PizzeRizzo announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios - Was: Rumor: Pizza Planet/Mama Melrose closing?

[NearTheEars]

UNOs is the fake stuff. You need to go to Gino's east or giordanos for real Chicago stuffed pizza.

If we like UNO already, and it gets better from there we'll definitely have to try it out. UNO is just convenient for us right now on our shopping trips over there.

 

[TeriofTerror]

Not everyone is from the Northeast or Chicago. Its all about your baseline. People from the South probably think all the BBQ options are terrible. Where I live we have great Mexican food so I have never liked any of those joints at Disney.

I'm from Ohio, and outside of Via Napoli, little of what passes for pizza on Disney property is worth the calories consumed IMO. Pizza Planet? I've - I swear to your deity of preference - eaten better Weight Watchers pizzas on occasion. And don't even get me started on the poor quality of some of the barbecue options on property.
Disney does have some great food - even some really good counter service. But Pizza Planet is an abomination.

 

[roj2323]

Disney does have some great food - even some really good counter service. But Pizza Planet is an abomination.

This is very true.

 

[lnsemsf]

Pizza Planet is going to be closed from Jan 11 - Late 2016. Mamma's was not put on the list, at least as of today.

 

[flyerjab]

Pizza Planet is going to be closed from Jan 11 - Late 2016. Mamma's was not put on the list, at least as of today.

The plot thickens...

 

[GhostHost1000]

Pizza Planet is going to be closed from Jan 11 - Late 2016. Mamma's was not put on the list, at least as of today.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!


oh wait... Pizza Planet?

 

[twebber55]

pizza planet is getting a refurb after the holidays

hmmmm

 

[andysol]

@marni1971 @articos @Lee
You guys hearing anything about what this might end up being? Could we finally be getting the Swedish chef layover we've been hoping for or will it just be a generic restaurant (or God forbid be some displaced pizza planet still)

 

[networkpro]

But Beer and Cappuccino cupcakes!

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I can see disney announcing a small muppet studios land sometime next year. It would be a relatively easy retheme that would hold us over a little longer.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

This is Pizza:

There's 3 Giordano's pizza locations to choose from, all nearby, so there's no excuse.
[/QUOTE]
Chicago Style Pizza isn't for everyone. I am more of a thin crust person myself although I don't mind deep dish pizza once in a while.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

I am glad that Pizza Planet is getting a long refurbishment and I am hoping there is going to a retheme of the place. I can't speak about the pizza there, but the area it is in doesn't make any sense from a theme standpoint.

 

[BuddyThomas]

AM I the only one that thinks that the food at PP is okay? Pizza is pizza to me.....

I think you are awesome, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Pizza is definitely not pizza. Or something.
This is pizza:

This is also pizza, an amazing one from Brooklyn:

This too is pizza:

On the other hand, this is not pizza, not really, unless you put "generic" in front of the word "pizza":

Nor is this hellish platter:

And definitely not this insane looking thing, whatever it is:

 

[draybook]

I think you are awesome, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Pizza is definitely not pizza. Or something.
This is pizza:
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This is also pizza, an amazing one from Brooklyn:
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This too is pizza:
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On the other hand, this is not pizza, not really, unless you put "generic" in front of the word "pizza":

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Nor is this hellish platter:
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And definitely not this insane looking thing, whatever it is:
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Well, sir, your mounting evidence has piqued my interest.

 

[jmuboy]

This entire area was planned to be muppet themed. So making mama melrose a "rizzo" theme and pizza planet a Swedish chef theme would be easy. Throw in a flat ride "ala" toy story land in Paris and you have a "new" mini theme area. I'd be fine with this as we wait for toy story and Star Wars.

 

[flyerjab]

Maybe we should just start a pizza thread...

 

[marni1971]

So if Pizza Planet were to close, but reopen later in the year?

 

[RSoxNo1]

Nope, that isn't pizza, that is Chicago-style deep dish pizza. No one in the UK would recognise that as pizza.

Pizza is what I get from Domino's, American style thick crust.
Italian style think crust pizza is what Via Napoli serves.

All three types can exist, everyone has their own preference.

 

[flyerjab]

So if Pizza Planet were to close, but reopen later in the year?

I think we need some smarter people to take a stab at what this comment means.

EDIT: Unless the only point of the comment was to steer everyone off of pizza and back to the topic at hand. I usually take comments from Martin to mean slightly more than what they appear to be.

 

[YodaMan]

I think we need some smarter people to take a stab at what this comment means.

Not really. If it closed permanently on January 11, surely the idea is that the building would be demo'd for Star Wars. If it closed on January 11 and reopened shortly after, surely the idea would be just a quick and needed refurb. But to close on January 11 and reopen at the end of 2016? That would have to mean a major re theme, which is what the thread was always hinting at.