You are really stretching it ... many have already said that DVC chose SSR location because facilities were already there .. or put another, it was the CHEAPEST option. Given this and the real world spilling all around SSR that Walt would like it .. you could never convince me.
I never said whether Walt would like it or not. All I've done is drawn comparisons to other projects that Walt actually did supervise. YOU are the one deciding what Walt would and would not like.
The facts remain:
1. 15-story hotel tower constructed adjacent to Disneyland with Walt's blessing.
2. ZERO themed resorts constructed during Walt's lifetime (perhaps he didn't even like the idea--he may well have subscribed to a philosophy of "the park is the show".)
3. Walt's big issue with the area surrounding Disneyland is that he didn't have control over the type of businesses constructed there. WDW has that control as the structures you keep referring to as "real world" are all on WDW property.
For all we know, Walt may not have like 95% of what we currently have at WDW. He didn't buy the land for 4 theme parks, 2 water parks and dozens of hotels...he bought it to build futuristic model city.
As for SSR being the "CHEAPEST" option, what bearing does that have on the discussion? I suspect the cheapest project in the history of DVC is the one they are working on now--conversion of AKL rooms to AKV. Does that automatically earn AKV a black mark? If the next property is a 15-story tower on the former site of the Contemporary's North Garden Wing, does that make it a lesser project because they are re-using another site?
Use your common sense ... SSR is always the LAST to reach full occupancy .. and its the newest which you think would be the opposite. Do you think people dont know about SSR yet?? LOL ..
Actually that's quite easy to explain.
Let's assume that owners at BCV and SSR both book their Home resorts to equal 75% occupancy levels before 7 months. At BCV that leaves 52 rooms available to non-owners at 7 months. SSR, due to the larger number of rooms, would have 207 vacancies. Given equal demand for each resort, the 52 openings at BCV will always fill faster than 207 rooms at SSR. No great mystery there.
That said, is it really necessary to turn this into yet another "mine is better than yours" debate? As jarestel said, we get that you don't like it. Fair enough.
My first post in this thread was to point out what I contend is an inaccurate statement about the volume of road / parking lot view rooms at SSR--particularly in comparison with other properties. Since then you've taken it down the "Walt would have hated it" path and now down the "other resorts are better" path.
Can't we just stick to facts and acknowledge that each of us has different tastes?
And as far as facts go, while SSR clearly has more roadways running through the property than some other resorts, I still think you have blinders on in terms of the amount of "real world" intrusions at all of the resorts.
And talking about the mods .. you can totally avoid the cars and noise at the mods unless you are ready to leave there.. SSR everywhere at the resort is within sight of a road, except for a small portion of the perimeter of the resort.
Again I have to disagree. My only moderate experience was at POFQ. Every single day our trip to the bus stop took us right alongside the parking lot. In fact the most direct route was to walk THROUGH the parking lot. And the resort's sole bus stop was next to the parking lot.
And to the poster who states that OKW is DVC flagship resort - a double LOL !!!!!
If we're defining flagship as "the best or most important one of a group or system" (Dictionary.com), one could certainly make a strong argument for OKW. As
this poll shows, there is no clear concensus as to the "best" resort. And since failure at OKW would have meant the end of the DVC program more than a decade ago, there's validity in labeling it the most important resort in the history of DVC.