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

[OKW Lover]

I'm somewhat confused by the proposition that more hotel rooms means more people in the parks. This seems to totally discount the concept of people who stay at off-site hotels but still visit the parks. I have no idea how many people in the parks on any given day are actually staying at a Disney resort but I don't think it really matters.

 

[Tatebeck]

Yeah I would figure that the goal isn't necessarily to increase park attendance by a bunch, but to entice those guests staying offsite to stay onsite instead.

If they have trouble filling the new rooms, I could see them adding/expanding more onsite benefits (longer early entry, more extended evenings, etc) to encourage more onsite stays

 

[DVCsloth]

They may not be going to the parks, but it's probably going to be a lot busier near MK and FW area.

 

[Girlstar30]

Yeahhh that's why this place is gonna be a no from me. I could see myself staying here for a couple nights and enjoying the lazy river at the end of a trip but the location isn't the greatest and the modes of transportation don't seem that great either. With how big the resort is it feels like it'd need to borrow one of the ferries instead of the small boats that usually go to the resorts.

Same for me, way too huge and do not like the modes of transportation. I dont see how this isnt going to have an internal bus loop. I guess theyre going to have a lot of resorts that take years to sell.

 

[Girlstar30]

At the end of the day its about profits and this huge resort is smart for them to take up as much space as they can and sell a lot of points.

It is going to bring in more $ than CFW and thats what they care about. Im sure it will be beautiful and will sell well.

These "bland" hotels especially PIT are selling more points than ever. The new hotels sell well, saves them money, the room layouts are popular, why would they stop? While cool looking on the outside, some of these older hotels rooms look dated and the layouts are much better now, at least imo.

Can't wait to hear the LSL nicknames from the people that dont like it

 

[juliebee]

Same for me, way too huge and do not like the modes of transportation. I dont see how this isnt going to have an internal bus loop. I guess theyre going to have a lot of resorts that take years to sell.

You own at 3 very large resorts and think LSL is too big?

LSL is 400 DVC + 557 hotel = 957 rooms (some reports say 900 rooms)

Contemporary/BLT is 295 DVC + 655 hotel = 950 rooms
Animal Kingdom is 214 Jambo + 458 Kidani + 972 hotel = 1644 rooms
Saratoga = 1260 rooms
https://c.touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/hotels/number-rooms

 

[Tatebeck]

Same for me, way too huge and do not like the modes of transportation. I dont see how this isnt going to have an internal bus loop. I guess theyre going to have a lot of resorts that take years to sell.

Yeah are you assuming that CFW get rolled into LSL or something? LSL is going to be 1 single (albeit large) building. There isn't a single resort that has an internal bus loop for a single building Hotel/DVC.

 

[Girlstar30]

You own at 3 very large resorts and think LSL is too big?

LSL is 400 DVC + 557 hotel = 957 rooms (some reports say 900 rooms)

Contemporary/BLT is 295 DVC + 655 hotel = 950 rooms
Animal Kingdom is 214 Jambo + 458 Kidani + 972 hotel = 1644 rooms
Saratoga = 1260 rooms
https://c.touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/hotels/number-rooms

BLT is very compact tower and has its own lobby right down the elevator, its not a sprawling building like LSL. The contemporary lobby is a short walk away. Im not going to go to all the rooms so that is irrelevant. Everything is near each other.

I have never stayed at SSR and have no plans to. That is not what we use that contract for. It is strictly for SAP points, longer stays and room upgrades. I would never buy a new resort as a SAP.

AKV is a huge resort, but we always stay at Jambo to be near everything... we do not stay at Kidani. I do not want to stay somewhere that has an internal bus loop or a lot of walking that has a seperate room category to be near everything, which is why we avoid Kidani and request to be near lobby at Jambo. We havent had any issues yet.

 

[Girlstar30]

Yeah are you assuming that CFW get rolled into LSL or something? LSL is going to be 1 single (albeit large) building. There isn't a single resort that has an internal bus loop for a single building Hotel/DVC.

No im actually one of the ones that dont think it will be rolled together