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Taking the Mickey: A Save Disney Quest

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Ignoring the sense of dread I am getting from the Grand Floridian...

It looks like the older Animated Adventures hotel had 11 Standard Rooms worth of rooms. So, it needed 2 pools. Scaling up, we need 4 pools.

Do the other amenities have a written load, or is one per hotel sufficient?
 
We're allowed to double up on them, I think we probably should - probably Laundromat, possibly Cafeteria.
 
guys (and girls!), I might be wrong... but I think we might need another water park.Maybe even two.

I know, I know, it's a shocking realization. :whistle:
 
Why do we pay these hotel advisors if they don't point out incredibly obvious design flaws in hotels submitted by their employer who knows almost nothing about hotels? They know how many pools hotels need in this area.
 
bookworm702 said:
Why do we pay these hotel advisors if they don't point out incredibly obvious design flaws in hotels submitted by their employer who knows almost nothing about hotels? They know how many pools hotels need in this area.
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You could use more pools is not you need more pools. The only way to really have 'enough' pools is to always have the maximum allowed, and that's generally not worth it if you just build more water parks. The only time you'll get a serious question about pools is if you have none.

To be more clear, as far as design flaws go, well, not having extra pools is barely a blip, if it even registers. It won't kill a hotel, or even really impact how many guests stay there, it just means that guests will look to go to your water parks (which many assume you'll be announcing more of soon) or go to a non-Disney water park if they really want to swim. Your current designs have been workable, good even, but as you get further and further without announcing a water park, expect more people (the board, for example) to start bringing this up.

EDIT: For even further clarity, your current problem is not really about how many pools your hotels have, but rather, that they're fairly consistently at max capacity instead of projected average capacity.
 
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More water parks, it is.

May I suggest that, going forward, we choose a design philosophy to maximize our guest's luxury in our hotels. The idea is to make Disney synonymous with value, luxury, and perfection in all aspects of our company. So if we were to, say, start a Cruise Line, then even without any advertisement, people should think: oh, its Disney. I bet its amazing and a great value.

So, for the various hotel levels:
Value we seek to have amenities points equal to room points.
Moderate we seek to have amenities points be 10% higher than room points
Deluxe we seek to have ameneties points be 20% higher than room points

So, took Firebringer2077's (as always) excellent plan as my basis and modified it to reflect this philosophy...by lowering rooms by 200 points and adding in another pool, an extra playground, and an exercise room. Reading what the QM stated, if we build another waterpark, the pool issue will be gone. As these hotels will stand for a few decades (at least), we will build another water park, and with such a park the QM suggested that the previous hotel's 1 pool was sufficient for its needs...we only need 2 pools. (Again, assuming we build another water park).

[ ] Plan Disney means Luxury and Value
18 Standard Rooms (900 pts, 900 rooms)
2 Family Suites (100pts, 50 rooms)
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2 Pools (200pts)
1 Hot Tub (50pts)
2 Playgrounds (100pts)
3 Laundromat (150pts)
1 Arcade (50pts)
1 Kid's Club (100pts)
1 Cafeteria (100pts)
1 Restaurant (150pts)
1 Gift shop (50pts)
1 Exercise Room (50 Points)

Edit: Sorry. Uploaded old version of plan.

@Slynnwen What would Elizabeth's thoughts on this plan be?
 
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MysteryCPU said:
What would Elizabeth's thoughts on this plan be?
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If you aren't adding in a water park soon, it might be better to go to one laundromat and add an additional pool. Laundromats don't tend to be a factor until you're staying more than a week, and that's unlikely to be a factor until you have some more attractions on property. No one ever complains about an under crowded pool, and the general weather of Florida means that a pool will always see some use. If you are adding a water park, it might be better to replace the laundromats with a sports field.
 
Incorporating Elizabeth's suggestions. Assuming we will be building a waterpark soon.

[X] Plan Disney means Luxury and Value V2
18 Standard Rooms (900 pts, 900 rooms)
2 Family Suites (100pts, 50 rooms)
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2 Pools (200pts)
1 Hot Tub (50pts)
2 Playgrounds (100pts)
1 Laundromat (50pts)
1 Arcade (50pts)
1 Kid's Club (100pts)
1 Cafeteria (100pts)
1 Restaurant (150pts)
1 Gift shop (50pts)
1 Exercise Room (50 Points)
1 Sports Field: Baseball Diamond (100 Points)
 
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MysteryCPU said:
Incorporating Elizabeth's suggestions. Assuming we will be building a waterpark soon.

[ ] Plan Disney means Luxury and Value V2
18 Standard Rooms (900 pts, 900 rooms)
2 Family Suites (100pts, 50 rooms)
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2 Pools (200pts)
1 Hot Tub (50pts)
2 Playgrounds (100pts)
1 Laundromat (50pts)
1 Arcade (50pts)
1 Kid's Club (100pts)
1 Cafeteria (100pts)
1 Restaurant (150pts)
1 Gift shop (50pts)
1 Exercise Room (50 Points)
1 Sports Field: Baseball Diamond (100 Points)
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Do we have any idea what the capacity is of a Laundromat?
 
Given the context again given about how most guests aren't going to need to wash their clothes, just having one laundromat should be completely fine; and I'm completely onboard with having at least two pools.
 
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