Rumor The EPCOT Hotel

[MisterPenguin]

So....has this idea been totally scrapped for now?

Yes. For now.

 

[JoeCamel]

Maybe they don’t want to desecrate that that they will be celebrating more than they are doing?

You think they grew a conscience?

 

[ToTBellHop]

You think they grew a conscience?

No. They can only build so much at once and determined that the extra rooms should go to the MK area for now. Other additions are already by Epcot. I wouldn’t be surprised if they revisit the Epcot resort in the mid 2020s. They couldn’t possibly go two years without opening a DVC...

 

[marni1971]

You think they grew a conscience?

determined that the extra rooms should go to the MK and Epcot areas for now...

 

[marni1971]

Safe to say I think now that the funds were reallocated for resort(s) elsewhere.

Watch this space. Or that one.

 

[IrishSailor]

Safe to say I think now that the funds were reallocated for resort(s) elsewhere.

Watch this space. Or that one.

Thank you as always! Good to hear!!

 

[danlb_2000]

Thank you as always! Good to hear!!

Unless they manage to come up with an even more in-appropriate place to put a resort.

 

[Horizons '83]

Safe to say I think now that the funds were reallocated for resort(s) elsewhere.

Watch this space. Or that one.

Space hotel confirmed!

 

[marni1971]

Unless they manage to come up with an even more in-appropriate place to put a resort.

It’ll be a surprise. Or two.

But not. Assuming it can happen.

 

[Missing20K]

It’ll be a surprise. Or two.

But not. Assuming it can happen.

Wait, TWO? How many more hotel rooms can they build?

EDIT: How many more hotel rooms do they need?

 

[Spash007]

It’ll be a surprise. Or two.

But not. Assuming it can happen.

A hotel near MK, and the phrase "assuming it can happen" is making me think they're looking at the unused plot on Seven Seas.

 

[FigmentFan82]

Wait, TWO? How many more hotel rooms can they build?

EDIT: How many more hotel rooms do they need?

Disney wants you to stay at their hotels, not the Marriott down the road. So the solution to nearly full booked WDW hotels during peak times is to build more rooms. It's just shifting where a person is staying, not necessarily adding more people to the resort

 

[Hakunamatata]

It’ll be a surprise. Or two.

But not. Assuming it can happen.

Resort in Spaceship Earth?

 

[trainplane3]

It’ll be a surprise. Or two.

But not. Assuming it can happen.

A...D23 surprise or a "far off down the road" surprise?

 

[marni1971]

A...D23 surprise or a "far off down the road" surprise?

Far off I’d imagine

 

[TJJohn12]

So @peter11435 dropped an italicized hint over in the GF path thread that caught my eye and I've been puzzling for a while... but can't quite figure out. It was interleaved with conversation about the resort expansion pads around SSL:

I don’t know where plans ended up but completing a path from GF to MK was definitely part of the plan for the current MK entrance and arrival redesign. Glad to see it may have avoided being cut and hasn’t faded into the sunset.

 

[Magenta Panther]

It’ll be a surprise. Or two.

But not. Assuming it can happen.

I hope a Haunted (Mansion) Hotel can happen. Or a castle hotel. Something fantastical, something Disney.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

I hope a Haunted (Mansion) Hotel can happen. Or a castle hotel. Something fantastical, something Disney.

Can you imagine what they could do with the technology available?? The windows could show different spooky scenes compared to showing outer space.
So, is the Epcot resort hotel back in the running?
Let the rumors of The Seas Pavillion being demoed start up again!!

 

[GoofGoof]

I hope a Haunted (Mansion) Hotel can happen. Or a castle hotel. Something fantastical, something Disney.

...or Muppets. Who wouldn’t want to stay here:

 

[danlb_2000]

...or Muppets. Who wouldn’t want to stay here:
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Definitly, since the most popular payment option is "sneak out in the middle of the night"!