Wilderness Lodge DVC additions - Copper Creek Villas & Cabins

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

Wellllll? My dear wife was the one that labelled this "Ikea".

We already own at Bolder Ridge (thank god).

WDW? No money for you .

All personal opinion - I'm not necessarily right, no one else is necessarily wrong.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I would love to stay here but anything out of $100 per night is beyond my means. So much for a PhD lol

Hopefully that won't always be the case with a doctorate!

 

[freediverdude]

In the cabins, the blueprint makes it look like one of the closets on the front porch opens directly into the bathtub, but this can't be right. But it wouldn't be a window either....and it shows the wall ending about halfway across the closet. Weird.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Never stayed at WL. I'm curious how far if walk from the farthest cabins to the bus stop?

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Thursday, Mar 2.

 

[MinnieM123]

Photo update as of Thursday, Mar 2.

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Thank you for sharing these photos. The cabins look o.k. from the water side angle of your photos.

Yet, I'm wondering how they appear from the lodge side. My concern is that the cabins might distract from the wilderness views from the resort's ground and balcony views--unless there are plans in place, to plant additional trees and foliage in that area.

 

[ToTBellHop]

How are they going to keep people from getting eaten alive by mosquitos in those cabins? The forest is still quite close and they won't spray there. I was bit a dozen times in 10 minutes on a balcony at the Lodge last summer, so I couldn't imagine walking back to the furthest cabin at night! Bring your Off! Deep Woods!

 

[Master Yoda]

How are they going to keep people from getting eaten alive by mosquitos in those cabins? The forest is still quite close and they won't spray there. I was bit a dozen times in 10 minutes on a balcony at the Lodge last summer, so I couldn't imagine walking back to the furthest cabin at night! Bring your Off! Deep Woods!

The same way they do over the entirety of WDW. I don't think there is a guest accessible area of WDW that is less than a few hundred feet away from an area that wouldn't be considered mosquito heaven.

 

[disney4life2008]

Hopefully that won't always be the case with a doctorate!

It won't but state of Florida pays little. I get out of here, i will make more but then Disney won't be down the street anymore lol.

 

[deeevo]

Photo update as of Thursday, Mar 2.

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Looks like they still have a ways to go.

 

[flyerjab]

The same way they do over the entirety of WDW. I don't think there is a guest accessible area of WDW that is less than a few hundred feet away from an area that wouldn't be considered mosquito heaven.

I completely agree. I am almost afraid to ask what they do to keep people from being constantly eaten alive by mosquitos. Consider the heat and humidity, coupled with the constant presence of water and surrounding swamp land and we travel to the resort multiple times each year. I can't recall the last time I was ever bitten in WDW, and this is with swimming after dark in the resort pools, walking the path between DHS and the Boardwalk, etc.

 

[xdan0920]

I completely agree. I am almost afraid to ask what they do to keep people from being constantly eaten alive by mosquitos. Consider the heat and humidity, coupled with the constant presence of water and surrounding swamp land and we travel to the resort multiple times each year. I can't recall the last time I was ever bitten in WDW, and this is with swimming after dark in the resort pools, walking the path between DHS and the Boardwalk, etc.

Megan and I were discussing this last night. Neither of us have ever been bitten while in WDW, it defies logic. I shudder to think what type of resources they are expending to ensure this.


By the way, is zika still a thing down there?

 

[Master Yoda]

Megan and I were discussing this last night. Neither of us have ever been bitten while in WDW, it defies logic. I shudder to think what type of resources they are expending to ensure this.


By the way, is zika still a thing down there?

It still exists, but the media has moved on to other things so you would never know it.

In regards to what Disney does to keep them at bay, it is my understanding that they do pretty much everything that can be done. They spray, eliminate breeding grounds where possible, use traps, natural predators, etc.

 

[Grimley1968]

I shudder to think what type of resources they are expending to ensure this.

The legacy of Jiminy Cricket lives on.

 

[ToTBellHop]

The same way they do over the entirety of WDW. I don't think there is a guest accessible area of WDW that is less than a few hundred feet away from an area that wouldn't be considered mosquito heaven.

As I said, they have NOT been successfully doing this at Wilderness Lodge as it is. I had a balcony overlooking the smokehouse and the same forest that this cabins will be up against.

Whenever I've been bitten by a mosquito, it's been at a resort. I wonder how mosquitoes are for the Treehouse Villas? I was also eaten alive on the bridge between Bay Lake Tower and Contemporary watching Wishes in October. And there's concrete everywhere, there!

I'm not complaining, by the way. I'm genuinely curious of what the plan is here.

 

[Master Yoda]

As I said, they have NOT been successfully doing this at Wilderness Lodge as it is. I had a balcony overlooking the smokehouse and the same forest that this cabins will be up against.

Whenever I've been bitten by a mosquito, it's been at a resort. I wonder how mosquitoes are for the Treehouse Villas?

I can say that I have never been bitten at a resort and I have stayed at nearly all of them. I honestly don't think I have ever been bitten at WDW.

That being said, the mosquito problem in Florida has been getting worse over the last few years. A single hard freeze will often deal a serious blow to mosquito population and the majority of the state has not seen freezing temperatures for more than a few hours at a stretch for what seems like several years.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I can say that I have never been bitten at a resort and I have stayed at nearly all of them. I honestly don't think I have ever been bitten at WDW.

That being said, the mosquito problem in Florida has been getting worse over the last few years. A single hard freeze will often deal a serious blow to mosquito population and the majority of the state has not seen freezing temperatures for more than a few hours at a stretch for what seems like several years.

Maybe I just taste better to them.

 

[Master Yoda]

Maybe I just taste better to them.

That is quite possible. There has been a lot of research showing that mosquitoes do prefer some people over others.

 

[note2001]

How are they going to keep people from getting eaten alive by mosquitos in those cabins? The forest is still quite close and they won't spray there. I was bit a dozen times in 10 minutes on a balcony at the Lodge last summer, so I couldn't imagine walking back to the furthest cabin at night! Bring your Off! Deep Woods!

The lake side porches are screened in.

 

[flyerjab]

Here are the views from our room.