News Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge (Project 89 - Development near Fort Wilderness)

[peter11435]

Were they really? That was a great feature. Are you sure that all of them were removed?

They were all removed. Replaced by a large tv with drawers below. There is no a pull out couch in that room so the units still sleep 6.

 

[prberk]

They were all removed. Replaced by a large tv with drawers below. There is no a pull out couch in that room so the units still sleep 6.

Bummer. That was a cool feature, I thought. And, yes, another throwback to a simpler time, I think. But a cool one.

 

[danlb_2000]

New permit today...

6/17/2019 - Fort Wilderness - Balfour Beatty Construction
4220 Big Pine Dr - Demo associated with existing utilities, and surrounding configuration

 

[danlb_2000]

Permit for construction trailers at STOL Port, probably for this project...

6/20/2019 - Misc - Balfour Beatty Construction
3790 C1 N World Dr, 3790 C2 N World Dr - Install modular office complex for project staff

 

[Missing20K]

Here is a May 16 update from Nearmap of the clearing for this resort.View attachment 379382

Actually far more trees left than I expected. They could have justified felling far more stands for construction access had they chosen.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Here is a May 16 update from Nearmap of the clearing for this resort.View attachment 379382

Can someone do that magic thing where they put the map of what’s coming here over top of this image? Thanks!!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Can someone do that magic thing where they put the map of what’s coming here over top of this image? Thanks!!

Already done!

The stable in yellow...

View attachment 370206

 

[Dragonman]

Probably never gonna happen in any near future but it would be neat if they used Discovery Island somehow for the resort guests. A LOT of work would have to be done to the island though, I’m sure no one would justify it would happen due to all the costs and maintenance involved.

 

[ryguy]

What would be cool is something like Tom Sawyer Island.

 

[jbolen2]

Has any info on where the road to the resort will be routed?

 

[trainplane3]

Has any info on where the road to the resort will be routed?

Going off of @MisterPenguin's picture...

Already done!

You can see a intersection on the left branching down and hooking up with what looks like "W Wilderness Road" and "Frontier Way". There's another over to the right as well that looks to be linking up with the campground road.

 

[jbolen2]

Going off of @MisterPenguin's picture...

You can see a intersection on the left branching down and hooking up with what looks like "W Wilderness Road" and "Frontier Way". There's another over to the right as well that looks to be linking up with the campground road.

In April when we were down we had noticed a lot of clearing on the .org side of vista blvd right past the stolport. Made me think it could be getting its own road instead of tapping in to the fort and wilderness lodge existing roads.

 

[trainplane3]

In April when we were down we had noticed a lot of clearing on the .org side of vista blvd right past the stolport. Made me think it could be getting its own road instead of tapping in to the fort and wilderness lodge existing roads.

I was only guessing based off that post, so who knows.
I hope that's the case. Keep the campgrounds quiet and let the resort have the noise. It's a whole different world back in the campgrounds and I would really like for that to still be the case even if I never have plans to stay there.

 

[note2001]

Do we have an official acronym for this resort yet?
RR now seems to indicate Riviera Resort,
In my own notes I've been keeping RoRC just so I know what and where it is (meaning Reflections of River Country which is not disney's name.)

 

[DisneyFreak]

It wouldn’t surprise me.
Think of all of the RunDisney events or quick trips to the world’s largest rave each quarter in Epcot.

Many adult couples who just need a small bedroom for their stay are over purchasing room wise for a studio.

Why not shrink the space by 1/3 and double the potential revenue? I can easily see the bean counters pushing for this, particularly if like you said, the demand truly is there.

I'm surprised they haven't come up with a plan to build a resort like a cruise ship. Think about how many more rooms they could get then?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Do we have an official acronym for this resort yet?
RR now seems to indicate Riviera Resort,
In my own notes I've been keeping RoRC just so I know what and where it is (meaning Reflections of River Country which is not disney's name.)

I vote RLL - Reflections Lakeside Lodge.

 

[danlb_2000]

In April when we were down we had noticed a lot of clearing on the .org side of vista blvd right past the stolport. Made me think it could be getting its own road instead of tapping in to the fort and wilderness lodge existing roads.

You may have been seeing the construction access road and staging area...

 

[Wngo905]

Do we have an official acronym for this resort yet?
RR now seems to indicate Riviera Resort,
In my own notes I've been keeping RoRC just so I know what and where it is (meaning Reflections of River Country which is not disney's name.)

RAD Lodge

 

[peter11435]

You may have been seeing the construction access road and staging area...

I still think it is possible that the Entrance road to the new property may go through this area also. I really doubt they are going to route all of the traffic to reflections through the campground or through the lodge

 

[Creathir]

I'm surprised they haven't come up with a plan to build a resort like a cruise ship. Think about how many more rooms they could get then?

Give them time.
I would imagine it will be coming.