Fulton's Crab House Closing for Six Months to become Paddlefish

[hpyhnt 1000]

Paging @The Empress Lilly

The interior decor will take on the theme of modern yachting.

Which is why we've named it after a paddle, something that has nothing to do whatsoever with "modern yachting."

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Fulton's Crab House to reopen in the fall as Paddlefish

Boo!!
For a company that panders HARD with retro WDW iconography like the Orange Bird and EPCOT Center merch, I thought returning to the Empress Lilly name was an easy decision for Disney/Levy's.

 

[Jon81uk]

Also I would say the Boathouse is themed to Yachting as well. surely Fultons should have gone after a paddleship theme, just to differentiate from the boathouse!

 

[raymusiccity]

paddlefish? really?

Named after such an attractive fish, too! Looks really appetizing! .......

They'll be able to sell some cute t-shirts for the kids!

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Named after such an attractive fish, too! Looks really appetizing! .......

They'll be able to sell some cute t-shirts for the kids!

View attachment 139560

Hey now! I'll have you know that the proboscis is delicious! Especially with a little salt and pepper/squeeze of lemon...

 

[Rteetz]

Concept art from Mousesteps

 

[GhostHost1000]

View attachment 139563 Concept art from Mousesteps

working smoke stacks and a moving paddle wheel.....hmmm...

 

[muteki]

Guess they will have to put a paddle wheel back on it now.

 

[jt04]

@The Empress Lilly epic rant predicted.

Paddlefish?

 

[SirLink]

[ATTACHfull]139563[/ATTACH] Concept art from Mousesteps

Gross.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Gross.

Agree. Maybe it's just the shadow effect that's throwing off the colors. I hope they aren't actually planning on a gray/black scheme.

 

[SirLink]

Agree. Maybe it's just the shadow effect that's throwing off the colors. I hope they aren't actually planning on a gray/black scheme.

The simplest plan was to say to Levys, "we already have a seafood restaurant", rename it the Empress Lilly, or Empress Lilly: Jazz Boat and get the operating group who runs Jazz Kitchen to take it over.

With that you have hit your nostalgic Disney fans, open a new cuisine and be able to have a band playing again different style of music .... aaaarrrrrggggghhhhh

 

[jt04]

I don't even see the ship's wheel. Surely that will end up at Walt's or The Disney Family Museum.

 

[djlaosc]

Fulton's Crab House to reopen in the fall as Paddlefish

First thing I thought of was Cowfish...

 

[RandomPrincess]

A modern paddle boat?

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

Maybe Paddlefish will be as good as Bonefish!!!

 

[xdan0920]

Wonderfully clashing theme. Glad the Paddlewheel is coming back though.

 

[danlb_2000]

A modern paddle boat?

It fits the Disney Springs theme. Old industrial buildings that have been reworked into modern restaurants and shops.

 

[halltd]

Well, when you put it like that it certainly makes sense!

The building looks cool, but the name? Eh.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Boo!!
For a company that panders HARD with retro WDW iconography like the Orange Bird and EPCOT Center merch, I thought returning to the Empress Lilly name was an easy decision for Disney/Levy's.

There seems to be something paradoxal going on. WDW at once does pander hard with retro, while simultaneously eradicating its past.

Or maybe Disney is losening ties with the person Disney, gone for half a century this year. Walt's movie removed from One Man's Dream, his private office returned, his first name dropped from movies. And no desire to rename the ship in honour of his wife.

Pity, that would add so much history, depth, a link with Walt. Lillian personally christened the ship named after her. WDW doesn't have to build a fake history with convulated backstories. It has half a century of history, which in itself is rooted in decades more of a mainstay of American popular culture. That is unique, other theme parks forever look like the knockoff because of it. Any yet, TWDC mistakes it for silly sentimentalism rather than as a unique asset.