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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HauntedPirate4 hours ago

You believe the exterior is going to differ greatly from what was designed and planned? Decoration is not theming. A white wall with a Bambi painting hung on it is not "themed". A light fixture in a room is not "theming".

alexdisney14 hours ago

you haven't even seen it yet

HauntedPirate14 hours ago

You may be waiting a long time for a highly themed hotel. Sadly. Although plenty of people will claim this is “highly themed”.

peoplemover14 hours ago

This is such a blah resort for me. I'll be glad when Disney gets back to designing highly themed hotels. The new poly island tower, riviera resort, and lakeshore lodge have been misses for me. Oh, and I'll be glad when all the deluxes have rugs under the bed. :p

Jambo Dad21 hours ago

Or the horrible Riviera. Those that like it in the comments are mostly talking about features - skyliner, decent restaurants, room decor- while ignoring the structure and its complete lack of context, depth, or its location plopped in the Caribbean. Which ruined both resorts by the way.

Bocabear7 days ago

you can use AI to take the earlier illustration ideas and use them for a new image... the lights in the new image definitely look AI contrived in that the structure of the fixture is non-existent and not real...

peter114357 days ago

Nope

trainplane37 days ago

It wasn't. Those are the same lights from the leaked concept art years ago just at the reversed angle.

wedenterprises7 days ago

Yep. Even though things change we’ll always have amazing resorts like WL

Dr.GrantSeeker7 days ago

Wow what a classic. I haven’t seen that in a decade at least. I’ll have to revisit that film!

nickys7 days ago

It was a quote! From Casablanca.

Dr.GrantSeeker7 days ago

If you’re talking about Sequoia, that really is a wonderful resort. Especially after looking at room renovations photos. I’ve only stayed prior to renovations and always loved it.

wedenterprises7 days ago

We’ll always have Paris The Wilderness Lodge.

Mr. Sullivan7 days ago

I think it is for the newer category of guests, honestly. They still engage because they like the overall product but I do get the sense that it overwhelms and irritates some and I’ve long felt that the sprawl and massive nature a lot of us enjoy is going to overtime become a bit of a barrier of entry for some of the newer generation of guests who’ve developed a preference for something a little more compact. This is why I think Disneyland is seeing a bit of a “I love it because it’s smaller and easier” sentiment growing among younger fans whereas in year’s past that was used more as a criticism.