AMC Theater finally getting a replacement at Downtown Disney

[TP2000]

LOL. You need to add "immersive" in there someplace.

Oh, darnit. You're right. I'm in lazy Friday mode already.

I went back and fixed it.

 

[mickEblu]

I'm right there with you. I never understood the frenzied mania for that restaurant or their food.

It was a reasonably good sandwich, don't get me wrong. But it was just a sandwich. With cafeteria grade tomato soup, plus bags of chips, and a serve yourself Coke machine. It was not life-altering fare, although some folks treated it as such.

I will forever be baffled by the adulation for Earl of Sandwich (an admittedly very clever name!). It's a sandwich place.

I think it may have something to do with it being the only place to get a quick and decent turkey sandwich at the whole resort? Also the price, it’s one of the only meals at DTD that isn’t costing you $25 per person and up.

 

[TP2000]

I think it may have something to do with it being the only place to get a quick and decent turkey sandwich at the whole resort? Also the price, it’s one of the only meals at DTD that isn’t costing you $25 per person and up.

True, and I understand that. But I generally head to Napolini when I need a quick bite there. Earl of Sandwich was a shlep down to the very far end of the place, or commuting via monorail.

I remember when some folks absolutely lost their mind when Earl of Sandwich announced its arrival in DTD about a decade ago. I assumed it was going to be some fabulous experience. It was just a nice sandwich place.

 

[Disney Irish]

Anyone want to back off their claim that the white space agey shade structure shown in this official rendering is not the new security screening area to enter Downtown Disney and the theme park security envelope?

Last chance, kids...

Nope, until either new art is released that shows different angles/views/etc., or the project is completed I'm still sticking with that not being a security screening area but rather a covered seating area or some other stage like area.

Unless of course you really think Disney is in the habit of now including water features in their security screening areas.

 

[TP2000]

Unless of course you really think Disney is in the habit of now including water features in their security screening areas.

I do when they finally get around to admitting that security screening is now an integral part of the theme park operation.

Of course, they should have realized that twenty years ago. Or when they were getting the Resort ready for the 50th. Or the 60th. But TDA is slow and cheap, and it's own execs increasingly have no idea what their own miserable "Guest Arrival Experience" is actually like.

Better late than never though, so bring on the water features and stunning lifestyle shade structures!

 

[Disney Irish]

I do when they finally get around to admitting that security screening is now an integral part of the theme park operation.

Of course, they should have realized that twenty years ago. Or when they were getting the Resort ready for the 50th. Or the 60th. But TDA is slow and cheap, and it's own execs increasingly have no idea what their own miserable "Guest Arrival Experience" is actually like.

Better late than never though, so bring on the water features and stunning lifestyle shade structures!

Or when it doesn't happen in that spot with the water feature finally admit that you were mistaken about something.....

BTW, I do believe a new screening area is coming, and it will be over by ESPN. I just don't believe that spot on the concept art is it, nor do I believe it'll look like that with a water feature.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Looks like the perfect spot for Mid Century Modern Security Screening and an Immersive, Multi-Cultural Stunning Lifestyle Space.

Also known as... theme park security checks next to a strip mall with a lawn.

Anyone want to back off their claim that the white space agey shade structure shown in this official rendering is not the new security screening area to enter Downtown Disney and the theme park security envelope?

Last chance, kids...

Nope, the circle/water feature is clearly visible in the Disneyland forward artwork, if that were the new security screening area you’d have to exit and be rescreened to go between the two parks , security will have to be nearer DL hotel to keep the new “esplanade” within the secure zone.

 

[truecoat]

I do when they finally get around to admitting that security screening is now an integral part of the theme park operation.

Of course, they should have realized that twenty years ago. Or when they were getting the Resort ready for the 50th. Or the 60th. But TDA is slow and cheap, and it's own execs increasingly have no idea what their own miserable "Guest Arrival Experience" is actually like.

Better late than never though, so bring on the water features and stunning lifestyle shade structures!

I have hope someday an exec will arrive and "Brubaker" Disneyland.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

We were at the parks this weekend and the AMC looks 99% normal from the front but the backside is already about 20% torn down.

 

[TP2000]

Nope, the circle/water feature is clearly visible in the Disneyland forward artwork, if that were the new security screening area you’d have to exit and be rescreened to go between the two parks , security will have to be nearer DL hotel to keep the new “esplanade” within the secure zone.

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I would take any artwork associated with the Disneyland Forward PR campaign with a huge chunk of salt. It's only meant to suggest possibilities for the typical Disney theme park land; elaborate themed facades covering up ride warehouses that form the perimeter of the property.

Disneyland Forward is planning for construction of the 2030's, and the plans for this property will change a half dozen times before then. It will have rides based on the Mega Box Office Hit of 2027, not on the more modest recent hits like Moana or Encanto.

Using anything from the vague Disneyland Forward art released in 2021 to predict what this area will look like by 2035 is like using this 1996 concept sketch for Anaheim's Downtown Disney, that actually showed up five years later looking far more mundane and cheaper.

 

[Phroobar]

I would take any artwork associated with the Disneyland Forward PR campaign with a huge chunk of salt. It's only meant to suggest possibilities for the typical Disney theme park land; elaborate themed facades covering up ride warehouses that form the perimeter of the property.

Disneyland Forward is planning for construction of the 2030's, and the plans for this property will change a half dozen times before then. It will have rides based on the Mega Box Office Hit of 2027, not on the more modest recent hits like Moana or Encanto.

Using anything from the vague Disneyland Forward art released in 2021 to predict what this area will look like by 2035 is like using this 1996 concept sketch for Anaheim's Downtown Disney, that actually showed up five years later looking far more mundane and cheaper.

Disney concept art was better back then.

 

[DCBaker]

 

[chadwpalm]

Looks like you can get a really good seat in the theater now.

 

[Phroobar]

I wonder why they are keeping the front facade.

 

[waltography]

Related to the news in the sister Paradise Pier Hotel thread, apparently Din Tai Fung is coming to Downtown Disney + UVA Bar and Catal are getting reimagined as Centrico and Paseo, respectively, with a new menu.

Din Tai Fung Coming to Downtown Disney, Reimagining Announced for UVA Bar and Catal

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blogmickey.com

Din Tai Fung has good xiao long bao so this is a win in my eyes, though it does seem a little close to their South Coast Plaza location.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Related to the news in the sister Paradise Pier Hotel thread, apparently Din Tai Fung is coming to Downtown Disney + UVA Bar and Catal are getting reimagined as Centrico and Paseo, respectively, with a new menu.

Din Tai Fung Coming to Downtown Disney, Reimagining Announced for UVA Bar and Catal

Walt Disney World news, photos, and reviews! We provide you with daily news from the Walt Disney World theme parks and beyond

blogmickey.com

Din Tai Fung has good xiao long bao so this is a win in my eyes, though it does seem a little close to their South Coast Plaza location.

Disappointing to hear about UVA/Catal, we really enjoy it. Seems odd to have two Mexican restaurants nearly side by side. I wonder if that means Tortilla Joes will be changing also?

 

[Stevek]

Din Tai Fung is awesome, when you can get a reservation. Will be very popular in DTD. Let’s hope nothing happens to Tortilla Joes. I don’t want gourmet Mexican, give me my regular old tacos, burrito and fajitas.

 

[Mickeyboof]

I’m going to miss the cartoonish style of the jazz kitchen. The rendering of the new concept is so lifeless and sterile. Sad. Who is going to Disney to experience architecture what is already in every mall and shopping center in the country….?

 

[britain]

I'm torn.

I don't care for this generic modern building. But I also never liked the "Look, it's like we're in New Orleans" restaurant sitting only a stone's throw away (but still clearly not IN) New Orleans Square. It felt like a forgotten organ on the floor of an operating room.

I similarly didn't like Rainforest Cafe with Adventureland sitting behind it... and the modern Disneyland tram stop cutting between them.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I’m going to miss the cartoonish style of the jazz kitchen. The rendering of the new concept is so lifeless and sterile. Sad. Who is going to Disney to experience architecture what is already in every mall and shopping center in the country….?

I agree, had they kept the wrought iron I think I’d be okay with the rest of the changes but it went from looking like a New Orleans style restaurant to a generic “could be anything” restaurant.

Looks more like a food court than a southern restaurant.