jerseyduke
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Just wondering what might be further down the line, and what people think. It's fun speculation. 'Good' locations are starting to run thin.
I have always wondered about the convention business at Disney. Obviously sure its profitable, but to have space for it at Contemporary and Grand Floridian seems to me like a misuse of very valuable real estateTearing down the Contemporary convention center and building a new near-MK tower.
That was the Venetian Resort later turned into Greek Resort. The Persian Resort was to be north of CR on Bay Lake and with it's own Monorail spur that would have gone through Tomorrowland.The space between the T&TC and the CR was found to not be able to support the Persian resort. So the plans were dropped. So I don't think anything will go in there unless it's just 1 or 2 stories high.
Do you know if that is true for the original area for the Asian resort as well (north of GF, west of MK)The space between the T&TC and the CR was found to not be able to support the Persian resort. So the plans were dropped. So I don't think anything will go in there unless it's just 1 or 2 stories high.
When they run out of resort locations, they'll begin adding at the theme parks. With the way people go nuts for walking to parks, having a DVC where you walk out the door and you're in the theme park would be a license to print money. That's my wild guess anyway!
To my knowlege there was the Persian, Venetian and Asian in the original WDW plans (I always recommend the book RealityLand)That was the Venetian Resort later turned into Greek Resort. The Persian Resort was to be north of CR on Bay Lake and with it's own Monorail spur that would have gone through Tomorrowland.
The Asian Resort was pretty much supposed to be right on top of the GF, the GF is considered the replacement for that resort.Do you know if that is true for the original area for the Asian resort as well (north of GF, west of MK)
Correct the Persian was to be North of the CR on Bay Lake, off the spur of the monorail line that goes to the storage yard. The Venetian was to be between TTC and CR and later was later redesigned imagined as a Greek Hotel as a true 5 star hotel (this is when it was found the land couldn't support a hotel), and the Asian was supposed to go directly where the GF is placed. The Venetian, Asian, and Persian all pretty much were scraped do to the gas crisis and the Persian one was rumored to have been cancelled out of fear American's wouldn't stay at a Persian themed hotel post Iran hostage situation.To my knowlege there was the Persian, Venetian and Asian in the original WDW plans (I always recommend the book RealityLand)
The problem here is Anaheim limits them to what they can have in terms of Timeshare units. I think in total it is something like 150 bookable rooms so VGC is 69 of those 150 they could have. Technically speaking the entire new wing of the GCH that the DVC could easily be converted would be my guess. But with only 81 rooms they could do at DLR it's probably fairly low because of the money they could get back and the hotels already are running near capacity so no reason to do a conversion anytime soon.I think they will look at reviving a second DVC at Disneyland.
The Majors are typically put at Boardwalk these days. Swan-Dolphin also has space and soemtimes coordinate with Disney for the Really Big Ones, like Gartner. Theere are also meeting rooms over in that sector for maller stuff -- there is a lot of CME that gets done over there.I have always wondered about the convention business at Disney. Obviously sure its profitable, but to have space for it at Contemporary and Grand Floridian seems to me like a misuse of very valuable real estate
I think they will look at reviving a second DVC at Disneyland.
Sure but it would most likely be apart of the CR thus increase monorail traffic at that hotel and share in amenities of the hotel. If they built it as a standalone I would assume guests would still walk to the CR for monorail access regardless of the differentiation.I don't think it would get connected to the monorail.