Originally Posted By jmuboy What happen to all the talk of a 4th Disney hotel on property and the two Garden Walk hotels? Have those been postponed? Or still moving forward just with few details?
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"What happen to all the talk of a 4th Disney hotel on property and the two Garden Walk hotels?"<<< The economy tanked.
Originally Posted By alexbook Now's the time to buy, before the economy recovers and prices go up again.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Permits and progress is being done on the 2 GardenWalk Hotels that will be managed by Disney. It looks like 3 to 4 years before they open. While there is no current plans for a 4th Hotel on Disneyland Resort property, Al Lutz at MiceAge.com reported that Disney is seriously looking at adding a 4th tower at the Disneyland Hotel, which would be a combination of Hotel rooms and DVC units. (Going where the secondary pool area and the former Fantasy Waters area.) As far as I know, no permits have been applied for the DLH expansion yet.
Originally Posted By Ohana where are the gardenwalk hotels planned to go? in that blank spot between gardenwalk and the Residence Inn?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Based on this concept drawing there were three hotels planned, however things may have changed since this was drafted. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7WbmARD08/RtRx6jkwrMI/AAAAAAAADG8/_3qITPMBZlg/s400/disney_way.jpg" target="_blank">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7W..._way.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Actually, here's a larger image. It appears that vacation rental units are/were a part of the plan as well. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_OO7WbmARD08/RtRx6jkwrMI/AAAAAAAADG8/_3qITPMBZlg/s1600-h/disney_way.jpg" target="_blank">http://bp0.blogger.com/_OO7Wbm..._way.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By jmuboy Personally I would rather see Diseny build an "on property" hotel between the DL Hotel and Mickey and Friends Deck. Now if Disney decided to purchase Garden Walk and make it part of the DL Resort, then I would not be opposed to the Garden Walk hotel concept. However, I just don’t like the idea of Disney hotels sitting in non Disney owned properties. As a side note, whether owned by Disney or not I really hope Garden Walk is a success in the future. Stuff like this needs to do well for Anahiem to be able to maintain its status as a tourist destination.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Disney is really missing the moderately priced hotel category in Anaheim, and Garden Walk gives Disney the chance to do this and leave the west side of DLR open for future development of more high end hotel properties. Not saying that this is Disney's plan, but it would certainly seem like a logical thing for them to do.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz They need a value resort as well. They could pony up the money for a few of the motels across Harbor Blvd., connect them together and glue giant plastic Baloos, Tinkerbells (and Terrence), and Cygnuses on them and then the Anaheim resort will have made a full circle.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby Disney can't waste its money/effort with a value resort in Anaheim. For the investment all properties have to be deluxe, no question.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I disagree. Furthermore, I can't see vacationers paying deluxe prices to stay at Garden Walk.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy For Disney to throw good money away on a failed shopping center that represents the poor decisions of the real estate bubble would be a very bad idea.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Garden Walk would be more successful if it improved it's access from Harbor Blvd. Harbor would also benefit from this new access. It's astonishing to me that the intersections on Harbor are still using conventional traffic signals and crosswalks. A pedestrian bridge is desperately needed, and a wide one at that. This elevated walkway would dovetail nicely into the proposed new hotel towers and Garden Walk development on the east side of Harbor, creating a human funnel from the esplanade and transportation area.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA i think that disneyland should buy up the property on katella right at the del taco, and tear down the boogie and flaky jakes and build a hotel that everyone can afford! and have a tram that goes to and from the park to that new hotel. and they can name that the anahiem garden walk hotel!!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt It's perplexing to me that Disney hasn't been more aggressive in developing more hotel properties in Anaheim, especially since the demand seems to be high on a consistent basis.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << It's perplexing to me that Disney hasn't been more aggressive in developing more hotel properties in Anaheim, especially since the demand seems to be high on a consistent basis. >> It's not all that perplexing to me. The hotel business is a pretty low margin business. There are some aspects of Disney's hotel business in Orlando that are completely unique to that resort but can't be duplicated in Anaheim.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 There are some aspects of Disney's hotel business in Orlando that are completely unique to that resort but can't be duplicated in Anaheim.<< Such as basically secluding the guests from other areas of Orlando if they do not have their own vehicle?
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy ^^ That's one aspect -- plus the fact that they don't have to pay Anaheim rates for land purchases or property taxes.
