Not sure that Pacific Northwest and park lodge style is the same as mission style or arts and crafts design. I'm not a designer by any means. I think the two styles can be confused, or even expected at WL, but I don't think it's the same as true mission style, as in Grand Californian. Just my thought, someone can certainly correct me if they have studied design.
When they refurbished the VWL rooms about three years ago (Disney now calls them Boulder Ridge Villas), murphy beds were added to the studios enabling them to sleep five. The new Copper Creek rooms coming online soon, however, were not configured to sleep five, only four. Thus, they will not have the murphy bed. The paved path to Ft Wilderness still exists and is still open--it never closed. The nature trail that started beside the boat & bike rental building did close and remains so. It will reopen once the cabins open up for reservations, though the trail will then begin next to the last cabin, so a good hundred yards or so from where it once started. That nature trail hooks up to the paved path which might be why you heard the path was closed. It's not--just the nature trail. By next February, it should be a moot point.
By the third week of August, some of the new construction suites (Copper Creek) will be available, though they may have been rented out already. Otherwise, the ones you stayed in a few years ago would be Villas at the Wilderness Lodge--or VWL--now inexpertly and irritatingly renamed Boulder Ridge Villas. You'll have to request one or the other since they're two separate resorts. Since all the new Copper Creek rooms won't be open for inventory right away, my guess is you'll have a slightly easier time booking the old VWL rooms. And, yes, those rooms if on the lake side will overlook what's left of construction; however, that shouldn't be a great deal since the new Geyser Point restaurant has opened, and the new pool is poised to open "in the summer" which I read to mean by the time the new cabins and villas open, supposedly 17 July. If you're worried about construction (and truly, it was not an issue when construction was in full swing the past nearly two years), then you can request a bus stop side room in the old VWL building. It doesn't actually overlook the bus stop, rather is just on that side of the building. It's quite serene, actually.
I'm sure you'll enjoy either one! Have fun!
