News Caribbean Beach Expansion

[surfsupdon]

Captain’s Tavern and Shutters were both superior names.

Speaking of Captain’s Tavern, that original afterthought of a restaurant and the original food court felt very Pirates of the Caribbean. Remember the stone walls, wrought iron details, and gas lights?? It worked so well.

 

[Jon81uk]

PHOTOS - New concept art for the upcoming Centertown Market at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort

This seems to show regsters with menus behind them, I'm not familiar with the old quick service at CBR, but does this indicate they are moving away from the food court style system of getting your food first and then paying. I would much prefer ordering and then table trackers (similar to D-Luxe burgers at DS or Be Our Guest at MK) for hot food. Most of the moderate and deluxe food courts could benefit from this sort of service.

 

[Bocabear]

It looks like a Pollo Tropical fast food restaurant with an upgraded theming package...The Palapa ceiling tratment is nice but the rest...Meh... Which has been this whole project...gone are the great thematic details..the stonework and gas lamps, the POC type decor... replaced by the mundane faux caribbean theming you can see at your local smoothie shop.

 

[Missing20K]

It looks like a Pollo Tropical fast food restaurant with an upgraded theming package...The Palapa ceiling tratment is nice but the rest...Meh... Which has been this whole project...gone are the great thematic details..the stonework and gas lamps, the POC type decor... replaced by the mundane faux caribbean theming you can see at your local smoothie shop.

We haven't always seen eye to eye but this is a fantastic description based on the banal concept art.

 

[Bocabear]

We haven't always seen eye to eye but this is a fantastic description based on the banal concept art.

It started a while back, but I am wondering if they are just jobbing all the interior design work out to a company that does bland corporate hospitality work... There is a real lack of Disney Details in all of the recent projects... Banal is the perfect word...

 

[TJJohn12]

Has anyone laid eyes (I've seen the photo reports - it's tough to tell from them) on the progress on CBR? Anyone that's been on the ground hazard a guess as to completion date?

 

[Missing20K]

It started a while back, but I am wondering if they are just jobbing all the interior design work out to a company that does bland corporate hospitality work... There is a real lack of Disney Details in all of the recent projects... Banal is the perfect word...

Not sure of the cause, but I feel it extends to both interior and exterior designs of nearly all of the hospitality (lodging and dining) aspects of the property.

Awe-inspiring design doesn't seem to mesh well with maintaining dividends or share buybacks in the short term. The long con, of course, is that awe-inspiring design creates a competitive advantage that leads to consistent dividends and share buybacks. Real chicken and egg problem they've created for themselves.

 

[EmperorKuzco]

Has anyone laid eyes (I've seen the photo reports - it's tough to tell from them) on the progress on CBR? Anyone that's been on the ground hazard a guess as to completion date?

October 1.

 

[MickeyWiki]

October 1.

I have also heard October 1

 

[TJJohn12]

I have also heard October 1

Heard and "it looks like they might hit that target" are different. ;-) Here's to hoping - we arrive on October 6.

 

[lawdogNOLA]

October 1.

That's what I've been suggesting is their target. October 1, 2018, is the 30th Anniversary of the opening of Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, and the 47th anniversary of the opening of WDW. Considering the progress that has been made, and they still have a month and 1/2 to play with, it's definitely a possibility. But with storm season still to come, they're going to hold their cards close to the vest. I also think they want for the big cranes at the Riviera to come down before they reboot CBR, to make it look less like a construction zone.

The new entrance is in place; it will literally just take them a matter of hours to put up the new signage for the new entrance on Victory Way, so I won't be surprised if we get as little as 2 weeks notice, or less, for the grand re-opening (and after Sept. 15th is when hurricane season traditionally starts to wind down, not, of course, a guarantee).

 

[lawdogNOLA]

Captain’s Tavern and Shutters were both superior names.

Speaking of Captain’s Tavern, that original afterthought of a restaurant and the original food court felt very Pirates of the Caribbean. Remember the stone walls, wrought iron details, and gas lights?? It worked so well.

Yeah, it really did, and that was way before the movies came out.

 

[lawdogNOLA]

ALSO wondering if the CBR marina will reopen to give CBR and Deluxe Riviera Guests the option to boat.

Barefoot Bay is large and beautiful for a boat ride.

They've just repainted the lighthouse, and it says Barefoot Bay Boat Yard on it, so, looks good!

 

[surfsupdon]

They've just repainted the lighthouse, and it says Barefoot Bay Boat Yard on it, so, looks good!

Yes!! Thank you.

And wasn’t Captain’s Tavern the coolest with those stone walls and gas lights. It was so cool as a kid.

 

[Bartattack]

I have also heard October 1

I checked in at Caribbean beach yesterday and I can confirm that the (still unofficial) opening is october 1.
The cast-member also said it will be one of the most techological advanced lobbies.. whatever that means.

 

[Bartattack]

Picture of the work being done on the new entrance at old port royal...

 

[GoofGoof]

Picture of the work being done on the new entrance at old port royal...

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I’m always torn when I see stuff like this. The new resort common areas look cool and will be an overall upgrade, but there’s some attachment to the way things were....and I’m not talking about the Riviera plans, just some of the smaller stuff around the resort common areas. I don’t want to open that debate again.

 

[Bartattack]

Things happening at the entrance of Old port royal. It seems they are working on the new road/parking. A lot of people busy.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Am I the only one that feels this "refurb" has been going on for an eternity?

 

[pektas]

Am I the only one that feels this "refurb" has been going on for an eternity?

It has but i read somewhere that the hurricane set them back a few months