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When Disney released numerous pieces of concept art of Disney Springs to the press a couple weeks ago, one of the most intriguing pieces was the one above with a relatively closeup look at The Landing, the future name for what now is Pleasure Island. One can stare at this image for a long time and try to figure out what one sees. So let me tell you what I see:1) Let's ignore the built-up area in the front, to be constructed on what is now Parking Lots E-F-G.
2) The No. 2 Bridge is still there, in the middle on the far right.
3) The water in the middle seems wider than The Waterfront that is currently located between the Island and the parking lot. Supposedly the Disney Springs theme will originate here.
4) The building that is currently Mannequins is most definitely still there. We don't know what it will be. The adjacent 8TRAX section is still there as is the building currently housing Curl.
5) The roundish Raglan Road is still there.
6) Behind Raglan Road, in the upper right, is the building housing a "lighthouse" style restaurant; perhaps this is the Schussler Creative long-rumored "Classic Old Boats" restaurant.
7) Are those submarines sailing around Village Lake, or just boats used in connection with the restaurant?
8) Just a peak at Paradiso 37 popping up behind 8TRAX. But behind Paradiso is another building, apparently located out on a section of land reclaimed from the lake.
9) The top of the Adventurers Club also can be seen against the lake. Other concept art shows the building with steam locomotive sticking out of the building so something is going in there.
10) Soundstage and the bathrooms by the No. 4 Bridge are gone, replaced with a multi-story building constructed in a Spanish colonial styling.
11) The Comedy Warehouse building gets a completely new look using lots of glass.
12) One can see the No. 3 Bridge, currently used by CM's only.
12) On the Waterfront side of CW, a new large building and a new adjacent covered area that looks kind of like a boat landing/boarding area.
What do you see?
I see partying on Hill St.
ReplyDeleteOR could just be in the drawings to show you where things are to give you an idea where things are now and going got be with out!
ReplyDeleteFACT!! they had drawing of hyperion wharf! and look it got changed! to Disney Springs!
fact or not disney springs could get cut out also? that is just Disney!
what I see is the bridge near Raglan Road/Mannequns has been moved! if you look at the bridge now it goes up to the middle of the Raglan Road/mannequins no to the left of Raglan Road! I see bridge NO. 4 behind the new building! looks like Planet Hollywood is gone! but I saw in other images it was still there?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it will be Mannequins again, why not?
ReplyDeleteDisney, please right this huge wrong and bring back Mannequins Dance Palace once and for all. Everybody wants it.
ReplyDeleteMannequins was voted best night club in the southeast!!! Why on earth would you want to deliberately throw that away??? I miss it as much now as on the day it closed, and I always will. MDP was one of a kind.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the DOWNTOWN DISNEY brochure dated 9/30/01, page 10, Mannequins Dance Palace was "Voted #1 dance club in the United States."
ReplyDeleteDisney, are you LISTENING to the public? I saw the comments on the Disney blog specifically asking for Mannequins Dance Palace by name OVER and OVER. Come on.
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