Originally Posted By u k fan I think the spot you mention ultimately will end up with a hotel on it, but Mr Gas said it needs to be at the entrance to a park and I think unless they do something amazing he is right. As he also says WDSP is not ready, but neither is anywhere else in that case unless they expand the DL Hotel. I'd like to see a Hollywood Hotel, but I don't think the HK one is deluxe. I did look at it once as a possible trip to HK was mentioned due to a relative going to HK for work!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert I doesn't have to be a copy, but the theme would work as well even if it's built at the space you mentioned. Maybe Disney will tear down the parking garage to get more space. I just don't want a hotel scramped into a small space and so that it will look out of place.
Originally Posted By u k fan Pricewise the Hollywood Hotel matches up with the Sequoia Lodge, though what you get for that money obviously varies according to region!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert I have never looked up the prices for the HKDL hotels, but from the pictures I've seen I would have thought that the HW hotel is a lot better than SQL or even HNY and NPBC.
Originally Posted By dagobert Do you think Disney made a mistake to bring so many partner hotels to the resort. I just can talk for the Vienna Int. hotels, and they are doing fine according to several news articles. I mean the Disney hotels have a high occupancy rate and so it's hard to earn more money with the hotels, because the rooms are limited. The only option is to raise the rates and that makes people stay in the cheaper non-Disney hotels. If Disney would have built the hotels instead of the partners, they would make a lot more money than today. I know the financial situation was bad, but I think it was a little bit short sighted.
Originally Posted By u k fan It's tough to say. It would be hard for Disney to know where to pitch it as they have all levels covered in better locations already. Unless it was something amazing you wouldn't pay deluxe price to stay there when you have the DL Hotel at the park's entrance and why build more value hotels right across the road from the Santa Fe? If you build a Davy Crockett alternative it effectively kills that. I'd like to see them offer accommodations for larger families so maybe an all-suite hotel? Maybe a hotel with a waterpark? If you imagine the hotels that are there as they are now under the Disney name with Disney pricing they would look a lot less attractive I think!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert They would definitely be less attractive. I didn't mean that Disney should have built them where they are located now. There is still enough space available at Lake Disney and next to the RER and the NPBC, like suggested in the plans above.
Originally Posted By u k fan I think hotels will come to those areas, but I think that Disney were probably right to allow other operators nearby. There will always be an element that won't want to stay with Disney and those that don't want to pay Disney prices. By having them stay in a location that isn't in Paris or a nearby town they still effectively have those guests as a captive audience unless they have a car or care to ride a bus. I bet most of those guests still dine onsite for example whereas if they are staying in Val D'Europe their food options are much expanded!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert You are probably right. I think if ED SCA wouldn't have had the big financial problems from the beginning, the whole resort would be better off. There is the right diversity of Disney and non-Disney hotels, Disney and non-Disney restaurants, if you take Val d'Europe into account. Val d'Europe is one of the best things Disney has done in France, because it adds a lot to the whole resort. Maybe Disney gets a new boost with Villages Nature. That project includes a waterpark and I'm confident, because WDI and Joe Rhode are involved.
