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This was posted on the weekly WDW update on mouseplanet.com today. I hope it's true and we will hear an announcement during the October Press Event.
STOLport rumor resurfaces
While we had first reported, then dismissed the rumor of a Disney Vacation Club resort planned for the current site of the STOLport (the small airport for Short TakeOff and Landing aircraft) adjacent to the Magic Kingdom parking lot, it appears that we can't completely rule the rumor out, either. Apparently, Walt Disney World Operations which uses the lot as a staging area for buses, among other purposes will vacate the property and turn it over to Walt Disney Imagineering on September 24, one week before Walt Disney World's annual press event. It's uncertain whether WDI will be using the location as a staging area for another project (such as the rumored DVC resort to be built at the Contemporary Resort's North Garden Wing) or if they will actually build a DVC resort on that site.
There were plans some time ago to reroute World Drive further west at that location, which would allow for some space between the roadway and the Epcot monorail track (helping to fuel the rumor of a resort with monorail access). However, even on those plans, the land was not targeted for resort use. It looks like we'll just have to wait and see what the press event brings.
STOLport rumor resurfaces
While we had first reported, then dismissed the rumor of a Disney Vacation Club resort planned for the current site of the STOLport (the small airport for Short TakeOff and Landing aircraft) adjacent to the Magic Kingdom parking lot, it appears that we can't completely rule the rumor out, either. Apparently, Walt Disney World Operations which uses the lot as a staging area for buses, among other purposes will vacate the property and turn it over to Walt Disney Imagineering on September 24, one week before Walt Disney World's annual press event. It's uncertain whether WDI will be using the location as a staging area for another project (such as the rumored DVC resort to be built at the Contemporary Resort's North Garden Wing) or if they will actually build a DVC resort on that site.
There were plans some time ago to reroute World Drive further west at that location, which would allow for some space between the roadway and the Epcot monorail track (helping to fuel the rumor of a resort with monorail access). However, even on those plans, the land was not targeted for resort use. It looks like we'll just have to wait and see what the press event brings.
I'd love to see one...but I just have my doubts that clearing the pad for Imagineering indicates a resort announcement...as it has been used as a staging area for many special events over the years...it just isn't something out of the ordinary.
