The new Disneyland DVC details were revealed during a town hall webinar for Anaheim residents in the Walnut Street neighborhood next to the planned project on Thursday, May 21.
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>>Disney unveiled new renderings and blueprints for a planned 350-room Disney Vacation Club time-share tower at the Disneyland Hotel that show a tiered section with grand villa rooftop balconies, poolside garden units and an intriguing interactive water feature.
The new Disneyland DVC details were revealed during a town hall webinar for Anaheim residents in the Walnut Street neighborhood next to the planned project on Thursday, May 21.
The town hall presentation suggests that the
Disneyland DVC project is still in the works despite Disney’s plans to
pause $900 million in construction and refurbishment projects at its theme parks as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the company’s latest quarterly report.
Disney’s two Anaheim theme parks, three hotels and outdoor shopping mall
remain closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Plans for the Disneyland DVC project are still under review by the city of Anaheim. No announcement has been made about when construction will begin.
“As with all projects, this proposed plan will go through a series of reviews as part of the project approval process with the city of Anaheim,” according to Disney officials. “Right now, we are in the entitlement process with the city, which is a continuation of an application submitted back on November 22, 2019.”
A final site plan and conditional use permit application for a proposed Disney Vacation Club Resort next to the Disneyland Hotel was filed in January with the city of Anaheim.
Disney has set a 2023 proposed opening date for the 12-story Disney Vacation Club tower. Construction is estimated to take 3 to 4 years, which could push back the proposed 2023 opening date.
The proposal for the new DVC property is still in the early planning stages and details could change. The proposed 280,000-square-foot DVC time-share tower would be built on approximately 2 acres next to the Disneyland Hotel.
The blueprints revealed during the town hall webinar show an L-shaped DVC complex with a 12-story tower in the front and a tiered section in the rear that descends to five stories.
A pool, spa and interactive water feature intended for exclusive use by DVC members are tucked behind the planned tower. A Mickey-shaped spa touted by Disney was not shown in the plans.
Neighborhood residents were shown concept art of a larger, more visually appealing Walnut Street setback with additional green space developed in partnership with the city of Anaheim, according to Disney officials.
Renderings of the rear of the DVC tower show the view South Walnut Street residents would have of the planned project. Trees lining the street cover most of the DVC tower rendering.
“The part of the tower that extends toward Walnut Street behind the #DisneylandHotel complex will be built with a stair step effect to be less visually imposing on the neighborhood behind it,” according to Twitter user @MagicAndWalnut.
The tiered section of the Disneyland DVC tower would rise from a maximum building height of 60 feet to 140 feet, according to plans shown during the town hall webinar.
The Disneyland DVC tower plans showed a pair of garden units next to the pool.
Designs for the Disney Vacation Club property at the Disneyland Hotel are still evolving, according to Disney officials.
A scale model rendering of the Disneyland DVC tower show approximately 10 expansive grand villa rooftop balconies of the multi-level tiered section of the building overlooking the Walnut Street neighborhood.
A sound wall is planned west of the pool to dampen noise for Walnut Street residents.
The Disney Vacation Club tower project area is located on a grassy area between Walnut Street and the Disneyland Hotel’s Frontier Tower, swimming pool and convention center.
Disney
canceled construction of a planned 2021 Downtown Disney hotel after Anaheim eliminated a tax rebate agreement worth $267 million to the company. Hotel construction had been set to begin on a 17-acre parcel between the original Disneyland Hotel and the Downtown Disney Monorail station when Disney cancelled the expansion plans in October 2018. Disney officials said the proposed Disney Vacation Club and the former hotel proposal are two completely different projects.
The Disney Vacation Club debuted in 1991 as a flexible points-based membership system rather than the traditional fixed-week time-share model. The club’s 220,000 members have access to more than a dozen DVC resorts around the globe.<<
