Or start to offer special events much like MNSSHP or MVMCP. Just like the SWW but have to pay extra $$$$ to attend at night.
Not that I know of.
No idea I`m afraid.
The occupancy has actually been really strong lately. I went through the numbers in the 10K in another thread and they show a pretty healthy year over year growth in actual rooms occupied which cannot be manipulated by taking rooms out of service.
And this:
Based on all of this, even if the occupancy number is reduced by 4 to 5% by taking rooms out of service or DVC conversions it's still a healthy number above 85% occupancy. The thinking that hotel occupancy was suffering but being masked by manipulation is largely untrue. The truth is they simply don't have enough hotel rooms today and you can bet demand will grow even stronger with Pandora and Star Wars opening soon too.DVC is included in the occupancy reported by Disney and is counted as "two-bedroom equivalents". This means that DVC inflates the occupancy number but since DVC accounts for only about 11% of Walt Disney World rooms (because they are counted as 2-bedrooms), the effect is modest, typically 1 or 2%. Disney does this because counting DVC as 2-bedrooms helps with the important Per Room Guest Spending (PRGS) metric.
Converting hotel rooms to DVC skews the numbers to the extent that those rooms are taken out of service for extended periods of time. The current conversion at the Wilderness Lodge is skewing the numbers by roughly another 1%, since there are fewer "available room nights" during the conversion.
At any one time, Disney also has another 4% or so of rooms out of service, thus not counted as available room nights. Given the age of most Disney resorts, it's understandable that some rooms need servicing or remodeling at any one time.
Don't let these numbers mislead you. At the moment, Orlando area hotel occupancy is strong, with both Disney and Universal looking to add hotel/timeshare rooms.
The risk is that both are building during a boon. Orlando tourism is sensitive to economic downturns and another recession is sure to hit eventually. Disney's plan to open Star Wars Land will help. As Universal demonstrated when it opened the first Wizzarding World of Harry Potter, vacationers still come if you have a truly exciting product. If Disney creates an outstanding Star Wars Land, it should be a hit no matter what the economic situation, keeping hotel occupancy strong (even if Disney has to offer some discounts).
Disney's hotel costs are relatively fixed. A hotel occupancy rate of (say) 70% would be a financial disaster for Disney. Even immediately after 9/11, when tourism plummeted and Disney closed hotel rooms, occupancy bottomed out at 76%. Conversely, profits soar when occupancy hits 90%. Remember, when occupancy is low, it means there are bad things going on in the economy, meaning that Disney has to offer discounts to reach (for example) that 76%. When times are good, occupancy goes up and there are fewer discounts, meaning more rooms are occupied at a higher price, which is why it's so profitable. When you consider all the factors in evaluating hotel occupancy, there really is a narrow band between financial success and failure.
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If you are going to build a tower that is tall enough that it will be seen within EPCOT it has to look futuristic to fit the theme. That's why I could see them going for something that looks like that. Of course with a lounge at the top for illuminations viewing
If you are going to build a tower that is tall enough that it will be seen within EPCOT it has to look futuristic to fit the theme. That's why I could see them going for something that looks like that. Of course with a lounge at the top for illuminations viewing
I believe Disneyland's new resort is on the high end as required by the tax incentives helping to finance it. A Star Wars theme likely wouldn't qualify it as upscale.
They would need to make it a Star Wars themed resort/Apartment Complex.If they built a SW themed resort I wonder if they would let me move in permanently
I think that is sad and shortsighted. Let's be honest the American part of WS is the worst of all the areas. It's basically a bad QS restaurant and a gift shop. I was born and raised in Philly and they could of done some much more in this area. Putting a premium resort that would be attached directly to WS and give the ability to fix this area would be amazing. And as other poster has mentioned to be able to just look out of your room and see Illuminations every night would be worth the price.
Not to get this thread off topic but have you ever actually seen the American Adventure?
Yes. But I'm not going to get excited about a movie only need to see it once. I want the whole place to be themed. I mean seriously why would they think it was a good idea to put a bad cafeteria style QS restaurant there? Oh and bathrooms on each side of main building. It's basically a glorified rest stop in middle of WS.
Just overlay Vista Way and there you go.
