SERIOUS thoughts about new resort....

[kimmar067]

Okay, put on your thinking caps....If you could design another themed resort at WDW, what would it be like? Deluxe, mod, or value? Location? Give details (pool, play areas, food court, etc...)

 

[DisneyLisa]

I'd like to see another monorail resort....I guess it would have to be a deluxe...not really sure about the theming though...what's left?

I'm looking forward to reading what everyone thinks...great question.

Lisa

 

[Bracho]

I agree with DisneyLisa.. I would like to see another monorail resort...but with an Ancient Egypt theme including the pyramids as the main building. They could really work that theme.....

 

[Richyams]

An Italian DVC resort. Venice like. We could take gondolas to our rooms.....well maybe that wouldn't be practical, but it could still be cool.

 

[DisneyLisa]

Those are both good ideas...any more out there?

 

[J. Thornhill]

I once heard tell of a proposed moderate called "Disney's Prairie Plains Resort" It obviously would have had an agricultural theme, with barns, tractors, silos, farmhouse style dwellings....and plenty of gingham I'm sure.

I'm not certain if the rumor was true, but I might have enjoyed staying there.

J.-

 

[mkellym]

Definately a Monorail resort, a deluxe of course. Put it on the way from the Magic Kingdom to Epcot, in all that open space. This time make it a space them. everything themed to outer space....pools and everything... what a perfect thing on the way to Epcot !

 

[Kermit]

I'd like a resort that would allow people to keep pets in their rooms, with areas for walking pets and a kennel that either walked the pets or had indoor/outdoor runs. I don't care about the theme. I guess it could be a part of any resort. A moderate would be best, so that lots of people could afford it. There could be rooms that would never be allowed to house a pet so that people with allergies could stay there.

I know pets are allowed at FW, but we have a pop-up, and they don't let you leave your pets inside soft-sided RVs while you're in the parks. I'm not sure why, since my dog would be just as happy in his crate in my pop-up as in a crate at the kennel. . .

 

[sha_lyn]

I love the Renaisance erra. I would love to see a Mod. resort with a Renaisance setting.

 

[Demosthenes]

Another Deluxe Animal Kingdom Area Reaort could use an Australian Theme. Call it Disney's Outback. It could feature "outback" view rooms, with Kangaroos and the like roaming its surroundings. The pool would be called the Reef, and could be themed like a cross between Shark Reef and Stormalong Bay. But instead of swimming with the sharks, there could be a meandring pool that borders a large Aquarium with some small sharks and other sea creatures. There would be a large window from the pool into the aquarium to give you the impression that you were "swimming with the sharks." This aquarium could be situated over a restaurant that would feature Steakhouse cuisine under a spectacular view. Another, more elegant restaurant might feature Aborigini <sp> cuisine. The hotel could also have a kid's club that featured the characters form "The Rescuer's Down Under. " Something that would not need to be unique to this resort would be deluxe accomodations that sleep 6. Finally, the resort should feature a kind of transportation that has been retired from disney resorts--a train. The train could make a loop from the Outback resort, to AKL, to AK, and then to the TTC. There could also be an express train on a seperate track that made the trip from AK to the TTC and back. If I can't have my monorail, a train will have to do (Anything but those busses!)

 

[schwaa]

How about a new moderate resort with a Middle Ages theme.

You would enter the resort by driving over a large drawbridge over a moat. Maybe there's a high stone wall the separates the resort from the road.

The main building could be a small castle, not a fancy one so it doesn't overpower Cinderella's castle. The food court could be set up like a medieval fair. The sit down restaurants would also be in the castle. Everyone would be dressed in the costumes of the middle ages.

The buildings where you stay could have two themes. One section could be like a small village with coblestone streets, and stone buildings. The other section could be rolling pastures with small cottages with thatched roofs.

The main pool could be themed like a fort with walls surrounding the pool area.

The moat could meander through the resort with stone bridges crossing over it here and there. Maybe it goes through the village. (this gives the opportunity to sell water view rooms).

The characters used at the resort could be from the animated Robin Hood. They could be on the refillable mugs, maybe in the rooms. The gift shop could sell medieval clothes. There could be suits of armor around the resort.

 

[danacara]

You know how AKL is positioned between the moderates and the deluxes, price-wise? I'd design a resort between the value and the moderate level called "Princesses and Villains."

 

[DisneyLisa]

Great ideas...let's hear some more.

 

[corndog]

Bracho,

Would I have to fax ahead to request my "tomb" number?

 

[ducklite]

A deluxe with an Asian theme, and some rooms specifically designed for the Japanese visitor, including Japanese style bathrooms (I think I'd draw the line at the Japanese style toilet though).

I's also consider developing a resort that sleeps five people via two doubles and a day bed and would have the nightly rate of a moderate. That would take care of the people that want to sleep five that can't fit in a trundle, and don't want to pay for two rooms. The rooms could be the size of the moderate rooms with the amenities of the value resorts.

Anne

 

[daannzzz]

I would love to do a mixed resort that had some deluxe rooms and moderate. I know Disney wouldn't do this as it would mess with their class system but I imagine it anyway.
Picture a resort done up like Belle's and Pinocchio's villages. Winding cobbled streets of two and three story buildings. the streets wouldn't be flat but meander up and down here and there with quaint stairways (and ramps) between some buildings, leading up to other streets It wouldn't look like POFQ where everything is uniform. It would be buildings with vaired facades, some sticking out with porches and balconies, others without. (For those who have been to IOA it would be like the Port of Entry). Different sized windows and doorways. Rooms would be of varying sizes and not just square shoebox shaped rooms. They would have odd layots and angles and such. Some of the rooms would be entered from the street, others from interior hallways. The pathways and buildings would dwindle toward the back where and expansive forest would be and hidden in the forrest would be buildings of four to six suites per building designed like Snow Whites and Sleeping beauties cottages. The trees would be tall and the forrest a bit dark. The Thatched roof buildings would be isolated from eachother with rocky outcroppings and steams and creaks babbling through the area. These of course would be expensvie suites.

 

[kimmar067]

...all these great ideas. How about one that is located adjacent to Blizzard Beach, with a twist on the "snow", like an Alpine theme? You know, Swiss chalets, yodellers, fake snow, and the food court would feature German sauerbraten and bratwurst, with oom-pah music....Just a thought.....

Or, maybe one from Ancient Greece, with the Parthenon, Friday night Toga Parties, and the pool area to look like Mt. Olympus!!! Theming could also include the cast of Hercules...!!!!

Any more ideas....?!?!?!?

 

[the Legend]

Disney Atlantis Resort ....

Aquarian theme with enough futuristic technologies to allow the Monorail. Lake-based would be nice so we could catch a boat or SUBMARINE to EPCOT/MK!

Since Atlantis was supposively the mother of all cultures, the Greece, Asian, Egyptian and even outer space themes could be incorporated in the design.

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

I like the idea of a "Space" resort on the monorail near Epcot. That would be cool.

I doubt they would ever do Atlantis or a Venetian since those already exists (in Vegas and in the Caribbean)

What about an "International" resort near Epcot? They could design rooms that have each of the Epcot countries represented. Probably would need to be a deluxe resort. Every time you checked in you could stay in a different country..... Italy, Germany, Mexico, Japan, etc.

 

[druzicka]

I think many would pay to stay at any of these. I think my favorite is a Cinderella/Pinocchio/Belle village theme where people get to stay in the castle. Based on the popularity of CRT ressies, I think people would jump at staying there.
druz