lovewdwdvc said:
With over 800 units a nice sit down restaurant is in order at SSR and another themed pool with slide too,
At 800 units, SSR is certainly the largest DVC resort, but it's one of the smallest Disney resorts. Only the Boardwalk and Old Key West are smaller. I'm not aware of any Disney resorts that have more than a single "themed" pool, and the Wilderness Lodge has more rooms and an even smaller pool than SSR.
While I think most guests would HOPE for another robust pool, I think it's far from given that one will materialize.
Based upon the information I've seen, it appears SSR will have 4 Quiet Pools, which should accommodate the total guest population nicely. Each should have an accompanying playground and BBQ Grill / shelter. The only thing missing would be an actual slide. A slide would also mean that lifeguards become a requirement for a second pool.
In the end, if there is to be another themed pool, I'll believe it when I see it...
Regarding the restaurant, I've heard many times that "Seasons" at the Disney Institute was a failure. One could attribute that to anything from the quality of the restaurant to the proximity to DTD. In the end, I'm not surprised that Disney was unwilling to commit to another sit-down restaurant in the same location.
That said, the development plans for SSR have since grown by 50%, and there certainly appears to be some demand for a restaurant. Personally, I don't think SSR really needs it, but I won't be surprised if it does have a sit-down restaurant within the next 5 years.
Increase the boat service from DTD and many pople would frequent the restaurant for the boat ride and the great view ----- depending on where the restaurant was located.
Logically, one would think the great impetus for building a restaurant at SSR has to be capturing dollars that Disney would not have otherwise captured. In other words, if 90% of the diners at this proposed SSR restaurant are people who decided to go there instead of Boma / California Grill / Yachtsman, then it will be a failure. All you're doing is shifting revenue from another restaurant to SSR, while incurring a lot of additional expenses.
The idea has to be to convince (primarily) SSR guests to dine at this restaurant instead of in their room or off-site. The closest comparison is probably Olivia's at OKW. Similar resort design. Similar type of guest. The primary difference is that SSR has DTD within walking distance, and that will always draw some of the dining business. Since SSR was originally designed to be just slightly bigger than OKW, and since they already saw mediocre business from "Seasons", I think there were a lot of good reasons to go the food court route rather than another full service restaurant.
Whether that line of thinking has changed remains to be seen.
Where is phase III going to be? I had heard rumors that it was going to be where the tree house villas are. Anyone know exactly where they are going to be?
Not the treehouse villas but the FAIRWAY villas. These units were visible from the main road.
Plans that were filed with the county showed two buildings and a quiet pool between the guard shack and the first building in the Paddock. Three more buildings were then to go on the former location of the fairway villas, and would overlook the golf course. There was also another pool shown in the vicinity of these units.
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