Ideas for the Next DVC Resort

[Girlstar30]

I was really pleasantly surprised by Ale & Compass at YC. The food punches above its price point in terms of quality and value. Its on a similar price level to say Skipper Canteen at MK, but IMHO is much better quality. To me Skipper Canteen is an expensive version of Applebees without the burgers.

The muscle starter is in the top 3 muscle dishes I have eaten.

Will definetely be making reservations!

 

[Girlstar30]

I am not sure its DVC worthy, but I would love to see a Star Wars hotel. Hear me out, the Starcruiser got it wrong - it was going for a 24x7 LARP experience, not a heavily themed hotel. You couldn't really take non-starwars family members, it was stupidly expensive and only for 48 hours. A real hotel is stayable from 1-14 nights, and has amenities like a pool.

Take the starcruiser as a starting point, and add a second "tower building" to the site, with a large courtyard between them. The starcruiser had ~100 rooms, no where near enough to be viable as a hotel.
I would build a 3-sided X as the hotel shape, and make each face a different theme:
- Coruscant - faces the courtyard and existing starcruiser
- Rebel base - something like Yavin IV - a tropical base - would be a fake rock face with the balconies carved into it. The outdoors could be where the pool is located
- Imperial base - Lava, polished black floors, storm troopers standing guard. Its outdoors could be a cadet training ground (playground).

Andor gave a good idea for what 1/2 Bed rooms could be themed like.

Grand Villas could be done for each theme, The senator suite for Coruscant, Emperor's suite complete with throne chair and round window for imperial, and a Princess Leia suite for

By theming on a building face basis, each face would not have visibility of the others. Using the same building enables each to share all the resources.
The courtyard between the new building and the starcruiser would be a new star wars entertainment district. Themed like star wars cities / blade runner. It would have dining, shops and other "stores" that could be outsourced. A costume place, karaoke, maybe a Tattoo parlor. It would not have "experiences" that compete with Galaxies Edge, but provides another type of environment - City - that fits within the starwars universe, primarily for retail and dining.

Dining:
- Existing Starcruiser dining facility would be converted into a themed dinner show. Add acrobatic lightsaber battle etc.
- A character dining place - the usual buffet concept with starwars touches, but have visits from your favorite characters - Mando, Luke, Vader, Storm Troopers, Ray, Chewie, R2D2, C3PO etc.
- Quick service with Dining room
- Bar/Lounge - Pirates has already been done enough, but a Bounty Hunter themed bar could be fun

Keep the existing entrance to galaxies edge for hotel guests with a passage / tunnel. Use the existing parking at HS for cars, maybe valet only.

Having the different themes makes it more repeatible - each visit you could stay in a different environment. The existing starcrusier could be the "value" options.

A+ for creativity

 

[foodiddiedoo]

I've only ever seen it referred to as the "Asian Resort" and not the name that you mentioned. The revival of that idea is plausible for a Disney hotel, but it wouldn't be a DVC.

Lakeshore Lodge is 900 rooms. Riviera is only 1/3 of that. With Disney's approval to add 14-16k more rooms by 2032, I'll bet that any new builds are going to be of similar size to LL. With resorts that large, the theming has to be pretty safe to appeal to a wider range of buyers.


Disney will not be building another Skyliner. At least I don't think so. It's just not worth it. What would you do when AK closes early and someone wants to get from HS to AKL/V? Keep the Skyliner running through AK station?

Additionally, I think running a gondola through an extended area of native land is not smart in the context of WDW. At a ski resort it's par, but imagine being stuck on a broken Skyliner at night somewhere between AK and Coronado or Blizzard Beach. Kids (and even some adults) would be scared. All of the current Skyliner is within eyesight of roads, buildings, parking.


Great idea! Definitely not DVC though. No one would buy it as it'd be hard to sell on the resale market. Full blown IP theming and timeshares don't mix.

Ooh you're right! Asian resort is less offensive but still wouldn't fly today.