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 xxxxx resale points at a later date TBD to possibly put that money towards another direct purchase.

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[IsDVCForMe?]

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

See my other posts. Thanks. And good morning!

 

[WinterSolider]

Had to come up with something to take the heat off Riviera where they pulled off magically dropping the Mediterranean into the Caribbean.

The mistake was using the word “Lodge”. We now expect a lodge look, a lodge feel, in a location well themed to being Fort Wilderness. I would have accepted keeping to the original Reflections at Fort Wilderness. RFW.

Now we will be floating down the lazy river listening to “Just Around The Riverbend” on loop.

It's not Fort Wilderness though.

People have this idea that it's supposed to be "Lakeshore Lodge at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort." It isn't, you fabricated that in your imagination.

 

[RickNJane]

Exactly. I can understand lovers of Ft Wilderness hating on LSL but cant understand other DVC members hating on it outside of the trust.

I dont like that it looks out of place on the shoreline. That area used to look pristine and wooded. Perfect vibe for FW. Now the current trend is to build up. The poly tower looks like a medical center. It is really out of place. LSL is better as it is a bit more spread out and not as tall, but still. I shudder to think of what will happen at BWV once it expires. Another tower on the lake? Compete for height with Swan and Dolphin?
Ok so I own at BLT, but that is a tower next to a tower. I guess I will wait until it is finished and see how it either blends into the scenery or not. As of now a hard nope.

 

[Mr_Woodchuck]

As a CCV owner, I want to know if there will eventually be a walking path over to Lakeshore.

 

[Brian Noble]

LSL is better as it is a bit more spread out and not as tall, but still.

I was at CCV last October, facing towards the Fort. The LSL roofline is just about even with the top of the tree canopy. So, from outside the Fort, I suspect it's going to look just fine. From inside the Fort, it will be a different story, but nothing Disney ever built there would ever make the Fort people happy.

 

[RickNJane]

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.

I am old school I guess, But I really like the old school theming. Set Disney accommodations apart. Very immersive and really kept the magic going. Now it is more Marriott or Holiday Inn Express. I had High hopes for Poly Tower when I first heard about it. They could have really kept the poly theme going, but nope, built a generic product instead.

 

[Androzor]

I am old school I guess, But I really like the old school theming. Set Disney accommodations apart. Very immersive and really kept the magic going. Now it is more Marriott or Holiday Inn Express. I had High hopes for Poly Tower when I first heard about it. They could have really kept the poly theme going, but nope, built a generic product instead.

Agree 100%. I’m hoping LSL reverses the generic trend a bit. I just don’t find the newer resorts as appealing as the older, more heavily themed hotels.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

At Aulani, I kept telling my husband that LSL's lazy river is going to be bigger

Is it?? We loved Aulani's, then tried SAB for the first time a couple months later and were suuuuper disappointed lol

 

[Brian Noble]

They could have really kept the poly theme going, but nope, built a generic product instead.

I've never understood why all the various "period-in-time seaside resorts" are not generic, but I am clearly in the minority.

And frankly, I did not need more haole tiki vibe around the Lagoon, but again---I am clearly in the minority.

 

[JulieBeeRN]

Is it?? We loved Aulani's, then tried SAB for the first time a couple months later and were suuuuper disappointed lol

Yes, based on measurements from overhead pictures; people do think the lazy river at Lake Shore Lodge will be bigger than Aulani.

 

[maui22]

Didn’t someone who knows blueprints indicate LSL lazy river will be between SAB and Aulani’s in size?

Having a hard time seeing Disney put a large Aulani lazy river at a WDW resort. They want LSL guests in the parks spending more money. Aulani is more of a destination resort where the goal is to keep guests at the resort.

 

[Add-On-Itis]

Didn’t someone who knows blueprints indicate LSL lazy river will be between SAB and Aulani’s in size?

Having a hard time seeing Disney put a large Aulani lazy river at a WDW resort. They want LSL guests in the parks spending more money. Aulani is more of a destination resort where the goal is to keep guests at the resort.

i think there was someone here who measured out the lazy river. let me see if i can find that post. but i recall it’s pretty good size

 

[Wedgeout]

Yes, based on measurements from overhead pictures; people do think the lazy river at Lake Shore Lodge will be bigger than Aulani.

Hope so! I’d like it to be slightly deeper too. Not Stormalong deep but just deep enough to encourage lazyiness and not a walking playland.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Hope so! I’d like it to be slightly deeper too. Not Stormalong deep but just deep enough to encourage lazyiness and not a walking playland.

Stormalong made me fear for my life a couple times

 

[Wedgeout]

Stormalong made me fear for my life a couple times

Yeah! Only place I almost put on a life vest.