort rooms must be aimed at expanding the number of visitors. Unless the number of rides increases at the same pace, the parks will be jammed and waits for rides will be at historically high levels.
The new tower at CSR will replace the lost rooms at CBR. So Riviera will add additional inventory. But yes, Disney needs more rooms.The Swolphin tower and the Star Warsort are boutique... they really won't be that big. The Riviera killed a whole bunch of rooms to make the tower. And the two (or four) new ones at Epcot and the Swolphin and the SWarsort are years away. So, there really won't be a surfeit of rooms any time soon.
There are plenty of weeks or weekends that just about everything is booked. Disney needs more rooms.
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