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[disney]

how many people would love to see disney put in a indoor water park . i would love to see it . there have been many times that i was there during bad wheather . and were like this is a nice idea . i watch the travel channel and there are starting to be more and more indoor water park resorts are starting to be put up for more exclusive of a resort . that leave me to ask all of you what and how would you feel about this .

jeff

[TMWIlson7196]

Hmmm I don't know if I like that idea. I love the outdoors and playing in water. To me they go hand in hand. They do have an indoor water park in Minnisota. I guess one in Disney would be ok.

[Angileyze1]

I am of the opinion that not only would it be weird in Orlando, but it would be extremely packed in WDW and they would either have to make it incredibly huge or turn people away for crowd control.

[GinaButtrfly]

I'm anti-water park as it is. Not sure how I'd enjoy an indoor one.

[DyanKJ130]

I think it could be a great option in a more mild climate.

[emtpej]

I guess they have enough opportunity to copy Great Wolf Lodge's formula --- it might compete with their other waterparks too much.
I like the one at GWL as we don't have to coat our younger son in sunscreen to keep him from being burned.

It probably makes $$$ in more northern climes, but in orlando, it probably does not add up, or Disney would already have one there.

[Griffin]

I think it would be interesting if they built it inside something else, like a shopping mall, or something like disney quest only bigger!

[chezp]

I'm not sure it would work in Orlando, as it's got good weather a lot of the year. To me, that's one of the attractions of going there - the great weather and being able to play in a pool outside, as it's something we couldn't do here.

[Mares75]

I'm not a big fan of indoor pools in general. Too noisy and the concrete always seems kind of mildewy to me, no matter how clean it is.

[jimmymac]

What's the point of an indoor pool in Orlando?

[disney]

Hhow many times do you hear from people that come back from disney, we had 3 or 4 days of a 7 day trip it was raining . plus what about the colder months down there it just give another option to do something i think that is nice grant it also what about when they do maintence on a park they close one down . and that leaves only 1 open and say it is your first trip you would be dissappointed if your kids wanted to go to the one they are refurbishing. i think with this kind of a park that people can go swimming all year round . plus look at the bright side for kids that are allergic to the sun . it would be nice for them not to worry about that while they try to have a magical time like everyone else .there are alot of positive side to this but grant it i know there will be negative thoughts too . i'm just trying to see what other people think about it .
thank you all for your responces

[Lemap760]

I would think that they would have to make it a separate hotel and have the indoor water park for resort guests only. Like the Great Wolf Lodge.
Otherwise it would have to be huge and probably limited to a certain number of guests each day.

[Dave Marx]

To completely replace an outdoor water park (due to bad weather), it'd need a capacity of at least 5,000 guests. I suspect that's about ten times the size of any indoor pool facility, anywhere. It makes sense in cooler climates, because it has year-round appeal. In Orlando, would a significant number of folks go except when weather was bad? How would the justify the additional staff during the hundreds of days when most folks would want to be outdoors and soak up the sun? Meantime, with the regular parks at WDW, folks already have a bad weather alternative to swimming.

If they had indoor pools at specific resorts... It'd almost undoubtedly be a Deluxe resort amenity - the Value Resort pools don't even have water slides, to help distinguish between Value, Moderate, and Deluxe. That might attract additional guests to Deluxe resorts, but would it make enough of a difference to justify the year-round cost of operating yet another pool, when the resorts are already operating at such high occupancy? While I'm sure there would be non-guests willing to pay to visit such a pool, allowing non-guests in would probably make some hotel guests unhappy.

I have a feeling that we will see such a thing when Disney gets around to opening a resort in a cool weather destination (presuming they follow-up the Hawaii resort with others).