-[X] Southern Edge: This location is far removed from your current parks and points of interest, and would be expensive to bring a monorail to. However, it's practically guaranteed to be out of the way of any future park developments, and cheap as hell to develop. +10 Board Approval, slight increase to all park attendance. Size: Up to Huge.
Current Plan Benefits: +10 Board Approval, slight increase to all park attendance.
In the end, though, you decide to go with the spot furthest from your current developments. It might be a bit more of a pain to get to and from, but this won't interfere with any future development plans, and it's much easier to work on a relatively clean slate. On top of that, the other sites might be better served by a more upscale hotel later.
"Let's go with the Southern Edge." You say.
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk looks at you. "You're certain?" She asks.
"I'm pretty sure. Lots of open land, don't have to worry about bringing construction equipment near the operating parks, won't interfere with future development projects." You answer.
There were a few raised eyebrows at your decision, but the group all shrugs at your explanation and moves on. Laurinda Spear is the next person who steps up to speak. "Well, there's certainly a lot of space down there. What sort of size were you looking for?" She starts outlining some different areas. "There's enough room to easily expand if you want to start small, but it shouldn't be too difficult to go with something larger from the beginning." She pauses for a moment. "You could even fit in several pretty massive complexes, if you wanted to have several similarly themed hotels in the area."
"Well, I was thinking something along the lines of this…" You walk over to the map and begin pointing some things out.
-[] Small: You can start small and work your way up. This might not have quite the capacity you want, but it'd be a good way to test how much interest there is in a value offering at Disney. +0 Board Approval. Expected Groundbreaking time: 5 successes. Expected Construction time: 5 successes.
-[] Medium: You want a solid sized hotel. You know there's going to be a good chunk of interest, this is Disney World you're talking about. However, you don't want to overcommit in case you're wildly off base. +5 Board Approval. Expected Groundbreaking time: 10 successes. Expected Construction time: 10 successes.
-[] Large: You want a high capacity hotel. You're going to see a lot more guests by giving a value option, and the extra room space means you can convert some of them into family suites. +0 Board Approval. Expected Groundbreaking time: 15 successes. Expected Construction time: 20 successes.
-[] Huge: You want to go all in. If you build it, they will come. This will be expensive, and it's a bit of risk, but you're confident that a budget version of the usual Disney experience will be miles better than anything offered by off property hotels, and attract tons of guests. -5 Board Approval. Expected Groundbreaking time: 20 successes. Expected Construction time: 30 successes.
Andrés Duany looks up from the map, and glances over at you. "Were you planning on having a monorail connection here?" He asks. "I can try to come up with some station designs for you if you were going to add the connection."
You look back down at the map. It'd be a bit far, but it might be worth it.
-[] Yes. You're unlikely to get a better deal on a monorail expansion than what you're already getting for the expansion to the shopping village, and adding in this hotel at the same time will be cheaper than trying to do it later. The board might gripe at this initial cost outlay, but doing this now and laying the groundwork for a further expansion of the system to anything else built to the south is too good a deal to pass up. -5 Board Approval. Increased guest stays at hotel once built, increased park attendance to all monorail locations.
-[] No. You want to save the money from the monorail deal and see about putting it towards something else later. It's not impossible that you'll get a better chance at extending the line down here in the future. It might even be better to slowly build out the line naturally as you continue development towards the south, instead of going for this one big extension all at once. +5 Board Approval.
AN: This vote is open for at least 24 hours. Next vote will be on theming, details (things like restaurant, room distribution, and luxuries like pools), and one other thing.
