Don't see this lasting too long. Do they really think CP's will pay $9 for a single scoop cone? Maybe once.The White Rabbit Desert Experience opens today 10/21 at Flamingo Crossings!
Menu here - https://www.whiterabbitdessertexperience.com/menu
Looks like it's priced for Disney Springs.Don't see this lasting too long. Do they really think CP's will pay $9 for a single scoop cone? Maybe once.
This is like a upscale soft serve place that opened near me when I lived in Durham. We went once, spent like $40 on 3 make it your self sundaes and never went back. It closed within 4 months.
Looks like it's priced for Disney Springs
Of the things that have ever been announced for Flamingo only three seem to have backed out / canceled and those are Bento Sushi, Nick Filet, and Ovation Bistro. Plus the Speedway Gas Station and Hampton Inn plots that still might be developed (although they don't need two gas stations so hopefully that plot goes to someone else).I'm kind of not surprised some of the businesses are pulling out. The area is already really, really over-saturated with these type of shopping centers, all only a few miles away.
It's a tiny target, but it's got a full liquor store, so that's pretty neat.I went to the Target over there last month when I was in town.. it was SO tiny. I have never seen a Target that small!
I predict in 5-10 years it will grow to be a second Disney Springs but will take time to develop along with the rest of Horizons West.
It won't. It would have needed to start off not like the very standard retail complex that it is.
Just hitch a ride with a CM....Also, I assume Disney isn't going to offer transportation there.
Well the "Disney Village" in the 1970s wasn't anything special either but it grew over time. That's like saying why does anyone go to Disney Springs when the Outlet Mall is just up the street, but they do because it's "Disney". Disney has slowly started advertising it more and adding it to maps and signage. The biggest thing is they are officially promoting all the Flamingo Hotels now on their official site as "Gateway Hotels" and I would not be surprised if soon they offer the same benefits as Hotel Plaza resorts.It won't. It would have needed to start off not like the very standard retail complex that it is.
Well the "Disney Village" in the 1970s wasn't anything special either but it grew over time.
Missed the old crossroads shopping center that used to be near Disney Springs. Had a Taco Bell back in the day with 59 cent bean burritos. Feed a family of four for 5 dollars.It still wasn't a standard shopping plaza with standard stores surrounded by massive parking lots. It started as a tourist destination. Flamingo Crossings is literally just a regular retail complex and it is not intended to be or grow into another Disney Springs type thing. If anything it is maybe a replacement for Crossroads.
Like, I can't stress this enough - there is nothing special about Flamingo Crossings. It exists only as a convenience for the new mega complexes they built for the College Program.
Oh the booze is the perk... and about 1/5 of the store.. hahahaIt's a tiny target, but it's got a full liquor store, so that's pretty neat.
Also, when kiddo was on formula at the peak of the formula shortage, they ALWAYS had his formula there in decent quantities. For that alone, it gets a pass from me.
It would be called something other than 'Flamingo Crossing' if they wanted their guests to go there.Well the "Disney Village" in the 1970s wasn't anything special either but it grew over time. That's like saying why does anyone go to Disney Springs when the Outlet Mall is just up the street, but they do because it's "Disney". Disney has slowly started advertising it more and adding it to maps and signage. The biggest thing is they are officially promoting all the Flamingo Hotels now on their official site as "Gateway Hotels" and I would not be surprised if soon they offer the same benefits as Hotel Plaza resorts.
This. It was built to replace crossroads to offer DVC people somewhere to get supplies “on property” as well as be a great service for programs participants.It still wasn't a standard shopping plaza with standard stores surrounded by massive parking lots. It started as a tourist destination. Flamingo Crossings is literally just a regular retail complex and it is not intended to be or grow into another Disney Springs type thing. If anything it is maybe a replacement for Crossroads.
Like, I can't stress this enough - there is nothing special about Flamingo Crossings. It exists only as a convenience for the new mega complexes they built for the College Program.
The land was never de-annexed, Disney controls all of Flamingo Crossings and it is under the jurisdiction of CFTOD/Reedy Creek.It would be called something other than 'Flamingo Crossing' if they wanted their guests to go there.
Also would not have been de-annexed.
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