MK Frontierland Shootin' arcade to close and replaced with DVC Member lounge

[donaldtoo]

Got a text 30 mins ago saying "soon."

At this point the lounge closes in 45 minutes. I'm just going to stick it out.

What…? Not “Magically soon”…?!

 

[SoFloMagic]

Got a text 30 mins ago saying "soon."

At this point the lounge closes in 45 minutes. I'm just going to stick it out.

Think this is a long term issue due to capacity or just an issue of everybody wanting to be the first to try it?

 

[invader]

Think this is a long term issue due to capacity or just an issue of everybody wanting to be the first to try it?

Rope drop culture. Everyone has to be first.

 

[SoFloMagic]

Rope drop culture. Everyone has to be first.

And last

 

[rle4lunch]

It's the first day..

 

[lentesta]

Got in about 5:30 pm.

Think this is a long term issue due to capacity or just an issue of everybody wanting to be the first to try it?

I think it's capacity. A lot of the people waiting to get into it were not "highly active on social media" types, I'd guess.

 

[RememberWhen]

Got in about 5:30 pm.


I think it's capacity. A lot of the people waiting to get into it were not "highly active on social media" types, I'd guess.

Oh! Maybe they can expand!
@lentesta , what did you think, aside from the absurd wait?

 

[GenChi]

Can't believe Bobby I didn't implement additional paid Lightning Lane for earlier access to the DVC scam snackroom

Man he's slipping

 

[MagicEye99]

Legit looks like a Cracker Barrel. I guess that’s the level of “immersion” we should get used to nowadays.

 

[donaldtoo]

I still say, what this lounge needs is a shootin’ arcade…!!!!!

 

[Naplesgolfer]

I joined the waiting list at 1:30 pm. Just started hour 4 of waiting to get in.

They quoted us a 2-hour estimate. Clearly underestimated the appeal of sitting down with free soda.

When you get tired of waiting I will see you in the Nautilus bar.

 

[PK2]

Looks nice. I'll never see it.

I really hate these exclusive "lounges", they should stop locking off random sections of the parks to people who sign up for timeshares. Everything else is overcrowded enough as it is. I want to go upstairs at Imagination again, but I'm not signing myself up for tens of thousands of dollars of commitment to a destination an ocean away to do so.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Looks nice. I'll never see it.

I really hate these exclusive "lounges", they should stop locking off random sections of the parks to people who sign up for timeshares. Everything else is overcrowded enough as it is. I want to go upstairs at Imagination again, but I'm not signing myself up for tens of thousands of dollars of commitment to a destination an ocean away to do so.

Was upstairs at imagination ever open to the public? I thought it was a sponsor lounge before it was a DVC lounge.

 

[Tuvalu]

Was upstairs at imagination ever open to the public? I thought it was a sponsor lounge before it was a DVC lounge.

It was open to all as the upstairs Imageworks until 1998. It contained really cool interactive exhibits for all ages.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Legit looks like a Cracker Barrel. I guess that’s the level of “immersion” we should get used to nowadays.

But it has references to actually/formerly good things on the wall. That's the main difference between Disney and anywhere else now.

 

[John park hopper]

Bob has made it clear their target group now is DVC members ---it makes them a ton of guarantied money. I remember when guest satisfaction was the goal --how times have changed

 

[lentesta]

When you get tired of waiting I will see you in the Nautilus bar.

My lawyer says I don't know what you're referring to, my good sir or madam.

 

[lentesta]

Oh! Maybe they can expand!
@lentesta , what did you think, aside from the absurd wait?

It's plain and dark to the point of being unwelcoming. The photos below seem brighter to me than the inside felt.

There is a handful of photos on the walls, one painting, and a couple of knickknacks. I'm pretty sure the second floor is a reduced-scale prop and can't be used for anything.

It's a brown box with a soda fountain and snacks. It's not at all an interesting space that you'd want to spend time in.

 

[lentesta]

I still say, what this lounge needs is a shootin’ arcade…!!!!!

For the few minutes I could stand being in there, using the old shootin' arcade targets as kinetic decor was the first thing I thought of. Totally flummoxed as to why this didn't happen.

 

[Purduevian]

Is it me, or does this space seem way bigger than the old shooting arcade? Did they expand out behind it, or does it extend further forward?