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Beccaberry
05-03-2009, 05:26 PM
Found this interesting footage on youtube and it got me wondering, has anyone heard what's in store for these buildings?

Certainly be a shame to just let them sit. :(

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Dawn
05-03-2009, 05:35 PM
That's eerie. :(
Beccaberry
05-03-2009, 05:37 PM
I thought so too...
Dawn
05-03-2009, 05:40 PM
Except the bit where the bug walked across the lens. :point:
Beccaberry
05-03-2009, 05:45 PM
:laugh: :laugh:
Tink
05-03-2009, 05:53 PM
It's sad, isn't it? You know they are going to have to put all sorts of cleanup and money into those skeletons just to get things underway again. Who knows if they'll ever do it. Best to take them down then leave them there like some forgotten ghost town. :sigh:
Beccaberry
05-03-2009, 06:02 PM
I agree, Tink. I had heard they were considering turning them into "suites" like the other All Stars have now, but wow...it's depressing to see them like *this*.
Britchick
05-03-2009, 06:07 PM
do you reckon we could buy one of the buildings and have it as a disney secrets holiday home? we could decorate it etc:yes:
Beccaberry
05-03-2009, 06:08 PM
Brit, they may be the very best idea I've hear all year!!! EXCELLENT IDEA!
Britchick
05-03-2009, 06:10 PM
so what would we like our resort to be like then?
Beccaberry
05-03-2009, 06:22 PM
I think we should make Tink and Herself head of the food court :D
Britchick
05-03-2009, 06:28 PM
I think we should make Tink and Herself head of the food court :D

Oh yes, good idea :yes:
Claire
05-03-2009, 06:31 PM
I've got Ghost Town by The Specials stuck in my head now.
Debbie2
05-03-2009, 07:03 PM
sad to see and agree, quite scary
Dizneyblonde
05-03-2009, 07:11 PM
How much of it can you clearly see from the sections in use?
Mari
05-03-2009, 08:09 PM
do you reckon we could buy one of the buildings and have it as a disney secrets holiday home? we could decorate it etc:yes:

this is the BEST idea!
lisaw
05-03-2009, 08:25 PM
How much of it can you clearly see from the sections in use?

Jusr what I was going to ask :yes: wouldn't make for a good view. :unsure:
Britchick
05-03-2009, 08:26 PM
i don't remember seeing them when we stayed there last summer. It's quite a big lake though
Dizneyblonde
05-03-2009, 08:30 PM
It looks creepy.

I might have nightmares!
Britchick
05-03-2009, 08:36 PM
blair witch project? muwahahahaha
Dizneyblonde
05-03-2009, 09:00 PM
Think we'll swap to Movies ...
Johnie
05-03-2009, 09:02 PM
It looks creepy.

I might have nightmares!



If it didn't bother you a couple of years ago, it shouldn't bother you now. Those buildings have been there for ages.
Dizneyblonde
05-03-2009, 09:10 PM
If it didn't bother you a couple of years ago, it shouldn't bother you now. Those buildings have been there for ages.


Not stayed there yet we did ASMo in 2007 :yes:
Taja
05-03-2009, 11:21 PM
The buildings are painted--or stuccoed--to blend with the scenery. They're not all that obvious unless you're looking at and for them. There's greenery around Hour Glass Lake shore that obscrues them to a certain extent.
Johnie
05-03-2009, 11:26 PM
Not stayed there yet we did ASMo in 2007 :yes:


Gotcha.

I personally like Pop better than the All Stars. You don't notice the other side at Pop unless you are specifically at the back of the resort looking for it.
SleepinCatz
05-03-2009, 11:38 PM
I liked Pop too. The buildings back there aren't much to look at lol. We didn't know about them until we walked around and saw them.
Britchick
06-03-2009, 01:39 PM
Gotcha.

I personally like Pop better than the All Stars. You don't notice the other side at Pop unless you are specifically at the back of the resort looking for it.

me too
DispatchNinja28
16-01-2011, 04:41 PM
I heard that everything came to a hault after 9/11. You never know, look what they did to the tree houses, maybe they'll eventually open it.
Deafjeff
16-01-2011, 07:28 PM
We didnt noticed the buildings until the the last day before we went home!
Keith
16-01-2011, 09:45 PM
Just in case it wasn't mentioned, these buildings seem likely to become part of the Disney's Art of Animation Resort Hotel if not the first phase then possibly an expansion

more details here : http://wdw247.com/index.php/news/1-latest-news/1028-art-of-animation-resort.html
Lisa1976
16-01-2011, 09:55 PM
Just in case it wasn't mentioned, these buildings seem likely to become part of the Disney's Art of Animation Resort Hotel if not the first phase then possibly an expansion

more details here : http://wdw247.com/index.php/news/1-latest-news/1028-art-of-animation-resort.html

Yeah thats what I heard, they are going to be reused for the Art of Animation Resort, so thats good that they wont go to waste.

You can see them from the road when you are coming into Pop Century.