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News Swan and Dolphin Tower Expansion - The Walt Disney World Swan Reserve

DonaldDoleWhip

DonaldDoleWhip

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TJ Vazquez said:
Not sure where to put this question, but has anyone here booked a stay here yet and have you been able to link it to your Disney Experience successfully?
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Following up on this, last week we booked a few nights at Swan Reserve in September, and we can't currently link it to MDE.

Don't particularly care at the moment, as Park Pass availability in September shouldn't be a problem (and we might skip the parks), but curious - you'd think it would have the same access as Swan and Dolphin.

Honestly excited to try it out - the rooms look nice and modern, and I imagine the breakfast option will beat Garden Grove. For a points stay, it'll be a nice change from the Swan.
 
Horizons '83

Horizons '83

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DonaldDoleWhip said:
Following up on this, last week we booked a few nights at Swan Reserve in September, and we can't currently link it to MDE.

Don't particularly care at the moment, as Park Pass availability in September shouldn't be a problem (and we might skip the parks), but curious - you'd think it would have the same access as Swan and Dolphin.

Honestly excited to try it out - the rooms look nice and modern, and I imagine the breakfast option will beat Garden Grove. For a points stay, it'll be a nice change from the Swan.
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I should have shared earlier, but I’ve been told that this property is not in their system yet be should be by the 60 day mark for dining reservations, which would be around early July.
I'm excited too since I’ll be using points in January, and there should be another dining option as well as a smaller pool and pool bar.
 
DisneyAlexis

DisneyAlexis

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DonaldDoleWhip said:
Following up on this, last week we booked a few nights at Swan Reserve in September, and we can't currently link it to MDE.

Don't particularly care at the moment, as Park Pass availability in September shouldn't be a problem (and we might skip the parks), but curious - you'd think it would have the same access as Swan and Dolphin.

Honestly excited to try it out - the rooms look nice and modern, and I imagine the breakfast option will beat Garden Grove. For a points stay, it'll be a nice change from the Swan.
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I booked a stay for October and was able to link it to MDE
 
DonaldDoleWhip

DonaldDoleWhip

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DisneyAlexis said:
I booked a stay for October and was able to link it to MDE
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TJ Vazquez said:
Interesting, I made my reservation a month ago for January 2022 and I can’t link and the CM told me it’s not in their system yet. You sure it’s for the Swan reserve and not the Swan?
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Interesting. Still can't link here - I wonder if this has to do with when the booking was made.
 
DonaldDoleWhip

DonaldDoleWhip

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DonaldDoleWhip said:
Interesting. Still can't link here - I wonder if this has to do with when the booking was made.
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The answer to this is yes - made another hypothetical booking for a few days later (we're thinking about extending our East Coast visit), and that one is able to be linked. Wonder when they'll fix it for bookings already made.
 
Movielover

Movielover

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Looks very similar to Universal's Aventura Hotel which I stayed at last trip. Very nice hotel that I will certainly stay at again, big difference is Aventura was just under 200 per night compared with what will certainly be around 500 per night for this.
 
Haymarket2008

Haymarket2008

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View from my window at the Dolphin earlier this week.
 
Haymarket2008

Haymarket2008

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Communicora said:
I wish it was more architecturally interesting.
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I agree. It actually isn't as lackluster as I expected it to be. In isolation it is quite nice.

Usually sight lines and stuff don't bother me. I actually think seeing Swan and Dolphin from Epcot is pretty cool. But when looking at the Boardwalk from the Beach/Yacht is where the obtrusiveness of the Swan Reserve really is highlighted. It dominates the skyline and makes the Boardwalk's grandeur considerably lessened.
 
aliceismad

aliceismad

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It's fine. It's better than I expected. I actually would rather look at this than the Swan or Dolphin, but they don't go together at all. If that matters. Which I guess it doesn't. I'm sure the inside will be nice; it looks nice. The pool looks boring and small though.
 

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