Swan and Dolphin going to Disney management?

[VA_mouseman]

I heard from a CM at Epcot yesterday that the Japanese parent holding company of the Swan and Dolphin resorts is in bankruptcy protection, and Disney is negotiating the purchase of these two hotels.

Truth, fiction, or a bit of both?

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

I heard from a CM at Epcot yesterday that the Japanese parent holding company of the Swan and Dolphin resorts is in bankruptcy protection, and Disney is negotiating the purchase of these two hotels.

Truth, fiction, or a bit of both?

Another groundless CM rumor.

The WDW Swan and Dolphin are part of the Tishman Hotel Corp. portfolio of hotels. The WDW Swan and Dolphin do not belong to a nameless, bankrupt Japanese parent holding company.

The hotels are affiliated with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., parent of Westin and Sheraton.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

There's an interesting thread from 2001, "Swan and Dolphin Rumors?" at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68926

 

[manning]

You just encountered the favorite CM past time. Did you hear the one about building a subway from the Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom but the delay was due to them not knowing what to do with the water.

 

[dbm20th]

Oh well, I was hoping they'd finally get out a darn paint brush for those two.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Oh well, I was hoping they'd finally get out a darn paint brush for those two.

Actually, the Swan and Dolphin were repainted last year to bring the colors back to their original appearance. They look good again. They had been looking rather faded.

 

[MJMcBride]

I thought they were always kind of lame. Right from the get go.

 

[dbm20th]

Actually, the Swan and Dolphin were repainted last year to bring the colors back to their original appearance. They look good again. They had been looking rather faded.

That's hysterical. I stayed there a couple of month's ago. They are just plain ugly!

 

[peter11435]

Actually, the Swan and Dolphin were repainted last year to bring the colors back to their original appearance. They look good again. They had been looking rather faded.

Actually the are still painting the Dolphin. The Swan is done but they are still working on the Dolphin.

 

[Planogirl]

I think that they're cool looking. At least they're not plain boxes like some resorts.

 

[pkgman]

If Disney purchsed them maybe the monorail could finally pass through both of them.

Think I will now.

 

[DancingBear]

I happen to be a big fan of Michael Graves, but in any event I think it's hard to argue that the Swan and Dolphin are worse looking than the standard hotel towers that would have been built there if Eisner had not intervened.

For a neat smaller example of Graves work (well, not as small as the teapots and such at Target), see the post office at Celebration.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

For a neat smaller example of Graves work (well, not as small as the teapots and such at Target), see the post office at Celebration.

Links:

Post Office in Celebration, Florida, by Micheal Graves

Micheal Graves and Associates (Look at "Projects")

The Aventine in La Jolla, California by Micheal Graves