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NEW HOTEL?
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Californian Elitist
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The pictures look meh. Not hideous, but not attractive either.
EPCOTCenterLover
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I don't like the look of the expansion at all.
GiveMeTheMusic
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Well sure, some resort guests use it, but at this point ticket sticker shock fatigue and the general movie theatre malaise hasn't helped anything. Fewer and fewer resort guests want to spend $300 on a multi day ticket and then pay $15-$20 per person for movie tickets.
Regardless, the movie theatre is no big loss in Disney's eyes. It's a huge chunk of space that will be better utilized printing money.
DLR92
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Thank you for posting this! I think watching movies is a waste of time if your gonna vacation away from home. i haven't even step foot in movie theaters for 8 years. Maybe I just don't find the experience worth it in general.
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All that is true, but my first reaction was "wow", no kidding. It looks like the sort of place I'd want to vacation. Just plop it on a beach in Southern France or Mexico and we'd be good to go.
Just be glad it isn't going to be some kitschy and predictable California/faux Spanish Revival themed or IP branded property. The design is quite unexpected for Disney, and I mean that in a good way.
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DLR92
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I would have loved Disney to go for some spanish/mediteranian revival architecture.
DLR92
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This is the basically the location originally earmarked for the Disneyland Resort Hotel in the original DLR/Westcot proposal seen adjacent to the lagoon in this image:
And here:
I like this expansion rendering. But I detest the new hotel placement. It doesn't flow well it in placement. I wonder if the new hotel would be called New Disneyland Hotel Resort. LOL
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The Disney Blog article says that this will be more than just a hotel and serve as the western entrance to DLR. I assume that means current paths will be rerouted through the structure with operational features similar to the Eastern Gateway incorporated here. There will be a dedicated DTD garage, so presumably this will also be where those guests enter on foot.
I know. No one would ever get confused by that, right?
DLR92
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I just hope it would not contain Disneyland in it name. It would feel over redundant. Or not bland like "Disney Rivera Resort". I hope for a unique name.
The_Mesh_Hatter
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Disney is changing it's game and shifting its focus from the tug-a-war with Anaheim and is gazing west now. Taken alone, it seems like TDA is done with the shopping game. There's not much left to Downtown Disney right now, for now. Of course, in future decades, TDA could always gobble the Garden Walk when it becomes convenient, once the Toy Story Lot is razed for the third gate. But no longer having the Rainforest Cafe and AMC will be a big loss for rent, they make up a sizable chunk of Downtown Disney. It will be as if Downtown Disney now has 60% vacancy, square-footage speaking, with their loss.
What we are seeing is just one slice of a giant cake. Warning: this is my biased speculation.
I don't think the Mickey and Friend's shuttle is necessary. I believe the distance is something the able-bodied family can do. It's just a fraction of the distance someone will walk at Disneyland. There are already options for people who have health issues that prevent from walking the distance. Heck, half Toy Story Lot, which is serviced by a shuttle could be dedicated to handicapped parking.
My analysis of what's happening doesn't demand the complete removal of the Mickey and Friends shuttle. Just half of it.
What's going on in the bottom of this picture??
I'm talking about right............................................................Here^
....the two lane road turning into the back face of the monorail.
It doesn't exist currently:
Could it be the *new* shuttle drop off area? It's cramped, but with this new "gateway" officially moved further back, the "walk" from Mickey & Friend (and even more so, the new lot) to the resort "entrance" is shorter. So maybe Disney is banking on people being more willing to make the walk if the tram doesn't cover as much distance.
This also forces people to walk through Downtown Disney before approaching the parks, something Universal does.
This would free up a desirable parcel of land right next to the theme park ticket plaza:
It could be used for anything. New Downtown Disney square footage would be useful to make up for the loss. Or, perhaps, Disney is really trying to inflate it's room occupancy, and they'll build hotel #5 right over the theme park's entrance plaza in the vain of Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland. Unfortunately, Indy blocks the space from theme park access. Exciting to see Disney commit to even a vague year for these resort improvements. They're desperately needed.
What we are seeing is just one slice of a giant cake. Warning: this is my biased speculation.
I don't think the Mickey and Friend's shuttle is necessary. I believe the distance is something the able-bodied family can do. It's just a fraction of the distance someone will walk at Disneyland. There are already options for people who have health issues that prevent from walking the distance. Heck, half Toy Story Lot, which is serviced by a shuttle could be dedicated to handicapped parking.
My analysis of what's happening doesn't demand the complete removal of the Mickey and Friends shuttle. Just half of it.
What's going on in the bottom of this picture??
I'm talking about right............................................................Here^
....the two lane road turning into the back face of the monorail.
It doesn't exist currently:
Could it be the *new* shuttle drop off area? It's cramped, but with this new "gateway" officially moved further back, the "walk" from Mickey & Friend (and even more so, the new lot) to the resort "entrance" is shorter. So maybe Disney is banking on people being more willing to make the walk if the tram doesn't cover as much distance.
This also forces people to walk through Downtown Disney before approaching the parks, something Universal does.
This would free up a desirable parcel of land right next to the theme park ticket plaza:
It could be used for anything. New Downtown Disney square footage would be useful to make up for the loss. Or, perhaps, Disney is really trying to inflate it's room occupancy, and they'll build hotel #5 right over the theme park's entrance plaza in the vain of Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland. Unfortunately, Indy blocks the space from theme park access. Exciting to see Disney commit to even a vague year for these resort improvements. They're desperately needed.
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lazyboy97o
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This project and it’s aesthetic would fit in just fine with the Disney Springs backstory.
I don’t think many would call Rainforest Cafe or ESPN Zone “high end” establishments. The renderings do show structures below the hotel, allowing for more venues.
TROR
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Why wouldn't it?
The_Mesh_Hatter
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To be fair I am on a mind altering substance.
DisneyRoxMySox
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Yes, noticed it right away. Anyone have any insight on this?
Disney Irish
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If they can parcel up enough land off of Harbor it might just be possible. This wasn't really a possibility before with no one selling, but now anything is possible. So nothing is out of the realm of possibility now.