Looking for Predictions on DVC Resorts between LSL and 2042

[zavandor]

I think a Villains resort, overlooking MK and with a private entrance is almost a given. It would become the flagship resort with absurd rack rates. would it have DVC? I'd say yes, imagine the points per night of the theme park views rooms.

 

[Patmcpsu]

I think a Villains resort, overlooking MK and with a private entrance is almost a given. It would become the flagship resort with absurd rack rates. would it have DVC? I'd say yes, imagine the points per night of the theme park views rooms.

Disney needs to decide who their target demographic is. I have two young kids, and I am certain they have no interest in a villains themed hotel. If Disney builds a villains theme hotel, it will be for Disney adults, and *maybe* teenagers.

Epic Universe targets a more mature audience, and as things currently stand, they are beating Disney at that game. Disney is at a crossroads about whether they should keep competing for that crowd, or go back to its roots of being a kid/family destination (which adults can also happen to enjoy).

 

[zavandor]

Disney needs to decide who their target demographic is. I have two young kids, and I am certain they have no interest in a villains themed hotel. If Disney builds a villains theme hotel, it will be for Disney adults, and *maybe* teenagers.

Epic Universe targets a more mature audience, and as things currently stand, they are beating Disney at that game. Disney is at a crossroads about whether they should keep competing for that crowd, or go back to its roots of being a kid/family destination (which adults can also happen to enjoy).

Sure, kids don't like spooky things, look at how the Halloween parties are uncrowded and never sell out at $200+ per ticket.

 

[Patmcpsu]

Sure, kids don't like spooky things, look at how the Halloween parties are uncrowded and never sell out at $200+ per ticket.

For what it's worth, this fall I'm taking my 6 and 4 year old daughters to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party (the name is relevant here). And again, I would have zero interest in taking them to a villain's hotel if one existed today. I don't see the two things being equal.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

For what it's worth, I'm taking my 6 and 4 year old daughters to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party this fall (the name is relevant here). And again, I would have zero interest in taking them to a villain's hotel if one existed today. I don't see the two things being equal.

I agree that spending a few hours at a themed event is different from spending multiple vacation days living in a specific, highly-themed, fantasy environment. I'm sure there is a pool of consumers who would be interested in this, but I think Disney may be gun-shy from the Starcruiser experiment (even though a hotel theme is not equalivalent to what that particular experience entailed).

 

[CraigInPA]

I think a Villains resort, overlooking MK and with a private entrance is almost a given. It would become the flagship resort with absurd rack rates. would it have DVC? I'd say yes, imagine the points per night of the theme park views rooms.

I doubt you'll see a resort there. Examine an overhead view on google maps, and you'll see all kinds of infrastructure and access roads to back stage areas there. All of that would need to be obscured or relocated. Plus, Disney isn't going to construct or staff a second gate into MK to be used by a single hotel. And, the Villains theming is beyond niche, with little interest by youngsters and less than universal love by adults. Disney's already been burned by their Star Wars hotel, and they won't make that mistake again.

 

[Girlstar30]

Would be super interested in a villains resort. Would attract plenty of Disney adults, you should have heard the screams when that land was announced at D23, def got the most reaction