Attack of the Lakeshore Lodge

[JulieBeeRN]

We were also underwhelmed by SAB. I’m excited for LSL to hopefully be a step above SAB.

At Aulani, I kept telling my husband that LSL's lazy river is going to be bigger and he said that we are definitely staying there after our first time around it.

 

[Paul Stupin]

Don’t want to be that person but what is the appeal of Lakeshore Lodge?

The implication is that you find Lakeshore Lodge unappealing. Why?

 

[Chili327]

Not in favor of giving non home resort direct purchasers priority booking over non home resort resale owners. You’ve created a delta between resale and direct with everything you’ve already done and sufficiently differentiated the two products. Congrats. Do you really need to do more to diminish resale? It’s like stomping on an animal once it’s already dead. Enough already! Eventually you tank the resale product so much you can’t help but realize they really clobbered their direct buyer by making sure they take an absolute bath when they need to sell.

I agree, they are chewing away the allure.

 

[Paul Stupin]

Theming and it being an extension of Wilderness Lodge pretty much. Just doesn’t seem “new” if you will. Also live in a mountainous area, so could just be me.

I actually love the Wilderness Lodge, and own there, but it’s from an era of expensive next level theming which has long since passed, so I don’t think LSL will be anything like it. It’ll be way more contemporary with understated theming, like the Poly Tower.

 

[supercarrie]

We aren't planning on buying but definitely interested in staying there.

This is my current thinking of today as well.

I'd like to buy more direct points as we increasingly like to stay at the newer resorts. *If* LSL ends up merged with the Cabins and the dues come down and trust concerns are overcome, I could potentially see buying as a remote possibility.

For now, I'm monitoring the incentives each cycle. I'm planning on selling my BLT resale points at a later date TBD to possibly put that money towards another direct purchase.