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World Showcase Hotels?
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Think about the logistics around what you are asking.
TrainsOfDisney
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It was part of Tony Baxter’s plan for Westcot. (According to Tony in a presentation he gave).
Not for Epcot, though Disney Center would have been very close.
In what sense?
I know someone who owns hotels in a country that has always been rumored to be "Coming soon!" to World Showcase who claims this was part of initial conversations about their country's pavilion. I have no idea how it would work, I'm just curious if that's ever been actually considered.
Thanks! That clears it right up for me!
castlecake2.0
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Actually wouldn’t be too hard if they really wanted to do it, depending on which pavilion it is. The back of Canada or Italy probably be the easiest to build a road/entrance to a road outside of the park. I guess it would depend if they wanted a traditional hotel or a super boutique/limited hotel.
Yeah. I would imagine it would have to be the boutique/limited sort of thing. I suppose hotels could be built in unused pavilion lots.
Anyway, I think the Westcot concept may actually be what the person I heard from was referring to.
castlecake2.0
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Was this the one proposed for the parking lot?
castlecake2.0
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Im daydreaming up ideas about this now during my conference call lol. Too bad the hotel in Canada wasn’t bigger, it could only fit 1 room in it realistically. I’m picturing the other side of the street could be made to look like old québec houses and house the hotel in there, building it above the loading dock below...
Pre yacht and beach (and PI) there was a proposal just south of EPCOT Center for a resort snd entertainment area. Circa 1984-ish I think.
Horizons '83
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I want to say that Tony Baxter had proposed a Westcot where California Adventures currently sits. That plan had multiple hotels within its World Showcase where people could dine and stay at a country's hotel, all within the park. Of course Eisner thought that was to expensive and cheaped out on the original California Adventures.
I thought Boardwalk was just south of EPCOT?
TrainsOfDisney
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Westcot was more than a proposal, it was announced by the company in 1991.
If only...
I still remember it on the cover of Disney News...
Wow! This is all very informative! I actually asked the question thinking everyone would scoff and I could reach out to the person I mentioned and tell them they were mistaken about hotels in World Showcase. But it sounds like his claims could be valid!
It seems like a really neat idea, and I'm with @TrainChasers in feeling sad Westcot was never built. I remember when Disney announced it, and for years our (DL-frequenting) family would talk about "when we get our own EPCOT Center..."
For some reason, I never knew about hotels being part of the idea.
It seems like a really neat idea, and I'm with @TrainChasers in feeling sad Westcot was never built. I remember when Disney announced it, and for years our (DL-frequenting) family would talk about "when we get our own EPCOT Center..."
For some reason, I never knew about hotels being part of the idea.
SpoiledBlueMilk
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They did it in Tokyo. I'm sure they can figure it out. Just won't be easy.
TrainsOfDisney
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And in Paris... and in Anaheim
Right. Not sure there’s an appetite right now for the money they’d need to spend to do it, even if there were proposals floating around.
lazyboy97o
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And Universal is now getting on the bandwagon with Beijing and maybe Epic Universe.