Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=74247" target="_blank"><b>Latest: OrSen: Disney to build 2,000-room hotel dubbed Disney’s Art of Animation Resort</b></a> <p>Disney announces plans to build Disney’s Art of Animation Resort featuring 1,120 suites with room for up to six guests and an additional 864 traditional hotel rooms. The Resort will celebrate <i>The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Finding Nemo and Cars. </i>The resort will be adjacent to the Pop Century.</p>
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl If the guest room buildings were themed to Snow White, Fantasia, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, I might be interested, but I think I'll stick with All Star Music (probably the most adult-oriented of the "value" hotels). Then again, I made a decision to wait until Amtrak reinstated New Orleans-Orlando service, so it could be another year or two, even though Congress is starting to light some fires under certain people's uh, "fundaments."
Originally Posted By mousermerf Side note (maybe even Tangent?) - we generally assume that that Disney expands to attract people to the parks. What if they instead expand to match their capacity needs? That actually explains many previous decisions much better then the "to attract people" theory.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>> What if they instead expand to match their capacity needs? That actually explains many previous decisions much better then the "to attract people" theory.<<< And I ask you, what about PARK capacity?
Originally Posted By mousermerf Same theory - more people will mean expansion. Wonders opened at Epcot when attendance was higher then it is now.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I'll believe it when I see them using new land to build something new AFTER FLE. *coughDAKcoughhackEPCOT'SWShack*
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 More people should mean expansion. More expansion should mean more people. Circle of life.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 That sounds good too. My stockholders card use to get me 30% off on a room at the Poly and 10% on tickets. I want that reinstated.
Originally Posted By -em Not necessarily... Most hotels simply dream about having WDWs Occ% where even if you add 2000+ rooms to the mix still will keep them significantly above industry averages... Plus while 100% Occ a day is wonderful sometimes running 70-80% is a good thing for the engineers and housekeepers to get things fixed and deep cleaned... -em
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> More people should mean expansion. More expansion should mean more people. Circle of life.<<<< The only thing that leaves me leery of that is the fact that they built up in the past, to no avail in terms of park expansion.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael <<<The only thing that leaves me leery of that is the fact that they built up in the past, to no avail in terms of park expansion>>> In the past? It's been going on consistently throughout the past decade. Pop Century, Saratoga, DAK DVC, Treehouse DVC, and Contemporary DVC with very little updating to the parks. The only significant expansion occurred in 2005. Every other addition has just cannibalized existing attractions.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>In the past? It's been going on consistently throughout the past decade. Pop Century, Saratoga, DAK DVC, Treehouse DVC, and Contemporary DVC with very little updating to the parks. The only significant expansion occurred in 2005. Every other addition has just cannibalized existing attractions.<<< Exactly. It'll be FLE and that's it. ...and that's not even that much.
