Attack of the Lakeshore Lodge

[Patmcpsu]

So hard to say until we know the make-up of the resort and view categories. Even for current, active selling resorts, we don't know exactly how things will pan out until everything is declared and sold out. RIV has a fair number of years in operation - I'd say if you want a resort view studio or resort view 2 BR lock-off, you better own there. For the Poly Island Tower, my money is on it following BLT - if you want resort view, you definitely better own there. If you're ok with preferred view, you probably don't need to own there. TP view will likely be somewhere in between. For LSL, let's see what the view categories are and exactly how many of each there are. Could be like CCV where A LOT of points are tied up in the cabins, making studio, 1 BR, and 2 BRs all somewhat difficult to book if you don't own there.

This is a good point. There's three obvious view categories, and I wouldn't be surprised if they shoehorn in a forth (premium view):

1. Facing away from the lake: Resort View
2. Facing towards the lake, lower floors: Preferred View
3. Facing towards the lake, higher floors: Fireworks View

And I wouldn't be surprised if LSL follows PIT's lead and creates public spaces on higher floors, some of which with fireworks views.

 

[Brian Noble]

What would be the point to own here if its so huge anyone can easily get a room

There is a lot of value in certainty.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I wonder if they'll continue the duo studios here. I like the option for when its just my wife and I, especially for pit where the tpv is insanely priced, I could justify the duo studio premium view.

This was from pre-2020, but at the time this blog post had some pretty detailed narrative of room types and concept art, including “Pod Rooms” which would be a Duo Studio- https://wdwnt.com/2019/08/concept-a...r-bear-fox-and-the-hound-pocahontas-and-more/

TBD on actual final room types of course, but I’m guessing these are directionally still accurate, if not completely accurate.

“Pod Rooms”






And “Studio Lock-Off Rooms”

 

[aka Charles]

I can't remember if if was here or another thread but I went down the rabbit hole sometime over the summer measuring the lazy river in one of the stormwater permits since those are at scale and I got ~633 feet for the full loop, which compared to ~244 feet for Stormalong Bay and ~698 feet for the Four Seasons, just for context. All should be considered approximate and the stormwater permits had a few slightly different versions of the pool and lazy river along the way. So your crew cab truck for scale measuring is probably pretty close!

I did not mention it, but I also estimated that each U-turn looked to add about 50 feet.

So adding my guesses gets 270 + 270 + 50 + 50 = 640.

I think your estimate from the permits is spot on!

I am hoping the spaces being worked on around the main pool are for a waterslide and a bar.

If they do a good job on the theming get the layout right, this could dethrone Stormalong Bay.
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[BayTower2010]

This project just might be a refreshing new for a DVC resort. The last several projects many including myself have had a collection yuck to the resort designs. Now we can see evidence of the lazy river with a pool, add in a nice bar and slide and you are talking about a WOW factor we have not seen from DVC in decades. As usual I will hope for the best but expect to be disappointed.

 

[Girlstar30]

This was from pre-2020, but at the time this blog post had some pretty detailed narrative of room types and concept art, including “Pod Rooms” which would be a Duo Studio- https://wdwnt.com/2019/08/concept-a...r-bear-fox-and-the-hound-pocahontas-and-more/

TBD on actual final room types of course, but I’m guessing these are directionally still accurate, if not completely accurate.

“Pod Rooms”

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And “Studio Lock-Off Rooms”

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Oh wow thanks for this, so much detail, it feels to me like if vgc rooms got the new modernized layout (vdh, pit) it would be like this

 

[MyDogTink]

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree. They'll put together an incredible plan with some amazing imagineered artists renderings. Then when it comes time to budget and pay for it all, they'll pare it back, and it won't be nearly as cool as it could have been. I hope I'm wrong.

Didn't this happen with the Island Tower pool? I thought the plans showed a ledged pool (I know I butchered that term) and then the pool was ultimately scaled back.

 

[DoubleBaconBLT]

Well, being able to float around and look at Bay Lake may be the final element that gets me to buy direct...at least somewhere...probably not here, if LSL ends up in the Trust....but somewhere.

Why would you not want to buy in the Trust? My understanding is that the trust just gives DVD more flexibility with how they structure units, declarations, deeds, etc. How would the trust make owning there worse?

 

[Tatebeck]

Why would you not want to buy in the Trust? My understanding is that the trust just gives DVD more flexibility with how they structure units, declarations, deeds, etc. How would the trust make owning there worse?

There are technically less rights that an owner of the trust system gets compared to a deeded real estate interest to a resort. That's why it is more flexible for DVC, they do not have to deal with all of the condominium laws like they do with the deeded approach.

So probably due to something with that or just the resale value hit that restricted points have

 

[maui22]

Isn't it possible Disney has plans to give the trust some benefits we haven't seen before?
For example, couldn't DVD/DVC give trust resorts a better booking option among the trust resorts? Example, 11 months home resort, 8 months other trust resorts, and 7 months non-trust resorts?

If this ends up being possible, we won't know until the second trust resort comes along.