Resort Thread Disney's WILDERNESS LODGE

[Wood Nymph]

Hi all, currently at the resort now and feels so nice to be back! My last trip was in 2022 so it’s been a hot minute, and wanted to check if it’s normal for the HEA music to be piped in the resort every night?
We’re in a CCV room facing the main pool/courtyard and and didn’t realise how loud it was, our touring style has changed and we’re back in the room earlier than we used to, and as much as I love HEA it’ll be a bit much to hear every night hahah!

They have been broadcasting the HEA soundtrack in the courtyard since last year. We heard it when we were there last February. I really like hearing it, but it is loud.

 

[Dave006]

They have been broadcasting the HEA soundtrack in the courtyard since last year. We heard it when we were there last February. I really like hearing it, but it is loud.

Thanks for the update @Wood Nymph, I guess they want guests down by Geyser Point, and the rooms offered as a Fireworks view can hear it so they really crank it up. Even EWP is quite loud when it passes WL.

We don't watch HEA from anywhere besides from inside MK, and we are never back in the room by 9 PM.

Dave

 

[jewels1916]

We will have a pack n play in a standard room at Wilderness later this year, any suggestions on the best set up for it?

 

[Mle8308]

We will have a pack n play in a standard room at Wilderness later this year, any suggestions on the best set up for it?

You can look up the room layouts on the Disney website, there are photos of all the room types. Standard is the view, so inside all the resort rooms will look the same (either one king or two queens). Maybe between the second bed and the slider that leads out to the balcony?

 

[mrsap]

Crews Paint Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Exterior During Extended Refurbishment​

Crews are currently focused on this area to the back corner of the lobby. Barriers block some of the nearby walkways.


There appeared to be electrical and painting crews on site during our Wednesday trip. Two crew members were on top of the roof working on wiring.


Below, a crew member was repainting one of the wood-style columns.


More barriers circle this patio and part of the seating area is closed. An A-frame sign lets guests know the seating is unavailable.


Scaffolding covers this wall of the resort for more paint work. No guests are currently staying in the affected rooms.



We saw several crew members on the scaffolding touching up the paint of columns.

 

[mrsap]

Wanted to share the updated DVC website construction message:

 

[mrsap]

Crews Repainting Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Columns​

Two columns on a wing of guest rooms are now a pale color. It looks like they have been stripped of their old paint and/or painted with primer.


The backs of the columns were either already repainted or are still brown. The columns will likely be fully repainted a natural brown color in the next few days. Crew members weren’t actively working during our visit, but there was a lift parked nearby.



During our last construction update, crews were painting columns and working on the roof at this back corner of the lobby. That work has wrapped up and the area is now clear of construction materials. Scaffolding has also been removed from one end of a building, as seen above.

 

[DarkwingDuck24]

Hi folks,
Does anyone know the price point of the Yosemite Suite, and how to book the Suite? It doesn't show up on the WDW website, so we're not sure if it can be booked over the phone (probably not the general reservation number?), or if it is necessary to use a travel agent. Thanks for the help!

 

[Dave006]

It doesn't show up on the WDW website, so we're not sure if it can be booked over the phone (probably not the general reservation number?),

Yes it can be booked online if it is available, and sometimes it does pop up from time to time.

It is available for reservation on the normal WDW reservation number at (407) 934-7639. You also have to option to use a Travel Agent since it is also an option but it is not required.

Dave

 

[Djm_in_buffalo]

RE: Construction - have been here since 2/14. Each and every day, they have had usually 1 boom lift, at times 2 or 3, with workers replacing/repainting the “log” woodwork, sometime spraying the roof, and have also seen them up on room balconies, grinding metal railings, presumably to prep them for repainting. It seems to be taking a prolonged period of time; likely because there’s only a crew of from 4-8 workers to be seen at any given time.

It’s a loud, working construction zone in the area facing Copper Creek Springs Pool.

The rooms are borderline uninhabitable during the late morning and well into the mid-to-late afternoon, as even with the room doors closed, all you hear is the constant, loud “BEEP BEEP BEEP” of the heavy equipment, and at times, the grinding. I don’t know how the grinding away of paint on railings, to be respirated by the guests below is occupationally healthy or acceptable, but maybe Florida is more lax with that sort of thing.

I get upkeep. I get the need for maintenance. I get that most people aren’t at Disney to be at the hotel.

However, I also get that many non-Disney hotels would not rent out rooms / wings so impacted by such obtrusive conditions. All part of the Disney magic.

Here’s the view we’ve enjoyed from the room for the last few days. Helps prevent our 18 month old from taking his naps. Given how slow they’ve been going, I’d estimate this area will be similar for another week or so.

 

[Dave006]

I get upkeep. I get the need for maintenance. I get that most people aren’t at Disney to be at the hotel.

This is not maintenance. It is a once in a +15 year infrastructure refresh. Were you completely unaware that the the WL, and by association the CCV DVC were impacted by this multi-year work just like many of the older Disney resorts?

However, I also get that many non-Disney hotels would not rent out rooms / wings so impacted by such obtrusive conditions. All part of the Disney magic.

Did you inquire as to being moved to another DVC unit at the Front desk?

Dave

 

[PatsGirl]

RE: Construction - have been here since 2/14. Each and every day, they have had usually 1 boom lift, at times 2 or 3, with workers replacing/repainting the “log” woodwork, sometime spraying the roof, and have also seen them up on room balconies, grinding metal railings, presumably to prep them for repainting. It seems to be taking a prolonged period of time; likely because there’s only a crew of from 4-8 workers to be seen at any given time.

It’s a loud, working construction zone in the area facing Copper Creek Springs Pool.

The rooms are borderline uninhabitable during the late morning and well into the mid-to-late afternoon, as even with the room doors closed, all you hear is the constant, loud “BEEP BEEP BEEP” of the heavy equipment, and at times, the grinding. I don’t know how the grinding away of paint on railings, to be respirated by the guests below is occupationally healthy or acceptable, but maybe Florida is more lax with that sort of thing.

I get upkeep. I get the need for maintenance. I get that most people aren’t at Disney to be at the hotel.

However, I also get that many non-Disney hotels would not rent out rooms / wings so impacted by such obtrusive conditions. All part of the Disney magic.

Here’s the view we’ve enjoyed from the room for the last few days. Helps prevent our 18 month old from taking his naps. Given how slow they’ve been going, I’d estimate this area will be similar for another week or so.

Oh hell no. I'd be moving to another section or to another resort if the baby can't nap.

 

[Djm_in_buffalo]

This is not maintenance. It is a once in a +15 year infrastructure refresh. Were you completely unaware that the the WL, and by association the CCV DVC were impacted by this multi-year work just like many of the older Disney resorts?


Did you inquire as to being moved to another DVC unit at the Front desk?

Dave

Correct, I was unaware. I don’t remember the details on how it was worded, but I remember that when I looked in mid-2025, the official WDW website that posts maintenance, pool closures, etc. posted work to Fall 2025, and not into February 2026. That changed in c. November 2025 when it posted as well into 2026. By then I was long since booked.

Whatever they want to call it: maintenance; upkeep; refurbishment; upgrade; refresh. It’s border line uninhabitable.

Communal spaces being noisy, an amenity such as a pool or a restaurant being down, the grounds being a bit rough around the edges, sure. Again, I get maintenance. But, I draw the line in expecting that guests should be able to have quiet enjoyment of their room, not repeated, high decibel noises within it for hours on end, days on end. That is not a “resort stay” by any stretch.

Adding to that, I’ve been watching the grinding they’ve been doing, with particulate fallout and with the workers themselves wearing respirators. Those particles have to go somewhere; presumably they fall down to the guests below. There is no vacuum or closed system that’s intaking them.

No, I did not request a change; this work is seemingly impacting many of the rooms, as I could guess by my own observation, and as I’ve heard from others here. And the work is seemingly going much slower than it could go, again, because of how small the crew is.

When I voiced this to a friend, who is upper management for a very large, international hotel chain, he had the same thought process as I did: they should have preemptively closed the impacted areas down, booked accordingly to accommodate, hit it hard, reopened fast.

Where’s the incentive to do it properly when people flock to you in droves regardless.

Hotels. Predicated upon being hospitable. This is not that.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Hi folks,
Does anyone know the price point of the Yosemite Suite, and how to book the Suite? It doesn't show up on the WDW website, so we're not sure if it can be booked over the phone (probably not the general reservation number?), or if it is necessary to use a travel agent. Thanks for the help!

The Yosemite Suite won't show up with a regular search online, but it will if you click "Accessible Rooms" in the date/search bar. It can also be booked via calling as noted by a PP. Rack rates vary by rate periods/seasons of course, but it's usually in the +/- $2k range.

Hope that helps!