New luxury resort opening near Walt Disney World entrance

[castlecake2.0]

It looks like Fairmont is planning a new resort just outside WDW. There’s conflicting information about exact location, some saying near the World Drive entrance (which unless Disney sells them land there isn’t likely) or near the Osceola Pkwy entrance by Gaylord Palms. This continues the trend of luxury resorts popping up around Disney compared the previous “value” venues that quickly popped up along the 192 originally.

Fairmont To Open Luxury Resort Near Disney World

Like other leisure markets, until recently, the major expansion of hotel rooms in Orlando was in the budget space. The drive was to provide a room at an affordable price…

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[Magic Feather]

It looks like Fairmont is planning a new resort just outside WDW. There’s conflicting information about exact location, some saying near the World Drive entrance (which unless Disney sells them land there isn’t likely) or near the Osceola Pkwy entrance by Gaylord Palms. This continues the trend of luxury resorts popping up around Disney compared the previous “value” venues that quickly popped up along the 192 originally.

Fairmont To Open Luxury Resort Near Disney World

Like other leisure markets, until recently, the major expansion of hotel rooms in Orlando was in the budget space. The drive was to provide a room at an affordable price…

www.google.ca

Wow... I would not put a Fairmont there of all places. Also, isn't one of the Fairmont brand's hallmarks distinctive architecture? This looks very generic.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Wow... I would not put a Fairmont there of all places. Also, isn't one of the Fairmont brand's hallmarks distinctive architecture? This looks very generic.

They have a mix, some of the Château style/Canada pavilion looking hotels, and also some more modern looking/downtown properties