Generally considered the final week of Spring Break, Easter & Passover crowds are building at Walt Disney World. So what better place to hang with them, than beautiful Pleasure Island!
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| Loyal Blog reader Jason71 recently commented about the cheap new lounge furniture that replaced the better stuff in the West End Ultra Lounge. The file photo above showed the rattan/wicker stuff last August right after the Celebrate Tonight booth was removed and the furniture was placed. |
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| Jason was right! The rattan/wicker has been replaced with this plastic furniture! To be fair, perhaps the plastic furniture weathers better in the hot summer sun. |
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| Around back along the Waterfront of Pleasure Island Lagoon, some new boards have been installed next to the stage. I think that's an indication that this area will remain in place if Hyperion Wharf ever comes to be. And that's a huge IF. |
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| Unlike the White House lawn, I didn't see any indications of an Easter Egg hunt on the new PI lawn! Didn't see any indications of an amphitheater being built either! |
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| No further construction on the new pathway. |
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| But as a followup to may last PI Update, there is some indication now as to why the pathway will go beyond the service area between Portobello and Raglan Road. We have new construction taking place at the rear of Portobello. Have to assume this is a new service exit/entrance since they're losing their current one. They'll be able to cart their restaurant waste out a back door to the various dumpsters located elsewhere on the Island. |
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| Also on beautiful Pleasure Island, decorative planters have been installed around the Lily Pad. |
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| Great news at the Marketplace, the enlarged Lego Imagination Center has opened and was jammed! |
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| There are several new Lego sculptures outside the store. |
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| With lots of new features and inventory inside. I got my Maersk container ship! |
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| And finally over on the West Side, Little Mismatched and Mickey's Groove are gone and heavy renovations are taking place. The sign indicates a summer opening. So come on down! |
It's just so frickin' funny how they're wasting all the time and effort on the "West End Lounge" and 'free' entertainment for a few drink sales when they have perfectly fine, empty buildings just sitting there rotting away. They could be making so much more revenue operating a bar/club, even if only for a interim measure while they wait for their 3rd Party White Horse to come in a save the bad decision Hyperbole Wharf mess. Genius!
ReplyDeleteI would have to frankly agree with that one.
ReplyDeleteHere they have four decent nightclubs and they should be fixing up, so people can dance and party.
P.S.
That is a good one about the Hyperion Wharf "mess".
Genius!!
on come on Disney doesn't want alcohol on there property! but OH wait the sell it at EPCOT and other places at Disney! the real reason is Disney didn't want PI! so what don't you understand about that? and this is NOT the old Disney
ReplyDelete2 reasons
1 PI would have never opened
2 Disney would never let empty buildings stand in view of the public!
yeah well we'll see how they truly feel about alcohol when Gaston's Tavern opens at MK. There is talk they will allow the sale of alcohol there...that'll be a fun uproar to watch!
ReplyDeletezulemara!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI do NOT have a problem with alcohol!!!!
I am just say that WALT Disney didn't want it on his property!
you have issues with reading into things that are NOT there!
I never said I have a problem
MY point was that Disney claims one of the reasons was the alcohol issue around kids! (thats what I heard) not that any ONE said this!
I hope this clears this up! (my point)
Don't think zulemara is saying anyone has a problem with alcohol except disney. He is saying one of the reasons they closed PI was kids seeing adults with alcohol yet gastons in MK may serve alcohol.
ReplyDeleteYes, they need to reopen a few of those empty buildings and everything would be fine again!
ReplyDeleteDISNEY the company has done allot of things that WALT DISNEY would have never done. Does not seem like an alcohol issue at all to me. Seems more like dollars and real estate.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone else heard anything about them serving alcohol @ Gaston's Tavern in the MK when it opens? I haven't heard anything about that? I thought that the MK would never serve alcohol??
ReplyDeleteThe situation with Gaston's is a rumor. Disney's super-sized Fantasyland is in direct competition with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure. The rumor is not confirmed in any credible manner.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it's possible Gaston's could sell alcohol, it's doubtful.
ReplyDeleteHere's an interesting read about all the "bar"-like places at MK over the years which never sold alcohol:
http://www.yesterland.com/mkalcohol.html
@ April 21, 2011 2:40 PM
ReplyDeleteOK I am sorry if you didn't get my sarcasm? but that is what was trying to say the 1st time!
and look MORE rumors! Zule has! and you wonder why I find it hard to believe! things he writes here! Sorry to say!
even KingBob said this "The situation with Gaston's is a rumor. Disney's super-sized Fantasyland is in direct competition with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure. The rumor is not confirmed in any credible manner."
I understand people hear things and say stuff they heard but come been way too many rumors Zule has! or knows!
Yeah joe I agree with what you say.
ReplyDeleteThey do have good buildings for nightclubs.
So I agree "fix them up" because they've been closed for three years let's not make it a fourth.
So come on guys lets get those clubs reopen so everyone can party.
wow...seriously? First of all I wasn't saying anyone has a problem with alcohol, Anonymous 2:25 was correct. I was trying to point out that IF the DIsney company allows alcohol in MK, it will be a fun uproar to watch as the purists fight them to the death( I would be one of them) while PI fans point out closing an adult complex and then allowing MK inside the park.
ReplyDeleteDid I say it was going to happen? no. Did I specify it as a rumor? "talk" means rumor, so yes. It was a point of discussion regarding alcohol on property.
Of course why would I be surprised that I make a simple comment that is in no way directed towards anyone, then get jumped on AGAIN for absolutely no reason.
And don't attack my credibility either. I've given Bob more CORRECT info that you can possibly know. It was a point of discussion to emphasize how ridiculous it is that they closed PI and how much MORE ridiculous it will be if they allow alcohol at gaston's tavern! Either way, GROW UP
Zulemara...YOU GO GIRL!! I don't know if you have been told lately by anyone on this blog, but... WE LOVE YOU!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe for the intersting read! It's amazing, and I never realized how many "Taverns" have been on property over the years. I guess because they don't sell alchol, I never paid any attention. I try to get my drinking in before we hit the main gate...LOL! And, yes Zulemara.. You are loved!!! And, I'll back that up also, YOU GO GIRL!
ReplyDeleteZule funny you say "grow up"
ReplyDeleteyou seam to be the one who gets all upset and post NASTY things AT some!?
I am questioning your credibility because of your RUMORS!
you where the ONE who back a wile ago was the one name calling? NO?
UH yeah! I thought we got past this bullstuff? guess NOT?
As one of my roving reporters, I can definitely affirm that Zulemara's rumor sources are SOLID. The revolving dance floor is definitely still inside Mannequins!
ReplyDeleteyeah, you're right, nothing I ever say, post, or provide is even remotely valid. Those pics of suits going inside mannequins were probably take right after closing and I post-dated them. A friend of a friend who knows a manager who knows an exec told me the button on the MDP garage was never set to on so clearly no one could have pushed the button and taken any pictures of the dance floor still there. Dawn doesn't really work at Mr sisters, that was a file photo from Mannequins, Eisner never used any boat dock to arrive on the island, nor was the call sign "the eagle has landed" on the radio. Photos of Motion's imminent demolition with equipment being removed were also faked.
ReplyDeleteSo lets just define a few words here shall we:
IS - factual
WIll - factual
Might - Rumor/hope/fictional/discussion based
Talk - Rumor/hope/discussion based
Rumor - anything that is not officially announced or has not been proven.
Do we all understand now? This is how teh l33ts 1nt3rn3tz werks! I'm glad I could help spell it out.
What I fail to understand is how anyone's credibility can be judged based on the rumors one provides. Rumors are RUMORS. Unless it is 1st hand knowledge in the form of pictures or DIRECT sources, everything is a rumor! Any rumors I've given to bob that turned into fact, I can not disclose because it would blow my source to do so. That is why I use the above terms to define my intentions when I make statements.
AND as I have said REPEATEDLY before, if I EVER post something as anything other than rumor, I bring either the first hand experience of seeing it with my own 2 eyes or a picture of proof. Otherwise, even if I know the source is 150% first hand, I am still going to clearly state it is rumor.
ReplyDeleteA NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER:
ReplyDeleteRumors by their very nature are very unreliable. But my roving reporters, who are not employees or even independent contractors but work as volunteers without any direction from me whatsoever, do so for YOU readers to know what may be going on with our beloved Island. The fact that there are over 100,000 hits in less than 2 years on this Blog shows how important PI is to so many of us. So get off Zulemara's case. He's provided a LOT of valuable information to us in good faith.
zulemara
ReplyDeleteI can't remember who asked who a persons source was once? and then said IT couldn't be true! if the didn't!
Funny how zulemara never is wrong? I was reading the Bolg a wile back and zulemara and this other poster where at each other and you said the post is closed and I saw post after but was deleted later! both got Nasty why did HE get the last word in the other was leaving a comment to his comment! but NO zulemara is correct I guess
"Dawn doesn't really work at Mr sisters," that CAN be proven! walk in on a Saturday Night and see for your self!
"A friend of a friend who knows a manager who knows an exec"
and this statement can NOT be true huh? so nobody but you knows what is and or MIGHT be going on? (rumors)?
funny you hear or see things and post what you have heard or see?
funny when others hear things you have not you tell me that I (we) who ever else is posting? can not be right? RIGHT?
I do delete hate speech and spam. Other than that, feel free to post what you want. As the moderator of any discussion I have the right to CLOSE a comment chain. I'll do that if a discussion goes off topic.
ReplyDeleteyes you can cut off anyone at any time!
ReplyDeleteI also read into what you have said! also (my opinion) that Zule. says what he wants. name calling (bad mouthing) and have not seen that deleted off!
I guess if you did that there goes your rumor,info facts?
I just remember when you did you said calm down he "Zulemara" kept going then the other one posted you deleted her/him and said it was closed
maybe it was not? but that is the way I remember it!
and yes I know I do not have to read this blog!
just looks to me one sided I guess as long as Zulemara keeps you informed it's OK! because he/she knows the inside info some how?
even then it has a chance that it will not happen?
and let ME say just like someone on here I know what I heard! from a source just like the other person(s)
truth of the matter is this Disney wants to keep there stuff under wraps! till it comes true!