Because sometimes in large companies, the head doesn't know what the hands are doing. At one time there were overwhelming signs that DVC was coming to the CR. But the more time goes on the more we see documentation WITHOUT DVC being mentioned. Just because DVC is mentioned on some of the paperwork doesn't mean it's still in the cards.
I'd agree...if everything wasn't signed by the same VP. I know..they sign a lot of stuff, but.....
What you're saying is that the same division, within the same company, doesn't know what it's doing. That, I find hard to believe. If it was merchandising outlaying the 1000.00 (yes, chump change, I agree...but still needless expenditure) based off of something Feature Animation had in the works but cancelled...I'd be right there with you.
But it's not. And it's not like AKV was decided on the DAY before the PR came out...so there was a longer period of time between the AKV decision and the check being cut for the CR Suites Construction Permit fees.
Again, maybe it's NOT DVC anymore..that's possible. But I find it hard to believe the NG Wing is simply going to be rehabbed, given all the information, and current work, being done on something deemed a "dead project". Maybe they will be cash rooms built with an eye toward future conversion, but SOMETHING is going on...and it doesn't seem to be what has been made immediately apparent.
A $1000 filing fee is chump change. Disney spent millions developing the Eagle Pines project (just to mention one example that's near-and-dear to DVC members) and it's been on the shelf for nearly a decade.
But they weren't filing for permits, or updating the paperwork filed for the permits, months after the decided to go in a different direction. They just let it die. They're now throwing good money (in the form of resource usage in updating and providing more info) after bad (the 1000 fee) if, in fact, there is no new construction actually planned.
I don't know whether they are renovating or working toward new construction at the CR, but I'm still leaning toward believing that the project will end up being cash rooms which are easily-convertible to DVC at a later date. IMO, there are too many points on the table between SSR, AKV and
Disneyland for DVC to commit resources to a project of that magnitude at the CR.
Again, it looks like we'll have to wait and see. But the paperwork that's been found, and shown in this thread, makes no sense when compared to the information we're being given (NG is simply being rehabbed, no DVC, no new construction, etc).
I guess we'll find out when the permit comes through the Comptroller. I think at that point it would be under Disney Vacation Development, as the AKL permit was.
