Disney Lakeshore Lodge Pool Plans Revealed: Lazy River, Splash Pad, and More

Feb 20, 2025 in "Disney Lakeshore Lodge"

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Disney Lakeshore Lodge concept art

Posted: Thursday February 20, 2025 10:24am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney is planning an expansive pool area at the upcoming Lakeshore Lodge, offering a mix of relaxation and family-friendly water activities.

According to WDWMAGIC sources familiar with the plans, the Disney Vacation Club Resort hotel is expected to feature both a main feature pool and a leisure pool, with the feature pool set to be a standout attraction offering a range of experiences.

The standout addition to the resort's pool complex will be a lazy river, making Lakeshore Lodge only the second Walt Disney World hotel to offer one, following the Yacht & Beach Club. The feature pool will also include a zero-entry design for easy access, water slides, and a splash pad for the children's play area. Positioned near the lake and nestled behind the main hotel building, the pool area is expected to offer scenic waterfront views.

Disney has not yet officially confirmed the full details of the pool complex, but with construction moving forward, more information is expected in the coming months.

Disney officially announced the development of a brand-new Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resort hotel—Disney Lakeshore Lodge in November 2024. Set to open in 2027, the new resort is being constructed within the same footprint as the previously announced Reflections—A Disney Lakeside Lodge project, which was shelved in 2020.

Disney Lakeshore Lodge concept art

Disney Lakeshore Lodge will be inspired by the majesty of nature and its enduring influence on Disney artists. According to Disney, the resort will offer a unique blend of rustic elegance and imaginative storytelling, providing guests with a serene escape along the shores of Bay Lake, between Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort.

The original Reflections project was announced in 2018 as a deluxe nature-themed resort featuring over 900 hotel rooms and Disney Vacation Club villas. However, it was quietly shelved amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the area remained largely untouched until recent activity suggested the project might be revived.

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Virtual Toad8 hours ago

I-Drive comes to Bay Lake. Disgraceful. Absolute heartbreak from 2:50 on.

GimpYancIent8 hours ago

Excellent surveillance photography. Sadly, the urban high-rise look is dominating.

Ayla8 hours ago

What a hulking, looming eyesore from FW.

DCBaker10 hours ago

Here's a look around the area from February 9:

easyrowrdw1 day ago

Ah, ok. I didn’t realize there was a pocket door between the shower and tub. That’s better than what I thought. Thank you

TimbertopNJ1 day ago

It's hard for me to tell, but it looks like it's a toilet room, a sink/shower room, and a pocket door leading into the tub/sink room. 3-part bathroom, on par with most DVC villas I think (SSR, BCV, BRV, etc) if I'm seeing it correctly. I prefer this layout over the 2-part, 1 bathroom design in RIV, CCV, & VGF. But I rather have the 2 completely separate bathrooms over this (AKLK, BLT, PIT).

easyrowrdw1 day ago

So for the one-bedrooms this is showing a toilet in one area of the divided bathroom and a shower and a tub in the other? If so, that set up seems kinda crappy. It’s much more functional for a family to have a shower/tub in each area.

HauntedPirate3 days ago

Thanks for posting these!! They are probably cleaner images of the rooms than I have. At some point I’ll check the plans I have to see if the VP suite is any cleaner. Also - I think you are correct on the numbering. That should be set before construction began.

castlecake2.03 days ago

lentesta3 days ago

Has Disney said some rooms will have these? I can check the plans to see if the roofline is different.

TimbertopNJ3 days ago

Interesting that DVC is using the split bathroom design found in most DVC resorts. I feel like alot of people applauded DVC for using 2-full bathrooms in the Poly Tower (a la BLT & Kidani), so assumed that feature would carry forward. Another interesting DVC decision is if they decide on closets (RIV, VGF) or wardrobes (CCV, PIT) in the primary bedroom. Looks like they're going with the latter in LSL.

TimbertopNJ3 days ago

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks so much!

Andrew C3 days ago

I believe Lenai?

lentesta3 days ago

List of abbreviations with the rooms: -A = ADA Accessible -D = Dedicated (i.e., not a lock-off) -FL = Florida's version of ADA Accessible -H = Hearing-impaired communication features K = king bed -L = ??? -LO = Lock-off QQ = Two queen beds -S = shower -T = tub A two-queens room with tub (QQ-T): The king-bed rooms look the same. A two-queens room with shower (QQ): A DVC studio: A 1-Bedroom: An Accessible 2-Bedroom: A Grand Villa (accessible) with Tub: 906850 Presidential Suite: 906852 The Vice-Presidential Suite is covered in watermarks - sorry. I'm confident that the boxed numbers in each diagram, like [8066], are the room numbers. So we know all the room numbers and their bed/tub/villa/ADA configurations. I don't know if Disney's published the "view types" yet, like Resort/Water etc. If so we could make reasonable guesses about which room has which view type.