Adventureland Veranda: The next Club 33?

muteki

muteki

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tirian said:
They should do this but keep it open to the public as a regular restaurant.

A Club 71 should be a bit more discreet.
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Agree, it not being open is a huge waste.

And TDO probably thinks that the restaurant is discrete. There is no way anyone noticed it being closed all these years.
 
ABQ

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I'd like to see more of the place. Only been in there during the MVMCP and that was just to the counter for cookies a cocoa. Has anyone been out on the veranda when it was open?
 
Expo_Seeker40

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R W B said:
I like this idea.

Now if TDO actually does this, how much do you think a membership would be? Doesnt Club 33 have a $25k buy in plus annual dues? I'd imagine anything in Orlando would be more then the West Coast.
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I don't think Orlando would charge as much as Anaheim. Sure, there are wealthy areas in the Orlando suburbs as well as APers who drive from affluent places in say Tampa and Miami, but I don't think it would have the same high prices as in Anaheim.
 
Expo_Seeker40

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tirian said:
They should do this but keep it open to the public as a regular restaurant.

A Club 71 should be a bit more discreet.
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I loved eating at "Walt's" at Disneyland Paris. A Club 33 vibe overlooking Main Street with a nice menu and decor, but this is TDO we're talking about...the milkers of everything.
 
Expo_Seeker40

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kap91 said:
How is club 33 easy for lifestylers to join? A $10,000-20,000 deposit plus annual dues of the same to be put on a ten year waiting list isn't exclusive? And that's if the waiting list is even open. Or did I miss the memo and now it's included in my d23 membership?

I like the idea of an exclusive club I guess, but since the odds of me ever getting in are astronomically low I'd rather they just open the veranda back up in general. I like the idea of adding some adventurers club style elements through.
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The powers that be of Club 33 and Club 1901, revamped the system, so that members were given less guest passes among other perks diminished. The gold level membership and business membership are gone for new members, but many existing members are grandfathered into those memberships.

Most of the people you see dining at Club 33 and 1901 are not members, but their guests. This took off a few years ago thanks to social media. There are quite a number of bloggers and photographers, who couldn't afford the 25k depost plus 10k annual fees, but have been able to get in due to their BRAND advocacy for Disney.

There's aren't as many current members paying the crazy 10,000 year fee. Many are comped from their company, and pay lower dues from memberships no longer available to new members.

When I was a member of Soho Beach House in Miami, I payed $1,800 in annual dues for two different restaurants, a bar, two pools, banquet facilities, a library, guest speakers, events, a private beach, and a pool boy. Yes I saw celebrities there and mingled with them (That's what we do in media...comes with the job), but club lifestylers wouldn't be caught dead there thanks to tight security and the rigorous application and approval process as well as the limit of only having up to three guests with you and you had to be there in person with them. I got all of that for that $1,800 a month whereas the new members out in Anaheim pay $10,000 a year for (what is now for them) a slightly bigger club and some theme park perks that don't even come close to $10,000.

A Club 71 in Orlando would easily get members joining (lets say 5k a year) some of them couldn't even afford it, but they'd do it, and then you'd get the brand advocates and lifestylers visiting as well.
 
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Buried20KLeague

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Expo_Seeker40 said:
I don't think Orlando would charge as much as Anaheim. Sure, there are wealthy areas in the Orlando suburbs as well as APers who drive from affluent places in say Tampa and Miami, but I don't think it would have the same high prices as in Anaheim.
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If there's a 10-15 year wait list for Club 33 in Anaheim (trust me, I know), I'm quite certain an Orlando version would have no trouble keeping a full guest list. In the grand scheme of things, the money it costs is fairly minimal for even a small business owner when it's treated as a business expense.

And if anyone thinks TDO wouldn't charge at LEAST what Anaheim charges, I've got some property in Flamingo Crossings to sell you.
 
jt04

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Buried20KLeague said:
If there's a 10-15 year wait list for Club 33 in Anaheim (trust me, I know), I'm quite certain an Orlando version would have no trouble keeping a full guest list. In the grand scheme of things, the money it costs is fairly minimal for even a small business owner when it's treated as a business expense.

And if anyone thinks TDO wouldn't charge at LEAST what Anaheim charges, I've got some property in Flamingo Crossings to sell you.
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WDW could support at least 2 clubs.
 
Expo_Seeker40

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Club or no Club, just don't get Kim involved!

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Master Yoda

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kap91 said:
How is club 33 easy for lifestylers to join? A $10,000-20,000 deposit plus annual dues of the same to be put on a ten year waiting list isn't exclusive? And that's if the waiting list is even open. Or did I miss the memo and now it's included in my d23 membership?

I like the idea of an exclusive club I guess, but since the odds of me ever getting in are astronomically low I'd rather they just open the veranda back up in general. I like the idea of adding some adventurers club style elements through.
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You basically need to know someone who knows someone.

I am about as low as you can be on the Disney fandom totem pole and I have a couple of standing offers to go to Club 33 if I ever make it to the west coast.
 
Magenta Panther

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Sped2424 said:
What's more discreet than a secret society of adventurers? But I kinda like panthers statement, clubs for an elite few are not going to do me any favors. How cool would it be if this space became a restaurant with an adventurers club theme. Throw in interactive elements all throughout and give it the same level of immersiveness as the Be our guest restaurant and they could have a real winner.
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And heaven knows, Adventureland needs something new. I've been pushing for a Pirates-themed restaurant myself, but an Adventurer's-type Club theme would be much better. It would be something original, not just a spin-off of an existing attraction. (Or necessarily a resurrection of the Adventurer's Club in DTD. Although that would be fine with me.)
 
RandomPrincess

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Master Yoda said:
You get an exclusive place to entertain clientele.

There are numerous supper clubs and the like that offer the same thing all over the country. Club 33 is merely one of the most famous ones.
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Yup my grandfather's work had a Club 33 membership in the 70s and 80s - when he was working. He would take clients and potential clients.
 

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