It is a full-service restaurant featuring a huge, wood-fired grill and seating around a Mayan temple replica. The fountain at the entrance to the temple is themed after a Yucatanian cenote, a natural limestone pit exposing the swirling, underlying groundwater. Mesoamerican murals, dramatic ceremonial pillars and flickering torches decorate the location.
Project coordinator Cindy MacKenzie returned from a research trip to Oaxaca with three foot tall frogs, lobsters and iguanas to take up residence in the seat Pepper Market food court meant to suggest an old warehouse where individual food vendors have set up shop. The restaurant had seven different serving stations and was divided into three areas: the fire temple near the exhibit cooking, the water temple and the sun temple.
It has been rehabbed into El Mercado de Coronado to resemble an open-air market. Boll Holland, who was director of Design and Development for the resort, stated at the time, "Some conventioneers see only business deals and don't want too much of a 'good time' atmosphere.
However, the WDW Resort market requires more amenities. It's all very subjective and you must take into account the nature of convention business and meetings. So the convention area is more neutral in tone than the rest of the resort.
The architect, Graham Gund, is not a literal architect. His style is evocative and exterior details are never exactly the same as the historic precedent. He has a tendency to reconfigure historical architectural elements. However, since it was intended to be a moderate resort, budget factors to contain costs were important.
Assistant project manager Bill Hanus stated:. For example, there are open air walkways as a motel would have versus indoor corridors. That meant that for every 10, feet of tile, 5, might be ceramic but the remainder were faux finished.
It all adds up when each room's savings is multiplied many times. The contractor purchased everything up front — door frames, hardware, roofing and then stockpiled the materials in site trailers which protected the project from price increases over a two-year period.
Looking for savings in low-maintenance, fan-coil air conditioning units resulted in the elimination of extra duct work systems, a more efficient unit with less maintenance for the operator and millions of dollars in savings for Disney. Lowering overall construction costs was a key factor in realizing the resort's moderate price point. Of course, Disney is a storytelling company so there is a back story for the resort. Francisco de Coronado left Mexico in and headed north in search of the fabled seven golden cities of Cibola.
Imagineers used that actual story as a springboard for the back story that "Coronado Springs was founded by the descendants of a Spanish explorer named Juan Francisco. Searching for gold in , Francisco stumbled upon the ruins of a forty-six foot tall Mayan pyramid. A Mayan pyramid served as inspiration for the resort's pool.
The original Imagineering story for the Mayan pyramid is that it serves as a ceremonial center in the lake. The pre-production artwork of Dali and Hench was rediscovered by Roy E.
Disney in when he was working on Fantasia He later championed the finishing and releasing of the film in that was shown at several international film exhibitions. The Dahlia Lounge on the 16 th floor of the Gran Destino Tower is inspired by Spanish surrealism and features a wall full of photos of Walt Disney with Salvador Dali from over the years.
The Dahlia Lounge is named after the heroine of the film, a young woman who struggles through the fluidity of time and unusual transformations to be united through destiny with her one true love. Disney Imagineer David Stofcik said that the tower pays homage to the Spanish origins of the stories of Mexico and the American Southwest already told at the resort. Stofcik said some of the Spanish influences in the architecture were extended to provide opportunities to allow more light into spaces in the building, and that the decorative panels around the lobby itself were inspired by five specific Spanish tile designs from around Barcelona and Toledo that the Imagineers discovered during their research.
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More than half the rooms have lake views. The Cabanas are 2-story buildings with a sandy shoreline. Gran Destino Tower incorporates Moorish tile and Spanish style throughout the Tower, from the front desk now serving the entire Resort to the fitness center to the rooms and restaurants. The resort is built around a acre shimmering lake, Lago Dorado.
There is a jaguar perched over the water slide spitting water at guests as they slide down… and be sure to look for the Hidden Mickeys. Coronado Springs is definitely a huge resort, but its expansiveness is also part of its beauty.
From almost anywhere at the resort you can look across water and see the other areas. The view from Gran Destino Tower is particularly impressive. The average guest room is approximately square feet. There are rooms with king-size beds; and 99 disabled-accessible rooms. Standard rooms in Gran Destino Tower are square feet, making them the largest of all Moderate Resort standard rooms. Standard rooms accommodate up to four guests.
The Coronado rooms have only one sink and not the double sink setup that the other three Moderate Resorts have. All rooms have sliding wood doors across the sink area. These rooms sleep up to four adults. A Presidential Suite with Club Access sleeps up to six adults. Guest room amenities include 4-cup coffee makers with decaf and regular coffee packets plus limited room service for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Each room has a flat screen TV and all new dark wood furniture. Each room also has an armoire, small table with two chairs, night stand, ceiling fan, and small wall safe. Hair dryers, iron, and ironing board, and small refrigerator are also standard. Available on request are cribs, bed rails, refrigerators, and wheelchairs.
There is no charge for wheelchair use at the resort. There are several newspaper vending machines throughout the resort, located near the elevators. Coronado Springs resort is very large and spread out. There is no one section that is convenient to everything. While the walks are most pleasant, it is a distance to get to and from some areas of the resort. As you read the Building numbers and locations below, picture a large, almost circular lake.
Ranchos 7A and 7B are the closest to the Dig Site. Ranchos 6A and B are the furthest buildings out and probably the quietest. An enclosed hallway connects Gran Destino the El Centro. A stroll around Lago Dorado, clocking distances with a basic pedometer measured the perimeter to be about 1. Other distances measured:. Coronado Springs offers an internal shuttle system. Transportation is provided in marked golf carts that bring guests to and from all villages of the resort.
There are also designated stops in each of the villages as well as Gran Destino Tower. I hear that there are no more room key cards at Disney resort hotels. How do I get into my room? Walt Disney World has converted their room keys and admission tickets from plastic cards to MagicBands, flexible plastic wristbands, resembling a watch or bracelet, that use Radio Frequency RF technology.
As with most of the other resort hotels, check-out is at 11 AM, check-in is at 3 PM. Upon arrival head to the front desk for check-in. Rooms are generally not available until 3 PM. I fell in love with the resort. Such a wonderful atmosphere! Very cool, my soon to be wife and I are staying there on our honeymoon in September.
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