PHOTO - New satellite view of 'Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge' construction

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Aerial view of construction at Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge - March 2020

Posted: Tuesday April 28, 2020 10:33am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Google Earth has some updated satellite imagery from late March (spotted by @MisterPenguin on the forums) which offers a look at the latest progress on the upcoming DVC property - Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge.

Aerial view of construction at Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge - March 2020

Located on Bay Lake between Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness Resort, the ground clearing is progressing well, although further development will likely be impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nature-Inspired Resort concept art

The deluxe resort, which will be themed to complement its natural surroundings, will include more than 900 hotel rooms and proposed Disney Vacation Club villas spread across a variety of unique accommodation types.

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Disgruntled Walt22 hours ago

Keister Koaster or Stormalong Bay would be what I consider a large water slide.

HauntedPirate22 hours ago

It depends on what you consider a “large water slide”. I’d have to go look to confirm (tomorrow, so don’t quote me on this right now), but I want to say there was one water slide and one plunge slide.

aladdin200723 hours ago

sums it up pretty well sadly.

GimpYancIent1 day ago

Thus far just another high-rise urban project. There will eventually be some trim, accents and theming but in no way reflecting wilderness, woods or anything resembling outdoors lifestyle not even urbanized (brick and mortar) glamping. Oh well, at least there will be some views of the lake and the abandoned island.

jmuboy1 day ago

Will the pool area get a large water slide as well?

flyerjab1 day ago

The Kidani pool area was surprisingly very nice when we finally stayed there. Now, I’ll preface this by saying I know a lot of folks in these parts are not fans of Riviera. My wife and I absolutely adore it. And are absolute favorite pool - the smaller Infinity Edge pool within the hedges - is our favorite pool on the entire WDW resort. We hang out for hours in that pool area. If this new one is offering more along the lines of Stormalong Bay, however, then it will have to be visited after it opens.

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

I like the kidani one…but mostly Because of the okapi and Casanova

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

The pools have been steadily lacking since probably DAKL…with a few exceptions The one that actually pretty nice…due to size is the new wilderness lodge one. Since the first one was “not deluxe” by design… If they need to sweeten the properties a little to charge $300 a point…I’m all for it

HauntedPirate1 day ago

I think this will have a very nice pool area. Lazy river, water slide, pool, and a kids water play area that seems rather impressive if it gets built to plan. They haven't built anything like this since Stormalong Bay, if you ask me. Kidani's is nice but probably #3 once this is built.

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

Oh I wasn’t actually talking about “bowing”…but this is a family site 😎

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

That part is actually encouraging…they’ve been trying to get by with doing as minimum as possible and the assumption is they’re finally getting blowback. Just a guess but the “cabins” might be the straw that broke it.

nickys1 day ago

If you’re bending your knees to bow, you’re not doing it correctly. 😉

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

What planet of no sarcasm do you hail from? I’ve seen far more impressive under construction than that DAKL when it was a shell and a fake straw roof…wtc 1 and the wtc subway terminal 2.0 (the doves nest)… The design is off…the aesthetic. Very much like the last two DVC’s tossed up… But my knees are too shot to bow to Bob …apparently there’s a long line to do that for every thing done already 🤷🏻‍♂️