Rumor The EPCOT Hotel

[HauntedPirate]

Tron hotel. Views of Tron, parking, or bay lake. You can take a monorail home when none of the lines are down but need a boat to get to the park. No walking path. 75% of rooms are preferred view.

Can't miss

I’d say the close-up views of Tron and a parking lot are both misses.

 

[marni1971]

Former Vice President of Resort Development Bob Holland says the Venetian Site is suitable.

They are desperate to build on that plot. The cost thus far can’t be justified since the test piles famously kept on sinking.

It came up again in conversation a few years ago.

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

They are desperate to build on that plot. The cost thus far can’t be justified since the test piles famously kept on sinking.

It came up again in conversation a few years ago.

To build a Venetian hotel or another contemporary style?

 

[nickys]

The fact they finally built a walking path from GF to MK after all this time makes me think maybe they’ve decided Plot 3 is the fall-back alternative to Plot 1.

Although I would think it has all the same problems as Plot 1 has.

 

[montyz81]

Former Vice President of Resort Development Bob Holland says the Venetian Site is suitable.

Isnt the Venetian site over on seven seas lagoon?

 

[marni1971]

To build a Venetian hotel or another contemporary style?

There’s been two versions of the Mediterranean Resort since the Venetian. But I don’t know what would be built, or even if they will / can.

 

[nickys]

Isnt the Venetian site over on seven seas lagoon?

Well it’s between Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake.

It’s Plot 1 on @Robbiem ’s map.

 

[Robbiem]

So, an off-the-wall question. Are the marginally suitable areas good enough for something like, let's say, A Ft. Wilderness type resort? Small buildings, campers and RV's... no huge buildings. Then, of course, is the Ft Wilderness area suitable for development of something big?

Relocating fort wilderness is an interesting idea - I could see this happening if the land here is suitable for building

 

[pdude81]

Instead of using the land right next to Ft. Wilderness they just cleared for a hotel?

 

[nickys]

Instead of using the land right next to Ft. Wilderness they just cleared for a hotel?

I posted elsewhere that one real possibility for that area would be an expansion of FW. Either more cabins, more plots or permanent tents / mobile homes people could rent rather than bring their own.

 

[GimpYancIent]

To build a Venetian hotel or another contemporary style?

Sinking + Venice Hotel = Nah even if the addition of Gondola water taxis to MK w oarsmen singing Oh Solo Mio was made. Oh wait make the ground floor an indoor / outdoor pool in a venetian motif.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Would the ground at the potential EPCOT sites be more stable than by MK for a tall structure in a classical venetian style? Yes, the sunken/ in door / outdoor pool ground floor (tall ceiling w painted fresco's) would be most impressive and lend more to EPCOT than the MK area.

Just saying if its about being creative, well, be creative.

 

[SteveAZee]

Instead of using the land right next to Ft. Wilderness they just cleared for a hotel?

Ft. Wilderness is a very large area... you could probably put another Magic Kingdom sized park in there, from what I can see. I'm just suggesting that is there are areas 'marginally suitable' that could work for camping, and you have a camping area that could be suitable for theme park and hotel development...

 

[GimpYancIent]

Ft. Wilderness is a very large area... you could probably put another Magic Kingdom sized park in there, from what I can see. I'm just suggesting that is there are areas 'marginally suitable' that could work for camping, and you have a camping area that could be suitable for theme park and hotel development...

Or could decline the value of the area. Many times development ends up degradation.

 

[UNCgolf]

They are desperate to build on that plot. The cost thus far can’t be justified since the test piles famously kept on sinking.

It came up again in conversation a few years ago.

That's even more of a reason to build a Venetian hotel there. It adds to the authenticity.

 

[ChrisFL]

so why is this thread trending again?

 

[MisterPenguin]

so why is this thread trending again?

Start here...

Rumor - The EPCOT Hotel

These responses are the ones that baffle me. (And apologies in advance - I know you were just going for humor, so talking about this generally vs. targeting you.) There is no doubt Disney failed in epic fashion in maintaining and updating Epcot. But, while the "Future" was always part of...

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Now that I'm all caught up, this has made me hate the Riviera even more.

 

[larryz]

I'd love to have more hotels with park entrances. I don't get why Magic (which is one of the most popular in the world) doesn't have any.

Come on Disney, there is money to be had. Picture watching fireworks from a balcony that's almost in the park.

It's coming. Why else open the Northern Exposure?

 

[larryz]

Right, but imagine the idea of a hotel anywhere that close to the borders of MK. It would be like your neighbors' kids building a fort in your yard. I can't be the only one that feels that the MK is sacred ground. This is exactly what Walt disliked about Disneyland. Businesses (albeit in this case, Disney's own) popping up right outside the borders of his magic kingdom. Even as big as MK is, sight lines are still important.

Then Walt surely would be spinning in his grave/cryo box over Paris' Disneyland Hotel as well as all of Anaheim's Disney-owned hotel properties.