I also like the idea of a cleaner, less loud resort be where I decompress after a day at the stimulating and exciting new theme park!
It saves them from having to update or from falling out of style as their IPs fade or trends shift. It’s pretty smart imo.
Probably a side effect of the Loews deal more than anything, though.
Yes. All Universal Orlando hotels are loews.So, is the hotel connected to the park a loews hotel?
Trouble with IP's is fading popularity. Disney just experienced that with their one island at CBR themed to POC. People quit booking that hotel and now they're in the process of retheming all of that Island's rooms.
I think the IP's, and only the super strong ones you mentioned, would be OK for a boutique hotel, but not a large property. Once you heavily IP a hotel, you're limiting the demographic that will book it, so I'd be uneasy with anything over a couple hundred rooms. I think the best of both worlds in large hotels is like the way Universal does it, and strongly theme a few dozen rooms to a specific IP.....I recall a top insider who had access to the Blue Sky planning sources, hearing of a possible small boutique Potter hotel just outside Diagon/HE, but evidently that concept didn't go anywhere.I do think there are some timeless IPs. Star Wars, Pokemon, Mario, and potentially Harry Potter. Now Disney did the Star Wars hotel completely wrong and I thought it was a joke from the beginning. But you could do an IP hotel correctly in the right price range and sell that out for years to come. Do you see those IPs going anywhere any time soon? I mean Mario has been popular since I was a child and I am old lol
Yes I was thinking a couple 100 rooms. I do think it could be profitable if done right. All of my friends with kids love the Legoland hotels and specifically book weekends at the on site hotel property because of the themed hotel rooms.I think the IP's, and only the super strong ones you mentioned, would be OK for a boutique hotel, but not a large property. Once you heavily IP a hotel, you're limiting the demographic that will book it, so I'd be uneasy with anything over a couple hundred rooms. I think the best of both worlds in large hotels is like the way Universal does it, and strongly theme a few dozen rooms to a specific IP.....I recall a top insider who had access to the Blue Sky planning sources, hearing of a possible small boutique Potter hotel just outside Diagon/HE, but evidently that concept didn't go anywhere.
Trouble with IP's is fading popularity. Disney just experienced that with their one island at CBR themed to POC. People quit booking that hotel and now they're in the process of retheming all of that Island's rooms.
Pretty impressive that they can probably push these hotels to open next year if it weren't for the road construction. This thing wasn't even up this time last year.
I go through the same thing when they talk about the Legacy store.Can I just say, it’s wild seeing “Stella” written so much.
Late next year at most. You have to remember once exterior is done which they are not even done with they then need to work on interior which takes a long time. They have to do all the walls, painting, install bathrooms, flooring, furniture and complete soft openings. In that many rooms it is going to take a bit.