Bolt
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They're doing a sign at the West Side entrance, too.
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Disney Springs construction begins
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dreamscometrue
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Thanks for the photo update. 
halltd
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I still have doubts this is a Disney bus lane. It just doesn't make logical sense when you look at the site plan. Service lane, sure. Bus lane? Nope.
roj2323
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That new Disney Springs entrance sign/display looks like a fountain base to me. This could end up being pretty cool when it's done.
dreamscometrue
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Sweet. Thanks for posting.I almost forgot, I took some pictures from the Orange Garage on Saturday night.
CaptainAmerica
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Can anyone confirm what the current bus situation looks like and when it's expected to change? We're staying in Congress Park at Saratoga Springs in a few weeks and we'd love to be able to use the Marketplace bus stop.
dreamscometrue
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Because that's the lime garage.
cindy_k
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Yes, but they are green on the orange garage too. They are exactly the same.Because that's the lime garage.
I didn't get a picture as we pulled into it on Saturday. But they are the same dull green as on the lime garage.
To blend in with the landscape - grass and trees.
cindy_k
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lol wow, no amount of green screen is ever going to make those giant concrete and metal square structures blend into the landscape.But orange screens might help the hapless tourist remember where they parked.
Perhaps blend is the wrong word. Compliment may be better. I think it works well.
But orange screens might help the hapless tourist remember where they parked.
MKCP 1985
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I was down last week and had the chance to walk around a bit. Was the exterior paint at Planet Hollywood ever that dirty before the construction? It was really surprisingly grimy and you can get a sense of it in @cindy_k 's photo at post 1931.
Walking from the orange parking garage back toward the original 1970s Disney Village buildings, most everything "spring" is behind a construction wall.
The Boathouse is already a welcome addition and draws a lot of interest when the vehicles are getting ready to launch. I heard a cast member give a quote of just over $120 for a party of two to take the cruise so the price is greater than the novelty to me, but an onlooker told me he thought that to be a reasonable price, so perhaps they will continue to do well.
It was my opinion the Hangar Bar could add a few more food items to its menu and do much better during the day but I would expect it is very popular when the sun goes down and more people are in search of a drink.
It will likely be a while before my next visit and so I will look forward to the reports here of the finished product.
Walking from the orange parking garage back toward the original 1970s Disney Village buildings, most everything "spring" is behind a construction wall.
The Boathouse is already a welcome addition and draws a lot of interest when the vehicles are getting ready to launch. I heard a cast member give a quote of just over $120 for a party of two to take the cruise so the price is greater than the novelty to me, but an onlooker told me he thought that to be a reasonable price, so perhaps they will continue to do well.
It was my opinion the Hangar Bar could add a few more food items to its menu and do much better during the day but I would expect it is very popular when the sun goes down and more people are in search of a drink.
It will likely be a while before my next visit and so I will look forward to the reports here of the finished product.
Amazing isn't it. Without regular cleaning it gets really bad. It was never that great even when it was being cleaned, but it goes to show just how bad it could have got.
cindy_k
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Maybe from a distance. I have driven in and out of the orange garage at least a dozen times now, and it always just screams BIG METAL BOX. The plants help a little. However I am looking at it from the street side more than the stores side. With the orange garage being mostly behind large storefronts on the west side, you can't really see it from that side.
Yep, its been like that for a while. I really thought they were going to tear it down. They had to do something with it, as sad looking as it had become.
Next Big Thing
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If you're staying at Congress Park, why use the bus when there's a walking bridge so close (not much farther than the bus stop)?
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CaptainAmerica
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That's my point.
I don't want to take the bus from Congress Park to Disney Springs. I want to take the bus from other places to Disney Springs and then walk back to my room. For example, if I were having dinner at Sanaa on an Animal Kingdom park day, I'd like to be able to do Animal Kingdom, bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge, bus to Disney Springs, walk to Congress Park. If that bus stop isn't open, I'd have to do Animal Kingdom, bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge, bus back to Animal Kingdom, bus to Congress Park.
CaptainAmerica
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I didn't suggest that they do. See above.