castlecake2.0
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Too modern? Bland?
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News Magic Kingdom's Main Street Confectionery closing for refurbishment
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I'm betting...."minimalist".....
ToTBellHop
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There’s sponsored and then there’s
Skittles arrived in 1974.
I don’t go to MK for Skittles.
castlecake2.0
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There has been a push to use less bulky/tall fixtures in recent merch renovations. It’s not necessarily that it doesn’t fit the time period of the locations it’s just different than what we’re used to. Will be interesting to see if that’s what he’s referring to and how it looks here.
Oof.
I didn't see that...I'm assuming they might just have those Mars candies in those long tubes on the walls like candy stores do?
Not displayed in the main case.
Could you imagine if they had just trays of Snickers and Twix in their wrappers in the main display case....
(they won't)James Alucobond
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Some floor tile was visible from the main window this morning as they were leafing some of the text. It looked like the original patterning was gone, but it seemed to still be similarly sized small-format square tiling rather than something modern. I don't remember if the pattern always ran directly up to the windows, though. Only a small area was exposed.
ToTBellHop
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Wait til you hear how we will personalize things…Oof.
I'm assuming they might just have those Mars candies in those long tubes on the walls like candy stores do?
Not displayed in the main case.
Could you imagine if they had just trays of Snickers and Twix in their wrappers in the main display case....
UNCgolf
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This makes it sounds like it's going the World of Disney route and dumping the turn of the century theming. That would be a disaster.
James Alucobond
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If that happens, ugh. If we're just overindexing on Mars, eh. Not overly fussed as long as the theming is correct. Merchandise and sponsors change.
Oof.
I'm assuming they might just have those Mars candies in those long tubes on the walls like candy stores do?
Not displayed in the main case.
Could you imagine if they had just trays of Snickers and Twix in their wrappers in the main display case....
I was right!
Just saw a pic - a wall of huge tubes full of different flavors of skittles and m&ms!
James Alucobond
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Yeah, there's a DPB article on it now here:
You can't see much, but it looks like at least some of the architectural detail is intact given the arches and whatnot.
Main Street Confectionery Reopens Sept. 29 at Magic Kingdom Park with New Sweets and Treats
Get ready for some news that will make your sweet tooth happy: the Main Street Confectionery hosted by Mars Wrigley is reopening on Sept. 29 at Magic Kingdom Park, just in time to celebrate the 50thanniversary of Walt Disney World Resort!
disneyparks.disney.go.com
You can't see much, but it looks like at least some of the architectural detail is intact given the arches and whatnot.
castlecake2.0
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It’s hard to see anything from the one photo, but seeeeems ok. The previous version was always very crowded and featured a lot of that 90s Disney retail feel (like that candy overhead conveyor belt that had no business in a turn of the century candy shop). Optimistic for this.Yeah, there's a DPB article on it now here:
Main Street Confectionery Reopens Sept. 29 at Magic Kingdom Park with New Sweets and Treats
Get ready for some news that will make your sweet tooth happy: the Main Street Confectionery hosted by Mars Wrigley is reopening on Sept. 29 at Magic Kingdom Park, just in time to celebrate the 50thanniversary of Walt Disney World Resort!disneyparks.disney.go.com
You can't see much, but it looks like at least some of the architectural detail is intact given the arches and whatnot.
Sir_Cliff
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I agree. Tough to tell from the picture, but the existing store looked very 1990s and what we've seen so far doesn't look actively worse and maybe even a little more visually appealing than what was there.
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Disney Analyst
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I love a colourful tubed candy wall - so I’m all for this 
SplashJacket
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Photos from the blog for the lazy among us.
UNCgolf
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I really dislike the candy wall because I think it significantly detracts from the theme (especially since it's almost all cheap mediocre candy), but at least it looks like they didn't mess up the rest of the theming. Will just have to see what the rest of the store looks like.
Animaniac93-98
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I suspect the former confectionary space will look largely the same, with most of the work having been done to what was the hat shop.
MagicHappens1971
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Preview of the confectionary on disneys tiktok
Magic Feather
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The best look at the new look:
I'm admittedly mixed. I'm a fan the tile inlay with the new confectionary logo. Not the biggest fan of the faux wood pattern. I dont even mind faux wood, I'd just rather it be linear.