alissafalco
Well-Known Member
Just want to throw my nickles worth in here....why a nickle...its WDW...everything is over priced. As far as the plans that have been shown ( thanks @Lee ) I think they are very ambitious....maybe a little overly ambitious if you ask me. I really start to worry when I hear Ssteve mention "future plans". I keep thinking how in the world is Disney going to builsd something like this in 16 to 19 months?...is that something like dog years? I think the plans look wonderful. Although like most I just see retail store after retail store. That too worries me. What happens is you get repetition of stores and merch. That with the cost of a lease tends to lead to stores closeing and like with any "mall" there is nothing worse then shuttered shops. Is it possible that they are over building? Also with useing third party vendors there is very little uniqueness to it. Is the WOW factor in the facades?
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I thought the same thing. They are investing in all of these retail stores, what if they don't do well? On Long Island there are shops closing left and right with abandoned strip malls where ever you go. It looks terrible and is a sad sight to see. They need to have a nice mix of unique stores in between eateries/bars. Just banking everything on regular high priced stores is a very big gamble. Shopping at the same expensive stores that I have at home is not appealing to me (while I'm at WDW).