Flame Tree Barbecue closing for extensive remodel at Disney's Animal Kingdom

[ToTBellHop]

Is Flame Tree open during this construction?

Yep. Ate there last night.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Saturday, Sept. 3. Progress on the new "dining pavilion" for Flame Tree Barbecue. Fire sprinkler system installed and the first phase of the roof finished.

 

[Cesar R M]

Photo update as of Saturday, Sept. 3. Progress on the new "dining pavilion" for Flame Tree Barbecue. Fire sprinkler system installed and the first phase of the roof finished.

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as usual, thank you for the photos wdwtraveler!

 

[Biff215]

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw Flame Tree with it not under some sort of construction. Hopefully when they finish it will be left alone for a while.

 

[Bocabear]

holy crap is this stupid nothing project not finished yet!?! 5 months to build a gazebo? that is just nuts!

 

[Horizons1]

holy crap is this stupid nothing project not finished yet!?! 5 months to build a gazebo? that is just nuts!

Not on Disney time.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I can't believe this still isn't done. That gazebo (for a lack of better term) went up in May.

This also goes with the Flights of Wonder theater...It was closed in January when I was there and from the last pictures I've seen in photo updates it's still going on...Unless it has changed since then?

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Friday, Sept. 9. Close-up of installed electrical lights and air circulation fans, with painting work on-going at the new pavilion near Flame Tree Barbecue.

 

[Clamman73]

Starting to think ROL is waiting for this gazebo to be finished.

 

[Bolt]

Starting to think ROL is waiting for this gazebo to be finished.

The area survived without the gazebo before, so why rush it.

 

[Bocabear]

The area survived without the gazebo before, so why rush it.

it's going on 7 months for the gazebo build...lol

 

[matt9112]

silly question but is this just expanded quick serve seating? or something special.

 

[Next Big Thing]

it's going on 7 months for the gazebo build...lol

Yeah, but no one really cares that it's not open. If the park had been busier this summer, they may have gone faster, but it was pretty slow. It's simply not something that is crucial to one's park experience, just extra seating. Just because it something like this or even say the Tangled bathrooms take a long time to open isn't something that reflects on how fast they move, but more budgeting things out based on need.

This is a backburner project that will open when it opens and then we'll go back to not caring.

 

[CDavid]

The area survived without the gazebo before, so why rush it.

If the area survived without the gazebo before, then why build it at all?

But that totally misses the point. If you are going to build something like this, then it shouldn't take nearly so long, even considering budget and other issues. It's a gazebo, not the new Star Wars E-ticket.

 

[Jon81uk]

If the area survived without the gazebo before, then why build it at all?

It's more needed once Avatarland opens and the park gets busier again, more shaded seating will be necessary.

 

[po1998]

If you are going to build something like this, then it shouldn't take nearly so long, even considering budget and other issues.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

it's going on 7 months for the gazebo build...lol

I think it's time for a sticky called....GAZEBO WATCH 16!

 

[mitchk]

As of today

 

[Bocabear]

View attachment 164135 As of today

ummm.....and?

 

[ford91exploder]

If the area survived without the gazebo before, then why build it at all?

But that totally misses the point. If you are going to build something like this, then it shouldn't take nearly so long, even considering budget and other issues. It's a gazebo, not the new Star Wars E-ticket.

Before Iger's arrival simple (B/C ticket) ATTRACTIONS got built quicker than this bloody gazebo.