Downtown Disney Changes

[JungleSkip]

i hope they turn the lego store into something good like an american eagle or areopostale and thank god that mcdonalds is going away now i dont have to pay $5 for fries

You're kidding, right? Replace one of, if not the, coolest store there with something you can find in your local mall?

 

[SpyderDan]

You're kidding, right? Replace one of, if not the, coolest store there with something you can find in your local mall?

Haha yeah, that's just not a good enough idea for something inside Walt Disney World.

 

[Vyrus]

If I were replace the Lego store, which will happen cause of Legoland, the store replacing it has to be worthy of being called a destination store as well.

So maybe move the Ridemakerz store into that location and it frees up the old Virgin megastore for another big box company to take that spot.

 

[JungleSkip]

If I were replace the Lego store, which will happen cause of Legoland, the store replacing it has to be worthy of being called a destination store as well.

I seriously doubt the Lego store will close because of Legoland. There's a Lego store in DTD Disneyland as well, where the more prominent Legoland is.

 

[Eckert]

Downtown Disney is now the NO FUN capital of the world!

 

[d a n n y]

So is it official that the Lego Store is leaving?

 

[Tbad556]

So is it official that the Lego Store is leaving?

Not even close to official. I'd be shocked if it ended up leaving.

 

[EPCOTcenter]

Not even close to official. I'd be shocked if it ended up leaving.

Me too! It's one of the best looking shops in DTD!

 

[speckles]

What actually is left here to attract people, The Disney Store, Lego store, movie theater, Rain-forest cafe & Circles..

??????

 

[beyond costers]

well the only thing i like in downtown disney is the resturants ,the indoor disney park and lanuba and thats it

 

[EPCOTcenter]

What actually is left here to attract people, The Disney Store, Lego store, movie theater, Rain-forest cafe & Circles..

??????

Don't forget T-REX Cafe'!!:thumbs:

 

[beyond costers]

does any1 think an in-n-out burger could replace the mcdonalds

 

[Tbad556]

does any1 think an in-n-out burger could replace the mcdonalds

No. The McDonalds is already currently being changed to a Pollo Campero.

You can find out more on that project here: http://www.orlandounited.com/forums...ald-s-Closing-being-replaced-by-Pollo-Campero

 

[beyond costers]

thanks for showing me that thread Tbad

 

[jj3352]

^i wish disney would bring IN N OUT!!!!!!! omg that would be amazing, i love greasy burgers wrapped uniquely in paper old fashioned style!
WHY CANT WE HAVE ONE!!!!

 

[Brian G.]

From The Disney Blog's Twitter

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I can't get a confirmation, but one source says Disney fans will be very happy with what replaces parts of Pleasure Island.

Hopefully it's something other than a restaurant and something for the adults.

 

[figment1986]

^i wish disney would bring IN N OUT!!!!!!! omg that would be amazing, i love greasy burgers wrapped uniquely in paper old fashioned style!
WHY CANT WE HAVE ONE!!!!

How about a 5 guys instead... since In N Out wont come over here due to the way they run...

 

[jme]

Disney yesterday filed papers with the county for redevelopment work, and most notably it mentions "Area development between Comedy Warehouse and the demolished BET/Adventurers Club".

Link to filing

 

[rewster]

More on the changes, from Orlando Sentinel:

Two years after Walt Disney World turned out the lights at the nightclubs of Pleasure Island, there are signs of life for the near-forgotten entertainment district.

Disney this week filed a pair of permits signaling the start of new construction at Pleasure Island, a once-popular dining-and-dancing spot that has since become little more than a cut-through between the two retail ends of Downtown Disney. The permits suggest that at least two old Pleasure Island venues — BET Soundstage and Adventurers Club — will be razed completely.

What's more, Disney World President Meg Crofton last week publicly hinted that changes were imminent. In a ceremony honoring new Disney World ambassadors, Crofton listed the "reimagining of Downtown Disney" among a list of current construction projects at the resort, along with the Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom and a new hotel dubbed Disney's Art of Animation Resort.

Disney declined to discuss the Pleasure Island work in any detail Tuesday morning. Spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez described it as "general refurbishment."

But Suarez said Disney would unveil some details within a matter of weeks. That announcement, she said, would serve as a "continuation" of the vague plan Disney laid out in June 2008, when it announced that it would shutter Pleasure Island's six adult-oriented nightclubs and replace them with shopping and dining options geared towards families with children.

Very little has happened so far. Since the clubs closed on Sept. 27, 2008, the only notable new venue to be added at Pleasure Island is Paradiso 37, a Mexican and South American restaurant that opened in June 2009.

The construction permits, which were first unearthed by the Save Pleasure Island blog, offer few clues. One appears to clear the way for new construction trailers to be erected in the area, while another is for work described only as "overall site construction."

Disney has said in the past that it expects to complete its redevelopment of Pleasure Island by 2012.

 

[JungleSkip]

I've heard there maybe an AC type experience in the new plans.

We shall have to wait and see.