Current work at the Fort

[proudmomof4]

@proudmomof4 is 1300 loop open?

No, they are not putting anyone in 1300 due to the noise from the Meadow construction.

1400 and 2000 are also closed at this time.

 

[team bradfield]

No, they are not putting anyone in 1300 due to the noise from the Meadow construction.

1400 and 2000 are also closed at this time.

Hopefully open by end of January, I was on the phone with them yesterday to add my daughter to our reservation and asked if we could request 13XX and she never mentioned it being closed, but she probably doesn't have that intel

 

[proudmomof4]

Hopefully open by end of January, I was on the phone with them yesterday to add my daughter to our reservation and asked if we could request 13XX and she never mentioned it being closed, but she probably doesn't have that intel

according to the nice lady who cleans 1200/1300, the pool construction is supposed to be completed in January.

 

[proudmomof4]

Yup, cash side having no balcony - this adds to my suspicion that this will be a moderate cash resort.

I took a photo from the boat launch back from MK. You can see the balcony build outs on the other parts of the building, they are just not on the PH side.

 

[Love Ft Wilderness]

There were 3 deer wandering through 500 loop late yesterday afternoon.
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Love the deer pics!!! Glad to see they are still around despite the construction.

 

[proudmomof4]

Dog pics!

My big guy loves laying in front of the fan.

 

[John VN]

Love the deer pics!!! Glad to see they are still around despite the construction.

Remember the times when Peahens and Peacocks roamed the Fort?

 

[DonkeyHoTay]

OMG I just thought of something - what if PH and Crockett's Tavern, etc., are going away because they'll be replaced by something inside the new building?? That could explain why the new building is so close to the Settlement buildings. I hope that's not the case, but I'm afraid now that it is.

This never occurred to me, but now that you mention it I think it's reasonable - PH and the Tavern have been around a long time, and it would not be the first time Disney decided to demo and rebuild something. That picture earlier in this thread (PH and the Tavern with a La Quinta looming over them) looks so absurd it hurts my eyes. It makes more sense to me that DVD is aware of how that looks and the negative appeal to new points buyers; and they're gonna do something about that... maybe after dining options are opened at LL for guests of the Fort and CFW. Somebody said earlier this might even be further proof that the real plan is a combined LL/CFW resort.

The Fort will always be special to me, even though my first stay was only 20 years ago, but I accept that nostalgia has a limited place in Disney's never ending quest to make more money. If they want the next generation's disposable income, they have to reel them in with shiny objects.

 

[CarolynFH]

This never occurred to me, but now that you mention it I think it's reasonable - PH and the Tavern have been around a long time, and it would not be the first time Disney decided to demo and rebuild something. That picture earlier in this thread (PH and the Tavern with a La Quinta looming over them) looks so absurd it hurts my eyes. It makes more sense to me that DVD is aware of how that looks and the negative appeal to new points buyers; and they're gonna do something about that... maybe after dining options are opened at LL for guests of the Fort and CFW. Somebody said earlier this might even be further proof that the real plan is a combined LL/CFW resort.

The Fort will always be special to me, even though my first stay was only 20 years ago, but I accept that nostalgia has a limited place in Disney's never ending quest to make more money. If they want the next generation's disposable income, they have to reel them in with shiny objects.

I have to agree with you. Rebuilding them would also allow them to increase capacity at both, but I’d hate to lose the intimacy of Hoop Dee Doo’s current performances. Our first visit was 31 years ago (), and the Fort will always be special to me, too.

 

[disneylandtour]

I took a photo from the boat launch back from MK. You can see the balcony build outs on the other parts of the building, they are just not on the PH side.
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Not all the cash rooms at Poly have balconies, right? I might be mis-remembering that. But I think that's right. And on the other coast, some of the DVC rooms even at VDH don't have balconies either. I'm guessing that Disney lists LSL as a "lite deluxe," sorta similar to cash WL, with their smaller rooms. With the elaborate pool, views of the lake, and direct transportation to MK, I see no way that this wouldn't be at least listed (if not priced) as a Deluxe. Not to list it as a Deluxe would create marketing problems for DVC sales, which are likely the real financial driver here.

 

[proudmomof4]

Loops 1400 and 2000 are open with sites occupied.

When we arrived last Saturday, we were in 1 of the 15 occupied sites in 500 loop. Now that the holiday weekend is here, there are only 4 empty sites.

 

[BarbLynnM]

LSL might be one of those in-between kind of resorts; rather like the tower at the Coronado. We stayed there a year or so ago; while it equaled AKL in my estimation (I’ve stayed at both locations), but I got the room rate at similar to the moderates.

 

[ScarletFire]

The new resort has a HUGE presence on Bay Lake. I took these photos yesterday from the Contemporary boat dock. Zoom in to see the construction.





I’ll take a photo from the settlement later. We’ve been here for a week and honestly the construction is not noticeable until you get to the settlement. And, there is still a portion of the meadows that will remain a meadow, I think. The view from inside the pool is scrim and ugly.