Rumor The EPCOT Hotel

[MisterPenguin]

So... rather than a renewal of the entrance hotel, maybe this is for a renewal of the Festival Center (the 3 tier one), since that's the address at 2000 Avenue of the Stars?

Or, maybe it is a "Epcot Hotel," namely The Swan Reserve, which Gensler is working on, the address is bogus?

 

[uncle jimmy]

Bet the surveys told Bob that guests wanted more expensive deluxe hotels to choose from...

 

[monothingie]

So just so I understand, all this is based on a screen grab from a pm site that shows “something” was updated in February. Which could mean anything. It is just as likely that someone went in and randomly clicked “save” instead of “cancel”.

 

[trainplane3]

So... rather than a renewal of the entrance hotel, maybe this is for a renewal of the Festival Center (the 3 tier one), since that's the address at 2000 Avenue of the Stars?

Or, maybe it is a "Epcot Hotel," namely The Swan Reserve, which Gensler is working on, the address is bogus?

That's literally what I said too:

Wouldn't it be funny if since Reflections is (currently) dead and the table is (currently) dead, they decide to build a hotel in Epcot that would:
- Give them a hotel in a prime location
- Give a upcharge location for the new show (what the table was supposed to do)

Two birds, one stone. But the stone is in molasses so it'll take at least 5+ years to actually hit it's target.

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

People want to drink in view of the fountains...duh

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

People want to drink in view of the fountains...duh

Some want to drink in the fountains...and on the pyramid.

 

[WillWrambles]

The possibility of a hotel replacing the Festival Center is so dumb that it just might work. It would also ruin the sightlines EVEN MORE.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

Don't they have enough hotel rooms? They should spend the money on rides which they actually need more of.

 

[peter11435]

Don't they have enough hotel rooms? They should spend the money on rides which they actually need more of.

It doesn’t work that way

 

[pdude81]

They aren't building the hotel in the middle of FW where the table was going to go, right ? Then they could really charge a premium

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Yeah right. This is all bologna. The day they build a hotel in EPCOT is the day some money hungry bowling ball with legs is running the company...................oh wait.

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

Curious to see plans, concepts, etc...I doubt this is hard pricing, but budgeting, instead.

I think a front entrance hotel is a great idea...I hope they put a hotel in every country themed to the culture.

 

[raymusiccity]

Curious to see plans, concepts, etc...I doubt this is hard pricing, but budgeting, instead.

I think a front entrance hotel is a great idea...I hope they put a hotel in every country themed to the culture.

I think they've scaled it down to individual townhomes!

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

Whatever they do, I wonder if it will be a resort area or just an integrated hotel?

 

[the.dreamfinder]

It doesn’t work that way

Hotel and timeshare business with a theme park component.

 

[JEANYLASER]

 

[bcoachable]

From what I’ve heard (on a few podcasts recently) about Epic U, this theme park will have a “stay in the park” offering. I wonder if this will be WDW’s answer? Wasn’t this idea first floated by Tony Baxter during Epcot’s initial development?
Heck- it kind of was Walt’s vision too, was it not??!!??

 

[Kobe!!]

A hotel at the front of Epcot. Hahaha ok

 

[lazyboy97o]

From what I’ve heard (on a few podcasts recently) about Epic U, this theme park will have a “stay in the park” offering. I wonder if this will be WDW’s answer? Wasn’t this idea first floated by Tony Baxter during Epcot’s initial development?
Heck- it kind of was Walt’s vision too, was it not??!!??

Epic Universe has a hotel at the back. Sort of like the Disneyland Hotel in France or the Hotel Mira Costa but at the back of the park instead of the front.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Epcot has a hotel....Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Canada...Although not to scale and unliveable..But, it's still a hotel..

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