The Paris Disneyland Hotel. The Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. The Hotel MiraCosta. These are the most recent examples of Disney building hotels that are fully intended to overlook the parks and are themed to their respective areas. I wager that this signals a departure from the prior status quo, where Disney accepted that building a hotel close by might mean just accepting that you can view it in the park (the original Contemporary Hotel and Paradise Pier Hotel come to mind).
You might know where I am going with this. With the materials put out with DisneylandForward, Disney has suggested truly surrounding their Anaheim hotels with theme park environments and attractions. My question is not "what do you think of the plans," but rather considers the deeper possibility that Disney could build fully themed, non-IP hotels in certain areas of their parks. This is partially inspired by the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, which will be a fully immersive hotel experience that takes you to Galaxy's Edge in a shuttlebus designed to look and feel like a spaceship from the inside.
For this thought experiment, assume that there are procedures in place for keeping people from roaming the parks at overnight, and emergency services needs will be properly met if needed. Admission to the parks is automatically included for every day of your stay, and park guests would need to show a valid room key to swipe into the elevators beyond the lobby. If it helps, assume Disney is offering you the opportunity to stay at one of these hotels free of charge to test the concept.
How would you feel about it? The hotels don't need to be large or garish, but theoretically fit perfectly within whichever land they are built. Would you spend a night in the parks, if it were under these circumstances?
You might know where I am going with this. With the materials put out with DisneylandForward, Disney has suggested truly surrounding their Anaheim hotels with theme park environments and attractions. My question is not "what do you think of the plans," but rather considers the deeper possibility that Disney could build fully themed, non-IP hotels in certain areas of their parks. This is partially inspired by the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, which will be a fully immersive hotel experience that takes you to Galaxy's Edge in a shuttlebus designed to look and feel like a spaceship from the inside.
For this thought experiment, assume that there are procedures in place for keeping people from roaming the parks at overnight, and emergency services needs will be properly met if needed. Admission to the parks is automatically included for every day of your stay, and park guests would need to show a valid room key to swipe into the elevators beyond the lobby. If it helps, assume Disney is offering you the opportunity to stay at one of these hotels free of charge to test the concept.
How would you feel about it? The hotels don't need to be large or garish, but theoretically fit perfectly within whichever land they are built. Would you spend a night in the parks, if it were under these circumstances?
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