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Disney Adults have some seriously strong opinions. We’re a passionate bunch — and that’s especially true when it comes to changes at Disney World.
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But, that doesn’t mean that all Disney Adults share the same opinions about such changes. In fact, lately, we’ve seen quite a split between different generations of Disney fans — and there’s one controversial announcement Gen Z and Millennial Disney Adults can’t stop fighting over.
At this point, I’m sure you’ve heard the huge Disney World hotel news, right?!
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Disney recently announced a brand-new hotel is coming to Disney World! Disney Lakeshore Lodge will be opening in 2027 right in the same spot that was going to be Reflections — A Disney Lakeside Lodge Resort. Now, there’s not much we know about this resort, but Disney did share some concept art, and since they have a habit of trying to be sneaky with their concept art, we thought we’d have ourselves a little look and see what nuggets of info about for the new hotel we can glean!
2024 has been a year full of announcements for what is on the horizon at Disney World!
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While the year is coming to an end, Disney is still announcing new projects left and right. While some announcements have been bittersweet, like the location of the new ‘Cars’ expansion and Monsters, Inc. land, Disney World will soon be home to so many new attractions and experiences! And if you are looking to visit Disney World in the coming years to experience all the latest projects, you will be able to stay at a BRAND- NEW hotel starting in 2027!
We have some HUGE Disney World hotel news!
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Disney Vacation Club just announced a NEW hotel that will be opening in 2027!
Sorting through Disney’s “Blue Sky Ideas” and projects that are actually in development can be taxing for Disney fans. We’re used to promises that, realistically, can’t be kept or projects that get scrapped years after being announced. However, sometimes long-forgotten concepts do eventually show signs of life.
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Expansion and active developments have been dominating Disney World news cycles since the big announcements dropped at this year’s D23 fan expo. With theme park attractions taking all the focus, we haven’t heard much about new Disney World hotels — until recently. A surprising filing this week suggests a new Disney World hotel project may be on the horizon.
Over the past few years, Disney has started or announced a lot of projects and then backtracked on them.
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Just to name a few, we have the Mary Poppins attraction in EPCOT‘s UK Pavilion, a refurbishment to Spaceship Earth, the PLAY! Pavilion reimagining (formerly known as the Wonders of Life Pavilion), as well as an ENTIRE hotel, Reflections — A Disney Lakeside Lodge. We haven’t heard any official news on this hotel in a long time, but here’s why some fans of the idea may think it could still happen.
While we all can dream of using Cinderella Castle as a hotel, there are plenty of realistic ways to stay at Disney World.
Cinderella Castle
Today, we want to talk about one that MAY be coming in the future. Let’s rewind to 2019 when Disney announced that they’d be bringing a new hotel to Disney World. It was to be called Reflections — A Disney Lakeside Lodge. Permits were filed and everything, but then a global pandemic happened, and Disney went silent on those plans. That was the last thing we heard about the project until recently.
You all know the tune, so we’ll start this post with a bit of a karaoke moment — sing it with us! 🎵 We don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no 🎵
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We don’t talk about Bruno from the hit movie Encanto has taken the world by storm. It has inspired mashups and crossover versions of the tune, and has even dethroned Elsa’s powerful Let it Go song from Frozen. The tune is catchy and the song is fun enough on its own, but perhaps one of the reasons why it resonates with so many people is that we all know who the “Bruno” is in our own families and friend groups. Admit it, everyone’s got one (and as one individual said, if you don’t know who the Bruno is in your group, it’s probably you 😜). Well, it turns out we’re not the only ones with a “Bruno” or two in our groups — Disney World has its own set of “Brunos” in the parks and we’ve just GOT to talk about them all!
We have a lot of questions for Disney World right now.
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With potentially delayed attractions, health modifications, and mystery projects; a lot of things are BIG mysteries in the Most Magical Place on Earth. Well, Disney, we need answers to these HUGE questions!
It’s kind of a weird time for Disney World right now.
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As you can imagine there are LOTS of upcoming offerings that we’re excited about, from attractions to restaurants and everything in between. At the same time, we haven’t had any big NEW announcements in a while. So, there’s only so much we know about the next few years in Disney World. What can we expect for the years to come?
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