On our daily update sheet today, i read that Vacation Club Way will be closed between BVD and OKW main gate on Tues, Wed, and Thurs, between 7am and 3:30 pm, from now until Sept. because the new treehouses are being delivered (in prefab sections) during these times. All Saratoga traffic will have to use the aux. gate during the closure. Someone try to get some pics if you can.
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New Treehouses
- Thread starter Fantasia freak
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DABIGCHEEZ
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YES .. they do not appear in the thread. Says they are deleted or moved from Photobucket.
TheDisneyMagic
Well-Known Member
Can't see them here either, appears stating they have been moved or deleted.
yes, all traffic is being rerouted during the closures. Hence why it is on our update sheet.
NJDVCMembers
Member
We just returned from a quick get-away at SSR. We stayed in the Grandstand section in a villa on the fourth floor of the building facing the 17th fairway of LBVGC. We could easily see over the fence into the area of the treehouse villas and noticed the amount of site prep that was going on. It looked like a lot of groundwork, drainage and concrete work.
wayneway
Member
I rented a boat just a couple of days ago, the only thing left of the old treehouse villa's is the concrete center column and the steel frame for the floors. Didn't have my camera, i'll try to get a pic later...
go3epcot
Member
We were told during recent stay at POR by boat captain that Disney was rebuilding treehouses but would have to use the already present supports and foundations as the government won't allow new expanded digging in these "protected" areas. Disney's Reedy Creek oversight is not as "all-encompassing" as when original construction was done, I guess. I take most comments from Disney transportation personel with a grain of salt, but for some reason I kept this castmember's commentary in the back of my head. Thanks for jogging it loose!
Brian_WDW74
Member
I wasn't able to see the pictures earlier this evening, but now I'm seeing them in both of your posts. :wave:
WDW Monorail
Well-Known Member
That is only partly true. The new structures will have new foundations and support coloumns.
Actually, the footprint of the new treehouses will be smaller than the old ones. Thus, creating more wetlands.
WDWRLD
Active Member
Those are all new. In late june/july they were pouring the concrete for some and some were still just empty lots. I think that they were all timber (wood) construction in their former life and used no steel in the support structure.
Montyboy
New Member
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The construction in the photos looks new, but what is missing is any construction equipment or evidence of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if these buildings are being fabricated elsewhere and just show up one morning. It looks like they are being very careful with the disrupting the site.
The construction in the photos looks new, but what is missing is any construction equipment or evidence of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if these buildings are being fabricated elsewhere and just show up one morning. It looks like they are being very careful with the disrupting the site.
jt04
Well-Known Member
Is that a protected "wetland" or does it have to do with ordinances that do not allow "new" building in a designated flood plain? I believe it is because it's in a 100 year flood zone.
Trishnh
Active Member
There was some construction equipment there when we went in July and took these photos--looked like they were mostly destructing the old ones still. It was very hard getting pictures since there are so many trees--most of my pictures you really couldn't see anything other than trees.