Whatever became of Fort Wilderness's Buffalo Junction Resort?

[DodgerGirl]

I was looking through a vintage Walt Disney World travel guide and learned that there was supposed to be a resort named Buffalo Junction that was gonna be built in the 90's and it was supposed to be a hotel with a western theme and it was gonna be part of an area of Fort Wilderness that was gonna feature shops and restaurants and was supposed to be modeled after a town from the wild west. I wonder what happened to Buffalo Junction because it never saw the light of day and never got built? Is it now the Wilderness Lodge today?

 

[FreeTime]

No, it was to be between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge. It was postponed in 1992.

 

[DodgerGirl]

No, it was to be between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge. It was postponed in 1992.

I wonder why the Buffalo Junction Resort got postponed and never built? I guess Disney thought it would cost too much money and so they focused on other resorts instead
Thank you so much for your reply FreeTime
Dodger

 

[FreeTime]

It wasn’t built, along with some other planned expansion items during the Disney Decade, due to a recession.