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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrPromey" data-source="post: 245429" data-attributes="member: 211">Disney owns the land that the Swan and Dolphin are on but doesn’t own the hotels themselves. They are owned in a joint venture by the Tishman Hotel Corp. and MetLife and operated on behalf of the two companies by the Starwood Corporation. They more or less ended up in the middle of WDW because of some very poor business decisions that the previous management of Disney made which Eisner and Co. were unable to reverse.According to the article, the Swan and Dolphin are geared more towards families and children because of their Whimsical design (done by the architect Michael Graves who has designed various structures within WDW as well as exclusive product lines for Target) and they are looking to change it to a more business oriented environment to generate more income.Personally, for Hotels that appear to be run by Disney, I’ve always found the Swan and Dolphin to seem more serious than just about all of the real Disney resorts.In any event, the article doesn’t explain much about how they plan to change things beyond replacing the beds with new ones that will feature fluffy white blankets. I have no idea how that alone is going to change anyone’s perception of the place (and unless they change the rest of the room, the beds will stick out like a sore thumb) but they seem to be suggesting that this is the magic bullet. Also, they are looking to add new restaurants that might be a little more popular among adults.Umm, what else? They talk about how the hotel/motel industry in the Orlando area is hurting more than the rest of the country due to the weak economy and events of and since 9/11. Resorts like this in the area are looking into business guests more to compensate for lost revenue because business travelers aren’t as “deal-driven” as a family that has more flexible options of where and when they stay.Whatever the do, they have to be careful because Disney ultimately has the final say with any changes they make.....Wow, I think what I posted might actually be shorter than the original article!.. And sadly, this great accomplishment (for me, anyway) will probably go largely unnoticed by most of my peers that don’t come into this section all that often. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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