Originally Posted By Daannzzz <a href="http://www.screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_contempdvc_0.htm" target="_blank">http://www.screamscape.com/htm l/wdw_-_contempdvc_0.htm</a>
Originally Posted By jmuboy ahhh.....the Contemporary DVC. WDW's worst kept secret and what will become one of WDW's biggest mistakes! I'm a DVC owner, but I am 110% opposed to this project. Imagine the long lines to board the monorail now. How impossible will California Grill reservations be? How over crowded will the resort pools, restaurants and common areas be? How dated will the classic A-frame Tower look now? How silly does it look to have what appears to be a random, charmless, cold looking condo tower from "any city" USA plopped down in WDW. Thanks WDW!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I have plans on dumping 150 Beach Club points at a discount the very first day Contempo DVC sales open. I'll lose money but not really, I mean my contract will last a lot longer with Contempo DVC so maybe it's a wash, or at least I'll only take a small loss.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Personally I can't wait. I hear tell (and after all the actual design IS only rumor at this point) that the archetiechture will be much more than the typical condo building you see on that unofficial site. And I hear tell the price is going to be MORE $ as they are going to try to sell it as a Premium-Home Away From Home resort. I can't imagine that THAT will work. In my mind, DVC is DVC no matter if it's secluded like OKW, or near DTD like SS, or an add on like W Lodge. But we'll see. I'm in favor of it.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> What is <<archetiechture>> At least all the right letters are in there. Just an interesting number and sequence of them.
Originally Posted By irishfan Anyone know how many rooms were in the old wing, and how many will be in the new building?
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Well the old buildings didn't have a whole lot, but the new building will have a whole whole whooooole lot. jk
Originally Posted By jmuboy well, at least at this huge size getting a room there might not be so hard. I hope DVC isn't over building (huge DAK DVC and now this one).
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 DVC is overbuilding. At least at WDW. Underbuilding anywhere else. Just wait ... Disney's Polynesian Villas and Grand Floridian Villas will be next up! And the Contemporary DVC is just hiddeous ... in looks, in design, in location and in what it will do to fundamentally alter a part of WDW that has been the same since 1971. But boy will it bring in money. And everyone knows the place that magic lives is the vault! ;-)
Originally Posted By MPierce I think the design works very well. I also predict that it will sale at a faster rate than any other DVC before. I agree that DVC at WDW is overbuilding, however the only thing that will stop that is a down turn in sales, and it doesn't seem that sales will slow anytime soon.
Originally Posted By Superjosiah "I also predict that it will sale at a faster rate than any other DVC before." I agree... it is the most visible one yet! I think it will also increase DVC sales because it will be a visual reminder about it.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I think it will be significantly more costly and also an upgrade in quality over other DVCs to date.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I think it will be significantly more costly and also an upgrade in quality over other DVCs to date.>> That could be. If nothing else the location justifies a premium price (though the Boardwalk also has an outstanding location). As far as quality goes, they would have to go a ways to beat Saratoga Springs. I know SS has somehow acquired a rather poor reputation. Perhaps it is because of the location which people perceive as being far from the parks. Perhaps it is because the main dining facility was not open when the resort opened and many early visitors felt the dining options were poor. But when we viewed the resort last January before adding some SS points to the Boardwalk points we already owned, I was very impressed with the place. The facilities were wonderful and the finishing and furnishings of the units were a definite step above what I've seen at any other DVC resort.
Originally Posted By jmuboy I would have preferred to smalled DVC wings in place of the north and south garden wings. I just hate this huge DVC tower!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <How impossible will California Grill reservations be?< this alone would make me hate this ! I have no problem with DVC becoming part of the Contemporary per se, but not something of this magnitude that takes away from the original building and the profile it strikes.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy Some observations -- The horizontal lines, the color treatment, the building's height, and the rooftop structure on the new building compliment the Contemporary very well. When driving north towards the Contemporary, I don't things will look much different. The new building will be largely hidden behind the Contemporary from that vantage point. I wish the PhotoShopped web image that's in the Post#1 link would include a rendering of what the new building would look like from the hub. That's where you can see the Contemporary now, peeking up over Tomorrowland. How the new building would look from the hub, alongside the Contemporary would be instructive. And not all that bad, I'm thinking.
