Beach Club Villa construction pictures.

[Grotto]

The following pictures were taken on March 17th. Sorry it took me so long to get the film developed. Also had to figure out how to put them in a place so everyone could see them. The pictures are at PhotoPoint:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1631503&a=12473537&f=0

Here are the descriptions:

1) Standing on Epcot Resorts Blvd. with Epcot behind.

2) Across Epcot Resorts Blvd., a little more toward the Boardwalk.

3) On the drive to the front entrance of the Beach Club facing East, just before the bridge. If you look at the first floor of the BC, you can see the wall the encloses the patios.

4) Sign near the front entrance announcing the BCV, opening Fall 2002.

5) Looking down the drive toward the front entrance. To the right is the new bridge that will lead directly to the new bus stop.

They were moving along quickly with the construction during the days we were there. I could already see an increase in the height of the building by March 21st, which was the day we left.

Let me know if there are any questions.

Future trips:
November 2001 - ???
Fall 2002 - Beach Club Villas

 

[robinb]

Great photos! Thank you .


-- Robin

 

[Grotto]

I was just reviewing the pictures again. The first picture is actually down the road, closer to the Boardwalk. The wall visible on the far right of the first picture is the edge of the wing that extends from the center of the building back toward Epcot, forming the "Y" shape of the Villas building.

Future trips:
November 2001 - ???
Fall 2002 - Beach Club Villas

 

[kem330]

Thanks for the photos! Do you get an idea what kind of views they will have? Will some look out at the Epcot Resorts Blvd, the side of BC, or does it look like enough room to do some screening/landscaping? Also are they damming up the canal and making a pond at the front of it? Sorry for all the ?'s .

 

[nydizfan]

thanks for the great pics. dave

offsite '71 contemporary '72 golf resort '76 village resorts '93 okw '94 okw '95 contemporary '96 okw '97(got married) okw '97 okw '99 okw '00

 

[Grotto]

Using the artists rendering picture as a point of reference, it appears that all of the villas in the front of the building will overlook the "river" that currently is in front of the BC. You will probably be able to see the parking lot in the distance as well. It looks like the left side of the villas building will actually be built over this "river". The water was being drained in this area when I was there.

On the back side of the building, those villas closest to the BC will be looking right at the current BC structure. The two buildings are actually pretty close. The villas toward the left and in the wing extending behind will overlook Epcot (as well as Epcot Resorts Blvd). If you look at picture 2, the building is going to extend right along the road. Views on the lower floors of this wing will probably be suboptimal as they look like they may be close to the road. Views on the upper floors may have nice views of Epcot, even some over-the-trees views of Illuminations. They were doing a lot of planting around the perimeter, closer to the entrance to the current Beach Club. Hopefully, they will extend the vegetation around the new villas building.

Future trips:
November 2001 - ???
Fall 2002 - Beach Club Villas

 

[PamOKW]

Thanks for the info and pictures!