Downtown Disney expansion to be officially announced Tuesday 12 March

[G00fyDad]

As Raven said in the other thread - these are the types of retailers - whom they would like to get.

?? ?? What does that have to do with the Lego store?

 

[asianway]

Looks like its about to go down

 

[wdwmagic]

Yes all being well it should be this morning.

 

[mgf]

From Twitter via Garcia: "Construction to start next month and finish in 2016. Disney says complex will expand from 75 to more than 150 retail venues"

 

[DisneyGuyNYC]

2016? Wow.

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

So...it's taking three years to build a mall with some nice fountains? Okay then.

 

[mgf]

Attractions Mag on Twitter:

"Tom Staggs says Avatar is still on track."

"No announcements about Lucasfilm in the parks - yet. But the Imagineers are intrigued with the possibilities."

 

[xdan0920]

This thread is about to explode....

 

[Master Yoda]

So...it's taking three years to build a mall with some nice fountains? Okay then.

No. It is taking three years to build a mall inside a mall while keeping the existing mall open.

 

[xdan0920]

DisneyParksBlog official announcement....

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/03/announcing-disney-springs-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

 

[asianway]

Attractions Mag on Twitter:

"Tom Staggs says Avatar is still on track."

"No announcements about Lucasfilm in the parks - yet. But the Imagineers are intrigued with the possibilities."

Who else got the invite? Sentinel, OAM..

 

[prfctlyximprct]

It's official! Tom Staggs shares exciting news about the future of Downtown Disney. Get the confirmed details here: http://di.sn/c9U

 

[muteki]

Quite the ambitious schedule

 

[asianway]

Quite the ambitious schedule

How long did it take to build the Golden Gate Bridge - for reference?

 

[openendedsky]

2016? Wow.

why oh why

 

[DisneyGuyNYC]

How long did it take to build the Golden Gate Bridge - for reference?

5 years. In the 1930's.

 

[muteki]

How long did it take to build the Golden Gate Bridge - for reference?

Wiki says about 4 years, but I'm not sure of the relevance. How long has the Sagrada Familia been under construction?

 

[wdwmagic]

Now this is announced we will move over to this thread:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/downtown-disney-expansion-officially-announced.861403/