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Latest look at the new Bonnet Creek Hilton and Waldorf Astoria
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krankenstein
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They look how I expected them to. Now, I am expecting a lot more from the Four Seasons...I hope I am not disappointed.
Thanks for the update Steve.
Thanks for the update Steve.
DougK
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Why save your judgemet for another day? Alot of people on this board have been trashing the new Contemporary Tower and that is not finshed either! :lol:
jt04
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Only the four seasons I would guess.
hokielutz
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There was a lot of chatter in past threads about the height of these hotels being a plague on the park experience.
Since it appears that the structures are built out to their maximum heights.... are there any actual sight-lines that are disturbed at Epcot, or DHS? Can you easily see the structures from the parks on the ground?
Forget about Carib Beach... the resort experience there is wounded by being in the shadow of those buildings.
Since it appears that the structures are built out to their maximum heights.... are there any actual sight-lines that are disturbed at Epcot, or DHS? Can you easily see the structures from the parks on the ground?
Forget about Carib Beach... the resort experience there is wounded by being in the shadow of those buildings.
The other Hilton near WDW is, so it's certainly a possibility.
No there isnt any significant visibility of them from around WDW.
IN fact, you cant even see the structures from the approach road of Bonnet Creek. They really arent that tall, and WDW controls sight lines from everywhere so well.
jt04
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I really don't think they will be visible from Epcot. They are similar in height to Swan/Dolphin and those are not too visible even though they are right next door. Four Seasons will probably be visible from the beach at FW but that is the only sight-line problem I expect. DHS should not have a problem. Pop Century and CBR are a different story I think. PO/Riverside are heavily wooded enough that the Four Seasons won't be visible. All in all I think management is doing the best they can with sight-lines.
WDW Monorail
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Back when all of the land for RCID was purchased, one owner refused to sell property east of EPCOT. This property is Bonnet Creek. It is basically an 'island' within Disney property but not actually Disney owned.
jt04
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I think Disney will still own the land under the Four Seasons. They were brought in as an outside vendor so to speak. Disney needed to compete with the new Waldorf and does not have any experience with that level of service so they contracted it. Of course that is my conclusion, there may be a whole other reason for bringing the Four Seasons onto Disney property.:shrug:
GrumpyFan
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No there isnt any significant visibility of them from around WDW.
The only place I've seen them is at Pop Century from the 3rd & 4th floors of the buildings that face in that direction, and the view is very ugly! I'm not sure about CBR, I would think not since those buildings are shorter.