Originally Posted By believe They spend 32m on this small property, yet they didn't buy the Walgreens lot on harbor/katella which is twice the size and borders on the parking lot. Very interesting. Perhaps the the theory that disney owns the business center behind the inn has some merit.
Originally Posted By leemac <<TP2000 wrote an interesting little bit over on WDWMagic about this. I've been out of the loop, but apparently there is a business park BEHIND the Carousel, that Disney might have purchased last year (mentioned on MiceAge).>> Sorry missed this earlier. I'm not clear on what he means by "business park"? The KaVo Kerr dentistry business have a school-type facility on S. Manchester that backs on to that property. AFAIK they own the property (and have done for at least ten years), recently refurbished it entirely (last 5 years) and they have no intention of selling. The other building south of there is owned by DHS and used for asylum processing. So I'm not sure what TP2000 is alluded to when he says DLR owns the property either directly or through a proxy.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Google maps/earth shows that directly behind (east of) the Carousel is a fairly large parking lot, and then just east of that is the dentistry school leemac mentions, fronting on Manchester. I assume the parking lot is for that school. That's really the only thing behind the Carousel, so that must be the "business park" that Miceage/TP2000 mean. I guess the contention is whether Disney previously bought that property or not.
Originally Posted By PeterPan1313 >>>They spend 32m on this small property, yet they didn't buy the Walgreens lot on harbor/katella which is twice the size and borders on the parking lot. Very interesting.<<< The goal isn't to buy up as much property around DLR as possible, but to buy stuff strategically that will be needed. Disney doesn't have plans for third gate or using the GardenWalk so buying a failing outdoor mall when Downtown Disney is their focus and could be doing better doesn't make the company any money.
Originally Posted By doombuggy Your all way over thinking this. They may just be wanting to make cheaper Disney hotels like at WDW with out using what little land they have left. They bought the RV park to make more parking for CM's not a hotel,3rd park or shops.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Leemac has already said that a cheaper Disney hotel will never be built at the DLR resort. I doubt this means anything other than the more land they own the better for potential expansions down the line, whether it's a new parking garage, pedestrian bridge, etc, etc, etc.
Originally Posted By monorailblue <<The goal isn't to buy up as much property around DLR as possible, but to buy stuff strategically that will be needed.>> So says PP1313. So now I think we can all say with absolute certainty that the goal is to buy up any and all land that comes along around the resort. Since PP1313 said the opposite, it must be true.
Originally Posted By doombuggy thanks, but any way, They do now have a cheap hotel in the DL resort area. So he was wrong.
Originally Posted By berol I don't know if they'd retheme or even slap the Disney name on the sign. Paying a premium for the hotel eventually to run trams across a new intersection there would have been a lot cheaper than buying the other hotel for a song and building a skyway. But neither sounds like they're even a dream, let alone a plan.
Originally Posted By berol He said they wouldn't build a cheap hotel on the resort. They didn't build it and it isn't in the resort. For all we know, they could sell it next month.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If Disney really wanted to run a low-cost hotel, I would imagine they would want to do it on land they already own, not a newly-acquired completely-overpriced parcel that blows the construction budget before design even begins. I have no idea what's planned for this site, but I really doubt it is a budget hotel, given the price they paid to buy it
Originally Posted By leemac <<They do now have a cheap hotel in the DL resort area.>> My point was that there will never be a value or moderate hotel at DLR that is Disney owned and operated. There is too much competition and the land values are too high to justify the project. The numbers just don't stack up. Carousel continues to be operated as before. DLR are nothing more than a landlord at present.
Originally Posted By phruby The motel land will be used for a Star Wars trench run roller coaster that will have a loading area in the old hollywood & dine building.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I find the speculation over what Disney plans to do with the property rather amusing. I don't know that they have ANY plans for the property at the present time. If I were Disney, I would buy anything in a strategically desirable location whenever it became available whether there was a current plan or not. The property won't be any cheaper in the future, might as well get it now. It is not like the Disney Company is short on cash.
