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As you may know, Disney's Hotel New York is set to receive a complete make-over. Mark Stead (Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer) recently confirmed during one of the shareholders round-table meetings that the entire hotel will close (probably late 2015) for an entire year to re-do everything: from the lobby to the rooms.
Facebook community page "Disneyland Times" (formerly know as DLRP Times) got their hands on some photos of the model rooms that are currently installed in the hotel to test out different concepts.
Source: Disneyland Times on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Disneyland-Times/381132755176)
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I was gutted to hear the hotel was going to close for a whole year, where will I stay I cried. But looking at those photo's, wow, I'll happily stay elsewhere next year if that's what they're going to do with it. Those rooms are impressive.
ps if you go to the actual FB page, you will need to scroll down a bit there is also a photo of a corridor with a new style carpet. You know when I go in November I'll be wandering the corridors looking for that spot.
That'll be a bit of a dent in the fiscal report that year...? Where will all those guests go/stay?
Still, I think the hotel really needs this - particularly the lobby - and will definitely bring it up to finally live up to the name "NEW YORK" after the last 20 years of stasis.
..rooms look nice and plush ;) and I don't think all hotels need Disney/ character theming, so all in all, this is great news (especially for guests who like to stay at HNY!)
.... personally, this doesn't convert me from still being a Sequoia Lodge fan! ;D
I like the new design. Looks pretty classy. Especially the colors look way more like New York than the Primary Colors scheme of the 1990s.
Quote from: jimtrim on October 01, 2014, 10:54:26 AM
Where will all those guests go/stay?
.... personally, this doesn't convert me from still being a Sequoia Lodge fan! ;D
Having seen the Golden forest rooms in the Sequoia Lodge I think I'll opt to stay there during the closure.
Watch out Jimtrim the New Yorkers are coming ;D
..... that made me laugh RockNRoller ;D ;D
I'm surprised that they'll close the whole hotel for that long.
But looking at the pictures, it looks nice. I especially like the last one where you'll see the buildings of New York.
So I guess it is true. :o :(
I like it. But.... I think it needs some Disney references. Or at least some good story elements (like the Empire State building lamp and Apple). It's what you expect in Paris. Because all the other (refurbished) hotels have it.
I'm not sure about the design. NY is my favourite hotel and I really like the feel of it. The rooms have a nice Disney look and also that little bit extra over SL and NPBC. The new look however lacks the Disney feel for my taste and looks like a regular 4 star business hotel. An update? I'm all for that but they should be cautious and keep the Disney atmosphere alive in the hotel like they did with the refurbishment of NPBC.
Quote from: mickey1980 on October 01, 2014, 06:01:15 PM
I like it. But.... I think it needs some Disney references. Or at least some good story elements (like the Empire State building lamp and Apple). It's what you expect in Paris.
I've been looking at these photo's over the last week, were staying in the New York end of November, and something's been bugging me and last night I showed the photo's to my wife and her first comment was "Where's the Mickey Mouse duvet?" You're right Mickey1980 that's what its missing any sort of reference to Disney, note even in a frieze round the top of the walls. Hope they do add a Disney touch here and there, love the current duvets covered in Mickeys
The original duvets didn't have any Mickey reference at all. I believe they started using those in 2004-2005.
Does the 2nd picture have a photo frame with one of the Disney Cruise Ships in it?
I wonder what else they will do during the refurbishment..
Quote from: DisneyManiac on October 10, 2014, 09:21:58 PM
Does the 2nd picture have a photo frame with one of the Disney Cruise Ships in it?
Good spot. Although its hard to tell, she does have two funnels but they're thinner in shape than the current DCL ships funnels. If its a vintage photo it'll probably be the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
I think with the HNY refurb they will opt for an approach similar to the hotels in Florida and use hidden Micky's for example at Disney's boardwalk hotel they had Micky heads in the pattern on the carpets which is great fun trying to find the hidden micky's. At least I hope they do that.
Is there an official date of when the hotel will close??
I'm looking to stay possibly at Hotel New York in Feb 2016, so if its closing for a year why is it still available to book?
Quote from: Mathierson24 on January 11, 2015, 07:57:15 PM
I'm looking to stay possibly at Hotel New York in Feb 2016, so if its closing for a year why is it still available to book?
It's not set in stone that they will close for a year, but it's looking unlikely anyway!
Thanks very much :)
I wish to stay in the HNY sometime in Jan/Feb/March next year. Is it confirmed to close for a year?
Quote from: DisneyGagaChick on January 13, 2015, 01:14:28 PM
I wish to stay in the HNY sometime in Jan/Feb/March next year. Is it confirmed to close for a year?
There is no confirmation and recent reports I have seen say it looks unlikely. They're probably going to do it in sections like NPB.
Quote from: KentDisney on January 22, 2015, 11:09:13 AM
There is no confirmation and recent reports I have seen say it looks unlikely. They're probably going to do it in sections like NPB.
Ahh, I just don't want to book it and the hotel will be closed. ::)
I guess they would post-pone this refurbishment until Newport Bay Club is completed. In terms of closing the entire Hotel at once, I think the segmented the room refurb in Newport Bay Club in two phases right? Since Hotel New York is about half the size of Newport Bay Club, the impact of closing New York entirely on the overal room capacity would be about the same of closing Newport Bay Club for 50%. (probably even smaller since Newport Bay Club tends to have higher occupancy then New York, but average room rates at New York are a bit higher)
Just booked the New York for November this year and was told there are no Empire State rooms available. Thought this might mean my travel agent couldn't access them but she tells me that you have to call Disney direct for them and it was Disney staff that told her this. Does this mean that the refurbishment will have started by the end of this year end the whole Empire State floor will be first? Anyone else picked up something like this?
That looks to me the best way to work. Just floor by floor. It is the most easy way I think.
They did it with Santa fe and sequoia lodge. With those they closed the buildings one by one(santa fé even several at the same time) to refurb them so whith New York I would say they would do it floor by floor.
Oooo. I don't know RockNRoller - we're booked into Empire State Club in December....is it possible they were fully booked?
I've just booked (today) for next April (2016), so they're expecting to still be open at that point.
Always wanted to go there, now I want to visit even more when it's ready. Does anyone know how costly it would be? I'm considering going with my little sis next year. I've looked up some hotels in NYC and I'd like to know how this one would do compared to these http://www.reservationcounter.com/hotel/new-york/ (http://www.reservationcounter.com/hotel/new-york/), for example.
The fountains in front of Disney's Hotel New York are being replaced.
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Above pictures are courtesy of InsideDLParis (Twitter).
I am usually totally into modern room design but I somehow dont like it there is nothing disneylike this room could be in any hotel.
Quote from: MattR on October 16, 2015, 07:00:23 PM
I am usually totally into modern room design but I somehow dont like it there is nothing disneylike this room could be in any hotel.
There aren't any references to Disney characters, but apart from that I really like the style of the new rooms.
A little update on the new fountains.
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Above pictures are courtesy of InsideDLParis (Twitter).
Quote from: Remco K. on October 16, 2015, 07:17:39 PM
Quote from: MattR on October 16, 2015, 07:00:23 PM
I am usually totally into modern room design but I somehow dont like it there is nothing disneylike this room could be in any hotel.
There aren't any references to Disney characters, but apart from that I really like the style of the new rooms.
Maybe they will do some subtile changes. After NPB I think Cheyenne is next to get a make over. So there is still time to do some tweaking in the final design.
I was talking to a friend who works for a UK hotel chain and he said when a new design comes out it gets trialled for a while to see how it copes with wear and tear. So who says this is the finished design, I would like to see a few characters creep in, maybe a few hidden Mickeys even.
Meanwhile with one room done some lucky people get to stay in the new rooms, not that I'm jealous or anything. ;D
We are staying in the NY for the 1st time next month (July) - can anyone confirm if any of these upgrade plans have actually happened since the final post in this thread in 2015?? Thanks °o°
New York has not been refurbed yet, they are currently doing the Cheyenne
Thank you :)