Anyone remember the Disney Inn??

[lttlmc3]

I was there with my family when I was little. Anyone else stay there? Have pics? Etc?

 

[spiceycat]

there are some.

it got torn down a couple of years ago when SOG expanded.

 

[siouxi31]

Wow, it was near Shades of Green? I could have sworn it was Port Orleans or something like that.

I never stayed there, just remember being on a Disney bus that stopped by there for p/u.

 

[spiceycat]

the originally Shades of Green was the Disney Inn.

 

[Atchley]

Wasn't this the inn that had the seven dwarfs holding up the roof or something like that. Kind of like gargoyles in concrete at the roofline.

 

[Bob P]

Here's a cool link:

http://www.waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/id120.htm

And here's another thread from about six weeks ago:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1472120&referrerid=&highlight="disney+inn"

 

[shoes99]

We used to go there for the fried ice cream.
(toasted corn flakes topping over vanilla ice cream)

 

[Minnie&Nana]

....And before it was the Disney Inn it was the Disney Golf Resort! No one wanted to stay there back then becasue it was the only resort not on the monorail - Poly and CR were the other two. The Gold Resort was always available. LOL

Figured Disney changed it and refurbished it to the Disney Inn in hopes of drawing more folks. It always had really nice large rooms, many with a sitting area.

The orginal resort does still exists - it is where the Mickey head shaped pool is

 

[bethifoody]

Back around 1993, I worked as a mousekeeper. My home resort was BC, but occasionally we got shipped out to work other resorts where help was needed. So, one day I found myself at the Disney Inn - I got to clean their signature suite. I don't remember what it was called, but what I do remember was that it was decorated like the dwarves' cottage in Snow White, down to the murals on the wall. All the wood was very dark & it was a very cool (if large!) room to clean. One of my fave memories from cleaning rooms!

Beth

 

[2BusyPlanning]

Yep, stayed there when it was the Golf Resort AND the Disney Inn. When I was about 8 my parents went to dinner together and left me back at the room. I watched TV for about 10 minutes and then I grabbed my park pass, took a bus to the TTC (you could do that back then) and then the monorail to the MK. I rode Space Mountain once and went back to the room.

Ahhhh... those were the days. That was my memory of the Golf Resort/Disney Inn!

 

[rparmfamily]

I think the main hotel building is still there, the Mickey head pool is still the main pool at SOG and there is also a kiddie pool and a stream w/a watermill/waterwheel by the pool. The rooms are quite large in the older wing of SOG.

 

[hildarumpole]

The so-called old wing of Shades of Green is the original Disney Inn. It wasn't torn down. The lobby has been remodeled and a wing of rooms was added. It's a beautiful tranquil resort. I would have loved to have seen the Snow White suite. The suites are decorated like nice normal rooms now.

 

[Taja]

Don't remember it, but I stayed at Club Lake Villas in 1981! It was part of the Disney Convention Center and became part of the Disney Institute.

I was crushed that I couldn't get a ressie at CR! Loved mid-century modern at the time--and the monorail running through the resort!

 

[rparmfamily]

I have pics of SOG posed in the big resort picture thread, but they are all of the rooms in the new wing.

 

[famsen]

My DH and DD stayed at the Disney Inn in 1993 on our very first trip as a family to WDW. I knew absolutely nothing about WDW resorts and thought because it had the word "Disney" in it, that had to be the best resort on property. It was okay but definately not worth the $180 a night we paid.
If I only knew then what I know now!

 

[Sammie]

Wasn't this the inn that had the seven dwarfs holding up the roof or something like that. Kind of like gargoyles in concrete at the roofline.

That would be the Disney corporate building in California.

 

[YCFAN]

I stayed there back in 1987. We liked it alot with the Mickey head shaped pool. I remember the flowers around the hotel were gorgeous and we had a 1st floor room with a patio looking out across the golf course. I remember small bunny rabbits coming and looking in the sliding glass door every morning on the patio. It was very quiet but still close to the MK.

 

[winterman]

In 1993 or 1994 DH and I were planning our second trip to Disney. We decided to stay at the Disney Inn because of the great reviews and the large rooms. Just as we were ready to book it we found out that it had been turned over to the military, so we had to find someplace else.

We ended up in a 'club suite' at the Village Resort. That area went by a number of different names and eventually became part of Disney Institute. The resort included the treehouses that can still be seen from the boat between PO and DTD.

 

[rparmfamily]

What year did it get leased to the Army? I recall DH (he wasn't my DH yet) mentioned the military hotel at Disney, and that would have been in 94?

Yes, it still has nice patios that face the golfcourses w/bunnies,etc. It's very peaceful.

 

[Sammie]

Here is a link to some info.

http://www.waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/id120.htm