Urban sprawl comes to WDW....Reflections, a Lakeside monstrosity.

[nickmc100]

Just returned from WDW and I have to say the " Talk of the Town " is the
building of Reflections a Lakeside lodge. It is incredibly large. From the Contemporary
it looks like a huge factory building. Incredible size that will top of at 10 stories with
a width that just blows my mind. The far side of Bay Lake is overwhelmed by this
thing. The amount of guests this building will support has got to be staggering.
It goes without saying I am used to a more natural view of Bay Lake but now
that has been destroyed , just as Seven Seas Lagoon views are effected by the Poly tower.
Call me old fashioned but the waterside properties adjacent to MK are being over built
by these huge money grabs .
Opinions ?

Lakeshore lodge looks like a generic apartment building that you can find anywhere in the USA. Whatever happened to Disney's creativity?

 

[KDM31091]

I am concerned that the Lakeshore lodge is going to look fairly generic and also a lot like the Poly tower with just some minor cosmetic differences. The resorts shouldn’t just be a bunch of slightly different looking towers.

 

[nickmc100]

Just returned from WDW and I have to say the " Talk of the Town " is the
building of Reflections a Lakeside lodge. It is incredibly large. From the Contemporary
it looks like a huge factory building. Incredible size that will top of at 10 stories with
a width that just blows my mind. The far side of Bay Lake is overwhelmed by this
thing. The amount of guests this building will support has got to be staggering.
It goes without saying I am used to a more natural view of Bay Lake but now
that has been destroyed , just as Seven Seas Lagoon views are effected by the Poly tower.
Call me old fashioned but the waterside properties adjacent to MK are being over built
by these huge money grabs .
Opinions ?

Looks like any New apartment complex in any city. Not an inch of the old Disney imagination. Just a generic apartment complex. Bob Iger has turned Disney into a money hungry monster that doesn’t care about the magic of Disney anymore. Fire him and everyone he hired to save Walt’s dream.

 

[JohnD]

First the Polyday Inn. Now the Brown Roof Inn. Sigh . . .

 

[FutureCEO]

Looks aside, it's too close to Fort Wilderness

 

[monorail81]

Looks aside, it's too close to Fort Wilderness

While I do think they needed to do something with the River Country site, it shouldn’t have been this. This could have been moved down the beach and not put in the middle of the Settlement. It really does make me fear for the future of that area because of how close it is. I would not be surprised to see them bulldoze the area…

 

[jmuboy]

Too bad Wilderness Lodge and Lakeshore Lodge could not swap places. It would work better for Ft Wilderness that way.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Too bad Wilderness Lodge and Lakeshore Lodge could not swap places. It would work better for Ft Wilderness that way.

they wouldn’t build wilderness lodge today…. That’s the sad point.

 

[John park hopper]

The original plan for the Seven Seas lagoon was for the entire shoreline to be lined with resorts, it could be much worse.

It could be much better and should be

 

[harryk]

Be that as it may -- a very large resort jammed in between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge with 'modern theming' seems inappropriate for a Disney Resort. Of course when you enter one of the revamped rooms at Boulder Ridge you quickly notice that the theming has gone. Iger influence? Modern Blah? Has anything been said of transportation requirements to the parks or around Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon? Lot more guests requires increased transportation.

 

[nickys]

Be that as it may -- a very large resort jammed in between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge with 'modern theming' seems inappropriate for a Disney Resort. Of course when you enter one of the revamped rooms at Boulder Ridge you quickly notice that the theming has gone. Iger influence? Modern Blah? Has anything been said of transportation requirements to the parks or around Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon? Lot more guests requires increased transportation.

Transport is being discussed right now on the main thread.