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MK Frontierland Shootin' arcade to close and replaced with DVC Member lounge
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MoonRakerSCM
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Andrew25
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At night, sure. But during the day it's empty. All you have to do is flip the sign around from DVC Lounge to Dessert Party Check-In
DVC Lounge Hours - 11AM to 6PM (just like Epcot)
Dessert Parties start (1) Hour Prior to showtime. So right now it wouldn't be unto 8-8:20PM. More than enough time to have CMs replace signage lol
ToTBellHop
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Everyone loved it but kept walking right on by to something better. It was like me trying to get a prom date.
Anyone know how big the Imagination lounge is if this is 2500 sq ft?
doctornick
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My “thing” that I bought growing up at WDW was a different POTC gun each trip. It was sad for me when they changed them to having (less realistic) colorful plastic parts and even worse when they stopped selling them altogether.
Gusey
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Disney has never outright said it was problematic, just something people on here are speculating as the reason. It's likely just closing because it's rarely used and Disney are looking for ways to add more DVC Lounges to add more benefits to the DVC program. Similarly at DCA, the Blue Sky Cellar is being replaced by a DVC Lounge because it wasn't being used.
Man, Frontierland is just dropping like flies.
MK-fan
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Disney Execs have had a hit list on the Magic Kingdom for the last 30 years:
1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sewa
2. Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
3. Snow White’s Scary Adventures
4. Explorer Canoes
5. Mike Fink Keelboats
6. Diamond Horseshoe Revue Show
7. Fort Wilderness
8. Splash Mountain
9. OG Country Bear Jamboree
10. Main Street Cinema
11. Penny Arcade
12. Alien Encounter
13. The Timekeeper/Circle-Vision
14. Frontierland Shooting Gallery
15. SpectroMagic
16. Stitch’s Great Escape
17. Tomorrowland Arcade
18. OG Tropical Serenade
19. Dreamflight
20. Wishes
21. Skyway
Yes some were for the better but more were for the worse.
1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sewa
2. Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
3. Snow White’s Scary Adventures
4. Explorer Canoes
5. Mike Fink Keelboats
6. Diamond Horseshoe Revue Show
7. Fort Wilderness
8. Splash Mountain
9. OG Country Bear Jamboree
10. Main Street Cinema
11. Penny Arcade
12. Alien Encounter
13. The Timekeeper/Circle-Vision
14. Frontierland Shooting Gallery
15. SpectroMagic
16. Stitch’s Great Escape
17. Tomorrowland Arcade
18. OG Tropical Serenade
19. Dreamflight
20. Wishes
21. Skyway
Yes some were for the better but more were for the worse.
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Raineman
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Wow. I've never seen a full list like that before. And if they hadn't have brought it back, The Tiki Room would be on there too.
21. Toontown
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
And a DVC lounge is really gonna move the needle comparatively?
I honestly wonder if tiki is back on it bc of their hesitance to do any new tiki stuff
JohnD
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Yep. Back in the 50s for DL and the 70s for WDW, it was cool to celebrate the wild west and its guns and stuff. Today, time to relegate all of that to the dustbin of history. That and for other reasons, Splash gets rethemed, Bears get a new show, and worst of all, Shootin' Arcade becomes another DVC lounge.
JohnD
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Adding @EagleScout610's, here are some others, several of which are older than 30 years. Edits above.
Doberge
True Bayou Magic
It's easier for folks to lump into "problematic" than to just accept that something once loved is no longer loved. Specifically here it's a relatively small space with few alternative uses compared to alternative spots. Part of the reason it can exists in other parks is because the park itself doesn't want to pay to replace something small. At MK, costs to run are likely low but MK leaders probably view this as turning a cost center into a profit center, considering that DVD or DVC is going to pay to rent the space.
It's a win for the park to get paid for something not utilized but has expenses. It's a win for DVD to sell DVC points direct, to have another lounge as a selling point for guests. It's a win for DVC members who will have a new space. It's a loss for people who love Shootin Arcade but the number of people who were shooting per day is likely way less than the number of people that will use it daily as a lounge.
aladdin2007
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you could also include numerous stores, and the tomorrowland stage
Are you DVCers happy?
Club Cooloholic
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So as a resale buyer, I assume this is another thing I won't be able to have access to which is annoying because when I bought the resale my card used to give me access to top of the World lounge. They go and change the name to villain's lair and all the sudden I don't have access. That does not seem right
Raineman
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I think it's another example of the parks moving away from spaces that everyone can utilize and enjoy, to exclusive spaces for people that can shell out much more $$$ than the average guest. It's all about the almighty dollar, just like pretty much everything else Disney these days.
CJR
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If Disney wants to continue finding ways to keep us from buying their overpriced soda at the theme parks, I mean bittersweet is probably the right word.
We already buy the mugs at the resort, so this seems like it will only further kill the need for a soft drink with our lunch. Heck, the snacks might even make it easier to have a later lunch and just cook it in our room (we always get the kitchen).
Makes no real business sense to me, but darn it, if they're going to close this for that, I will give them the attention they seek each and every time I'm at Magic Kingdom.