Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge Coming to former Reflections Site in 2027!

[Girlstar30]

That herringbone tile under the "The Perch is unforgivable.

I dont like it either at all but i didnt want to be the first to say it it just doesnt blend in well, not a fan. The only thing I didnt like about that refurb

 

[Girlstar30]

I don't think it's the resort in general or rooms itself that bother people, it's a building that doesn't fit the theme of the surrounding area is shoehorned in. Disney previously prided itself on sight lines and immersive areas. This company had the King of Morroco's personal architect assist with the pavilion in Epcot and blended ToT's height and color in with the pavilion and does something like erect a modern structure behind a log cabin 40 years later. That's the issue I personally have with these changes. PVB IT's exterior is LL with a turtle painted on it rather than tree branches.

The original PVB plan included two towers with thatched roofs flanking the resort and a lazy river. If it wasn't budget cut into oblivion it would have been much more pleasing aesthetically for the resort and entire Seven Seas Lagoon.

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I actually just commented on BLT the other day in a thread about future DVC resorts. The structure takes away from the original A-Frame more than the North Garden Wing did. At the end of the day it all comes down to profit for Disney.

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From a resort planning perspective, the hotels exist to service park access. That’s ultimately the value. There is a point where you reach critical mass and too much land is being used for hotels. Ambience of the overall resort begins to take a back seat and of course more hotel land means less that can go into park expansion or new gates. There’s also something to be said for “green space” between properties. There are parts of Disney now where that separation and the immersion is lost due to overcrowded sight lines from development. After a certain point, if they want to redevelop...

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That would have been amazing. I honestly didnt think anything of it when I saw the tower in relation to the rest of poly. Maybe because I have no interest in staying in the longhouses after touring them, not my type of room

 

[TimbertopNJ]

I don't think it's the resort in general or rooms itself that bother people, it's a building that doesn't fit the theme of the surrounding area is shoehorned in. Disney previously prided itself on sight lines and immersive areas. This company had the King of Morroco's personal architect assist with the pavilion in Epcot and blended ToT's height and color in with the pavilion and does something like erect a modern structure behind a log cabin 40 years later. That's the issue I personally have with these changes.

If we are to be purists, I think Grand Floridian and the Poly sharing a shoreline would be unacceptable since the 1980's. It's place along the lake, from afar, is not much different than seeing the concrete monolith that is the Contemporary from Narcoosee's.

But I agree in that any aesthetic issue with the Poly Tower involves it's fit within the existing Polynesian concept (long houses vs tower). Unfortunately, long house feature far fewer rooms to sell than towers.

 

[LavaMama]

The fun thing is the ugliest tower Disney has ever built, BLT, doesn’t even get close to the hate this unfinished building gets (same with PIT while being built)

So for me, my dislike of these new tower styles is the massive scale of the bland, uninspiring buildings being jammed practically on top of iconic resorts, destroying sight lights, ambiance, aesthetic, etc. Not only are they just out of place location wise, they just look so cheap and generic in comparison to the heavily and beautifully themed resorts they are part of or next to. Bay Lake Tower on the other hand, does not seem obtrusive or out of place to me and the architectural focus is still on the Contemporary itself.