NEWS! Close-Up Look at NEW Hotel Coming to Disney World Next Year

A NEW Disney Vacation Club Resort hotel is coming to Disney World in the summer of 2027!

Lakeshore Lodge

With SO MUCH happening at Disney World right now, from new lands to major ride retheming, it can be hard to keep up with all of the massive projects in the works! For example, did you know that Disney World’s brand-new hotel Disney Lakeshore Lodge is scheduled to open next year?? If you feel like this new addition has slipped under your radar so far, no worries — we’re doing a deep dive on Lakeshore Lodge, including a close-up look at the concept art AND an update on the current construction progress!

What is Disney Lakeshore Lodge?

Lakeshore Lodge is a new Disney Vacation Club Resort hotel that will be located on Disney World’s Bay Lake. Disney has shared that the hotel will “celebrate the beauty and magic of nature as seen through the eyes of Disney artists and storytellers.”

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The hotel will include subtle nods to classic films, like the forests of Bambi, the colorful winds of Pocahontas, and the sweeping landscapes of Brother Bear. The natural theming of the hotel will begin before guests even enter, as they’ll be greeted with a one-mile tree-lined vista before seeing the Lodge itself. Disney has said that this kind of “grand expression” will be carried out through the porte-cochere, as well as the lobby, with a clear focus on nature, complete with skylights and lots of glass.

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Lakeshore Lodge will offer 967 guest rooms, ranging from “cozy studios to spacious suites.” New one- and two-bedroom Lake Houses will also be located along the waterfront. Many of the rooms throughout the resort will feature a view of Bay Lake, with some also getting views of the Magic Kingdom fireworks at night!

A frame cabins

Lakeshore Lodge will be considered a Magic Kingdom Area Resort, and so far, Disney has confirmed that the hotel will have a dedicated boat dock for transportation between Lakeshore Lodge and Magic Kingdom.

Concept Art for Lakeshore Lodge

Disney has shared several pieces of concept art for Lakeshore Lodge that have given us some clues as to what we can expect with the finished product. Artwork of the front of the resort shows trees lining the road leading to the entrance, with the angular porte-cochère located between buildings with guest rooms.

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We’ve also gotten a glimpse of the back of the hotel, with another piece of concept art. This gives a better picture of the scale, showing how large the resort will be! Plus, it also shows some of the unique details of the hotel, upon closer view…

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By zooming in on this image, we spotted what appears to be a new restaurant on the hotel grounds, which seems like it’ll have incredible views of the water from the tables closest to the windows.

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It also looks like there will be a relaxing area between the main pool and the lake itself, with hammocks, circular bed-like options, as well as…is that a whole couch?

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And, of course, we can see a large pool with a spiral slide and a lazy river! This seems to be the hotel’s main pool area, although it will likely have other “quiet pool(s)” as is common with Disney World hotels.

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In fact, we even saw what looks like a second pool area peeking out between two of the building wings in the concept art.

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Things are subject to change during construction, so things might not turn out exactly like the concept art by the time the hotel opens. But it does give us a fairly good idea of what to expect for features and overall layout! Now, let’s take a look at where things stand with construction…

Lakeshore Lodge Construction Progress

Since Lakeshore Lodge is being built on Bay Lake, some of the construction progress is visible from the lake itself, so you might spot it if you’re taking boat transportation near Magic Kingdom!

Lakeshore Lodge Construction

We’ve also seen aerial shots of the construction progress shared by @bioreconstruct on X/Twitter. This recent update shows the lobby at top left, which will have a view across the lazy river courtyard.

via @bioreconstruct on X/Twitter

Another angle from farther out shows current construction progress on the building wings surrounding the lazy river. The buildings appear to be pretty far along from the outside.

via @bioreconstruct on X/Twitter

Here, we can see more progress on one of the wings, as well as boat dock construction in the top right, plus framing for what will likely be a quiet pool near the center.

via @bioreconstruct on X/Twitter

This aerial shot gives a great overview of the resort area and its layout. The porte-cochère is near the center of this shot, with the building wings branching out from there. Behind the entrance is the main pool area and lazy river, with the boat dock near the top center-left of the image. A-frame Lake Houses are seen lining the shoreline both near the far left and top right of the picture.

via @bioreconstruct on X/Twitter

We’ll continue to keep a close eye on Lakeshore Lodge construction — both from Bay Lake and aerial shots shared by @bioreconstruct — and keep you updated with any major milestones!

We’re SO excited to experience everything this brand-new hotel has to offer when it opens next year! As the opening timeline closes in, we expect Disney will share more details about everything from restaurants to amenities and decor, so stay tuned to DFB for all of the latest updates ahead of Lakeshore Lodge’s 2027 opening!

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