Site inspections at River Country?

[jandlinz]

https://wdwnt.com/2018/03/breaking-...possible-hotel-river-country-water-park-site/

 

[mom2rtk]

Yes, please, let's squeeze some more hotel rooms in so we can squeeze more people into the parks.

 

[FireflyTrance]

It would make sense to add another hotel there, it's a good location close to Magic Kingdom.

 

[rteetz]

Yes, please, let's squeeze some more hotel rooms in so we can squeeze more people into the parks.

Actually if all the hotels were at capacity that would not result in parks at capacity. It’s something like 50-60%. So Disney still has room to build more hotels.

 

[mom2rtk]

Actually if all the hotels were at capacity that would not result in parks at capacity. It’s something like 50-60%. So Disney still has room to build more hotels.

Parks don't have to hit capacity for the experience to be unfavorable.

 

[rteetz]

Parks don't have to hit capacity for the experience to be unfavorable.

I’m just saying that Disney building a hotel doesn’t affect the crowds in the parks that much of at all.

 

[tlmadden73]

Interesting ..
New Waterpark? Doubt it.
New hotel? Maybe
New DVC property? -- probably as it is in a "Deluxe" location .. along the lake and not far at all from the Magic Kingdom.

 

[Mr. Mysto]

They SHOULD refurb River Country as is and use it as the pool area for a new jungle resort! We would all fight over it's DVC points! You know you would.

...and open a tiki bar on Discovery Island with a fleet of honor system canoes available for shuttle. Or maybe a rope bridge. I should be an imagineer.

 

[beer dave]

They SHOULD refurb River Country as is and use it as the pool area for a new jungle resort! We would all fight over it's DVC points! You know you would.

...and open a tiki bar on Discovery Island with a fleet of honor system canoes available for shuttle. Or maybe a rope bridge. I should be an imagineer.

Yup-- drinking with the only means of return being a canoe paddled by the bar patrons......that won't be a problem....

They need to put the tee pee resort on discovery island so at night the natives can raid the copper creek cabins.....

 

[Joben]

Yup-- drinking with the only means of return being a canoe paddled by the bar patrons......that won't be a problem....

The alligators would love it

 

[SteveH]

Maybe expand Fort Wilderness!

 

[mshanson3121]

https://wdwnt.com/2018/03/breaking-...possible-hotel-river-country-water-park-site/

I think it would be awesome if they could do a resort there. The water park (if they could revamp some of it) would be a big draw. Or as someone else said, perhaps they could expand Fort Wilderness.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

OOOOH well I love speculation!

 

[bama_ed]

Nowadays they only build DVC anymore so if it becomes anything at the old River Country location, it'll be DVC. Bama Ed

 

[HopperFan]

PS This news was first from "another forum" where it was shared and discussed .... before above "breaking" article.

Nowadays they only build DVC anymore so if it becomes anything at the old River Country location, it'll be DVC. Bama Ed

Old rumor ???

 

[rteetz]

PS This news was first from "another forum" where it was shared and discussed .... before above "breaking" article.

That's typical...

Old rumor ???

Boulder Junction

 

[916chipndale]

So my first thought was this is going to be another DVC, because that's what Disney is all about and there has been a DVC proposal for this area before. Then I started thinking back to a comment I had seen by I believe Martin on WDWMagic. It was in regards to Caribbean Beach and how loss of "moderate" rooms due to Riviera may be added back in some other place. Or something like that, maybe I am remembering it wrong. I then went to a thread again on WDWMagic about a Volcano hotel rumor from WDWNT. In it Martin posted this comment... if it doesn't link automatically its comment #12

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/volcano-hotel.926753/#post-7693484

"Whilst I've heard nothing specific, something did pop up a few weeks ago that could be linked to a new resort in the MK area. It's all a little vague still and doesn't - to me at least - seem likely at the moment.

But it did remind me of a plan near the Contemporary from the 90s."

A plan near the Contemporary in the 90's was Buffalo Junction. Which was supposed to be a moderate price resort. It would work with the whole loss of moderate rooms, addition in another place. Again if I had to guess I would say it will most likely be DVC, I really am not sure if Disney will ever build a moderate resort again. So far Martin hasn't commented on the permits yet, I'm sure he will later today and completely dispel everything I typed up. Sorry this comment got so long didn't expect it to ha

 

[danikoski]

What would be really cool is if they did something like the gardens area at Disneyland Paris. That area looks amazing.

 

[beer dave]

The alligators would love it

ouch-- too soon?

 

[Moliphino]

What would be really cool is if they did something like the gardens area at Disneyland Paris. That area looks amazing.

Or build another Hotel Cheyenne. It sort of vaguely goes along with the Fort Wilderness theme and it's so cute.