Universal Orlando Announces Plans for Fourth Hotel!
Great news coming from Universal Orlando, the entertainment resort that never stops to amaze us! Indeed, it has been announced that work on a fourth on-site hotel will begin very soon. It will be a values resort (with a quite strange theming) that will allow a much broader audience to stay on-property. Take a look:
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Universal Orlando Announces A New Spectacular On-Site Hotel
New Hotel Will Add 1,800 On-Site Suites and Standard Rooms
Universal's Cabana Bay Beach Resort will offer two distinct experiences within the development's multiple buildings: 900 family suites, capable of sleeping six, that include kitchen areas and 900 standard guest rooms - offering both moderate- and value-priced accommodations. It will be operated by Loews Hotels & Resorts and is scheduled to open in 2014.
The hotel will be themed differently than anything else currently available at Universal Orlando. It will evoke the driving vacations so many Americans grew up enjoying with their families - spending time at sweeping motor courts just off the highway, where families relaxed and played after a long day's drive. The new hotel's hip, vintage look will be accented with bold design, dramatic, clean lines, bright, period colors and touches of neon. Inside areas including the lobby, dining areas and large, comfortable rooms will follow suit. The hotel will have two themed pool areas.
"The Cabana Bay Beach Resort furthers our goal of operating special and distinct properties in important markets," said Paul Whetsell, Loews Hotels & Resorts president and CEO. "This is another important step in our plan to expand the Loews system in major markets across the United States."
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What do you (our readers) think about this new Universal resort? Also, what's your opinion on this great (but massive) series of new additions that Universal Orlando is seeing in the past few years? Please, feel free to share your opinions with us!
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A NEW HOTEL, TRANSFORMERS, AND HARRY POTTER PART2. I GUESS THEY ARE MAKING SOME MONEY.
ReplyDeleteIt's strange that this hotel will not offer the complimentary Universal Express Unlimited Access. Does this mean they are thinking of getting rid of it at the other hotels?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they will expand the canal system to the resort or will they use shuttles for transportation. They are gearing up for the new park expansions, the London version of Harry Potter will be popular.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at Google Maps, what I'm wondering is what happens to Adventure Way? If they are going to expand the canal from the Royal Pacific, they'd need to build a bridge over it under Adventure Way. Or they could just remove Adventure Way. Or they could keep it, and then there would still be some undeveloped space between Adventure Way and the Royal Pacific (room for another hotel or perhaps even an expansion to Islands of Adventure (right behind Dudley Do Rights Ripsaw Falls). Interesting possibilities...
ReplyDeleteThis looks GROOVY!
ReplyDeleteI believe Universal will be opening a new water aprk on this land. This is what I was told when we stayed at the RP in May.
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