View Full Version : When were the resorts built - A timline
azcavalier
10-10-2011, 09:45 AM
A friend of mine and his family came back from WDW last week. This was their first time. They stayed at Pop Century, and they liked it well enough, but he wasn't impressed with the construction. He owns a local window and door company, work with a lot of contractors, and he does some contracting on the side. He was telling me that Pop had to built in the '70s because of the construction they used. I told him that it was one of the newer hotels, but was made for high-capacity housing, and so it wasn't as fancy as most. But that it was built in the '90s. I don't know that's true, but I was thinking that it was indeed a newer resort (relatively speaking).
What resorts were built when WDW first opened, and what was the order after that?
wdwfansince75
10-10-2011, 10:53 AM
Think I have it...
71-CR, Poly, and Ft. Wilderness
73-Golf Resort (became Disney Inn in 86, and Shades of Green in 96)
75-Original Tree Houses
88-GF and CB
89-Swan and Dolphin
90-YC and BC
91-Port Orleans
92-OKW and Dixie Landings (now POR)
94-WL
95-All Star Music
96-Board Walk (and BWV)
97-Coranado Springs
99-All Star Movies
2001-AKL
2002-BCV and VWL
2003-Pop Century (originally scheduled to open in 2001...delay due to construction issues)
2004-Saratoga Springs
2008-AKLV
2009-BLT
faline
10-10-2011, 10:59 AM
1971
Contemporary
Polynesian
Fort Wilderness Campground
1988
Grand Floridian
Caribbena Beach
1990
Yacht Club
Beach Club
Swan - not Disney
Dolphin - not Disney
1991
Port Orleans French Quarter
Old Key West
1992
Port Orleans Riverside
1994
All Star Sports
Wilderness Lodge
1995
All Star Music
1996
Boardwalk Inn and Villas
Disney Institute (now defunct)
1997
Coronado Springs
1999
All Star Movies
2000
Villas at Wilderness Lodge
2001
Animal Kingdom Lodge
2002 Beach Club Villas
2003
Pop Century
2004
Saratoga Springs
2007
Animal Kingdom Villas
2009
Bay Lake Tower
Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs
PopPhan
10-10-2011, 11:22 AM
I guess you could also add the upcoming resorts:
2012
Art of Animation Resort
Grand Floridian Villas
?????
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