We spotted several new additions in our most recent construction update on the new Disney Vacation Club resort at Walt Disney World, Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge.
Lakeshore Lodge Construction
Just across the road from Tri-Circle-D Ranch, construction continues on the future Disney Lakeshore Lodge.
From this angle, we can see the varying stages of construction on different sections of the resort. Construction permits indicate the building will be 10 stories when completed.
We also snapped some shots of the construction as it appears from the front of Pioneer Hall, home to Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue. The venue celebrated 50 years of operation in June of last year, so the construction does loom over a previously well-established location at Walt Disney World.
From the golf cart parking lot of Pioneer Hall, several cranes and more construction work interrupts the sight lines of the building.
At the section of construction near Daniel Boone’s Wilderness Arcade, windows have been installed on the second floor.
Behind scaffolding, we could see the newly-installed windows. This is the only floor with any windows or the sliding glass doors that will be added to overlook potential balconies.
As we reported in May, an A-frame cabin structure was installed on the beach near Disney Lakeshore Lodge. Now, three of the same cabins have been added to either side of the new building.
All of the cabins now have a horizontal pole across the top of their vertical triangular frames, and framework for doorways appears to have been added to those nearest Clementine Beach.
In previous concept art for the resort when it was still called Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge, there were A-frame cabins shown outside the main hotel building. It appears that these cabins have remained a part of the plan for Disney Lakeshore Lodge, as the current structures look very similar to this art.
At the building’s tallest points, construction has begun on a ninth floor. While permits do suggest the tallest building will be 10 stories high, we do not know if all of the buildings will reach that height or if the wings will be tiered to a lower level.
We saw crew members working on top levels of the side nearest to Bay Lake. Lots of trucks, equipment, and dirt are also still present in the area, as there is still much work to be done.
Crews have been constructing the exterior and interior walls of the hotel, then layering weather-proof sheathing over the steel frames. Over some of the sheathing is a yellow air and water barrier, which we also expect to see on some of the upper floors in the future.
There are several cranes still present on the construction site for transporting materials and equipment. We caught one of them moving a stack of material near one of the resort’s wings.
Disney Lakeshore Lodge replaces Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge, which was announced in 2018. Disney demolished their former water park, River Country, to make space for the new DVC resort, but construction was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Disney resurrected the project as Disney Lakeshore Lodge, which is set to open in 2027. The new resort will be “inspired by the majesty of nature and its enduring influence on Disney artists.”
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