Disney Vacation Club announced they will soon open a new Welcome Home Center in the Canada Pavilion of EPCOT.
Château de Voyage
Construction has been ongoing in the Canada Pavilion for over a year and we now know that it’s at least partially for this Welcome Home Center, named Château de Voyage.
This will be the first-ever in-park Welcome Home Center at Walt Disney World. Guests will be able to learn more about DVC Membership and tour a model room for the Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows.
Château de Voyage is referenced in a prop postcard at the new Disney Vacation Club McKim’s Mile House – A Member Lounge in Magic Kingdom. Victoria B. Columbia (a reference to Victoria, British Columbia) wrote to Gracie McKim:
We decided to stop at Chateau de Voyage on the train home. You were right, that maple taffy is the best I’ve ever tasted, and the views of the Rocky Mountains were something the children and I will never forget!
Hopefully, this means we’ll get to try some maple taffy at the new location.
The Chateau Laurier in Ottawa (now a Fairmont hotel) is just beside Parliament Hill in Canada’s capital, and was designed with Gothic Revival architecture in mind. Originally opened in 1912, it has been a National Historic Site since 1981.
Disney describes the pavilion’s Hotel du Canada and its inspiration with additional context:
Your journey “north” to the Canada pavilion includes a spectacular tribute to the nation’s natural wonders, such as the majestic Rocky Mountains, a 30-foot waterfall, and beautifully landscaped grounds that are inspired by Victoria’s Butchart Gardens. But you simply can’t miss one of the more striking man-made landmarks in the pavilion: the Hotel du Canada, inspired by the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. The hotel was commissioned by railroad magnate Charles Melville Hays, who was extending his Grand Trunk Pacific Railway west, and envisioned several deluxe hotels along the route. The hotel was impeccably furnished within and boasted a façade that featured Italian marble, Indiana limestone, and a copper roof. One hundred and five years after its grand opening, the Chateau Laurier is still welcoming guests to this day.
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Nothing says “polynesian villas” like Western Canada.