David Copperfield and WDW

Julius & Boobah · Jul 22, 2006

Maybe I'm going crazy but I could have sworn when I was a kid around the same time as I saw "teaser" posters for TOT I thought I saw something plugging an attraction or show or something to do with David Copperfield.

What was this and what happened to it.... or am I just insane?:veryconfu

Uponastar · Jul 22, 2006

I remember that too!
I recall a billboard type advertisement right outiside the entrance to one of the parks. . .I think it might have been MGM. . .with his picture. This is going back a few years!

Skippy · Jul 22, 2006

You're not crazy, there was a poster up in the front of Disney Studios, but the project didn't get as far as planned and was cancelled.

magicwebchannel.com said:
In 1996, David Copperfield announced plans for an interactive, magic-themed restaurant, Copperfield Magic Underground, to be located in Times Square in New York and at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, and those are just the beginning. Unlike theme restaurants of the 90s, Copperfield Magic Underground will take patrons on a magical adventure where they will actually experience the magic as they dine.

wdwmagic.com said:
Dec 15, 1998

Rumours indicate that the whole David Copperfield project has been aborted. This follows the failure of the first project in New York.

The giant poster outside Disney Studios has been replaced with Rock n Rollercoaster.

Uponastar · Jul 22, 2006

I was right about it being at the Studios!
Thanks for clearing that one up!

Julius & Boobah · Jul 22, 2006

ah ok glad I'm not going mad! definitely remember it being outside the studios on the billboard to your left as you exit to get the tram.

I remember the teaser posters of TOT too and thinking "I wonder what that ride will be like".

tecowdw · Jul 22, 2006

Julius & Boobah said:
ah ok glad I'm not going mad! definitely remember it being outside the studios on the billboard to your left as you exit to get the tram.

I remember the teaser posters of TOT too and thinking "I wonder what that ride will be like".

There was a poster in a West Side store window also for awhile. The store that is immediately right of the AMC entrance across from PI (current name escapes me).

Oh well, theme restaurants are so 90's anyway!

Julius & Boobah · Jul 22, 2006

They are very 90's BUT I LOVE Rainforest Cafe, Hard Rock AND Planet Hollywood still.

darthjohnny · Jul 22, 2006

Yeah, I remember that rumor when I was younger. It came around right about the same time Fantasmic! was being built.

Uponastar · Jul 22, 2006

Julius & Boobah said:
They are very 90's BUT I LOVE Rainforest Cafe, Hard Rock AND Planet Hollywood still.

Me too!

Skippy · Jul 22, 2006

In November 1997, a David Copperfield Magic Underground store opened in Downtown Disney's West Side. I don't think it's there anymore, perhaps it was replaced by Magic Masters, there now?

animay · Jul 22, 2006

I don't believe Copperfield's store ever opened. It was just signs on the windows. Eventually they turned the space into what is now the Mickey's Groove shop. The Magic Masters store is in a different location and opened long after the Copperfield signs were removed.

Mecha Figment · Jul 22, 2006

so if themed resteraunts are so 90's how come they are building another one in down town disney.

ballewclan · Jul 22, 2006

Mecha Figment said:
so if themed resteraunts are so 90's how come they are building another one in down town disney.

They're converting the current rainforest cafe, not building another restaurant.

Skippy · Jul 22, 2006

ballewclan said:
They're converting the current rainforest cafe, not building another restaurant.

If you're talking about the T-Rex themed restaurant... It's 'replacing' the Rainforect Cafe??

coastermaster83 · Jul 22, 2006

Wait which Rainforest Cafe the one at AK? Cus that one was up and running just a few months ago when I was at AK.

marni1971 · Jul 23, 2006

Note the dates:

Skippy · Jul 23, 2006

Thanks marni! I was looking for a picture of that last night but couldn't find a thing.

erasure fan1 · Jul 23, 2006

I think he is going to make the hat disappear.:lookaroun

Thelazer · Jul 23, 2006

I happen to have a hand drawing of the concept of what the place was to look like. It was laid out, basically in the shape of a "Mickey Mouse" head. The two ears were the entrance and exit of the place. There was a "transition" tunnel that involved some sort of special effect, allowing you into the place. Very much along the lines of the elevators in Disney quest.

Other tidbits:

D.A.V.I.D- Digital Audio Video Interface Device would be used to allow David to remotely interact with the guests in the restaurant. It was basically a high tech videophone system.

The waiters would perform magic tricks as they severed your meal.

Some tables would "Float" as well as other items around the restaurant.

The land for the restaurant was in the process of being cleared and built, plans had been drawn and it wasn't cheap for him to shut down the building process.

djronnieb · Jul 23, 2006

where was it suposed to be built?

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