Disney filed a notice of commencement today for a “model room” at “1948 Broadway, Bay Lake FL”, which just so happens to be the address of the Disney Vacation Club Preview Center.
Sources tell us this is construction of the model room for the new Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. We believe this will likely be a 2-bedroom lock-off unit (1-bedroom plus adjoining studio). These are the units that will be in the conversion of the South Wing of the main Wilderness Lodge building – the wing currently undergoing conversion from hotel rooms to DVC.
As related here, Disney’s current plans (subject to change) are that the next DVC after the Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge will be at the Caribbean Beach Resort.
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Love it! The more option for members – the better! 😊😊
Well, it will be good to have some certainty about whether or not the conversion will yield more than just studios, though the original WL rooms are not as large as those at the Poly.
I’m not a huge fan of this. Taking half of the hotel and converting it to DVC will make it so much tougher for non-DVC members to stay there. It’s a huge money grab by the Mouse and even though my family and I are huge Disney fans (more than 50 trips in the last decade including getting married there), it makes us less likely to stay there in the future.
Disney is slowly pricing middle class families out of the picture in favor of more wealthy clientele. That’s Disney’s prerogative, but it jus saddens me quite honestly. Not everyone has the means to be a DVC member.
50 trips in the last decade…. Please tell me you’re a member.
It will be nice to have more options for the DVC members some new resorts will be nice and give us more options down the road.