SSR's was destined to be a monorail resort

[aggiemullins]

IMHO it'll never happen. The only way Disney would ever do it is if there is boo-koos of money to be made. Since SSR is pretty much closed out with little in the way of CRO rooms, they've already squeezed out every last penny from SSR that they can.

If they were ever going to do it, it would have been from the beginning when they could have charged BLT & GF premium prices for purchasing SSR. If they could have charged an extra $40-$50/pt for SSR being on the monorail, I'll bet the numbers might have worked. Then they would have had a whole new section of monorail track to build resorts on. Too bad Team Disney Orlando can't think that far ahead.

Who knows, maybe they'll take another look in 40 years after they take back SSR & OKW from us and they're trying to figure out how to re-sell these 50+ year old behemoths at a premium.

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Who knows, maybe they'll take another look in 40 years after they take back SSR & OKW from us and they're trying to figure out how to re-sell these 50+ year old behemoths at a premium.

Who knows!

Love these bits of nostalgic information!

 

[Aben]

Sort of.

The Villas at the Disney Institute were originally the WDW Village Resort Villas. The Treehouse Villas were next door, but also part of the Village Resort.

The Villas at the Disney Institute were demolished and Saratoga Springs Resort was built in their location. Some of the original support buildings for the Institute were refurbished and made part of SSR, but none of the Villa rooms were saved. The original Treehouse Villas fell into disrepair and they were demolished. The current Treehouse Villas are built in their location.

But the original monorail easement on the SSR property remains intact.

Diisborad

 

[DisneyDetective]

What a fantastic thread! As a DVC member and SSR being home resort this is so cool!