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Disney and Bay Lake Tower Revealed September 19, 2008

Posted by Bryan Connelly in : ARDA, Disney, General, New Features, News & Events, RCI, Timeshare Rental, Timeshare Resale, Timeshare Resource, Travel, Uncategorized , add a comment

“Step off the monorail and into the modern look and feel of this lakeside hotel, amidst a backdrop of Magic Kingdom® Park”—Walt Disney World

Disney has been especially secretive about the 15-story, $110million tower being built outside of the Contemporary Resort. Finally, their plans have been made public on Tuesday, when the company unveiled their project, Bay Lake Tower. This brand new building is said to be dedicated to Disney Vacation Club, the Celebration-based timeshare service.

Earlier this month Disney filed the paperwork to create a “Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Condominium Association,” presumably to manage the resort once it is sold off to individual owners. Disney has at last announced publicly its plans for the partially-built Contemporary addition, which now stands 14 stories and will be linked to the main A-frame building by a pedestrian bridge.

Disney had filed paperwork with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations, indicating that the “Bay Lake” namesake will be replacing the original “Kingdom Tower” they had earlier proposed. The company has also revealed plans to sell timeshares at the Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa, which is currently being rebuilt.

The “Kingdom Tower” was criticized by some Disney enthusiasts when the name first surfaced. Some internet forums said it evoked religious overtones, noting that “Kingdom Hall” is a term for a place where Jehovah’s Witnesses worship. Tim Krasniewski, publishers of DVCNews.com, a website devoted to Disney Vacation Club, said he was personally fond of “Kingdom Tower,” which most people assumed referred to the Magic Kingdom theme park that sits next door to the Contemporary. But he said he likes “Bay Lake Tower”—which refers to one of the lakes that the Contemporary and its addition overlook. “I think it’s a wonderful name… I think everybody is familiar with Bay Lake, with the fact that Bay Lake is right there. It has a Disney feel to it.”

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