The press conference about
Pleasure Island and
Downtown Disney scheduled for this past Tuesday never happened but castmembers have been briefed and this morning a small number of details were released on the
Disney Parks Blog including several pieces of concept art.
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| The Mannequins building lives on in the rear portion in this artist's rendering of The Landing, the new name for Pleasure Island. What it will be, we don't know. The buildings in the front will be constructed in what is now the PI parking lot. Click on the link above for full details released. No store, restaurant or entertainment names have been officially released yet. |
Parking will be free despite the two parking garages according to the Orlando Sentinel
ReplyDeleteLooks like, well, looks pretty, but you know, no substance beyond it looking pretty.... and we all know what happens to stuff that looks pretty in the concept phase...
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling the former Mannequins building will be transformed into The Edison....
ReplyDeleteSo far, it looks like just another one of the big "town center" mega complexes that have been springing up all over for the last few years. Congrats, Disney, you've invented the shopping mall!
ReplyDeleteAnon at 3:06pm: Thanks for the report. Many were concerned about having to pay to park there.
ReplyDeleteAnon at 5:23pm: I think it was called Hyperion Wharf.
Anon at 5:35pm: That might be a very good guess. Mannequins is ill-suited for anything but a night club.
Anon at 6:29pm: Yes, a very nice mall. And I'm hoping the leaked names really are part of it; there's a bunch of them I'd love to have available to me here!
Hopefully Mr Wolber will see about opening nightclubs Mannequins and 8Trax they were two clubs that people enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteSo come on Mr Wolber you know what the nightclub people want.
My thoughts: Hate the name Disney Springs. Hate anything to do with the look of Key West or outlet malls which this new project evokes.
ReplyDeleteDISNEY SHOULD:
1.Scrap the name Disney Springs and leave the whole thing called Downtown Disney.
2. Get rid of the mall and old Florida feel and go back to the Hyperion Wharf LOOK with the lights and generators while not using the name.
3. Keep the water esque and garden feal of the water front area with plenty of running springs and fountains like Downtown Disney Anaheim has.
4.Give us back a full fledged adult nightlife scene
by:
5.Definitely bringing in The Edison and tie it into the light and generator theme that was Hyperion Wharf but not use the Mannequins building to do it.
6.Reopen Mannequins Dance Palace and make sure the rotating dance floor, dancers and cartridge shooters return and have it once again Disney owned and operated by Disney cast members.
7.Bring back nightly fireworks.
I'm annonymous at 12:06am. I forgot the last suggestion.
ReplyDelete8. Bring the Mad T Party or similar outdoor party to the nightlife area.
From: Tom Staggs on March 14th, 2013 at 7:05 pm
ReplyDeleteYes, Disney Springs will include some new nighttime entertainment geared toward adults. Stay tuned for more details on this in the future.
source: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/03/announcing-disney-springs-at-walt-disney-world-resort/