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1. Norma says

   April 17, 2025 at 1:54 pm

   Another DVC resort??? Are Americans really still buying these timeshares??? Doesn’t Disney realize Walt built for middle class Americans, not the ultra wealthy??? I’m hoping Disney soon wakes up to their loyal guests wanting more moderate, affordable resorts that are heavily themed and might bring us to a country we’ll never actually get to in real life based on their decades of movies and where characters can meet and greet! How about an English, Irish or Scottish Castle (no ghosts please!) based on Brave or since Walt made so many movies there; or an Indian Taj Mahal (Aladdin); something very Egyptian pyramid or something reminiscent of the Greek Islands (Santorini, Crete, Mykonos)……I’m sure this Lakeshore Lodge will be beautiful but also priced out of budget for the average American family or the seniors who grew up with Disney…and we already have Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge! What theming or characters will be at this lodge? A Goofy Movie? Follow Me, Boys? The Parent Trap?Between movie remakes and repeating themselves in the parks…or worse, tearing down to replace what and where to which guests have already said STOP!….but Disney execs ignore….they have enough land to add without throwing away….it just seems that Disney has lost their creativity, ingenuity and uniqueness. Where is the magic? The pixie dust? Please start making better decisions and go back to your tried and true formula that made us fall in love with Disney!

2. Don says

   April 18, 2025 at 11:34 am

   More accommodations for Guests? Someone must have noticed that there was a little space between guests in the parks.

3. Mrs Lesley Perschky says

   April 18, 2025 at 12:03 pm

   Can’t wait to have a proper look at it. Will be saving our DVC points up to stay there.

4. Kenp says

   April 18, 2025 at 2:44 pm

   Unfortunately, no matter how the guest feels, Disney exec.’s don’t care, a valuable piece of real estate that will spit out money for 50 years.

5. Louise Herrick says

   April 19, 2025 at 5:40 am

   Following on from Norma’s comments, we are DVC members. We are not American, we’re English. We are also not rich and are very glad that we bought into DVC 12 years ago, because it works out much cheaper than a hotel room. This year we will stay in a 1 bed apartment at Animal Kingdom Lodge for 3 weeks. This is a deluxe resort. By having a full kitchen we can save money on food by eating in the apartment, particularly breakfasts.we have plenty of space to spread out. If we were to stay in a moderate resort instead we would only have a hotel room. We could stay for about a week on the same money spent for 3 weeks at AKL.

6. Cate says

   April 22, 2025 at 8:58 pm

   Walt built Disney for middle class American families to affordably enjoy based his Midwest values. Spending tens of thousands to join DVC is only for the wealthy. I’m glad Louise from the UK is happy but spending that kind of money for a short vacay is ridiculous in these tough economic times and only enables more corporate greed from Disney. Further, it makes it obvious that Disney is glad to cater to the wealthy but to heck with the average American family, singles or seniors who aren’t allowed to enjoy parts of each park or resort set aside exclusively for DVC. I also agree with Norma:

   Another DVC resort??? Are Americans really still buying these timeshares??? Doesn’t Disney realize Walt built for middle class Americans, not the ultra wealthy??? I’m hoping Disney soon wakes up to their loyal guests wanting more moderate, affordable resorts that are heavily themed and might bring us to a country we’ll never actually get to in real life based on their decades of movies and where characters can meet and greet! How about an English, Irish or Scottish Castle (no ghosts please!) based on Brave or since Walt made so many movies there; or an Indian Taj Mahal (Aladdin); something very Egyptian pyramid or something reminiscent of the Greek Islands (Santorini, Crete, Mykonos)……I’m sure this Lakeshore Lodge will be beautiful but also priced out of budget for the average American family or the seniors who grew up with Disney…and we already have Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge! What theming or characters will be at this lodge? A Goofy Movie? Follow Me, Boys? The Parent Trap? Between movie remakes and repeating themselves in the parks…or worse, tearing down to replace what and where to which guests have already said STOP!….but Disney execs ignore….they have enough land to add without throwing away….it just seems that Disney has lost their creativity, ingenuity and uniqueness. Where is the magic? The pixie dust? Please start making better decisions and go back to your tried and true formula that made us fall in love with Disney!

7. Louise Herrick says

   April 24, 2025 at 1:34 pm

   Just to point out Cate that “spending that kind of money for a short vacay is ridiculous” is true. However, by joining DVC you aren’t having a “short vacay”. It’s 50 years worth of holiday so actually it’s very cheap. If you divide what the initial cost was over 50 years you see the great value and also realise that the price won’t go up either, like a hotel room will. Yes, the maintenance costs go up each year but it still works out cheaper than a standard hotel room. We are middle class, though not American, but I’m sure Walt wouldn’t want to exclude us. He wasn’t to know how easy international travel would become after his time. Through illness and now not being able to work, we are now on a fixed income so we need good value to continue to go to our happy place and DVC facilitates that. We are part of those “loyal guests” mentioned by Norma. We have had over 50 Disney holidays, including 31 in Florida. We don’t spend just a few days there.we usually stay for at least 2 weeks.
   However, as Don intimated earlier, another hotel will make the parks even busier. Like many people, I would love an extra park to spread the crowds.