Downtown Disney expansion to be officially announced Tuesday 12 March

[dreamscometrue]

This made me feel like we're pro wrestlers. I think we should all spend the next week picking entrance music.

Dibs on 'You can fly, you can fly, you can fly', from Peter Pan. (I never said I was a rugged pro wrestler )

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Restaurants are going to have to adapt to the new environment. Even if calories on a menu are not mandated nation wide, I can pull it up on my phone in seconds. I and many others do make decisions on where I go and what I eat based on what those numbers tell me.

If you look at calorie count lists, you probably should just avoid places with words like Cheesecake and Factory in their names unless you can find an Edemame Warehouse.

 

[Master Yoda]

yeah this guy is an ***hole.

Was on Small World recently. Had the nerve to point out everything wrong with the attraction from start to finish.

Poor little girl in front of us couldn't experience the ride at all because she was upset about things not working.

He totally ruined that ride for that family and annoyed the hell out of me.

Maybe it is just me, but thanks to Twitter and the constant need for attention shown by many Disney bloggers, I am having a hard time seeing them as anything other than this....

 

[Ignohippo]

As someone mentioned before, Bobby Flay or Guy Feyrri being there would be great. A partnership with the Food Network and some of their on air folks would be sure to drive business. I'm pretty excited to see something that appears substantial being built, even though I would love to see more being done in the parks themselves.

That's exactly what they need! Make it so! They got Cat Corra for the Boardwalk, so hopefully we'll get lucky.

 

[Ignohippo]

Oh yummy, Debevik's! We should only be that fortunate.

Some "wets" would really hit the spot right now.

 

[Master Yoda]

If you look at calorie count lists, you probably should just avoid places with words like Cheesecake and Factory in their names unless you can find an Edemame Warehouse.

Quite true.

Don't get me wrong, I still love the crap food that will put me in an early grave and have no vendetta against the places that sell it. I just like it in moderation and having the data makes that at least possible.

 

[Rosso11]

They really should get The Jekyll and Hyde club from New York to open a location in DTD. They just opened a new location in Times Square. The food needs to be improved but the setting is perfect for Disney. http://www.jekyllandhydeclub.com/

 

[Tigger1988]

Didn't DisneyQuest have a Cheesecake Factory for a few years? Pretty sure that was the first CF I ever encountered.

 

[Master Yoda]

Didn't DisneyQuest have a Cheesecake Factory for a few years? Pretty sure that was the first CF I ever encountered.

Yes. It was kind of like a CF express.

 

[muteki]

The vendors have been involved in this for months, they know all they need to know. Today was about the public.

Things are moving quicker than I expected then if they have most of the vendors signed up already. Fingers crossed this actually gets built this time around.

 

[DisneyDelirious]

I'm kind of surprised they don't have it set up in front of a green-screen for their announcements, pretty much blue-skies any time they need it!

If they still had a working studio at DHS, they could surely create an beautiful sunny day inside and none would be the wiser.

 

[InsiderImagine]

Maybe it is just me, but thanks to Twitter and the constant need for attention shown by many Disney bloggers, I am having a hard time seeing them as anything other than this....

Yea. He whined the whole time on the attraction about the dolls and how some of them were not working properly.

I wanted to turn around and slap him but I am sure he would of whined to Disney and got free stuff out of it.

 

[wdwmagic]

Things are moving quicker than I expected then if they have most of the vendors signed up already. Fingers crossed this actually gets built this time around.

It is definitely going ahead, and they have been working with vendors on this for a long time now. Once this thing is done, I think everyone will be glad that they did abort Hyperion Wharf. The new project is significantly better.

 

[Lee]

They really should get The Jekyll and Hyde club from New York to open a location in DTD. They just opened a new location in Times Square. The food needs to be improved but the setting is perfect for Disney. http://www.jekyllandhydeclub.com/

Quoted for truth.
I loves me some J&H.

 

[wdw71fan]

It is definitely going ahead, and they have been working with vendors on this for a long tie now. Once this thing is done, I think everyone will be glad that they did abort Hyperion Wharf. The new project is significantly better.

That's because this project is actually mature.. HW was announced too early in the process.. Just like Fantasyland

 

[bhg469]

Didn't DisneyQuest have a Cheesecake Factory for a few years? Pretty sure that was the first CF I ever encountered.

I had the same first experience with cheesecake factory as you. The "express" was an understatement. I recall a few sandwiches and 1/4 the dessert menu as an actual cf location. When one opened here I didn't expect the menu to be so huge.

 

[Ignohippo]

They have a working relationship with Landry's, and that company has come up with original concepts for many similar areas around the country (including Disney). Those of us on internet message boards aren't the innovators here, we're just the ones that are saying, "Sorry, but you can do better."

Yes, and aren't Landry's expected to have at least 2 new concepts as part of Disney Springs? There aren't too many other companies (with unique and innovative concepts) out there like Landry's.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

I have heard that Universal is interested in getting a Jeckel abnd Hyde into CityWalk.

 

[Stupido]

If it makes you guys feel any better, one of my best friends who works at BBB just texted me confirming that they're telling cast members about it today... Shouldn't be too long before we get an official announcement!

 

[wdwmagic]

If it makes you guys feel any better, one of my best friends who works at BBB just texted me confirming that they're telling cast members about it today... Shouldn't be too long before we get an official announcement!

Yes the plan was for public announcement, along with briefing to WDW leaders and cast. The public announcement has been delayed from the original plan, but the cast presentations are going ahead.