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 Description:
First moderate level convention resort at the Walt Disney World
Resort themed to regions of Mexico and the American Southwest.
Points of Interest:
Buildings
& Architectual Theming:
*Casitas (Little
Houses): Themed
after urban areas of the Southwest (such as Santa Fe) and Mexico
(such as Monterey).
*Ranchos:
Themed
after dry, rural desert ranchland regions of the Southewest. *Cabanas:
Adobe
architecture, themed after the beachside resorts located along the
coastal regions of Mexico.
Convention
Center: 95,000-square-feet
of meeting space which can be configured into 45 rooms.
*Coronado
Ballroom: 60,214
square feet that can be divided into 18 rooms with 23 foot high
ceilings. Largest hotel ballroom in the Southeast that can seat up to
5,000 for dining or 6,500 for theater-style meetings.
*Fiesta
Ballroom: 21,160
square feet that can be divided into 10 rooms with 23 foot high ceilings.
Francisco de Coronado
(namesake for Coronado Springs):
Spanish explorer born in Salamanca, Spain in 1510. In 1540 he set out
for the New World to find the Seven Cities of Cibola with their
purported riches of gold. He explored the areas of the American
Southwest and discovered a group of Zuni Indian Settlements in what
is now Gallup, New Mexico. Coronado and his men continued to explore
the areas of New Mexico and Arizona in search of the mythical golden
cities. Coronado never did find gold or other riches, but the members
of one of the exploration parties became the first Europeans to reach
the Grand Canyon.
La Fuente De
Las Palomas (Lake
of Gold): Spring-fed
fountain located in resort's lobby area.
*Fountain water
emanates from a Spanish-style urn surrounded by colorful tiles.
*Domed ceiling is
filled with hand-painted images of white clouds and birds flying
through a blue sky.
*The painting in
the dome was painted on actual canvases off-site and applied in
pieces. The doves were then added on-site.
Lago Dorado (Lake
of Gold):
15-acre and 25-foot deep man-made lake.
Pyramid of
the Sun: Situated
between the Ranchos and Cabanas, an approximate 50-foot Mayan
Pyramid serves as the focal point of the resort.
Rooms: 1,967
guest rooms
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