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Yeah, the shops on Discovery Island were more or less interchangeable, no big loss there. Much better and more interesting merch in Asia and especially in Africa.

As I stated in another thread, my guess is that this has more to do with the loss of cast member overflow parking backstage than immediate increases in crowd levels (or more people driving cars) due to Avatar construction. They used to have guests park in the cast parking lot on busy days and...

They did it in AK when they turned Beastly Bazaar into Adventurers Outpost and rumors are they'll do it again when they turn Creature Comforts into a Starbucks.

That could explain it as well. I was just offering an uninteresting explanation for uninteresting news. :D

I would guess it has more to do with the fact that they used to have guests park in the cast parking lot at particularly busy times and have cast members park in an overflow area which is now a construction zone.

I wish they'd change the layout while they were at it. The drive in to the lot is so convoluted compared to the other parks.

I've always thought the Omnidroid from The Incredibles would be a good theme for a spinner.

Care to guess what was the number 1 selling Blu-ray was last week? It was a movie that supposedly no one cares about anymore. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=14165 Granted, it was mostly because a major retailer was having a big sale, but I think it shows that AVATAR isn't quite as forgotten as...

For what it's worth, this supposedly is the construction that makes the parade route impassible.

Most popular rumor for the Starbucks location seems to be Creature Comforts.

Number 34 on the current park map. It's a food kiosk near the bathrooms by Flights of Wonder. The new path will connect to a path that's already there.

They're expanding Mombassa Marketplace and putting in a counter service restaurant with outdoor seating. The path will come out in the Bradley Falls area. These aren't rumors or speculation, this is something cast members were told at the most recent cast party. They were also told about...

Hopefully early enough in 2017 that there are soft openings in late 2016. Yeah, probably not.

Those are trailers that the construction crews are using for now and they can be cleared away in no time if they need to build there.

I think the groundbreaking ceremony with huge blue shovels counts as fanfare.

I believe it's not only the exact same amount of seating, it's also the exact same seats.

There's lots of work going on, but none of it is interesting. Yet.

The parade is going away because construction on Discovery Island will make the parade route impossible to use. Expect new construction walls to go up the very next day. They keep saying new entertainment will be offered, but have given no specifics.

According to eyewitness reports, the walkway between Africa and AVATAR will go below the backstage bridge along Discovery River.

Cast members working crowd control.