Rumor The EPCOT Hotel

[Phicinfan]

You guys are missing the clear point, they are replacing the cabins in Fort Wilderness, with new DVC cabins...obviously the old ones will be put in a area behind the Land so they can have an Epcot resort called living ON the land. You are welcome

 

[HauntedPirate]

If Disney sells off all it's Osceola property, the new Tram Inspection Bill won't apply to them anymore!!

 

[Disstevefan1]

You guys are missing the clear point, they are replacing the cabins in Fort Wilderness, with new DVC cabins...obviously the old ones will be put in a area behind the Land so they can have an Epcot resort called living ON the land. You are welcome

Living ON the land cabins start at only $200 a night.

 

[Bocabear]

Living ON the land cabins start at only $200 a night.

$200 a night? that is cheaper than the all-Star Resorts... more like $375-$450.00

 

[Disstevefan1]

$200 a night? that is cheaper than the all-Star Resorts... more like $375-$450.00

Its living ON the land, you are responsible for your own food, water, there is no plumbing, electricity.

 

[MisterPenguin]

So, we're talking about the EPCOT cabanas, right?

 

[Clyde Birdbrain]

If Disney sells off all it's Osceola property, the new Tram Inspection Bill won't apply to them anymore!!

Then FL will just change the law to apply to all special districts that have 4 or more theme parks.

 

[peter11435]

If Disney sells off all its Osceola property, the new Tram Inspection Bill won't apply to them anymore!!

It wouldn’t matter. Even if Disney sold the land, the land would still be part of the district. So the districts boundaries would still include two or more counties.

 

[scottieRoss]

But they are completing the "successful" renovation of EPCOT.

Besides, they can't shut down the year-round food festivals in EPCOT because MONEY.

The company need to make money somehow. The theme parks and cruise ships are the only things making money. Disney+ and Movies are huge losers!!!

You said a couple of years????? THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS! LOOK HOW LONG THE WALLS ARE UP IN EPCOT!!!!

Movies? Just 6 weeks into calendar 2023 Disney had hit over $1,000,000,000 in box office. Calendar 2022 brought in 4.9 Billion. Disney is a strong #1 at the box office. Remember too, they had that little movie Avatar II in FY 2023

 

[Disstevefan1]

Movies? Just 6 weeks into calendar 2023 Disney had hit over $1,000,000,000 in box office. Calendar 2022 brought in 4.9 Billion. Disney is a strong #1 at the box office. Remember too, they had that little movie Avatar II in FY 2023

We must factor in the cost to make the movies and the cost to market (marketing is sometimes many times the cost to make the movie) the movies and subtract those costs from the box office.

I admit I have not done the math, but I would be interested in what's actually left after the cost of making and marketing to see what they actually make from the movies recently.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

It wouldn’t matter. Even if Disney sold the land, the land would still be part of the district. So the districts boundaries would still include two or more counties.

Granted that the law was written to say a district created by “local act” when it wasn’t, I think we’ve established they’d have to fix the law to enforce it

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Its living ON the land, you are responsible for your own food, water, there is no plumbing, electricity.

But all the cucumbers you want!

 

[BrianLo]

Is this still happening?

I think the pandemic took it off the table for the medium term. Riviera still needs a few years to sell through and the Epcot hotel would be somewhat positioned to the same market. Or at least not really providing much segment when you already can choose between Poly and Riv.

Although they aren't opposed to multiple projects, DVC seems content at looking towards quick flip other opportunities. Yacht Club still strikes me as a more likely contender.

Long term I think it's basically inevitable.

 

[Bocabear]

A hotel right at or in EPCOT would be a great draw and a great sell...much like the monorail resorts... they have no trouble selling those. If the Monorail station for Epcot was connected to the new Hotel, it would sell... and be very popular. Built-in transportation to the MK Loop that is not a bus would make it very desirable...